Author, Writer, Poet
Please join us at Lit Crawl Sebastopol on Saturday 5/17 at 5pm for homegrown lit, conversation, craft and community!
Catch a taste of prose and poetry from five Bay Area Unsolicited Press authors: Sommer Schafer—THE WOMEN, Patricia Q. Bidar—Pardon Me for Moonwalking (coming this fall), LeeAnn Pickrell—Gathering the Pieces of Days, Kerry Donoghue—Mouth, and Terry Tierney—Why Trees Stay Outside.
The entire article includes insights from journal editors, and quotes many outstanding first lines: https://schoolofplot.com/blogs/writing-guides/what-are-editors-looking-for-in-first-lines.
Here is an excerpt from the article:
“What are editors looking for in a first line?
The School of Plot reached out to the editors of some really cool literary magazines and asked them what makes a first line stand out. These are people who read more opening lines in a month than most of us read in a year, and they’re reading discerningly.”
Thank you to Ophelia Monet, Editor-in-Chief at Wildness Literary Magazine! You can read the journal here: https://wildscapelit.com/issue-1/
And here is “Apology”
Please say hi if you see me wandering around the book fair (my favorite hangout) or occasional sessions.
Here’s where you can find me for sure, and more details are on my events page: https://terrytierney.com/events/
You are invited to join us at 7pm Thursday 2/6 at Clio’s Bookstore in Oakland for a reading and discussion entitled “Writing on the Edge: Resistance, Escape, and Redemption.”
My friend and Unsolicited Press comrade, award-winning author Doug Cole, will be appearing along with my Writer’s Grotto colleague Linda Michel-Cassidy.
You can register here (standing room is free but there are plenty of chairs) or just show up: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/writing-on-the-edge-resistance-escape-and-redemption-tickets-1230882626069
But wait, there’s more! Clio’s has a bar!
Thank you to the wildscape. literary journal editors for including my poem “Apology” in Issue #1: https://wildscapelit.com/apology-terry-tierney/
When I recently read “Apology” at the Babylon Salon in San Francisco, I introduced it by admitting I was not aging gracefully. And neither should you. 😉
Be sure to check out the entire journal, which is filled with amazing and inspirational words: https://wildscapelit.com/issue-1/