A LITTLE BIT ABOUT ME

Like most writers I was one of those kids with my nose perpetually stuck in a book.

Reading was a way to journey to the other side of the world, travel through time, and go on all sorts of adventures. Naturally, I wanted to be a children’s author when I grew up but detoured into physiotherapy instead and writing was put on the backburner for a long time.

It was a winding and convoluted path that finally led me to write historical fiction. Along the way I collected a few short story prizes and a PhD in Creative Writing (otherwise known as a doctorate in Making Things Up).

In the name of research I spent three months in the UK, became a Shakespearean-era theatre groupie, and learnt how to wield a sword.

Now I write stories set in the early seventeenth century filled with feisty women, men in tights and plenty of swordplay.

There’s a dash of romance, generous lashings of intrigue and a whole lot of girl power going on.

When I’m not writing or doing things to other people’s bodies (in a purely professional way) you might find me hanging out at our local dog park as long as no slobbery balls are involved. I like to blog about the odd, the interesting, the old and the innovative.

When I disappear into my own creative musings my family call it being in ‘Terri world.’

It’s a happy place to be. You’re all invited to come along for the adventure.

A FEW (MORE) THINGS YOU MAY NOT KNOW ABOUT ME

• I hate the Pina Colado Song! Seriously, Have you listened to those lyrics? Soooo bad.
• I don’t mind spiders and snakes but cockroaches…Urgh. No mercy.
• If you notice undertones of grief and loss in my writing…we lost our daughter Jennifer to cystic fibrosis just after she turned 13.
• I’ve worked as a physiotherapist for over forty years. What have I learned?
  • Movement is medicine.
  • Laughter is motivating and
  • The best type of exercise is the one that you will actually do.