Laura McCorry, a white woman with shoulder-length brown hair, brown eyes, and glasses smiles at the camera. She is wearing a blue dress and a large straw hat. She's standing on a white curtained terrace with wicker chairs.

Writer

Welcome! Laura McCorry writes poetry, short stories, and novels in a variety of genres. She is seeking representation for HAVEN (92k Sci-Fi Romance).

Her poems have been published in the Spring 2021 issue of Poetry Quarterly. She has published articles on Messy Nessy Chic, Yoga Digest, and Yoga One Blog.

A longtime student of yoga, Laura received her 200 hour certification in 2011 and has been teaching yoga ever since.

Get to Know Laura

 

What’s your current work in progress?

Haven, a raging perfectionist, vowed long ago to always follow the rules of the dome, especially after the execution of her treasonous mother. She knows she's lucky to have maintained her place in high society and to have never experienced physical pain thanks to her port—an implant given to all Domites. But when her twin brother Haddix is caught researching plant-based pain relief for those living outside the dome and is consequently sentenced to thirty years of hard labor on one of Jupiter's icy moons, Haven has no choice but to risk her position, her port, and her perfect record to save him, even it means feeling for the first time ever. (92k Sci-fi Romance)

How do you choose what to write about?

I usually start with the big idea. What fear or emotion or philosophical problem is big enough that it needs the length of a novel to explore its manifestations? Then the right character comes to me. The one who will struggle the most with that exact problem - but also the character who will put in the work to make a solution that fits their individual life.

Did you always want to be a writer?

Yes! I wrote stories, illustrated them and bound them into books as a child. In college, I took as many English credits as possible without completing the major (I majored in French and Education). I studied under Virginia Poet Laureate Claudia Emerson. I’ve actively drafted a novel a year since 2010 and I look forward to many more stories to come.

I learn something new from every story or poem I write. I’m so grateful for every reader who completes the circle of the work and makes it real.

“Let everything happen to you: beauty and terror. Just keep going. No feeling is final.”

- Rainer Maria Rilke