Haley-Grace McCormick

Oh, yeah.

That 13, 14 year, like, where it's just like your first love and you're just like, I would do anything for you.

Hi, everybody.

Welcome back to Off the Shelf.

Today, I'm sitting down with Haley Grace McCormick, a content creator turned debut romance author who, after being diagnosed with dyslexia, was told she wasn't supposed to be a writer.

Now, she is the author of The Enemy of Time, a book rooted in memory and love and the idea that timing might not be what we think it is.

Haley Grace, welcome to Off the Shelf.

Thank you so much for having me.

thank you i spend the most time on the intro i want to set it up really well and i'm glad you approve someone asked me like how do you explain your book and i was like um it's a love story can like i'm just gonna have you like right there it would be amazing i'm happy that works i'm happy that works now you are someone who loves film tv pop culture if you had to be dropped into any movie or tv world for one day which one would you choose

Yeah.

Wait, why are you being offed in the first season?

Because...

You honestly don't seem clumsy at all.

You seem very, like, put together and just, like, you know...

how to not be clumsy I gotta say that's the vibe I got that's just the hairspray and the foundation you know the makeup that looks great there you go okay let's get into things I know that you said recently that today my life doesn't look like the future I once imagined can you take me back to your younger self before writing was even on the table what did you want to be when you grew up

What do people when you're diagnosed with dyslexia?

What do the what are the careers they tell you you should do then?

Was that hard when you were younger?

Like, how do you how do you prove them wrong and prove that you're going to follow a life that you want to do?

What do you think people fundamentally misunderstand about dyslexia?