Ask the Author: Jon Wesick
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Jon Wesick
When submitting poems and stories to journals, pay attention to numbers such as what percent of work they typically accept and how fast they respond.
Jon Wesick
When writing a novel I have little trouble describing the initial setup but then hit what I call the 50-page wall. Now I have to turn a setup into a story. To continue I usually brainstorm while focusing on what the characters want. Then I choose the most interesting of the possibilities to go forward.
Jon Wesick
I heard of the Jewish legend of the Lamed-Vov, the 36 just men whose existence is necessary for the world's survival, somewhere and thought the story of someone trying to kill them would make a cool story. Researching "Hunger for Annihilation" became a mini study in comparative religion. I attended talks by Huston Smith, Bishop Shelby Spong, and Gangagi. I visited a mosque and UCC Church, went Sufi dancing, and read Gershom Scholem’s writings on the Kabbalah.
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