Skins (flash fiction mini collection) Read online

  Q: What inspired you to write your first book?

  Jess: My first book (EyeLeash) was a realistic teenage sexting novel, written entirely in a blog/IM format. I guess I wanted it to be an antithesis to the mass media’s portrayal of sex as a commodity. I also wanted to give people a real and genuine glimpse at the inner workings of a non-trivial relationship (where there’s more than how “physically desirable” one is/appears to be, on the surface).

  Q: Who or what has influenced your writing?

  Jess: Everything and everybody I’ve ever seen, heard, imagined, or come into contact with. Music is a particularly heavy influence–I listen to everything from classical, rock, electronica, Korean Pop. It’s all in the vibes and whatever moves the soul and colors the mind.

  Q: How has your environment/upbringing colored your writing?

  Jess: I grew up in cosmopolitan Singapore and came over to rural Maine when I turned 21. My writing has always been a curiously quite-balanced blend of fact and fiction. International settings and a spirit of self-discovery are elements that feature quite frequently in my work.

  Q: What genre are you most comfortable writing?

  Jess: I write in a range of different genres (creative non-fiction, erotic fiction, experimental fiction, alternative paranormal romance, poetry, urban fantasy, cyberpunk). I like what each genre has to offer, though I’m usually more concerned with the storyline and characters.

  Q: Is there a message in your work that you want readers to grasp?

  Jess: The basic message is always the same: to be unafraid to be one’s true self.

  Q: Any memories of particular works: the writing of, feedback, the thought behind…etc.

  Jess: Jack in the Box (one of my erotic/literary novelettes branded as “factual fiction”) is close to 100% factual.

  Which brings to mind an Oscar Wilde quote: “To reveal art and conceal the artist is art’s aim.”

   

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  About the author:

   

  Jess is an author/artist/non-conformist, and an English/Business graduate of Adams State College.

  About Skins, she says, “I always enjoyed writing about animals and nature as a kid. I hope to develop future projects with regards to certain (uncivilized and) pressing themes (such as poaching, pollution, etc.), in a more mature and sophisticated way than my early pre-teen work (though the passion for writing about these themes is as strong as ever—if not stronger than before).”

   

  Jess is currently completing her cyberpunk elven trilogy. She enjoys the speed and efficiency of indie publishing, and thanks you for your support of indie authors.

   

  Other titles by Jess C Scott:

  EyeLeash: A Blog Novel (teenage memoir/sexting)

  Porcelain (portfolio of written + illustrative work)

  1: The Intern (Book 1 [Lust] in the Sins07 Series)

  Fashion Icon (special edition)

  4:Play (anthology)

  AFF (Asian Factual Fiction)

  Primal Scream (anthology)

  The Devilin Fey | SVEN | Kylie (Naked Heat anthology)

  The Other Side of Life

  (cyberpunk elves trilogy; 2012)

  London Underground Trilogy

  (urban fantasy / dragon series; 2012)

  And more on jessINK.

  Connect with Jess Online:

   

  Website: https://www.jessINK.com

  Facebook: https://facebook.com/jessINKbooks

  Twitter: https://twitter.com/jesscscott

  E-mail: [email protected]

   

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