Teresa LeYung Ryan's Writer Resources

http://LoveMadeOfHeart.com/Manuscript-Consultant-and-Career-Coach.html   Teresa LeYung Ryan, manuscript consultant and career coach for writers

http://www.media-alliance.org   Media Alliance is a 28 year-old media resource and advocacy center for media workers, non-profit organizations, and social justice activists. Our mission is excellence, ethics, diversity, and accountability in all aspects of the media in the interests of peace, justice, and social responsibility.
 
 www.bookweb.org  American Booksellers Association (for lists of independent bookstores in the U.S., tradeshows, regional booksellers' organizations, and book festivals)
 
 www.aar-online.org   Association of Authors' Representatives
 
  http://schoolibrary.org    California School Library Association
 
 http://writing.shawguides.com   Directory of writers’ organizations and conferences.
 
 www.BlockBusterPlots.com is the definitive website for writers looking for plot and scene development help.  Martha Alderson taught Teresa LeYung Ryan and many other writers how to plot their stories.
 
 www.ElisaSouthard.com   Elisa Southard is the author of THROUGH THE NOISE: 9 Tools to Propel Your Marketing Message.  She and Teresa LeYung Ryan love to help writers promote themselves.
 
 www.AliveHypnosis.com    Angie Choi  has helped Teresa LeYung Ryan interpret dream symbols. They have also teamed up to deliver presentations to show how dreams not only work in our sleeping minds but also in our waking minds.
 
 www.MCScala.com  Martha Clark Scala, MFT is the author of Feel Better in the Mourning: Give Grief a Voice, a psychotherapist, a presenter, and a real Listener.
 

www.thewritespot.us  Marlene Cullen's Writers Forum is a monthly series of literary workshops exploring many avenues of writing--Petaluma, CA

 www.yourwordsproject.net   Yolande Barial is the founder of Your Words Project: Speaking on Purpose
 
 
 www.memoriesandmemoirs.com   Linda Joy Myers, Ph.D., author of Becoming Whole: Writing Your Healing Story, is also a writing-teacher and psychotherapist.  Linda and Teresa team up to deliver "Heal the Mother in Our Hearts" writing workshops.
 
 http://www.leonibus.com/pages/1/index.htm   Christopher Gortner is a brilliant historical novelist and teacher.
 
 www.chromisphere.com    Lance Ong

For undergraduates and college-bound high school seniors.  Whether you are in your first year or your fourth, From F to Phi Beta Kappa: Super Charge Your Study Skills will give you expert guidance on study strategies that will take you to graduation.

 http://www.TheCourageToTrust.com   Have childhood betrayals stopped you from trusting wisely today?  The Courage to Trust shows that trust is a choice and offers tools and stories to help you overcome old barriers to trust and intimacy.  Book and workshops by Cynthia Wall, LCSW
 
 http://www.womensmemoirs.com   Matilda Butler's website serves as a resource for women who are undertaking on their own or in a group to plan, write, and share their memoirs.

 
 www.editorforyou.com   Melanie Rigney says: “It's my privilege as an editor with more than 25 years of experience to help your manuscript sing.”
 
 www.shelleysinger.com   Shelley Singer taught a class at U.C.Berkeley Ext.--that's where Teresa learned how to write an enticing query letter and the nuts-and-bolts of how to get published.
 

 www.habitualreader.com   the online fiction book club that features your reader profiles, book reviews, and favorite community bookstores.
 
 www.nciba.com  Northern California Independent Booksellers Association
 
 www.pnba.org   Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association (Teresa is a member)
 
 www.wnba-sfchapter.org   San Francisco Chapter of Women's National Book Association (Teresa LeYung Ryan is a boardmember of this chapter)
 
 www.sfpeninsulawriters.com (Teresa LeYung Ryan is a past-president of this branch) The San Francisco/ Peninsula Branch of California Writers Club meets monthly to network and listen to speakers. Saturday programs (650) 615-8331.  This branch sponsors the Jack London Writers' Conference .
 

 www.stonesoup.com   for young writers and artists
 
 www.southbaywriters.com The South Bay Branch of CWC meets on a Wednesday once a month in San Jose. This branch hosts the East of Eden Writers' Conference. Teresa LeYung Ryan and Elisa Southard presented at the 2004 conference.
 
 www.marinwriters.com The Marin Branch of CWC meets on a Sunday once a month, usually at Book Passage in Corte Madera. This branch hosts the Writers Way Conference.
 
 www.berkeleywritersclub.org The Berkeley Branch of CWC meets on a Saturday once a month.
 
  www.santaclaracountylib.org/gilroy/GIwriting.html Members of the Gilroy Writers Project meet once a month at the Gilroy Library, 7387 Rosanna Street (corner of 6th and Rosanna), Gilroy, CA (408)842-8208 ext. 3413
 
 www.Calwriters.com   This is the state website of CWC (look for a branch near you)
 
 www.wnba-books.org   Women's National Book Association
 
  www.sanfranciscowritersconference.com The San Francisco Writers Conference.  (Teresa LeYung Ryan and Elisa Southard were presenters in 2004, 2005, and 2006, and have been invited to present at the 2007 conference)
 
 www.kensingtonbooks.com   Kensington Publishing Corp., New York (Teresa LeYung Ryan's editor is John Scognamiglio)
 
 www.dystel.com   Dystel & Goderick Literary Management, NY (Teresa LeYung Ryan's agent is Stacey Glick)
 
 www.writeradvice.com Writer Advice (an excellent resource and a "fun" place to go to; B. Lynn Goodwin is the editor)
 
 www.holtuncensored.com    Pat Holt's website !  about books and the book industry written by Pat Holt, former Book Review Editor and Critic for The San Francisco Chronicle.
 
 www.aaww.org   The Asian American Writers' Workshop
 
 www.aaastudies.org/opening.html   Association for Asian American Studies
 
 http://marvel.loc.gov   Library of Congress
 
 www.folusa.com  Friends of Libraries, USA
 
  www.publishersweekly.com  Publishers Weekly
 
  www.bookwire.com/bookwire   The Bookwire/PW Daily
 
 www.barnesandnoble.com   Barnes & Noble Booksellers
 
 www.borders.com  BORDERS Books & Music
 
  www.copperfieldsbooks.com  Copperfield's Books in California
 
 www.elliottbaybook.com   The Elliott Bay Book Company in Seattle, WA
 
 www.powellbooks.com    Powell's Books in Oregon
 
 www.booksinc.net   Books Inc.  in California
 
 www.bookpassage.com   Book Passage in Corte Madera and San Francisco, CA
 
 www.bookstore.com  A Clean Well-Lighted Place for Books in SF, CA
 
 www.keplers.com   Kepler’s Bookstore in Menlo Park, CA
 
 www.codysbooks.com   Cody’s Books in Berkeley and San Francisco, CA
 
 www.nciba.com  Northern California Independent Booksellers Association

http://moonflowercreations.org
Moonflower Creations is a resource for Conscious Living, Spirituality,
Metaphysics and the Sacred Feminine Mysteries. Marie Elena combines a
thirty year background of study, practice and instruction in her
classes and services.

Other Super Organizations:
 
 www.babwnews.com  Bay Area BusinessWomen News
 
 www.chsa.org   Chinese Historical Society of America
 
 www.aaastudies.org    Association for Asian American Studies 

www.LoveMadeOfHeart.com