About

My pen name is Teresa Valle, for the tia I was named after.

That pen name thing didn’t take. My name is Teresa Phillips, and I’ve added my grandmother’s maiden name now to distinguish me from the Teresa Phillips who writes Amish romances. So, Teresa Ybarra Phillips it is. All text in Cuentos is copyright Teresa Ybarra Phillips, please ask for permission to reproduce.

More on me: I am a writer of short fiction, some poetry, and working on an on-line novel.

Here are a few things I could share about myself or my fictional self. These things may be true:

• My favorite tea is Star of Persia.
• Guilt and pleasure are fun to write about.
• I drive a very old car. I got a new Toyota for my birthday!
• I prefer mayonnaise to Miracle Whip.
• TV is dull. That is not about me.
• Today I saw a dove nesting in a sconce outside an old lady’s apartment. It blinked at me, but did not fly away. What a safe apartment, I thought.
• Writing and music are initimately related for me.
• Reading is not the same as writing. I love to read aloud.
• I stayed in a resort in Bannf with my grandmother when I was a kid. I still remember the man in the table next to us lining baby peas up on his knife and eating them all in a row.
• I like soft clothes. Do all people like soft clothes?
• I do not like offices or hospitals.
• I blenderize fact and fiction unintentionally and intentionally.
• My grandfather sold books. My father made rocket ships.
• I have no sisters.
• My brothers all have enormous foreheads.
• My forehead is of average size.
• My iguana has very little forehead. She is a picky eater.
• I like to sing but do not easily remember lyrics.