Character Study: Cory McBrown

As part of the lead up to the release of my first book, I thought I would do a character study for each of the main characters: Cory McBrown, Samantha McBride, John McBride, and Barty McBrown.

When are their birthdays? What astrological combinations do they have? What are their interests? Stuff like that.

Starting with Cory McBrown:

Cory McBrown is represented by me, pictured here at 12, with a pencil on my nose for some reason.

Born Coriander June McBrown to parents Brienna McConnell and Carlton McBrown, in South Bend, Indiana, on July 16th, 1989. This makes her astrological Big Three Cancer Sun, Capricorn Moon, and Aries Rising. What does this mean? She is highly intuitive, hardworking, sensitive, but doesn't always show her feelings (except to a VERY select few), nurturing, basically born to be in some kind of mother role, shy to a fault, but you wouldn't necessarily know it by looking at her. She also has a bit of a hot-headed streak.

Her family moved to Bantry in 1990 when she was just a year old. Her parents divorced and her father left in 1995, when she was six. At the time of the first book, she is 12-years-old and in her 1st year of Secondary School.

Her favorite color is Plum Purple (she likely picks Professor Plum in Clue a lot)

Her favorite foods include deep dish chicken, bacon, lettuce, tomato, and cheese pizza, chocolate milk, chocolate cream pie, and strawberries.

Her favorite scent and flower is Lavender, and as of 2001, her favorite musical artist is P!nk- however, she grew up also listening to Melissa Etheridge, the Indigo Girls, The Chicks, Heart, and U2. Her favorite movie in 2001 is Mulan but it will soon become Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring.

She is an avid reader, with her favorite series being anything by Tamora Pierce, but specifically the Song of the Lioness series.

She plays piano, guitar, and a little violin, speaks some Irish Gaelic as a second language, and her hobbies include basketball, bike riding, drawing, music, anything creative really, and yoga.

She's allergic to mustard seed and shellfish (both anaphylactic) and is annoyed by such things as people who are too serious, over-the-top nerds, metal scraping pottery, and people who cut in-between groups.

She's generally afraid of anything poisonous, bees, and river rats, but her biggest fears are change and death.

One weird habit she has is chewing on the end of her sleeve.

Do you relate to Cory at all? If not, stay tuned, cause I've got more character studies on the way!