Hi Readers!
My name is Cory and welcome to my little blog.
I am 22 and in graduate school for occupational therapy. At some point I’ll go into detail on how that happened, but for now I just wanted to say a quick hello!
I am a writer. I write mostly YA fantasy. My current WIP focuses on a Fae princess named Sparrow and a boy named Moses who is grieving the loss of his sister. Sparrow has spent her life being fascinated by the human world and when her relationship with her fiancé becomes abusive she takes the opportunity to run away in search of New York City. Moses has spent his life being the healthy sibling. His younger sister was constantly in and out of the hospital, always suffering from one condition or another. And all along he was her biggest cheerleader. Until recently when she lost her battle with cystic fibrosis. Their paths collide and in the ensuing chaos they each find their own way to healing.
I have been working on this project for just over a year now and am currently on my second draft. The entire thing has been replotted and I’m finally actually on my first rewrite.
I am also an obsessive reader. I primarily read YA fantasies and historical fiction, but I’ve been known to enjoy YA contemporaries, and a variety of adult and middle grade books. The only genre I tend to stay away from is romance. My favorite authors at the moment are VE Schwab and Leigh Bardugo. I had the amazing opportunity to meet VE Schwab last year so here we are!!
A little over a year ago I started a booktube channel called The Book Dwellers with my best friend Colleen. We only post every once in a while at the moment because of school, but I know we both want to start posting more soon!
I try to maintain at least a little bit of a life outside of the literary world as well. As I said I’m in grad school for occupational therapy. I love working with people with disabilities and especially children. I almost think I relate to children more than other adults.
I’m also a huge nerd and spend my free time obsessing over my fandoms. I’m completely obsessed with twenty one pilots (I’m a Josh stan, don’t @ me) and I also love Marvel. I watch a lot of YouTube and Netflix. My current favorite shows are It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, The End of the F***in World, and Portlandia.
Most importantly! I am a cat mom to my beautiful son! He goes by a number of names including Kasper, Kaz, Kazzy, Pupper, Puppy, Monkey, and Bean Boy. And yes, he is absolutely named after Kaz from Six of Crows. #SixofCats He’s a little fireball, but also the cuddliest cat I’ve ever owned.
I’m excited to share my journey with my project as well as reviews of the books I read along the way! I hope to post excerpts here and there and I especially hope for you all to get to know my beautiful children (characters) the way I do.
And here and there I will obviously show off my real life beautiful Kasper.
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