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Fiction, Historical Fiction, Horror

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Stephen King, David Sedaris, Chuck Klosterman, JT LeRoy

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June 2018

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Josiah is a freelance journalist in Denver, Colorado. He writes about politics, marijuana and evangelical culture and theology, and is a regular contributor to the Guardian and Vice. He’s also had bylines in Esquire, Politico, High Times, and The Denver Post, and is the senior editor of the Denver arts and literature magazine Suspect Press.

An Iowa native and leading authority on 90s Christian rock, Josiah released his debut novel Carnality: Dancing On Red Lake in 2015. A psychological horror about growing up in an isolated farming community fueled by pentecostal Christianity and methamphetamine, the book was hailed as “one of the finest novels to come out of Denver’s burgeoning arts scene.”

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How do you deal with writer’s block?
Josiah Hesse I'm not sure I believe in such a thing. I mean, if you don't have anything to say, why are you writing? Money? Validation? Existential anxiety?

Those …moreI'm not sure I believe in such a thing. I mean, if you don't have anything to say, why are you writing? Money? Validation? Existential anxiety?

Those are the real issues behind writers block, and unraveling them takes longer than writing a novel.

That said, if I'm facing a deadline and the juices aren't flowing, I'll go on a walk, drink more coffee, write an outline, scream into a pillow. Or huff some paint and rob a liquor store.(less)
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Josiah Hesse Never having to wear deodorant.
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“began looking at the exercise habits of adults over age sixty and found that those who used cannabis were more healthy and active than those who didn’t.”
― Josiah Hesse, Runner's High: How a Movement of Cannabis-Fueled Athletes Is Changing the Science of Sports
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