About Jessica L Scott

I write gritty, realistic, but emotional fantasy and sci-fi. I love to be immersed inside a character's head and I like the challenge of giving empathy, even occasionally to the most morally grey characters. Everyone has a story if we have the time to listen. My heroes tend to be feminine and need to have agency over their own destiny.

This past year or so and with the help of friends, I started the challenge of editing and publishing my own novels. My first will be published in November. So exciting! If you're interested, please click on it to find out more.

It's been a rollercoaster of a ride and I'm only just beginning. Turns out that their isn't exactly a guide on how to do it and I spent months of my spare time looking into the best ways to self-publish, market and also to plan and write novels quicker, when I wasn't working. If you're an aspiring writer too, you may be interested in my blog, which covers what I have learnt from doing that well as some helpful tips and curveballs I've learnt along the way. I hope you'll find them useful.

The more I've written recently, the more I've realised what I'm all about and my hope is that you're inspired to:

Find your voice, know your mind and be heard.