Interviews / Reviews

(Jess's very first)
INTERVIEW: Jess C Scott

"Author / Illustrator Jess C Scott deserves kudos from RCGNTN. Determined to break away from the traditional writer's mold, Jess's work exudes pure honesty that deserves praise. If passion does not take the form of illustrating your own book art as well, we don't know what does."
-- RCGNTN Magazine (SG)

INTERVIEW @ WORD RIOT (interviewed by David Hoenigman)

"The basic message [in my work] is always the same: to be unafraid to be one’s true self. . ."
-- Word Riot (USA)

INTERVIEW @ OPEN BRIEF

Jess: "Sexuality can be a particularly sensitive topic — writers might be a bit hesitant to put so much of themselves out there..."
-- Open Brief (Asia)

MEDIA MENTION in THE STRAITS TIMES

"[In the Pillow Fight: Women Write Better Sex Than Men debate], Scott said that in the British literary world's annual Bad Sex Awards..."
-- The Straits Times (Singapore)

NEW WORD ORDER @ THE ARTS HOUSE

"Bold, fearless and always original,
Jess C Scott blazes her own trail in the literary world..."
-- The Arts House (Singapore)

MEDIA MENTION in THE REGISTER:
Amazon randomly censoring books

"Author Jess C Scott asked if any other authors had had their books deleted by Amazon 'without warning/ explanation', and then went on to detail the somewhat hazy explanations given by Amazon for their deletion of her title, Wicked Lovely. . ."
-- The Register (UK)

GUEST POST:
Jess on Blending Fantasy and Sci-Fi

"I might anger some folks, with my unrestricted merging and 'cross-pollination' of genres. But I'd rather do that than be accused of reusing/recycling/rehashing things that have already been done before."
-- Literary Escapism (USA)

AUTHOR SPOTLIGHT: Jess C Scott

"Most of the time, I write because I’m angry or discontented with certain things (such as the pervasive mass media's commoditization of sex and relationships). I try to create the changes I wish to see in the world, via my writing."
-- Morgen Bailey (UK)

INTERVIEW @ SCHOOL OF THE AGES

Qn: If you had a brush with death, describe it.

Death: "Time to go, Jess."

Me: "Aight."

--SotA (NYC / USA)

BOOK REVIEW: EyeLeash: A Blog Novel

"I'm going to be honest. When I first heard of a "blog fiction" novel, I immediatley thought it would be another IM fluffy rom-com, like TTYL by Lauren Myracle. But, once I read the description, I was intrigued...I think the spotlight on Eyeleash should be on Ms. Scott for her representation of today's high-tech world, capturing perfectly the John Hughes-like angst every teenager goes through like any real teenager would--through the internet."
-- Opinionated? Me? (USA)

BOOK REVIEW: The Other Side of Life (Cyberpunk Elven Trilogy, Book #1)

Sniper: "With the plethora of cookie cutter fiction out there, this was a breath of fresh air for me. . .the world was so believable and well described that when I went to bed that night I had a dream about breaking in to a corporate tower with a group of elves. I’m not lying. ;)"
-- The Bitter Truth (USA)

BOOK REVIEW: 4:Play
(Erotic Anthology #1)

"4:Play is erotica with a story. I would much rather read something like 4:Play than one of the many so-called erotic romances that serve as vehicles for written pornography."
-- Clayton Bye (Canada)