Media Mayhem with Allison Hope Weiner
Episode 267
Love Sick Details MS, Creativity & Survival with Author Cory Martin
Love Sick is a memoir about Cory Martin who attempts to find love after being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis at 28. Ms. Martin shares an excerpt from her book and discuss the difficulties in telling loved ones and new loves about the diagnosis. Ms. Martin also explains how MS helped her tap into her creativity and changed her career forever in this episode of Media Mayhem hosted by Allison Hope Weiner.
Episode Breakdown
00:01 Welcoming Cory Martin to Media Mayhem.
02:07 Writing a memoir.
04:00 MS diagnosis.
06:50 An excerpt from Love Sick.
09:45 The internet & MS.
12:55 Telling friends.
14:10 MS testing.
16:10 How MS helped with creativity.
19:35 Ghost writing & new work.
21:29 Dating with MS.
23:03 Thank you and goodbye.
Guest Bio
A graduate of the University of Southern California, Cory has a B.A. in English-Creative Writing and spent time studying literature at Cambridge University in England. By the age of twenty-five, she had garnered writing credits on the hit television show, “The O.C.” and had been asked by Scholastic to pen three young adult novels based on the same TV series. She is the author of “Love Sick” a memoir about dating, life in Hollywood and dealing with multiple sclerosis. Her essays have appeared online with XOJane, The Mighty, and Elephant Journal.
Additional Links
https://www.amazon.com/Love-Sick-Memoir-Cory-Martin-ebook/dp/B01AU1QNBI
http://www.amazon.com/Cory-Martin/e/B001IZPRPO/ref=dp_byline_cont_ebooks_1
https://www.facebook.com/corymartinyoga/
http://www.corymartinwrites.com
http://thelip.tv/show/media-mayhem/
https://www.facebook.com/MediaMayhem?directed_target_id=0
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