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Robert R. Peecher Jr.

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Recently a friend asked me why I write Westerns.

The simple answer is that I love Westerns. I love the history of the 19th Century, and I love the themes of classic Westerns. I write Westerns because I am a fan of Westerns.

But I think there is a deeper reason why I enjoy Westerns, and I’d love to explain it to you.

I am drawn to Westerns because it is the only genre that embodies the ideals that I consider to be truly American: Ideals of freedom, of rugged individualism, and of independence of spirit.

The heroes of Westerns are men and women who understand that justice and the law are sometimes two different things. They are people who make their own way by their own means, they are prideful and stand by what they say.

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Robert R. Peecher Jr. I go for periods of time where I don't feel like writing for whatever reason, but I don't know that I've ever really suffered writer's block. I make m…moreI go for periods of time where I don't feel like writing for whatever reason, but I don't know that I've ever really suffered writer's block. I make my living as a journalist where deadlines don't wait for for me to be "in the mood" or "feeling it."

I view writing novels much the same way I view writing newspaper articles: It's work. I sit down at the computer and go to work.

I suppose having the story outlined - on paper or in my head - is what allows me to do this. If I didn't already have an idea where my story was going, I could see suffering from writer's block.(less)
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“Only thing you can do for the two across the street there is to get them a carpenter.”
Robert Peecher, Return of the Gunfighter: A Lodero Western Adventure

“Spivey funded construction of the road from Silverton and only took a small piece of the tolls, and Otto Mears finished the road down to Lake City himself.”
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