I respect him as a writer and as a man=我尊敬他是個真男人也是一個作者 I dont think you wrote the sentence correctly. I just translated the best way that I guess what you were trying to say here. I guess that you were trying to say that "You respect him that as being a real man as well as be a writer.

作为一个作者或者作为一个男人，我都很尊敬他。