Terry O'Neal

Terry O'Neal

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About The Author

She is a self-published author of a book of poetry entitled Motion Sickness, and writing it has been a wonderful experience for her. It brings out her inner deepest thoughts and feelings. Currently, she is working on a second book of poetry entitled The Poet Speaks in Black, which will be out in February 2002. Also in the works is her first novel entitled Sweet Lavender that should be out by the end of next year. Terry believes that everything she writes will touch and inspire all of her readers in some way.

Terry a. O'Neal - Born Terry Williams on June 15, 1973 in Stockton, California to parents Henry and Barbara Williams. There she lived for the first eighteen years of her life. She attended Commodore Skills School from kindergarten through the eighth grade. After graduating from Franklin Senior High School in Stockton, she went on to attend California State University of Sacramento, majoring in Criminal Justice.

In 1991 she married Michael O'Neal and from that wonderful union a beautiful child was born.

While attending CSU, this highly educated mother decided to leave the university curriculum to take on a full time job. Terry continued to pursue her higher education at nearby community colleges as her love for writing flourished. Since that busy time in her life, she was blessed with two more beautiful children. Currently, she is employed part-time as a secretary for her husband's successful corporation. The full-time mother of four sometimes finds it tough to juggle being a secretary, a mom, a wife, and a writer; but still she looks at all of her daily blessings and continues to give each day her very best.

Sweet Lavender
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ISBN: 0967944678
Format: Hardcover, 143pp
Pub. Date: May 2003
Publisher: Motion Publishing

Novel and Upcoming Feature Film!

Rae Lynne Jonston was only five years old when her beloved father walked out of her life, leaving her mother to raise his love child. As she got older, the only place Rae Lynne could find peace was in the sweet lavender patch near her house. Could the one thing that offers her salvation be the very thing that tears her world apart?

The Poet Speaks In Black
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Format: Hardcover, 112pp.
ISBN: 0967946643
Publisher: Motion Publications
Pub. Date: February 2000

The Poet Speaks In Black translates everyday life into dynamic poetry. It touches on every aspect of our lives. "All things will eventually emerge from the darkness and into the light," says O'Neal.

Excerpt from the Poet Speaks in Black:

Contrary

The fear is not that
of the mind
but it is that
of the kind
if I had it my way
I'd snap my fingers and say
we are all just better off blind

Motion Sickness
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Format: Paperback, 112pp.
ISBN: 0967944600
Publisher: Motion Publications
Pub. Date: February 2000

Read an AALBC.com Review of Motion Sickness

Motion Sickness is an easy reading poetry book that everyone can relate to. All of our challenges, feelings, and emotions, are components to the Motion Sickness roller coaster. It is about the trials and tribulations and the ups and downs that we go through in our everyday life… why we cry and what we love about life… our children and our mates, as well as everything we hate. It brings forth our true feelings and puts them into words.

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http://www.terryoneal.com