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Jess C Scott
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Jess C Scott (born 1986, in Singapore) is a fiction writer working in a diverse range of genres, such as erotica, young adult fiction, and urban fantasy (including elfpunk and cyberpunk). As a creative professional, Jess experiments with a variety of genres and styles to produce work which stands out from "the same old re-packaged mass-market pulp" . Biography Jess graduated from Adams State College in 2006 with an associate's degree in arts. As of October 2010, she is an English/Business senior enrolled in the same university. She spent the first half of 2008 garnering upwards of five hundred rejections for her debut blog/IM novel, before engaging the interest of a YA acquisitions editor at Flux (publisher) . She continued to query agents and editors when the Flux editor left for another publishing house, after a six-month discussion. In 2009, frustrated with content restrictions of the mainstream publishing industry, she decided to publish her creative and innovative work independently. Her books and stories are now available in eBook formats, and her longer novel-length works are available as print books. EyeLeash: A Blog Novel came in third place 2009 P&E's Poll "Best Print/Electronic YA Book published in 2009". She worked as a research assistant intern to award-winning journalist Meredith Maran, for the 2010 publication, My Lie, published by Jossey-Bass. Jess is currently working on a multicultural YA seven deadly sins series. She is also getting ready to launch the first book in an urban fantasy series featuring cyberpunk elves. Jess's books are known for their authenticity and originality. According to a publicity intern at an NYC publishing house: " a creative writer. . .and the creator of her covers. With beautiful artwork and cool plots, she is a triple threat" . features free downloads, including links to her published material online, and her writing manifesto. Jess is an advocate of the Amazon Kindle and eBooks. In 2010, she published a 35-page professional advertising plan on the opportunities that independent publishing offers, which traditional publishing does not . Bibliography Novels & Paperbacks *EyeLeash: A Blog Novel (2009) - Coming-of-age blog/IM novel, blog fiction, electronic literature *4:Play: A Contemporary Cocktail of Erotic Short Stories (2009) *Porcelain (2010) - Writing/Illustrating Portfolio *1: The Intern (2010) - Book #1 in the Sins07 "seven deadly sins" series *The Other Side of Life (2011) - Book #1 in the Cyberpunk Elven Trilogy Novellas & Short Stories *Wicked Lovely (2010) - Brother-sister incest *The Devilin Fey (2010) - Paranormal Romance, incubus, succubus *New Order (2010) - LGBT short stories *Black Velvet (2010) *Trouble (2010) - poetry *4:Play (2010) - Bisexual / gender-bending short story Other poems/short stories *"Porcelain" (Word Riot) *"The Only One" () *"No Answer" () *"Blue Eyes Blue" () *"Evolution" (Xenith Magazine) *"The Evil Man" (Clockwise Cat) *"Wired" (The Battered Suitcase) *"quote me" (ITCH Magazine, South Africa) *"The One With The Shoes" (Shoe Music Press) *"The Boy At The Train Station" (Amulet Magazine, print issue)]) Non-Fiction *Business Plan: Building Brand Identity - 35-page advertising plan on building brand identity as an independent author (media mentions by Publishers Weekly ("The future: Smashwords/Amazon author publishes indie ebook business plan as...an ebook"; and Smashwords founder, advocate for "digital publishing," and contributor to The Huffington Post, Mark Coker) Awards and recognition *Sold 1,000+ books in first year (paid purchases) / Sept '09 - Sept '10 *“Indie vs. Traditional Publishing” blog post featured on Publetariat.com (Business End) / Sept 2010 *Research Assistant Intern for Meredith Maran's memoir, MY LIE (published by Jossey-Bass/Wiley in Sept 2010) *The Devilin Fey and Wicked Lovely hit #1 in Amazon’s “Hot New Releases in Bargain Books” (July and Sept 2010) *Listed on "Great indie authors for YA book lovers" / Tales of a Teenage Book Lover, 2010 *Most Original New Author, Hot Gossip Hot Reviews / 2010 *Indie Authors with Extraordinary Voices, La Femme Readers / 2010 *2009 P&E's Poll ([http://www.critters.org/predpoll/final_tally_novelyoungadult.ht "Best Print/Electronic YA Book published in 2009"]), 3rd Place ("EyeLeash: A Blog Novel") *Author/Illustrator Feature @ RCGNTN Magazine / 2009 Interviews *Interview at RCGNTN Magazine (Sept 2009) *Interview at Bare Back Magazine (Oct 2009) *Interview at Fallen Angel Reviews (May 2010) *Interview at Abandoned Towers Magazine (print and online, August 2010) *Interview at Coffee Time Romance (Sept 2010) *Interview at Quiet Fury Books (Sept 2010) 
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