Just kidding about that last part.
Kinda.
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ABOUT Tory
Raise your hand if you grew up reading books with dragons, coloring those velvet Lisa Frank pictures, watching The (slightly horrifying) Last Unicorn, writing Dramione fan fic, and eagerly awaiting to be summoned by the fae.
I'm curious: has anything changed? Because for me... it has not. Maybe I'm a little older (debatable if I'm wiser) but I'm still that same excited fantasy fangirl—even if I have a day job and spend way too much time making sourdough and doing other grownup things like paying bills and taking my dog to agility.
In fact, I fangirled so hard I wrote my own paranormal romance series with a morally gray MMC who gives off major Edward Cullen vibes. I still routinely frolic through the redwoods hoping I'll stumble across a fairy. And one day, I'll be brave enough to launch that supernatural podcast I've been talking about for.ev.er.
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A Writer at Heart
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Visionary & Creator
Heart-pounding tension full of will-they-won't-they vibes.
ROMANTIC
See the world through the eyes of the character.
CINEMATIC
An emotional experience that hits all the senses.
IMMERSIVE
Reading is subjective. I'm not here to rain on your parade or influence you to switch to Team Edward—like what you like!—but I am going to spill what you can expect from my writing. And if it's not your style, no hard feelings!
My writing style
ONE STYLE DOESN'T FIT ALL
a Gladiator retelling
ASLAN, THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: THE DAWN TREADER
"You wished yourself away, and with it much more. You doubt your value. Don't run from who you are."
Writing has always been my calling. I wrote my first book in first grade and spent every spare moment in the library rereading The Hobbit for the 232516 time or in the computer lab playing Mario Teaches Typing (remember that game?!).
As I got older I grew more anxious, as we do. I could feel the dismay rippling off my classmates because my love for magic and wizards was different (see: weird). So, instead of following my passion and leaning into who I was deep in my core, I pushed that part of me away. When the time came, I went to college for marketing (not an absolute waste, but ya know... not my big-time-author dream).
2019 was a particularly high point in my career but the lowest point in my mental health. I was burnt out, dealing with PPA, a shell of myself, and had zero time or energy left for anything creative. Then the pandemic came. Along with almost 50% of the company, I was laid off. Tearfully, I went to the book that started it all: The Hobbit.
Bilbo Baggins didn't want to listen to his calling either. But (after a lot of effort on Gandalf's part) he accepted his fate, quieted the fear, and stepped into his role. The time had come for me to do the same.
Things snowballed from there
It Started with a Hobbit
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