WHO IS C.M. NEARY

Since a young age, I’ve struggled with reading and writing. Throughout school, I received extra help, but it was never quite enough. My difficulties with reading and writing followed me into college — which I didn’t finish — and into my working life, often diminishing my confidence. For years, I tried to hide it, avoiding situations that involved reading or writing whenever I could.

When I was twenty, I saw a spider on the wall and wrote a story about him. That simple moment sparked something within me. I allowed my imagination to grow, creating stories that mirrored the ones I kept inside myself. For years, no one knew I wrote, or that I had a story to tell. I kept my passion hidden out of embarrassment and shame.

At twenty-nine, I was finally diagnosed with dyslexia. Those words changed everything. They gave me permission to learn differently, to embrace my own unique way of seeing and expressing the world.
Since then, I’ve worked hard to improve my reading and writing skills, not out of necessity, but out of love — love for storytelling, for creativity, and for connection.

I completed a Publication for Creative Writing course at Maynooth University in 2013, followed by a Gothic Literature course at Manchester Metropolitan University in 2016 and a Self-Publishing course at The Writing College later that year.

You can find me on Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok, or visit my website to explore my dyslexia-friendly editions — created to help readers fall in love with reading, one story at a time.