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Eric L. Terry
Wichita Falls, TX
eric.terry@wfpl.ne
INTRODUCTORY INFORMATION
I was born and raised in Wichita Falls, TX. I have lived
in the Wichita Falls area most of my life, except for two years which were spent
in living in Alamogordo, NM. I have been married to a wonderful woman, Allison,
for the past 12-1/2 years. I have one bright beautiful daughter who is 9 years
old and one fantastically fun son who is 5 years old. I have been the Youth
Services Librarian for the Wichita Falls Public Library for the past two years
and I’m currently a student in the University of North Texas School of Library
and Information Science masters’ degree program.
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
In process of attaining M.S. Library and Information
Science in Youth Librarianship
In process of attaining Graduate Academic Certificate in
Storytelling
University of North Texas, Denton, TX
Graduate School of Library and Information Science
Anticipated Graduation Date: May 14, 2005
Bachelors of Applied Arts and Sciences
Midwestern State University, Wichita Falls, TX
STORYTELLING INTERESTS
Storytelling is something that has been passed down from
generation to generation in my family. As a child, I loved to listen to the
varying stories that my relative would tell-like my great, great aunt who would
tell stories about when she was a little girl in the early 1890’s. As I grew
older, my love of storytelling grew as I realized the importance of storytelling
in my culture. Storytelling transcends all boundaries including, but not limited
to age, cultures, race, and social upbringing. As a youth librarian, I have
included storytelling in many of my weekly story times. I have received awesome
responses from children and parents who really enjoyed the storytelling. I hope
to continue to grow storytelling skills throughout my entire life because I
believe that there is always something that can be learned from the different
storytellers around the world. I am very interested in all the wonderful forms
of storytelling and I hope to inspire possible future storytellers through my
storytelling.
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION
At a young age I was introduced to three things which
became life long friends-books, movies, and comic books. I had two great aunts,
both retired school teachers, who lived together after their respective spouses
had died. These two great aunts instilled into me a love for books at a very
young age by reading to me for hours on end. These great aunts made sure that I
knew the importance of reading for educational and recreational purposes. I have
to credit my love affair with movies to my Dad. My Dad and Mom divorced each
other when I was five years old and one of the activities that my Dad did with
me every weekend that he had me was to go see a movie. I had the opportunity to
see “classics” like Young Frankenstein, Star Wars, Superman,
and Raiders of the Lost Ark in the movie theaters thanks to my Dad. My
obsession with comic books began at the tender age of 10 when I visited a
friend’s house. This friend, Sam Welch, had a HUGE stack of comic books in his
room which he proudly showed off to me. To say my curiosity was piqued is a
gross understatement! Sam and I sat there for hours reading his stack of comics
and when I went home later that night, Sam gave me an armful of comics to keep.
Thus began my foray into the comic book world.
Today I’m an avid reader of mostly fiction-youth fiction,
young adult fiction, and some adult fiction. I do read many different types of
genre fiction, but my favorite is fantasy. I try to read at least one book a
week-with time permitting.
I’m also a huge movie buff and watch many different types
of movie genre including horror-much to the chagrin of my wife! I don’t watch
much television, less than an hour a week and I don’t have cable or a satellite
dish, but I do watch about 2-3 movies a week so I’m an awesome movie trivia
player!
I’m still a comic book reader/collector and I have met at
comic conventions many of my favorite comic book authors and artists. Once a
week I go to my local comic book shop to buy comics. I probably read about 15-20
different comic titles a month.
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