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April 2025

March 2025

When Samuel Langhorne Clemens became the storied Mark Twain
'Quintus Hopper of Nevada' series: Before he rose to fame as a writer and lecturer, he tried out a number of things. When prospecting didn't work out…
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Daniel Martin Eckhart
The gloriously creative power of extended solitude
I've always been a professional writer with a day job. Once, I gave myself a whole month of nothing but writing - and the experience by far surpassed my…
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Daniel Martin Eckhart
Robert E. Howard's creative splendor
Robert E. Howard, creator of Conan the Barbarian, will never be looked at as a great literary figure - but his incredibly vast output had more impact…
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Daniel Martin Eckhart
Pocketa-pocketa-pocketa
If this odd title means something to you, then you're likely of the older sort (like me) - and a dreamer (also like me). Come with me then, time to go…
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Daniel Martin Eckhart
The perilous lives of frontier newspapermen (includes exclusive chapter)
Frontier newspapering was dangerous – quite a few newspapermen died by violent means and most of them, as they went about their work, had a revolver in…
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Daniel Martin Eckhart

February 2025

Rogue Male: The anarchic aristocrat
Both "The 39 Steps" and "Rogue Male" are about a protagonist hunted in England by nefarious German spies. Both offer excellent stories, and they…
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Daniel Martin Eckhart
Deliverance: James Dickey's horrible screenwriting experience
James Dickey wrote the novel and was hired to also write the screenplay for what would become a classic... it was just that, James Dickey had no idea…
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Daniel Martin Eckhart
The many, many Thirty-Nine Steps
The Thirty-Nine Steps is a genre-defining adventure thriller by John Buchan. Published in 1915, it is the 'man on the run' classic that keeps on giving…
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Daniel Martin Eckhart
Hermann Hesse's Siddhartha - then and now
A curious experience. After many years, I've reread Hermann Hesse's revered and influential novel. As ever so many others, I found it thought-provoking…
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Daniel Martin Eckhart

January 2025

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