Ask the Author: Scott Alexander Hess
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Scott Alexander Hess
Thank you! I had a desire to place an "outsider" character in a situation where they had a chance to find meaning in a life they had nearly given up on. I was on a long bus ride and kept passing farms which is how I laded on a Kentucky farm as the setting.
Scott Alexander Hess
different time periods offer particularly rich conflicts and detail. the illicit gay lover affair in butchers sons has a lot of sizzle and danger, being that its hells kitchen ny 1930.
Scott Alexander Hess
keep an idea journal with you all day. jot down at least one idea a day and read a lot!
Scott Alexander Hess
read the short book, the war of art
Scott Alexander Hess
the river runs red, a novel set in st. louis 1891 when the famous wainwright building went up as the world's first skyscraper. told from 4 different pov.
Scott Alexander Hess
my novel the butcher's sons, was inspired by my relationship with my two older brothers, and also by the novel wettest county in the world by matt bondurant
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