Porcelain edition by Jess C Scott Literature Fiction eBooks
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Porcelain edition by Jess C Scott Literature Fiction eBooks
I have to say that I've never read a book quite like Porcelain before. The combination of short stories, poems, book excerpts, essays and illustrations was a new venture for me. Being set in my ways, I have to constantly push myself to try new things. One thing that struck me is Scott's ability to change voices: her short stories are so unique and different from each other that it almost felt like I was reading the work of several authors. I think that this is a talent that will set her apart and become a defining trait.Scott also includes some of her correspondence with publishing agents and a manifesto about independent versus traditional publishing. She has an anti-establishment bent that I (who would never dare to buck the system) can appreciate but could never relate to until reading her work. The publishing manifesto, I think, affected me the most, because it was so informative and made me look at the literary world in a totally new way.
Just One Gripe:
The four essays at the end of the book were essays Scott wrote for her college classes. While reading them left me with an appreciation of Scott's intelligence, it felt like schoolwork to me. They made the book's conclusion feel really drawn out and dry.
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Porcelain edition by Jess C Scott Literature Fiction eBooks Reviews
Porcelain is a "bits and pieces" collection of various types of writing. Short stories, poetry, essays... However, there's no central theme to mold this collection into a whole, so it remains nothing more than pages upon pages of miscellaneous pieces that really have no relationship to each other, aside from the fact that they are all the work of one author. Some are bad, some are mediocre, some are better than others; but none of the pieces in this collection are great. Taken as a whole, these pieces do show the growth of the writer... but she has a long way to go if being a professional writer is her goal.
Additionally, this PDF file included far too many pieces for me to offer individual critiques of each piece as I normally like to do with anthologies. The large file should be broken up into at least three smaller files, one each for fiction, poetry and essays. This would enable reviewers to do a better job because they could more likely critique individual pieces.
On the whole, many pieces included in this collection could stand some editing, some of the stories could stand a full re-write as they don't make much sense in their current state. There's an old adage that goes something like this "Write what you know". This author seems to know poetry best so perhaps she should stick with that.
Not recommended for the average reader.
A PDF file was provided to me by the author free in exchange for this review. This review has been simultaneously published on Dragon Views, LibraryThing and
Porcelain is a really different book. Jess is an arist and writes with an artist's pen. Jess takes you into her life and talks to you in short stories, poems, biographical insights from works she did from her childhood days, as a teen, when she was 15 and 17, until today. The book concludes with her (art) sketches.
The entire book is very diversified in its content, with short-stories, poetry, quotes with a purpose, and insights into why she wrote what she wrote. She also documents her evolution as a writer from childhood to adult years. There is a wide range of moods, settings, emotions, including, the 15 year old searching for her soul mate, to the indifference from the almost forgotten lover who is most likely in front of the TV set, rather than with her.
By the time you are done reading Porcelain, you have made a new friend, you know someone more intimately, someone who has no issue with being totally honest.
a brief spasm of unprecedented freedom
a fleeting moment of pure truth in being.
(From Quote Me) - [the book is like pure truth, transparent]
It's an indie book that is a little bit off the beaten path, definitely edgy, and I think, worth reading. Thre is a lot of creative energy flow and new ideas.
Some of the short stories have a Hitchcock type of twist to them, some of them come across as kind of Haiku-ish. She includes some off-beat original Haikus in another section).
****
Written when she was 15
I'm not the only one
Drifting in a neverending haze
Living through days in a daze
Just trying to look for you
The perfect friend
The perfect date
The ideal mate
The idealist
Maybe I try too hard
Maybe I want too much
Maybe life is short and
I'll never stop looking or waiting for you
If you're my soulmate
My significant other
I'll know it when I look into your eyes
Whoever you are
And you'll know it too.
[I cut some verses out for brevity- What a glimpse into the heart of a 15 year old girl!]
****
Why go Indie? Great quote -
"All that is necessary in the production of a book is an author and a bookseller, without the intermediate parasite." (Bernard, 1990)
****
And wonder
If you think of me too
Or if
You're spending the night
With
Your TV set.
[Great commentary on society and relationships today!]
****
Interesting, personal piece of literature.
I have to say that I've never read a book quite like Porcelain before. The combination of short stories, poems, book excerpts, essays and illustrations was a new venture for me. Being set in my ways, I have to constantly push myself to try new things. One thing that struck me is Scott's ability to change voices her short stories are so unique and different from each other that it almost felt like I was reading the work of several authors. I think that this is a talent that will set her apart and become a defining trait.
Scott also includes some of her correspondence with publishing agents and a manifesto about independent versus traditional publishing. She has an anti-establishment bent that I (who would never dare to buck the system) can appreciate but could never relate to until reading her work. The publishing manifesto, I think, affected me the most, because it was so informative and made me look at the literary world in a totally new way.
Just One Gripe
The four essays at the end of the book were essays Scott wrote for her college classes. While reading them left me with an appreciation of Scott's intelligence, it felt like schoolwork to me. They made the book's conclusion feel really drawn out and dry.
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