WritingCoachTeresa.com

Author / Writing & Fanbase-Building Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan's

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Author and Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan is proud to be a sponsor of one of the many writing contests through the 2015 San Mateo County Fair, Fine Arts Galleria, Literary Stage (Thank you, Literary Director Bardi Rosman Koodrin!)

DIVISION 332 – THE IMMIGRANT EXPERIENCE: NOVEL, MEMOIR, BIOGRAPHY, SHORT STORY, ESSAY OR MONOLOGUE

Sponsored by 22-Day Writing Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan www.writingcoachTeresa.com   

Author of: Love Made of Heart (mother-daughter love story); Build Your Writer’s Platform & Fanbase in 22 Days; "Talking to My Dead Mom" Monologues; and Coach Teresa's Blog

 This contest is to honor immigrants who struggle over language barriers, poverty, stigmas, and injustice. Your entry could be a firsthand account or a retelling of someone else’s experience.  Show how your protagonist goes about pursuing what she/he wants while confronting antagonists (persons or circumstances); use authentic details to show protagonist's recollection or attitude of "the old country"; foreshadow the core theme in the first paragraph or at least on page one.

Eligibility:  Submit first 1,500 words of your unpublished novel, memoir, or biography (no synopsis or prologue please) or a 1,500 word unpublished short story, essay or monologue. 

Submission guidelines for Teresa's contest and other writing contests will soon be posted on https://sanmateocountyfair.com/contests/departments/literary-arts  and  http://carrythelight2013.wordpress.com

contest deadline is April 1, 2015

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 Teresa LeYung-Ryan is a perennial presenter at the

San Francisco Writers Conference.

She says: "I cheer for Co-Founders & Co-Directors Michael Larsen & Elizabeth Pomada, entire SFWC Team, and everyone associated with the conference that celebrates craft, commerce and community." 

February 12-15, 2015

http://sfwriters.org

Thursday February 12, 2015 at San Francisco Writers Conference

4:45-5:45pm

MAKING YOUR WORK REJECTION PROOF: Advice from Freelance Editors         

Nina Amir, David Colin Carr, Tanya Egan Gibson, Stuart Horwitz, David Landau, Heather Lazare, Teresa LeYung-Ryan, Mary Rakow, Wendy Nelson Tokunaga, Annie Tucker, Ricky Weisbroth. Moderator: Mary E. Knippel                                                

(At the end of the session, you can sign up for a free consultation.)

Friday Feb. 13 and Saturday Feb. 14, 2015

Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan will give one-on-one 8-minute consultations at San Francisco Writers Conference. See Mary E. Knippel and her team to sign up for Teresa, Mary, or other developmental editors.

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 Got Platform? Build Yours to Attract Agents & Publishers

(title of presentation could change )

Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan  (author of Build Your Writer’s Platform & Fanbase In 22 Days) will show you how to grow your fanbase before and after publication – i nteractive presentation for fiction and nonfiction authors.

"Reach out, not stress out.Subscribe to Coach Teresa’s blog now."

W atch her interview on CBS “Bay Sunday” Show. Start by going to http://writingcoachTeresa.com 

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Teresa LeYung-Ryan & Mary E. Knippel

present their new 6-hour class:

“ For Theme Sake! Edit Your Own Manuscript Before Pitching to Agents!”  

For Writers of Novels, Memoirs, Biographies

  ·         even if you are in a critique group or preparing to hire an editor or a book doctor 

·         whether you are planning to be your own publisher or pitch to agents and acquisition editors 

·         save money; avoid headaches and rejection  

  

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Sunday, March 22 (NOT March 28), 2015, 2:00pm to 4:00pm

Marin Branch of California Writers Club meets

at Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista, Corte Madera, CA    $5 members; $10 nonmembers

All are welcome.
  http://www.cwcmarinwriters.com  

interactive presentation for fiction and nonfiction authors

Coach Teresa says: “Reach out, not stress out.”

Subscribe to Coach Teresa’s blog now. Watch her interview on CBS “Bay Sunday” Show. Start by going to http://writingcoachTeresa.com

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PAST EVENTS

2014 Events

Saturday & Sunday October 25 & 26, 2014

free public event

 Saturday 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.; Sunday 11 a.m. – 5 p.m.

http://www.ccbookfestival.com

 Look for author and writers' fanbase-building Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan and her colleagues all weekend at the California Capital Book Festival - Free Public Event

at Sacramento Convention Center, Sacramento, CA

on Saturday, October 25, 2014

11 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. in Room 305

“Join a Writers Organization” Panel

 at  California Capital Book Festival

 
 The 2014 California Capital Book Festival is a free public event for book lovers, featuring prize-winning authors, presentations, children’s entertainers and activities, booksellers and other exhibitors. This inaugural literary event will be held Saturday and Sunday, October 25 & 26, 2014 at the Sacramento Convention Center.

Meet and hear famous authors and illustrators, from across the US and around the world, as they present and sign their books.

Visit special venues: Culinary Delights, Kids Alley, Field of Sports, and All Things Pets. The Book Festival will feature hundreds of authors, publishers, booksellers, comics, graphic novels, rare books, and special entertainment.

Becoming a Friend of the California Capital Book Festival is simple - and the benefits are immense. http://www.ccbookfestival.com/friends.php

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Saturday September 13, 2014, 7:00pm California time

By popular demand,

Teresa LeYung-Ryan interviews award-winning author Carol Sheldon

at Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd, Corte Madera, CA  94925 

Please stop by!

Carol Sheldon's new book A Sleuth in Sausalito takes place in California during the wild and free-living days of Sausalito. Poets, painters and philosophers dotted this artsy town, as well as a community of people living on houseboats. The river rats vs. the hill people continue an ongoing battle.

After ten years of not knowing what happened to her mother when she disappeared, Gwen Harris is notified that recently discovered remains might be those of her mother. Leaving the University of Michigan to find out what she can in Sausalito, where her mother disappeared, Gwen begins a long and arduous journey of discovering what happened, and who is responsible. Her trust in several people is shattered by secrecy, betrayal and deception. She begins to feel she can trust no one. Ultimately, she must decide who her real friends are, and who she will be able to forgive.

Carol Sheldon is the author of Mother Lode and Driven to Rage. Sheldon studied at the University of Michigan, where she earned a BA and MA in creative writing and education.

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Saturday, June 21, 2014 Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan will present "Build/Fortify Your Writer's Platform & Fanbase"

at California Writers Club "CWC" - Tri-Valley Branch Pleasanton, California

2:00-4:00 p.m. (registration at 1:30).The cost for CWC Members is $10, nonmembers, $15. Anyone interested in the program or the organization may attend with no obligation to join. Reservations requested by contacting George Cramer at reservations@trivalleywriters.org no later than Wednesday, June 18, 2014.

Build / Fortify Your Writer's Platform & Fanbase 

with 

Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan 

• Are you published and you want more readers and media attention?   

• Is your fiction or nonfiction project being turned down by agents or acquisition editors because you do not have a platform of a best-selling author or a celebrity author?    

• Do you want to have fun and help your fans find you?   

Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryanwill show you how to thrive in the publishing arena whether you are the publisher or you’ve sold rights to a third-party publisher. She says: “Reach out, not stress out! By making your name stand for something—to attract targeted consumers (your fans)—who are likely to buy what you have to sell. Learn how to help your fans find you, before and after publication!”

Teresa is the author of Build Your Writer’s Platform & Fanbase In 22 Days: Attract Agents, Editors, Publishers, Readers, and Media Attention NOW.  

G  o to http://writingcoachteresa.com  and watch Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan’s interview on CBS “Bay Sunday.”    Her workbook will be available on June 21, 2014. 

Watch her television interview with Frank Mallicoat on Channel 5! Do the 2 exercises from Day 1 of her workbook by clicking here for further instructions. Coach Teresa says: “Reach out, not stress out.”

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June 7-14, 2014 Meet California Writers Club members at Bardi Rosman Koodrin's Literary Arts Stage, Fine Arts Galleria, at San Mateo County Fair.  Click here for CWC events at the fair. 

Saturday June 7th  Writing Contests Winners Circle Readings - Session 1 at 4:00-5:00pm; Session 2 at 6:00-7:30pm

(Teresa LeYung-Ryan sponsored the "Immigrant Experience Writing Contest)

Tuesday June 10, 2:00-3:30  Darlene Frank presents "Writer's Journey Workshop" - click here for more info

Tuesday June 10, 4:00-5:00  Darlene Frank presents Teresa LeYung-Ryan, Ollie Mae Trost Welch, David Hirzel - 3 playwrights will read 10 minutes of their new plays and then interviews - click here for more info.

• Teresa will be performing "What Am I Going to Do Now?" on the Literary Arts Stage at San Mateo County Fair; the 10-minute play is a new monologue (about a beyond-middle-age woman at a loss when her therapist is on vacation) from my “Talking to My Dead Mom” series 

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 http://sfwriters.org/

Saturday, Feb. 15, 2014, 11:00-11:45am at San Francisco Writers

Mary E. Knippel & Teresa LeYung-Ryan

present:

“BE YOUR OWN EDITOR: Inject the 5 Ws & Core Theme”

Learn how to take your fiction, narrative nonfiction or prescriptive-nonfiction manuscript to the next phase.

• even if you are in a critique group or preparing to hire an editor or a book doctor
• whether you are planning to be your own publisher or pitch to agents and acquisition editors
• save money and avoid headaches

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Friday, Feb. 14, 2014, 3:00-3:45pm at San Francisco Writers Conference

Elisa “Sasa” Southard  Teresa LeYung-Ryan

present their interactive session

FROM HOOKS TO BOOKS: Grabbing the Attention of Agents and Editors with Your Talking Tagline & Platform

• create your talking-tagline (for query letter, book proposal, press releases) to hook agents, acquisition editors, readers, and the media
  

• make your name synonymous with the themes you write about
  

• have fun building your platform (for fiction and nonfiction writers) 

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San Francisco Writers Conference February 14-17, 2013

http://sfwriters.org/

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Friday, February 15th, 9:00am--9:45am

GETTING TO FIRST BASE BY BUILDING YOUR FANBASE

with Coaches and Authors

Teresa LeYung-Ryan, Build Your Writer’s Platform & Fanbase in 22 Days

and

Advisory Board Member Elisa "Sasa" Southard, Break Through the Noise 

(free balloons in this session)

Attend this session (appropriate for all genres) if you want to:  

·          hook agents, acquisition editors, readers, media attention 

·          make your name synonymous with the themes you write about  

·          have fun building your writer's platform and fanbase

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Sunday, February 17th, 10:00am--10:45am

BE YOUR OWN EDITOR:  Ensuring Agents and Editors Love Your Work

with

Teresa LeYung-Ryan -- author of Build Your Writer’s Platform & Fanbase in 22 Days; Love Made of Heart

and

Mary E. Knippel -- author of The Secret Artist: Give Yourself Permission to Let Your Creativity Shine! 

Attend this session (appropriate for all genres)

• even if you are in a critique group or preparing to hire a book doctor/editor 
• and learn the 8 tools to take your fiction or nonfiction manuscript to the next phase  
• whether you are planning to be your own publisher or pitch to agents and acquisition editors 
• if you want to save money and avoid headaches. 

Also, on Friday Feb. 15th and Saturday Feb. 16th Teresa & Mary will be offering one-on-one consultations as manuscript consultant & freelance editor.

See you at the San Francisco Writers Conference !

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Please stop by my blog  http://lovemadeofheart.com/blog on January 3rd and January 5th, 2013.

On January 3, 2013  I will publish my interview with delightful author Wendy D. Walter!

Then, on January 5th, 2013, 10:00am – 1:00pm Pacific Standard Time

Wendy D. Walter will be visiting my blog, live!

What does that mean? click here: http://lovemadeofheart.com/blog/wendy-d-walter-author-of-ambrils-tale-return-of-the-dullaith-here-january-5-2013/

Wendy D. Walter uses her new book Ambril’s Tale, Return of the Dullaith to:

*  help young adults transform grief into courage

*  inspire readers to step into their unique inherent gifts

* show teens how to overcome obstacles, including battling foul-breath monsters, and find their way home

Where to find the book  Ambril’s Tale, Return of the Dullaith

http://www.amazon.com/Ambrils-Tale-Return-Dullaith-ebook/dp/B008EALE3A/

Ambril’s Tale, Return of the Dullaith at Barnes and Noble 

http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/174750

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"Gifts of Wine & Words"
event orchestrated by author Laurie Hoirup

Margie Yee Webb, Teresa LeYung-Ryan, Amy Gorman will exhibit their books on Saturday Dec. 15, 2012 only

and 30 other authors at:

"Gifts of Wine & Words"
Saturday & Sunday, December 15 & 16, 2012
1 p.m. – 5 p.m. both days

Carvalho Family Winery

35265 Willow Avenue
Clarksburg, CA 95612

 inside the Old Sugar Mill building in the Galleria

no admission fee - shop for great books and fine wines; just in time for Christmas

Laurie Hoirup, I Can Dance: My Life with a Disability 

Margie Yee Webb, Cat Mulan’s Mindful Musings: Insight and Inspiration for a Wonderful Life  Margie will be exhibiting Saturday only

Teresa LeYung-Ryan, Love Made of Heart; Build Your Writer’s Platform & Fanbase In 22 Days   Teresa will be exhibiting Saturday only

Amy Gorman, Aging Artfully: 12 Profiles of Visual and Performing Women Artists 85-105 Amy will be exhibiting Saturday only

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Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan was interviewed by CBS Channel 5 "Bay Sunday" Host Frank Mallicoat,produced by Akilah Bolden-Monifa.   Air Date was September 9, 2012, 5:30am AND here's the clip on YouTube !

Coach Teresa answered these questions:

·         What is Coach Teresa’s definition of a writer’s platform?  

“Making your name stand for something—to attract targeted consumers—who are likely to buy what you have to sell.”

·         Why does a writer need to promote?  Wouldn’t an agent or the publisher handle that? 

·         Aren’t platforms only for “how to” books? 

·         I write fiction; I have received awards; wouldn’t great writing speak for itself? 

·         How much does it cost to build my writer’s platform? 

·         I’m an introvert. Can I build my platform without having to appear in person? 

·         What is branding? 

·         Why do I need fans before my book is published? 

·         Which is the “better” route – find an agent who will find the publisher OR find the publisher myself OR be my own publisher? 

·         Coach Teresa, your workbook is Build Your Writer’s Platform & Fanbase In 22 Days     Why 22 days? 

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Saturday September 22, 2012, 10:00am - 4:00pm

authors Teresa LeYung-Ryan, Margie Yee Webb, Rita Lakin

will be exhibiting their books at the

Sonoma County Book Festival at Old Courthouse Square,

Fourth Street and Santa Rosa Avenue

 Santa Rosa, CA

  Look for Margie, Teresa and Rita at Booth B2  (near Information/Raffle Booth which is B1)

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Read about and see photos on Coach Teresa's blog post:  Kim McMillon’s “Writers On Writing” event energizes, inspires, delights panelists and audience!

Saturday July 14, 2012  12:00-2:00pm - free to the public

at Oakland Public Library - Rockridge Branch, 5366 College Avenue, Oakland, CA

Join playwright, and radio host Kim McMillon for the free Writers’ workshop “Writers on Writing.” Award-winning Australian author and journalist Stephanie Dale will help authors find their inner voice as writers. Teresa LeYung-Ryan will speak on creating your writing platform and building your brand as a writer. Poet and composer Judith Cody discusses how to write for and publish an anthology; author and columnist Yolande Barial will demonstrate the importance of finding your passion, while author an educator Joan Gelfand will deconstruct the process of getting published. This workshop is for writers with a desire to find their voice, write, and promote their work. A reception and book-signing will follow the presentation.

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Monday, July 9, 2012 6:00pm

Teresa LeYung-Ryan interviews Carol Sheldon (author of Mother Lode)

Left Coast Writers honors Carol Sheldon !

 

Read about and see photos on Coach Teresa's blog posts: 

Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan says: ”I love being in the performing arts theater world!”

Coach Teresa asks: “What to do when you are asked to change your script or manuscript?”

 Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan Having the Time of Her Life as Playwright

Redwood Writers and 6th Street Playhouse Play Festival

Teresa LeYung-Ryan's 10-minute monologue Answer Me Now has been chosen as one of the nine 10-minute plays to be produced for the Redwood Writers and 6th Street Playhouse Play Festival.

 tickets will be $16 per person per performance of all 9 plays -- 707-523-4185

June 29, Friday at 8pm;

June 30, Saturday at 2pm and at 8pm;

July 1, Sunday at 2pm (sold out)

July 1 Sunday 4:30 - 5:00pm (immediately following the matinee--free panel discussion with the playwrights )

 at Santa Rosa’s premier theater, 6th Street Playhouse Studio Theater,   52 W. 6th Street, Santa Rosa, CA 

707-523-4185

Teresa says: "I’d love to see my friends there. Click here for more information. Please email me too and let me know which show you'll be attending. I'm at gmail.com My ID is: WritingCoachTeresa "

Running order will be:

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Read about and see photos on Coach Teresa's blog posts:

Writing Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan Has Fun with Colleagues at San Mateo County Fair 2012

Part II Writing Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan Has Fun on Authors Day with Colleagues at Literary Arts stage, San Mateo County Fair 2012

Tuesday, June 12, 2012 5:00-6:00pm 3 playwrights at the San Mateo County Fair in California

the Literary Arts stage area in the Fine Arts Department at the fair

https://www.sanmateocountyfair.com/ The fair runs from June 9 - 17, 2012.

Teresa LeYung-Ryan, Ollie Mae Trost Welch David Hirzel (author interviews by Darlene Frank and audience Q&A after the plays are read)

Tuesday, June 12, 2012 5:00-6:00pm Darlene Frank and 3 playwrights at the Literary Arts stage area in the Fine Arts Department at the San Mateo County Fair in California

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Listen to Bardi Rosman Koodrin with "Arts In the Valley" Radio Show Host Kim McMillon: http://artsinthevalley.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/san-mateo-fair.mp3

Bardi Rosman Koodrin (center) brought literary arts to the county fair 4 years ago. Here are some folks who help Bardi make Literary Arts Stage in the Fine Arts Department at the San Mateo County Fair the place to go. Point at each photo to see name of each star.

Saturday, June 16, 2012 2:00-4:00pm Authors Day at the San Mateo County Fair in California.

Meet Teresa LeYung-Ryan(author of Build Your Writer’s Platform & Fanbase In 22 Days: Attract Agents, Editors, Publishers, Readers, and Media Attention NOW and Love Made of Heart and her short play Answer Me Now) and her colleagues at California Writers Club in the Literary Arts stage area, in the Fine Arts Department, in Expo Building at San Mateo County Fair. https://www.sanmateocountyfair.com/ The fair runs from June 9 - 17, 2012.

Writing Contest winning entries will be displayed in the Literary Arts area; Teresa LeYung-Ryan sponsored the 2nd annual Immigrant Experience Writing Contest. Good luck to all contestants!

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 May 3, 2012 6:00-7:30pm

Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan to facilitate

"WNBA Silent Work Session in Stong Conference Room at SFPL”

For more information, go to: http://wnba-sfchapter.org/may-3-2012-600-730pm-wnba-silent-work-session-in-stong-conference-room-at-sfpl/ 

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April 5, 2012, promptly 6:15-7:30 p.m.  Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan presents: “What to do after pitching to agents, acquisition editors, or the media” for Women's National Book Association-San Francisco Chapter’s “Authors Exchange Solutions” series at SF Main Library.  Stong Conference Room (first floor, no food allowed).   WNBA members and prospective members welcomed to attend–Must RSVP at least  48 hours before April 5th meeting by emailing:    WritingCoachTeresa (use @ sign)  gmail.com and put in your subject line:  RSVP April 5 WNBA.  Bring your business cards, postcards, query letters, and press releases.  Coach Teresa will start promptly at 6:15pm.  To join WNBA-SF Chapter http://wnba-sfchapter.org 

http://wnba-sfchapter.org/what-to-do-after-pitching-to-agents-and-acquisition-editors/

March 24 (Saturday) 2012 Women's National Book Association--San Francisco Chapter presents “Meet the Agents & Acquisition Editors/Speed Dating” Lynn Henriksen chairs; Teresa LeYung-Ryan, Mary E. Knippel and Tanya Egan Gibson will coach registrants on how to pitch. Program details http://wnba-sfchapter.org/

Coach Teresa recommends: 

March 1, 2012 6:15-7:30pm Women's National Book AssociationSF Chapter members and prospective members welcomed to "Authors Exchange Solutions" discussions at San Francisco Main Library. March 1 -- Stong Conference Room (no food allowed)Mentor Mary E. Knippel will focus on “Ready Your Pitch for WNBA-SF Meet The Agents Event.”

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Read about and see photos on Coach Teresa's blog post:

Coach Teresa, what happened on Feb. 16, 2012 at San Francisco Writers Conference?

Teresa LeYung-Ryan will be presenting with Mary E. Knippel

at San Francisco Writers Conference at InterContinental Mark Hopkins

http://www.sfwriters.org/

Thursday, February  16, 2012, 6:00pm Barclay Room

Mary E. Knippel & Teresa LeYung-Ryan

 BEING YOUR OWN EDITOR: Ensuring Your Work is 100% Before Taking the Next Step

Attend this session if you want to Polish Your Manuscripts before:

•             hiring book doctor/developmental editor OR

•             pitching to agents or acquisition editors OR

•             self-publishing

Mary E. Knippel, founder of Your Writing Mentor, teaches her clients to embrace their writing potential and tell their stories. Mary’s book The Secret Artist – Give Yourself Permission to Let Your Creativity Shine! (Simple Abundance Press 2012) demonstrates how life-changing experiences spark the creative power we all possess to determine our own destinies. Mary is also SFWC’s Independent Editor Coordinator. Visit Mary’s blog http://yourwritingmentor.com for writing tips and insights.

Teresa LeYung-Ryan has helped over 1,000 writers. As editor/story consultant, Teresa identifies themes and archetypes in her clients' manuscripts. Her novel Love Made of Heart is used in college composition classes. As author of Build Your Writer’s Platform & Fanbase In 22 Days: Attract Agents, Editors, Publishers, Readers, and Media Attention NOW, she coaches writers on making their names synonymous with the themes/subject matters/issues they write about. http://writingcoachteresa.com  Read Coach Teresa’s blog.

Also, Mary E. Knippel and Teresa LeYung-Ryan are scheduled to give one-on-one 10-minute consultations at San Francisco Writers Conference!

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Read about and see photos on Coach Teresa's blog posts:

Coach Teresa, what happened on Friday Feb. 17, 2012 at San Francisco Writers Conference?

Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan Enjoyed Helping Talented Writers / Registrants at San Francisco Writers Conference

Coach Teresa, what happened on Saturday Feb. 18, 2012 at San Francisco Writers Conference?

Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan, what happened on Sunday Feb. 19, 2012 at San Francisco Writers Conference?

Teresa LeYung-Ryan will be presenting with Elisa Southard

at San Francisco Writers Conference at InterContinental Mark Hopkins

http://www.sfwriters.org/

Friday, February  17, 2012, 9:00am in California Room

Ēlisa “Sasa” Southard & Teresa LēYung-Ryan

BLOWING UP YOUR BALLOON: Writing a Tag-Line That Will Sell You and Your Book

Attend this session if you want to:
• hook agents, acquisition editors, readers, media attention
• make your name synonymous with the themes you write about
• have fun building your writer’s platform & fanbase

Teresa LeYung-Ryan wears 2 hats:

   ·          As author of Build Your Writer’s Platform & Fanbase In 22 Days: Attract Agents, Editors, Publishers, Readers, and Media Attention NOW, she coaches authors before and after publication

·          As editor/story consultant, she helps writers polish their manuscripts by identifying their themes and archetypes. Her novel Love Made of Heart is used in college composition classes.  http://writingcoachteresa.com   Read Coach Teresa’s blog.

Elisa “Sasa” Southard also wears 2 hats:

·          As author of Break Through the Noise, 9 Tools to Propel Your Marketing Message, she helps writers turn personal skills into marketing talent http://BreakThroughTheNoise.com  

·          As creator of Big City Travel Skills Project, Sasa helps young travelers turn into smart and savvy adventurers http://elisaonassignment.com 

Listed below are 2 events -- free and open to the public (do not need conference registration).   Thursday, February 16th, 2012 at 5 p.m. San Francisco Writers Conference Presents a Free Public Reading Lisa See reads from Dreams of Joy in the California Room at the Mark Hopkins Hotel in San Francisco   Saturday, February 18th, 2012 at 6:15-7:00 p.m. San Francisco Writers Conference Mass Booksigning! Thirty presenters will sign in the Room of the Dons at the Mark Hopkins Hotel. Books for sale at the onsite bookstore BookShop West Portal. No-host bar.   Teresa LeYung-Ryan, Elisa Southard, Mary E. Knippel, Barbara Santos, Martha Alderson, Linda Lee, and their colleagues will be autographing at this event. For conference registration San Francisco Writers Conference

 

Thursday, February 2, 2012 6:15-7:30pm Women's National Book Association--SF Chapter members and prospective members welcomed to "Authors Exchange Solutions" discussions with Birgit Soyka or Teresa LeYung-Ryan or Mary E. Knippel at San Francisco Main Library, Latino/Hispanic Room A (food allowed) Feb. 2, 2012 Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan will teach members and prospective members “What is a Platform and How to Build Yours” promptly at 6:15pm. Must RSVP 24 hours before meeting by emailing writingcoachteresa (use @ sign) gmail.com

(  If you missed this event, read my post-event blog posts of January 9, 10, 12, 2012  http://lovemadeofheart.com/blog/ )

Sunday, January 8, 2012 Redwood Writers Meeting at the Flamingo Conference Resort & Spa, 2777 Fourth Street, Santa Rosa, CA 95405 • Phone: (707) 545-8530 CWC Redwood Branch asks for $5 from members and $8 from non-members to cover costs. http://redwoodwriters.org/

Sunday, January 8, 2012, 2:30-5:00pm

Networking

General meeting

and

Writing-Career-Make-Over with Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan 

Learn how to:

·          reveal your “picture-of-success” to create your model

·          understand your unique motivators & modus operandi

·          blend the “who, what, when, where” your way, fun way

Coach Teresa will choose 3 writers from the audience—representing the 3 umbrella genres (fiction, narrative non-fiction, and prescriptive non-fiction a.k.a. how-to books)—and guide them in this interactive session. Everyone will receive Coach Teresa’s “Writing-Career-Make-Over” template. Q&A to please all.

Coach Teresa LēYung-Ryan wears 3 hats and has helped over 1,000 writers take steps to further their careers.

• She’s the author of Build Your Writer’s Platform & Fanbase In 22 Days: Attract Agents, Editors, Publishers, Readers, and Media Attention NOW (a workbook for anyone who has anything to promote---available in print edition and as E-book). 

• As a manuscript consultant, she shows authors how to identify themes and archetypes. 

• Her using her novel Love Made of Heart (to inspire adult children of mentally ill parents to speak openly about the stigmas and find resources for their families) demonstrates the power of making one’s name synonymouswith the themes/subject matters/issues one writes about.  

http://www.WritingCoachTeresa.com attracts thousands of readers each month, so, please promote yourselves by going to her website, click on “Teresa’s Blog” and submit comments on blog posts that interest you. [To submit a comment: click on the blue title bar of the blog post you’re interested in, scroll down to get the boxes, fill in boxes and click on “submit comment” button so that Teresa’s fans will see your names and URLs.]  Coach Teresa’s motto:  “Reach out, not stress out, when pursuing your dreams.” 

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( If you missed this event, read my post-event blog posts of January 9, 10, 12, 2012  http://lovemadeofheart.com/blog/ )

Thursday, January 12, 2012 4:00pm PST / 5:00pm MST / 6:00pm CST / 7:00pm EST

Teresa LeYung-Ryan will be Linda Joy Myers's guest

National Association of Memoir Writers (NAMW)

Free Roundtable Discussion on the Internet

Must sign up to get call-in number--click here:  http://www.namw.org/animation/build-your-writers-platform-in-2012 

We have declared 2012 The Year of the Memoir, and in our first event of the year, we’re going to plant seeds to help you envision yourself as a successful published author and take steps to build your audience—your platform—as it’s called by agents and publishers.

Our Roundtable Discussion leader this month is Teresa LeYung Ryan, author of Love Made of Heart and Build Your Writer’s Platform & Fanbase In 22 Days. Teresa will talk with us about ways to create success in your writing life—especially the specifics of creating that foundation of potential audience that will help you get published and sell your book. Be prepared to tell us what your book is about and think about who your audience will be.

Whether you’re pitching your memoir to agents or you want to be your own publisher, the thing that gives you the competitive edge is a platform that attracts fans before and after publication. 
Coach Teresa’s definition of platform:  “Making your name stand for something—so you attract targeted consumers who are likely to buy what you have to sell.”

Step 1 “What are you selling?” Your literary products—articles, columns, stories, poems, essays, speeches, scripts, books. Your memoir and anything connected to it like a blog, article, poem or essay are your products which deliver ideas, stories, and themes. Being published means that we plan to share these ideas, we are putting them out into the world so others can find out about them, and so our ideas can enrich their lives.

Step 2 “Making your name stand for something”–the “something” is the subject matter, the issues and themes in your writing. You will become identified and known for what you write about, what you stand for, and the topics and ideas your work represents. Publishers, agents, and consumers look for continuity in your name and the “brand” that you are building.

Step 3 “Targeted consumers?” They are the readers who want to know about your subject matter and themes, and are invested with reasons to read what you write—to learn, to enjoy, and to be inspired. They need your work, there is something you have to offer that will change their lives.

Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan will lead our discussions to help you link steps 1, 2, and 3.

Teresa LeYung-Ryan has helped over 1,000 writers take steps to further their careers.

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October 18, 2011 Writing Career Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan hosted The Plot Whisperer Martha Alderson's appearance on Blog Tour. This is what happened: http://lovemadeofheart.com/blog/coach-teresa-what-happened-when-you-hosted-blog-tour-for-plot-whisperer-martha-alderson/

http://lovemadeofheart.com/blog/writers-invited-to-camp-out-here-the-plot-whisperer-martha-alderson-to-arrive-october-18-2011-on-blog-tour/

This is what happened: http://lovemadeofheart.com/blog/coach-teresa-what-happened-at-the-sonoma-county-book-festival-part-1/ 

September 24, 2011  10:00am - 4:00pm

The Sonoma County Book Festival

Celebrating the Literary Arts & Promoting Literacy

Old Courthouse Square, Fourth Street and Santa Rosa Avenue, Santa Rosa, CA

Please visit us at our booth #34 and at the Redwood Reading Stage (stage times: 1:45-2:00pm Teresa LeYung-Ryan & Margie Yee Webb; 2:00-2:45pm Kate Farrell). 

Please look for the 3 of us at Booth #34 - on 4th Street near Mary's Pizza Shack

Maxine Hong Kingston will be on the main stage sometime between 2:30-4:00pm

Please look for the 3 of us at Booth #34 - on 4th Street near Mary's Pizza Shack

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September 26, 2011 2:10-3:25 p.m.

This is what happened: http://lovemadeofheart.com/blog/sfsu-teacher-sheryl-fairchild-and-her-first-year-composition-students-are-love-made-of-heart/

Video of dramatic read of opening scene in Love Made of Heart on Teresa's YouTube channel http://www.youtube.com/teresaleyung#p/a/u/2/t_X6oHNzE9k

http://lovemadeofheart.com/blog/love-made-of-heart-turns-9-years-old-october-2011/

Teresa LeYung-Ryan looks forward to meeting Sheryl Fairchild's students (First-Year Composition course in the English Dept. at SF State University, San Francisco, CA). Thank you for reading Love Made of Heart.

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Writing Career Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan (WNBA-SF Chapter Secretary) here to say:

WNBA-San Francisco Chapter Get-Togethers

October 6, 2011

First Thursday of the month 6:00-7:30pm at San Francisco Public Library, Main Branch, Stong Conference Room, first floor (no food allowed in this room).

Near BART Civic Center Station. 2 entrances for the library: 100 Larkin St. (and 30 Grove St.), S.F., CA 94102

Get-Togethers are WNBA membership benefits; non-members can attend one Get-Together a year. To become a member: http://wnba-sfchapter.org/ WNBA-SF Get-Togethers are orchestrated by Teresa LeYung Ryan and Mary E. Knippel.

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If you missed this event, please take a look at: http://lovemadeofheart.com/blog/coach-teresa-how-do-writers-authors-rebuild-their-lives/

Tuesday, June 28, 2011, 7:00-9:00pm

BookShop West Portal, 80 West Portal Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94127 415-564-8080

Women’s National Book Association (WNBA) members celebrate June’s “Rebuild Your Life Month” featuring books by members Birgit Soyka and Teresa LeYung-Ryan. Join us for a fun evening— reception; authors’ presentations; meet the new board and members of the San Francisco Chapter. Please RSVP by emailing BookShopRSVP@wnba-sfchapter.org

Birgit Soyka (author of To Drink the Wild Air: One Woman’s Quest to Touch the Horizon)

and

Teresa LeYung-Ryan (author of Love Made of Heart and Build Your Writer’s Platform & Fanbase In 22 Days)

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Teresa LeYung-Ryan uses Love Made of Heart to inspire adult-children of mentally-ill parents to speak openly about the stigmas and gain resources for their families. As Writing Career Coach Teresa, she helps fiction and nonfiction authors gain a competitive edge before and after publication with her workbook Build Your Writer’s Platform & Fanbase In 22 Days.

Visit Birgit’s blog at http://todrinkthewildair.com/         Visit Teresa’s blog at http://WritingCoachTeresa.com

The Women’s National Book Association (WNBA) is a 501(c) (3) non-profit organization that fosters professional development and exposure of our members (women & men) through a variety of book-related programs, workshops, and hands-on opportunities to make valuable contacts and connections that are beneficial at any stage of one’s career. WNBA-San Francisco Chapter (founded by Effie Lee Morris) is part of a National network promoting the value of books and reading throughout ten chapters stretching from coast to coast. Annual Membership is $45 http://wnba-sfchapter.org  

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San Francisco Writers Conference February 18-20, 2011

http://sfwriters.org/

Writing Career Coach Teresa LeYung Ryan & Talking Tagline Coach Elisa Southard will be presenting "Get a Grip: Be Your Own Best Promoter”at this exciting conference.

Also, Teresa will be offering one-on-one consultation as a manuscript consultant.

See you there!

Teresa LeYung Ryan  uses her workbook  BUILD YOUR WRITER’S PLATFORM & FANBASE IN 22 DAYS: Attract Agents, Editors, Publishers, Readers, and Media Attention NOW  to help writers gain a competitive edge. She uses her novel LOVE MADE OF HEART to inspire adult-children of mentally-ill parents to speak openly about the stigmas. Also, Teresa is a manuscript consultant; she likes quirky and feisty protagonists. Resources at her website & blog  http://writingcoachteresa.com

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Want to be happily published? 

Start with this tool: 

 

available through Amazon 

 

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I conduct “Major League Tryouts with Coach Teresa to Build Your Writer’s Name” at writers’ clubs and conferences. Whether you're writing fiction or non-fiction, build your name/platform/fame/brand and have fun doing it! 

 

To E-mail me, I'm at Gmail.com and my I.D. is WritingCoachTeresa

In the subject line--show your full name and purpose of your e-mail. Tell me who referred you.

 

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Form a study-group, split the cost and hire me, Coach Teresa, to help you achieve success. I can help you:

·          identify your mission statement, the scope of your project, and the perfect book title

·          in name-building to attract the right agent or publisher or more fans or media attention

·          design and grow your blog (to showcase your expertise and experiences)

·          with computer-navigating shortcuts and show you how to easily “find stuff” on the World Wide Web

 

 

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You can listen to the archive at:   http://www.blogtalkradio.com/onword/2010/05/18/writers-sanctuary-with-kim-mcmillon

  

May 18, 2010 Martha Alderson & Teresa LeYung Ryan on Kim McMillon's "Writers' Sanctuary" Blog Talk Radio Show http://www.blogtalkradio.com/onword  First hour,  Martha Alderson will help you plot by employing cause-and-effect; then next 45 minutes, Teresa LeYung Ryan will help you identify the core issues in your story and link your name to mission statements.

Tues. March 16, 2010 Noon-1:30pm   Luisa Adams, Teresa LeYung Ryan, Martha Alderson, and Mary Cox Garner will be on Kim McMillon's  "Writers' Sanctuary" blog radio show http://www.blogtalkradio.com/onword.  Where:   http://www.blogtalkradio.com/onword/2010/03/16/writers-sanctuary-with-kim-mcmillon    

 

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You can listen to Writing Career CoachTeresa LeYung Ryan  on Linda Joy Myers's teleseminar for members-only of The National Association of Memoir Writers (NAMW) from June 18, 2010

Writing Career Coach Teresa LeYung Ryan Helps Memoir Writers Use What They Know to Build Fame!  Fun & Simple Steps for Memoir Writers to Thrive

Not already a member of NAMW? Visit http://www.namw.org now!

How do writers thrive in the fiercely competitive industry? Find out for yourself in this delightful session with Coach Teresa who created

Build Your Writer’s Platform & Fanbase In 22 Days: Attract Agents, Editors, Publishers, Readers, and Media Attention NOW 

She will help you:

• understand the need to build one’s name/fame in today’s publishing arena.
• identify advocates, endorsers and fans.
• gain recognition through your words and your community.

 

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 You can listen to author and writing career coachTeresa LeYung Ryan and her colleagues

http://www.learnoutloud.com/Podcast-Directory/Politics/Contemporary-Issues/Commonwealth-Club-Radio-Program-Podcast/18764#

"Self-Publishing: Tutorials from the Trenches" programs from the Commonwealth Club were distributed as Podcasts and audio streaming. You’ll have to search down the page to April 22, 2010 when they were first sent out. They’re in reverse order on the page.

Panel: Self-Publishing (Program 3) - Book Sales and Marketing

This program was recorded in front of a live audience in San Francisco at the Commonwealth Club of California on April 19, 2010.

Scott James, Columnist, The New York Times; Author (aka Kemble Scott), SoMa; The Sower
Elizabeth Block, Author, A Gesture Through Time; Recipient, the Christopher Isherwood Foundation Fiction Fellowship
Teresa LeYung Ryan, Author; Writing Career Coach. Love Made of Heart; Build Your Name, Beat the Game: Be Happily Published
Paula Hendricks, Founder and Book Designer, Cinnabar Bridge Communications; Author, September in Corrales

Book publishing is undergoing a sea change. Come and participate in our dynamic and interactive three-part series covering all aspects of self-publishing, taught by front-line experts who have done it themselves and succeeded. Bookstores are closing; newspaper book reviews are almost gone; and online options can be overwhelming. What’s an author or publisher to do?

Thank you, producers of the series: Paula Hendricks of Cinnabar Bridge Communications and Kevin O’Malley, Chairman of the Business and Leadership Forum at the Commonwealth Club!

 

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Artist Chandra Garsson produced and edited (ever so cleverly) a short art film featuring Teresa LeYung Ryan. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvxDNegmFqk 

 

Thank you, Chandra !