{"id":1448,"date":"2022-08-25T13:27:00","date_gmt":"2022-08-25T13:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quentineckman.com\/?page_id=1448"},"modified":"2024-02-21T06:02:17","modified_gmt":"2024-02-21T06:02:17","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/quentineckman.com\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>\/*! elementor - v3.18.0 - 20-12-2023 *\/\n.elementor-column .elementor-spacer-inner{height:var(--spacer-size)}.e-con{--container-widget-width:100%}.e-con-inner>.elementor-widget-spacer,.e-con>.elementor-widget-spacer{width:var(--container-widget-width,var(--spacer-size));--align-self:var(--container-widget-align-self,initial);--flex-shrink:0}.e-con-inner>.elementor-widget-spacer>.elementor-widget-container,.e-con>.elementor-widget-spacer>.elementor-widget-container{height:100%;width:100%}.e-con-inner>.elementor-widget-spacer>.elementor-widget-container>.elementor-spacer,.e-con>.elementor-widget-spacer>.elementor-widget-container>.elementor-spacer{height:100%}.e-con-inner>.elementor-widget-spacer>.elementor-widget-container>.elementor-spacer>.elementor-spacer-inner,.e-con>.elementor-widget-spacer>.elementor-widget-container>.elementor-spacer>.elementor-spacer-inner{height:var(--container-widget-height,var(--spacer-size))}.e-con-inner>.elementor-widget-spacer.elementor-widget-empty,.e-con>.elementor-widget-spacer.elementor-widget-empty{position:relative;min-height:22px;min-width:22px}.e-con-inner>.elementor-widget-spacer.elementor-widget-empty .elementor-widget-empty-icon,.e-con>.elementor-widget-spacer.elementor-widget-empty .elementor-widget-empty-icon{position:absolute;top:0;bottom:0;left:0;right:0;margin:auto;padding:0;width:22px;height:22px}<\/style>\n<style>\/*! elementor - v3.18.0 - 20-12-2023 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style>\n<h1>Quentin Eckman<\/h1>\n<h2>Author<\/h2>\n<h2>Fiction isn&#8217;t untrue. It&#8217;s imagination brought to life.<\/h2>\n<p>\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/quentineckman.com\/?page_id=16\" id=\"Contact\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tContact Me<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<style>\/*! elementor - v3.18.0 - 20-12-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\n<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/quentineckman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/DeadGivawayFBooOnly_ad.png\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"DeadGivawayFBooOnly_ad\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTgyOSwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL3F1ZW50aW5lY2ttYW4uY29tXC93cC1jb250ZW50XC91cGxvYWRzXC8yMDIzXC8xMVwvRGVhZEdpdmF3YXlGQm9vT25seV9hZC5wbmcifQ%3D%3D\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"805\" height=\"884\" src=\"https:\/\/quentineckman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/DeadGivawayFBooOnly_ad.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/quentineckman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/DeadGivawayFBooOnly_ad.png 805w, https:\/\/quentineckman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/DeadGivawayFBooOnly_ad-273x300.png 273w, https:\/\/quentineckman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/DeadGivawayFBooOnly_ad-768x843.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 805px) 100vw, 805px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/quentineckman.com\/?page_id=1865\">The Dead Giveaway: A Ghost Story in the High Desert<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>\u00a0Both ebook and paperback versions are available from Amazon Books. Unlikely hero, Lewis Price, can only escape his ghost by performing a semi-dangerous task.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/quentineckman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/DeadGivawayAudioCov3.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"DeadGivawayAudioCov3\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTgyNywidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL3F1ZW50aW5lY2ttYW4uY29tXC93cC1jb250ZW50XC91cGxvYWRzXC8yMDIzXC8xMVwvRGVhZEdpdmF3YXlBdWRpb0NvdjMuanBnIn0%3D\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2400\" height=\"2400\" src=\"https:\/\/quentineckman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/DeadGivawayAudioCov3.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/quentineckman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/DeadGivawayAudioCov3.jpg 2400w, https:\/\/quentineckman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/DeadGivawayAudioCov3-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/quentineckman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/DeadGivawayAudioCov3-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/quentineckman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/DeadGivawayAudioCov3-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/quentineckman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/DeadGivawayAudioCov3-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/quentineckman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/DeadGivawayAudioCov3-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/quentineckman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/DeadGivawayAudioCov3-2048x2048.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2400px) 100vw, 2400px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/quentineckman.com\/?page_id=1865\">The Dead Givaway Audiobook<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>Masterfully narrated by noted voice artist Dave Cruse. Join Lewis Price (aka Screwy Louie), Fred Jordan, and the Ghost of Bill Keys in this highly entertaining audiobook.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/quentineckman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/TJackHeadshot3.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"TJackHeadshot3\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTgzMywidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL3F1ZW50aW5lY2ttYW4uY29tXC93cC1jb250ZW50XC91cGxvYWRzXC8yMDIzXC8xMVwvVEphY2tIZWFkc2hvdDMuanBnIn0%3D\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1084\" height=\"1086\" src=\"https:\/\/quentineckman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/TJackHeadshot3.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/quentineckman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/TJackHeadshot3.jpg 1084w, https:\/\/quentineckman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/TJackHeadshot3-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/quentineckman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/TJackHeadshot3-1022x1024.jpg 1022w, https:\/\/quentineckman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/TJackHeadshot3-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/quentineckman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/TJackHeadshot3-768x769.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1084px) 100vw, 1084px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/quentineckman.com\/?page_id=1865\">Triple Jack<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>The first draft of this latest novel is being written a chapter at a time on Kindle Vella. Join the fun, as Jack Jackson, a former lumberjack, learns the rules of time-travel the hard way.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/quentineckman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/HYbridsPaperbackCoverV2-scaled.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"HYbridsPaperbackCoverV2\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTgyNiwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL3F1ZW50aW5lY2ttYW4uY29tXC93cC1jb250ZW50XC91cGxvYWRzXC8yMDIzXC8xMVwvSFlicmlkc1BhcGVyYmFja0NvdmVyVjItc2NhbGVkLmpwZyJ9\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1700\" height=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/quentineckman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/HYbridsPaperbackCoverV2-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/quentineckman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/HYbridsPaperbackCoverV2-scaled.jpg 1700w, https:\/\/quentineckman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/HYbridsPaperbackCoverV2-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/quentineckman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/HYbridsPaperbackCoverV2-680x1024.jpg 680w, https:\/\/quentineckman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/HYbridsPaperbackCoverV2-768x1156.jpg 768w, https:\/\/quentineckman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/HYbridsPaperbackCoverV2-1020x1536.jpg 1020w, https:\/\/quentineckman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/HYbridsPaperbackCoverV2-1360x2048.jpg 1360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1700px) 100vw, 1700px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/quentineckman.com\/?page_id=1865\">The Hybrids (Coming Soon on Amazon Books)<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>An unlucky gambler, the essence of an alien being, and a brilliant, beautiful, doctoral candidate embark on an adventure unlike any they could imagine.<\/p>\n<h2>About The Author<\/h2>\n<p>After a long career as a graphic artist and one-of-a-kind jewelry designer, I&#8217;ve now decided to channel my creative effort into writing fiction. 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