Thuesday, December 10th at 7pm  Reading & Signing + Singing Terri Hendrix Cry Till You Laugh Wow! Terri Hendrix will be at BOOKWOMAN reading from and signing copies of her new book, Laugh Until You Cry. She'll be bringing her guitar and play a few tunes from her new CD of the same name and also some Holiday Songs!  Part autobiography, poetry book, photo album, songster and a “how to make it as a performing artist” guidebook, this 184-page paperback is a joy to read. If you are a budding musician, Hendrix will set you on the right path. (She’s been there; done that!). Her many years battling epilepsy make her courageous too and she doesn’t shy away from talking about that either. And then there are the lyrics that often stand out even more when away from music that accompanies them on her CDs.    As a trailblazing independent artist who lives by the motto “Own Your Own Universe,” Terri Hendrix has spent two decades juggling both her art (making music out of life) and everything that goes into maintaining a “DIY” music career (what she calls “The Part That Ain’t Art.”) So it’s only fitting that the award-winning singer-songwriter’s first book is two books in one: part companion piece to her latest album, Cry Till You Laugh, with lyrics, photos and essays linked to the songs on the record, and part how-to guide for going-your-own way in the music business. The essays dance from “cry” to “laugh” and back again, touching candidly on everything from hilarious road stories and stage-fright jitters to poignant matters of the heart and her life-long battle with epilepsy. It may sound like a crazy mix, but as any fan of Terri Hendrix’s music can attest to, that’s Terri … to a “T.”   The book has been warmly received by both fans and critics alike, with Michael Corcoran of the Austin American Statesman calling it "equal parts spiritual and practical, honest, funny, useful, revelatory and moving."    In 2010, Terri was inducted into the South Texas Music Walk of Fame in Corpus Christi, joining such Lone Star luminaries as Guy Clark, Kris Kristofferson and all four original Texas Tornados. She also received the Art of Peace Award from St. Mary’s University in her hometown of San Antonio, honoring her for creating art in the service of peace, justice and human understanding. And in early 2011, she returned to Hardin-Simmons University in Abilene, Texas — where she briefly studied opera on scholarship before taking a different musical path in life — to receive an Outstanding Alumni Award, given each year to three alumni who have attained outstanding achievements in their field of endeavor, community, state or nation. Terri is truly a self-made woman. With 12 albums in release on her own label since 1996.