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A Guest Post by author Jess C. Scott - Teen Guide to Sex and Relationships
Today, author Jess C. Scott takes over my blog to tell us a bit about her new release (co-authored by Matt Posner).
I met Jess on Goodreads a couple of years ago and she is one of my favourite indie authors. I have read and enjoyed her books EyeLeash: A Blog Novel,Porcelain, and The Other Side of Life, and look forward to reading her other work when I have time. She is a prolific writer with many books to her name.
Her latest release is a non-fiction work. In this book, Jess and her co-author, seek to answer many of the important questions teenagers may have about sex and relationships. It's a very important subject, so without further ado, here is Jess's message:
Guest Post: Jess C Scott on Teen Guide
Thanks so much for having me today, Maria!
Teen Guide to Sex and Relationships is a non-fiction book I co-authored with Matt Posner. It's an advice book that answers the important and confusing questions young people have about their bodies and their hearts.
Matt is a teacher and he sees teens in emotional and sexual difficulty as part of his daily work. I write about sex and relationships and often hear from readers who relate to the themes in my stories.
Our goal with Teen Guide was to guide teens to a better understanding of their bodies and their feelings. Matt and I wanted to make a difference by cutting through media nonsense, cultural myths and the shrouds of mystery covering certain topics to give young people a mature view.
The emails I receive from readers motivate me to keep resisting 'sheeple programming' (i.e. accepting "the messages from the mainstream mass media" as The Truth).
An angry 16 year-old male recently sent me the following email:
i really f*cking hate faglight...dracula from the castlevania video gaming series. have you ever heard of it? it used to be soooo popular. now theres only like 70000 fans. meyer sucks at writing shes a slut no offense. only reason why twilight even makes money is because edward and jacob are so hot. girls dont care about who you are they just like your muscle. no offense if edward and jjacob werent soooo hot twilight wouldent make dirt i swear to f*cking god
wait this is a girl? are you gay or something? no offense.
im not trying to be rude or offensive or anything but what is the point of a love reltionship when all you basicly do is look at eachother and do eachother?
Apart from the spelling errors (he was texting, so I'll let that slide), there are many very important and "telling" facts embedded in the above email.
For example, the word "fag" is associated with a gay sexual orientation and "being stupid." From a young male's point of view, it's girls who "don't care about who you are [they just like your body or how hot you look]." I am a female that doesn't like Twilight, therefore I must be "gay" (as in "lesbian," which is why the phrase "no offense" was included because it was in reference to my assumed sexual orientation only, not my IQ level). From this young male's point of view, a "love relationship" is defined by a couple gazing at each other's beautiful faces or bodies, and doing each other (i.e. the "love relationship" is solely defined by "a hot shag").
It might seem hilarious until you realize that people everywhere are receiving mixed messages about what love, sex, and relationships are supposed to be all about.
To borrow a quote from another male reader/customer of mine:
"A lot has been lost to appease a tween generation or to generally confuse people of all ages on the expectations of romance..."
This is why Matt and I wrote Teen Guide: to provide an honest, insightful and informative sex education for teenagers, so that they're well-informed and able to make clear decisions when it comes to love and sex. We hope readers will enjoy the comprehensive yet concise text, and above all, find it useful and helpful.
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Thank you, Jess. I am sure this will be a very insightful and informative read.
About the Author:
Jess is an author/artist/non-conformist who’s dedicated to writing original stories that are both meaningful and entertaining. She writes in a variety of genres including erotic fiction, urban fantasy, young adult fiction, cyberpunk, and poetry.
In a Word Riot interview, Jess mentions that the basic message in her work is “always the same: to be unafraid to be one’s true self.”
Jess is also the founder of jessINK, an innovative publishing company that focuses on substance over short-term success with current fads and marketing hype.
To find out more about Jess and Matt's new book: Teen Guide follow this link: www.jessINK.com/teenguide.htm
I met Jess on Goodreads a couple of years ago and she is one of my favourite indie authors. I have read and enjoyed her books EyeLeash: A Blog Novel,Porcelain, and The Other Side of Life, and look forward to reading her other work when I have time. She is a prolific writer with many books to her name.
Her latest release is a non-fiction work. In this book, Jess and her co-author, seek to answer many of the important questions teenagers may have about sex and relationships. It's a very important subject, so without further ado, here is Jess's message:
Guest Post: Jess C Scott on Teen Guide
Thanks so much for having me today, Maria!
Teen Guide to Sex and Relationships is a non-fiction book I co-authored with Matt Posner. It's an advice book that answers the important and confusing questions young people have about their bodies and their hearts.
Matt is a teacher and he sees teens in emotional and sexual difficulty as part of his daily work. I write about sex and relationships and often hear from readers who relate to the themes in my stories.
Our goal with Teen Guide was to guide teens to a better understanding of their bodies and their feelings. Matt and I wanted to make a difference by cutting through media nonsense, cultural myths and the shrouds of mystery covering certain topics to give young people a mature view.
The emails I receive from readers motivate me to keep resisting 'sheeple programming' (i.e. accepting "the messages from the mainstream mass media" as The Truth).
An angry 16 year-old male recently sent me the following email:
i really f*cking hate faglight...dracula from the castlevania video gaming series. have you ever heard of it? it used to be soooo popular. now theres only like 70000 fans. meyer sucks at writing shes a slut no offense. only reason why twilight even makes money is because edward and jacob are so hot. girls dont care about who you are they just like your muscle. no offense if edward and jjacob werent soooo hot twilight wouldent make dirt i swear to f*cking god
wait this is a girl? are you gay or something? no offense.
im not trying to be rude or offensive or anything but what is the point of a love reltionship when all you basicly do is look at eachother and do eachother?
Apart from the spelling errors (he was texting, so I'll let that slide), there are many very important and "telling" facts embedded in the above email.
For example, the word "fag" is associated with a gay sexual orientation and "being stupid." From a young male's point of view, it's girls who "don't care about who you are [they just like your body or how hot you look]." I am a female that doesn't like Twilight, therefore I must be "gay" (as in "lesbian," which is why the phrase "no offense" was included because it was in reference to my assumed sexual orientation only, not my IQ level). From this young male's point of view, a "love relationship" is defined by a couple gazing at each other's beautiful faces or bodies, and doing each other (i.e. the "love relationship" is solely defined by "a hot shag").
It might seem hilarious until you realize that people everywhere are receiving mixed messages about what love, sex, and relationships are supposed to be all about.
To borrow a quote from another male reader/customer of mine:
"A lot has been lost to appease a tween generation or to generally confuse people of all ages on the expectations of romance..."
This is why Matt and I wrote Teen Guide: to provide an honest, insightful and informative sex education for teenagers, so that they're well-informed and able to make clear decisions when it comes to love and sex. We hope readers will enjoy the comprehensive yet concise text, and above all, find it useful and helpful.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Thank you, Jess. I am sure this will be a very insightful and informative read.
About the Author:
Jess is an author/artist/non-conformist who’s dedicated to writing original stories that are both meaningful and entertaining. She writes in a variety of genres including erotic fiction, urban fantasy, young adult fiction, cyberpunk, and poetry.
In a Word Riot interview, Jess mentions that the basic message in her work is “always the same: to be unafraid to be one’s true self.”
Jess is also the founder of jessINK, an innovative publishing company that focuses on substance over short-term success with current fads and marketing hype.
To find out more about Jess and Matt's new book: Teen Guide follow this link: www.jessINK.com/teenguide.htm
