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Everything you might want to know about me...and then some.
Ahh, the empty nest. Frankly I don’t understand why some women take to their beds in misery when their last child moves out. Perhaps because their kids don’t keep coming back the way mine did. But at last, my loving and supportive husband, Ralph and I have the whole house to ourselves, with the exception of two rescue dogs, Angel & Molly. Our three grandchildren live nearby so we don’t have much time to ponder what our lives will be like when it’s just the two of us.  As I mentioned elsewhere, I’ve lived all my life in southern Ohio. I was born the second of four girls; the quiet one in a noisy household. Funny how no one believes I was ever quiet and shy. The summer I turned five, my family moved to Hillsboro. While overflowing with material for a budding writer, Hillsboro was a great place to be a kid. I loved tearing through the neighborhood with my sisters and friends, especially my partner in crime, Dee Dee Woodmansee, who became a character in my book, The Ultimate Guide to Darcy Carter. Dee, my sisters, and I made up stories and adventures, and then acted them out in the back yards, alleys, and stores of our small town.
Even back then, I couldn’t imagine doing anything besides writing. I used to hide notebooks behind my textbooks and write stories during class. I remember walking down the hallways of my school scribbling furiously into a notebook and crashing into other students. They learned quickly to clear a path when they saw me coming. My first full length horror story, Summer of the Dead, was written when I was in the seventh grade. The only thing I remember about that first story was I killed off the heroine on the last page. I hated happy endings in those days.
My next book, Someone is Watching You, written during the years of eighth thru tenth grades, developed quite a cult following in my high school. In this story, the heroines, identical twin sisters Elaine and Eileen Straussman, shared an alter ego named Heather, who turned out the be the mastermind behind the carnage taking place in their small town.
Give me a break! I was fourteen. What’d you expect me to write about? Splitting the atom?
After high school my writing was pushed aside by the more pressing matters of raising a family. I’ve held several different jobs, including a stint for Uncle Sam, but nothing was more rewarding than the five years I taught at Noah’s Ark Preschool in Waverly, Ohio. Preschoolers are my favorite people on the planet. The way their little minds see the world is one of God’s greatest joys. Now I teach the preschool Sunday school class at my church with another wonderful lady. What a blessing!
My next book, an anthology romance with Christian writer Molly Noble Bull is due for release in February, ‘09. I am finishing up Book Four of my Jenna’s Creek series and hope to see it published next year as well. My next project will be Book Five of the series for which I am brimming with story ideas. The series will end with the fifth book, and then I will move on to other projects. I already have the first installment of a brand new contemporary mystery series finished and am looking forward to bringing it to you.  Alas, so many book ideas, so little time. What a wonderful business. Imagine going to work everyday and finding something exciting and challenging awaiting you! Can you see why I feel so favored of the Lord to be doing what I’m doing.
Now that you know everything there is to know about me, I would love to hear from you. Please contact me at teresa@teresaslack.com I will do my best to respond in a timely fashion. Keep reading. Enjoy the books. Let me know what you think.
May the Lord richly bless you.
Teresa Slack
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