Writer
Welcome to the website! I'm John Paul. I'm a fiction writer who likes stories that take you in unexpected directions, and I'm a fan of characters with depth along with worlds that seem to keep going on after we've stopped reading them. Ideally, I accomplish this in my own writing, so if that interests you, keep on scrolling and see what you can find! Also, because I love stories: here a some of my favorites: The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles, The House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski, One Piece by Eichiro Oda, Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng, and whatever's next on my reading queue (right now that's The Fire Concerto by Sarah Landenwich). Also, "Sonny Blues" by James Baldwin is now forever locked into my head.
Bio
If you want to use my bio for some "official business," here it is: John Paul Cacioppo earned a BA in Creative Writing at the University of Iowa. Right now, he's housed in Brooklyn where he is pursuing an MFA in Fiction at The Writer's Foundry at St. Joseph's University, but he has his home roots in Miami, FL. He's working on a novel, but he likes to dabble with all sorts of stories.
Current Projects
Secret Project 1: Is exploring themes of loneliness. That's all I share on that for now.
Secret Project 2: Is working alongside this list of Eucharistic Miracles that St. Carlo Acutis had put together on this site. https://www.miracolieucaristici.org/en/liste/list.html
Secret Project 3: As for this project, I've been starting to dive into death rituals (religious and non-religious), spirits, etc.
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