Comments on John R. Erickson from those who know him
George Clay: On the college student seminars held at the Ericksons’ ranch: “For the second year in a row he held this writing camp. What the college kids want to know is, ‘What is the ABC for being a...
View ArticleInside Hank the Cowdog
John R. Erickson, author of the Hank the Cowdog series, includes among his many talents the ability to take you inside the mind of a dog—which, oddly, is a kinda-bizarre-kinda-sane place to be. And he...
View ArticleJohn R. Erickson on Popular Culture
John R. Erickson, in Story Craft: “I am alarmed by the slide of American popular culture toward things that are coarse, ugly, violent, self-directed, obscene, profane, visual, and non-rational, and by...
View ArticleNature’s Amazing Ways
Not many people know this about me, but I am such a nature lover – and always have been – that I pursued and obtained a degree in Wildlife Ecology for my Bachelor’s. I was blessed to be raised on a...
View ArticleWonders Never Cease
Time and Chance Probably the most amazing physical phenomenon I have ever witnessed—and ever will—occurred on Aug. 10, 1972, when I was yet a teenager and was working as a horse wrangler on the Heart...
View ArticleUnder the Spade Brand
Jesse Mullins, editor and publisher, Western Life Magazine & Something Solid, at the entrance to the Renderbrook Spade Ranch. PHOTO BY SKEETER HAGLER. [Editor’s Note: As my May cover story on the...
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