Jenna Scovill
Founder
Creative? Me? Impossible. I’ve always been a numbers and science girl. My least favorite thing has always been writing papers. And I’m about the least creative person I know. At least that’s what I thought until Tess convinced me to at least try. One of the things that Tess and I initially connected over was our love of stories, whether it be epic fantasy novels, science fiction series with way too many episodes, or heartwarming period dramas. She knew my endless consumption of books and media could naturally have prepared me to write my own story. So I tried. And I found out, hey, I guess I can be a little creative.
I have been an avid reader since I first found out how letters went together. My mom once found me “sleep reading” when I was three — I was sitting in a closet, fully asleep, flipping through pages of a book and narrating out loud, “blah do nah da blah.” Every night, my mother and I would cuddle up and read Nancy Drew books together. Once I could read chapter books on my own, I got a hold of every “The Baby-Sitters Club” book I could find and obsessively read them over and over again. One of the very first books that I fell absolutely in love with was “The Hobbit.” I never knew a story about fantastic creatures in a made-up land going on an epic adventure could feel so much like home. After that, it wasn’t often that you would see me without a book in my hand.
I lived my whole life in Colorado and never thought I would leave until I started applying to Physician Assistant schools. It turns out, they’re pretty hard to get into, so I had to apply all over until I finally got into school in one of the most beautiful places I could have imagined, St. Croix of the U.S. Virgin Islands. After that, I went wherever the wind took me (no, literally — there were two Category 5 hurricanes that came through and kicked us off our original St. Croix campus). I lived in brief stints all over Florida, Utah, back to Colorado, and once I graduated, moved to Connecticut to get my first job as a Physician Assistant in a NICU. Then I had my daughter and decided that there is no better place to raise a child than back home near family. So I made it full circle back to Colorado.
In addition to my daughter, I share my home with my husband, two dogs, (we just recently lost a cat), two lizards, and a multitude of fish, snails, isopods, and shrimp. My other big passion aside from reading (and TV) is traveling. I love losing myself in an adventure, whether it is in real life or within a fantasy world. Currently, I am splitting my time between working full-time as a Neonatal Physician Assistant, being a full-time mom, traveling as much as I can, continuing to lose myself in stories, and finding time in-between all that to write.
Current Projects
On a planet where the cephalopods… excuse me, cerebropods… have risen up and driven off the barbaric predators that once occupied their rightful land, the cerebropods now live a utopic life, or at least that’s how Nellie sees it. She has lived her whole life in Eden and has always known she would become one of the revered Restorers. But when the Council of Eight appoints her to become a missionary instead, Nellie tries not to question the Wisdom of Kanaloa. But really, a missionary? That means she has to leave her beloved Eden and travel to… the outlands. At first, unnerved by the apparent untamed wildness, Nellie soon makes a discovery that has her questioning everything.
Aris’ mission in life is to destroy Eden. But lately, his effort has been a little… lackluster. Discouraged by his previous failed attempts at sabotage and weighed down by his unresolved trauma, he has let himself get distracted by the simple pleasures in life. He has always been a tinkerer though and an experiment with an illegal magic has an unexpected result and catches the attention of a larger group of like-minded individuals who reinvigorate his passion.
Bria is an orphan. And she’s fine with that. Really. Her mother died before she could form any memories of her and her father died a war hero. And now she lives in a secret society beneath the ice. Which is pretty cool. And she has an amazing, loving aunt who has always taken care of her. Plus, she’s pretty much an undefeated champion in the Snowball Arena. But when she finds out her father may still be alive and not so much of a war hero as a war participant, Bria decides to leave her home and track down the father that abandoned her.
“The Cerebropod” is a story about a controlling theocracy, hidden secrets, undiscovered magic, and living with mental illness.