
Here’s the announcement from Linda L Reid, 2014 Play Contest Chair:
Cheers to Everyone!
Sincerely,
Teresa LeYung-Ryan
Teresa’s novel Love Made of Heart: a Mother’s Mental Illness Forges Forgiveness in Daughter Ruby is used in college courses and archived at the San Francisco History Center.
As author of Build Your Writer’s Platform & Fanbase In 22 Days: Attract Agents, Editors, Publishers, Readers, and Media Attention NOW, Coach Teresa helps clients identify their themes and archetypes.
http://writingcoachTeresa.com Subscribe to “Coach Teresa’s blog”

So many sweet memories of friends and colleagues each year at San Francisco Writers Conference . . .
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And, I shall be with these friends and colleagues again, soon. My heart is heavy though (as many other hearts are) missing Kathi Kamen Goldmark’s smile; perhaps she’ll be smiling on us at the conference.
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Top Ten Reasons for Writers to Attend the 2014 San Francisco Writers Conference
- Launch your writing career–or take it to a more professional level–with direction from bestselling authors and publishing experts.
- Choose from a schedule of workshops, panels and sessions that fit your specific writing needs and goals.
- Get your questions answered at the Ask-a-Pro session featuring New York and California editors…included in your registration fee.
- Go to Speed Dating for Agents – Pitch your book ideas one-on-one in a room full of literary agents ($50 option for registered attendees)
- Receive free feedback on your work from freelance book editors.
- Kick back in Cafe Ferlinghetti with writers from all over the country…and foreign countries, too.
- Talk with exhibitors and find out what’s new for writers.
- Browse our onsite bookstore (produced by BookShop West Portal) and you can get the books you purchase autographed by the presenters.
- Jump into pitch contests, “Open Mic” readings, and socialize at our Gala Welcome party. This is just a sampling of SFWC’s over-the-top networking opportunities during the event.
- Stay awhile longer with our optional in-depth Pre Conference classes on Thursday, February 13th and Post Conference classes on Monday, February 17th to increase the value of the conference even more.
CONFERENCE registration fee includes four days of sessions & keynotes, two breakfasts/two lunches, a Welcome Gala, unlimited networking, and more! CLICK HERE to register now.
Optional Pre & Post Event In-Depth Writing Classes on Thursday, February 13th in the evening and all day Monday, February 17th taught by some of the presenters. CLICK HERE
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Yours truly will be co-presenting 2 sessions
Friday, Feb. 14, 2014, 3:00-3:45pm at SFWC
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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Saturday, Feb. 15, 2014, 11:00-11:45am
Mary E. Knippel & Teresa LeYung-Ryan
present:
“BE YOUR OWN EDITOR: Ensuring Agents and Editors Love Your Work”
Learn how to inject the “5 Ws & Core Theme” and 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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For full schedule: http://sfwriters.org/conference-schedule/
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Sincerely,
Teresa LeYung-Ryan
Teresa’s novel Love Made of Heart: a Mother’s Mental Illness Forges Forgiveness in Daughter Ruby is used in college courses and archived at the San Francisco History Center.
As author of Build Your Writer’s Platform & Fanbase In 22 Days: Attract Agents, Editors, Publishers, Readers, and Media Attention NOW, Coach Teresa helps clients identify their themes and archetypes.
http://writingcoachTeresa.com Subscribe to “Coach Teresa’s blog”
Thank You for Being Born – Claudine Woo Raises Awareness About Mental Illness in the Asian Community
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Dear Claudine,
Thank you for telling me about your benefit storytelling event this Saturday.
I’m cheering for you! Thank you for raising awareness about mental illness in the Asian community.
Sincerely,
Teresa LeYung-Ryan
Thank You for Being Born
Speaking the Truth About
Mental Illness in the Asian Community
Claudine Woo
and
Kenny Yun
2:00 - Performances
How to get tickets: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/538653 $20, $30 or $50
Claudine Woo
Thank You For Being Born
and
Kenny Yun
Mom Spilled Guts on My Taters
A:Yes! All food and beverages are included.
A: Yes! Please share the word – we would love to have as many people join us as possible. People can make a donation at the door if they wish.
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Sincerely,
Teresa LeYung-Ryan
Teresa’s novel Love Made of Heart: a Mother’s Mental Illness Forges Forgiveness in Daughter Ruby is used in college courses and archived at the San Francisco History Center.
As author of Build Your Writer’s Platform & Fanbase In 22 Days: Attract Agents, Editors, Publishers, Readers, and Media Attention NOW, Coach Teresa helps clients identify their themes and archetypes.
http://writingcoachTeresa.com Subscribe to “Coach Teresa’s blog”
Click here: Tips on How to Write a Winning Short Play by Linda Loveland Reid
The deadline for submission to the Redwood Writers Play Contest was Dec 15, 2013. Contest Chair Linda Loveland Reid will contact winners in January. Awards will be presented to the winning playwrights at Redwood Writers Feb. 9, 2014 membership meeting, held at the Flamingo Hotel in Santa Rosa, CA. Please reserve that date and plan to be at the meeting if your play is selected.
Winning playwrights will receive a full staged production of their play at the fourth annual Redwood Writers Play Festival, in collaboration with Sonoma County’s premium theater, 6th Street Playhouse, on May 15-25, 2014 over two weekends.
This is exciting and a huge reward for playwrights to see their work performed with professional actors and directors.
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If not already a member, Redwood Writers invites you to attend our monthly membership meetings held on 2nd Sundays at Flamingo Hotel in Santa Rosa from 3-5pm.
We also have workshops and other contests.
Don’t miss our next Writers Conference on April 26, 2014, an all-day event held at Santa Rosa Junior College (SRJC) with seminars addressing every aspect of writing. Those who register are eligible to submit to the two Conference contests: Prose and Poetry.
Go to our website for all the info, to read our newsletter, view videos, check out our members, register for Conference and much more: www.redwoodwriters.org
Good luck and thank you for submitting to a Redwood Writer Contest.
Linda Loveland Reid, Contest Chair
www.lindalovelandreid.com
“I cheer for all contestants, contest chair and committee, and everyone involved in the contest, Redwood Writers, and 6th Street Playhouse! I had a world of fun in 2012 when my monologue ‘Answer Me Now’ was one of the nine winning plays and produced at the playhouse. Here’s my blog post with photos.”
Teresa LeYung-Ryan is 22-Day Coach Teresa; author of Love Made of Heart: a Mother’s Mental Illness Forges Forgiveness in Daughter Ruby (novel used in college courses), Build Your Writer’s Platform & Fanbase In 22 Days (workbook for all genres), “Talking to My Dead Mom” monologues , and Coach Teresa’s Blog http://writingcoachTeresa.com/
22-Day Writers’ Platform & Fanbase-Building Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan says: San Francisco Writers Conference is a 4-day event – February 13-16, 2014. Attending a conference of this caliber leads to happiness. http://sfwriters.org
Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan has been invited again to co-present 2 sessions (one with Mary E. Knippel; one with Elisa Sasa Southard); esteemed members from a master-mind group that Teresa LeYung-Ryan and Mary E. Knippel belonged to (Martha Alderson, Linda Lee) will be presenting too. These experts look forward to seeing their colleagues (especially Margie Yee Webb and Lori Noack) at SFWC!
Cheers to SFWC SuperTeam (Elizabeth Pomada, Michael Larsen, Barbara Santos, Rich Santos, Linda Lee, Frances Caballo)!
Writing Mentor Mary E. Knippel and Manuscript Consultant Teresa LeYung-Ryan

Talking-Tagline Teacher Elisa Sasa Southard and 22-Day Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan say: "Help your own platform by helping other writers"--photo by Tessa Bertoldi
San Francisco Writers Conference
Author & 22-Day Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan proud of fellow members of California Writers Club – San Francisco Peninsula Branch

California Writers Club - San Francisco Peninsula Branch holiday meeting -- photo by 22-Day Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan
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California Writers Club - San Francisco Peninsula Branch members (Darlene Frank with red scarf) - photo by fellow-member Martin Shane Dowd
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friends with CWC members Laurel Anne Hill, Tory Hartmann, David Hill, James Hanna - photo by 22-Day Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan
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CWC members Tory Hartmann, Ann Foster, Jo Carpignano - photo by fellow-member & 22-Day Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan
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CWC Peninsula Branch Members Dec 14, 2013- seated: Margaret Davis, Carole Bumpus, Elise Frances Miller; standing: Wendy Walter, Laurel Anne Hill, Lisa Meltzer Penn, Audrey Kalman, Teresa LeYung-Ryan - photo by Winston Bumpus
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Audrey Kalman at lecture - members of California Writers Club - San Francisco Peninsula Branch - Dec. 14, 2013 photo by 22-Day Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan
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Dec. 5, 2013 Director Emmanuel Itier so happy to show off FEMME: Women Healing the World movie poster enlarged by Producer Margie Yee Webb - photo by Teresa LeYung-Ryan, author of Love Made of Heart: a Daughter's Journey to Self-Forgiveness
Below is the announcement from Director Emmanuel Itier
We are proud to announce that FEMME: Women Healing the World (the movie) has been Awarded #1 most important film of 2013 among Documentaries that could change The World. Here is a link:
Click here to see official trailer of FEMME: Women Healing the World
Vitality is a journey into the question: “What is true health?”. It looks at our current broken medical system and shows us a better way. With interviews from leading experts in the medical field, this movie helps us understand our personal role in health and empowers us to get up and get involved. Both inspiring and educational, this movie is helping reframe our understanding of health in a model that is Vitalistic instead of Mechanistic.
Take five wounded veterans and four top comedians, the result… laughter and the healing power of humor. “…I love these brave soldiers and how brutally honest and funny they are as comedians.” -Adam Sandler “This is a brilliant and moving movie that finds big laughs… It made me proud to be an American and a comedian.” -Bill Maher “There are legendary comics and then there are legends who are comics. God bless our protectors.” -Dennis Miller
No. 8 Cereal Killers
If what we eat really dictates our health and weight, and knew and ate right for our body!
The film follows Donal – a lean, fit, seemingly healthy 41 year old man – on a quest to hack his genes and drop dead healthy by avoiding the heart disease and diabetes that has afflicted his family.
Can a controversial diet consisting of 70% fat provide the answers?
NO. 6 OCCUPY LOVE
If there were no 1% and no 99%, but just 100% people of Earth, living by the Golden Rule!
Join acclaimed director Velcrow Ripper (Scared Sacred, Fierce Light) on a journey deep inside the revolution of the heart that is erupting around the planet, as he asks the question, “How could the crisis we are facing become a love story?” Occupy Love is a moving, transformative, heartfelt film, featuring Ripper’s signature stunning visuals and rich soundscapes. A powerful cinematic experience that will leave audiences inspired.
NO. 5 SIRIUS
If aliens existed and everyone knew it and it wasn’t a secret anymore!
Sirius? is a feature length documentary that follows Dr. Steven Greer -?? an Emergency Medicine doctor turned UFO/ New Energy researcher – as he struggles to disclose top secret information about classified energy & propulsion techniques. Along the way, Dr. Greer investigates new technology and sheds light on criminal suppression. He accumulates over 100 Government, Military, and Intelligence Community witnesses who testify on record about their first-hand experiences with UFOs and with the cover-up.
NO. 4 TAKE BACK YOUR POWER
What if conspiracies were true then the truth would be…just truth!
Utility companies are replacing electricity, gas and water meters worldwide with new generation “smart” meters at an unprecedented rate. Take Back Your Power investigates the benefits and risks of this ubiquitous “smart” grid program, with insight from insiders, expert researchers, politicians, doctors, and concerned communities. Transparency advocate Josh del Sol takes us on a journey of revelation and discovery, as he questions corporations’ right to tap our private information and erode our rights in the name of “green.”
NO. 3 HUMANO
If we realized we are all Human and just maybe we all came from the same place!
Alan is twenty-five years old and is looking for the reason of his existence, the meaning of life. A camera and a notebook filled with questions are the only items he needs to set off on a journey to the Andes range. With Placido, an Andean paqo (“priest”), he will be taken on an introspective journey such as has never been documented before.
NO. 2 SPARK
If we all lived in communities supporting each other and our individual and collective creativity!
Each year, 60,000 people from around the globe gather in a dusty windswept Nevada desert to build a temporary city, collaborating on a large-scale art and partying for a week before burning a giant effigy in a ritual frenzy. Rooted in principles of self-expression, self-reliance and community effort, Burning Man has grown famous for stirring ordinary people to shed their nine-to-five existence and act on their dreams.
If “girls ran the world,” or better yet, if women and men “ruled” the world, in balance, together!
“A celebration of women around the world actively transforming and healing our global society. Sharon Stone and leading experts in religion, science, history, politics and entertainment, discuss solutions to the multiple crises we are faced with. FEMME focuses on utilizing a feminine approach with nurturing energy to inspire a new hope for the future.
Click here to see official trailer of FEMME: Women Healing the World
Part 5 – Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan’s YouTube videos of FEMME: Women Healing the World the movie’s “Fab Four” with their friends/old fans and new fans
Look for links to videos #27 – #33 in this blog post (The “Fab Four” of the December 5, 2013 movie screening of FEMME: Women Healing the World ) Look for photos at the bottom half of this post too!
VIDEO #27 FEMME: Women Healing the World the movie’s closing messages
VIDEO #28 FEMME: Women Healing the World the movie’s closing credits part 1
VIDEO #29 FEMME: Women Healing the World the movie’s closing credits part 2

Producer Margie Yee Webb presented the exclusive screening of the award-winning documentary FEMME: Women Healing the World on Dec. 5, 2013 at the historic Crest Theatre in Sacramento, CA
VIDEO #30 the morning after FEMME movie screening interview with 3 producers extraordinaire
VIDEO #31 the morning after FEMME: Women Healing the World movie-screening with Producers Nazim Artist, Celeste Yarnall, Margie Yee Webb

The morning after the movie screening of FEMME: Women Healing the World . . . While Director Emmanuel Itier was in the air (overjoyed at audience-reaction and on his way to New York) . . . Producers Nazim Artist, Celeste Yarnall and Margie Yee Webb gave Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan their perspectives on the project of love. These 3 producers and director Itier are proof that women and men sharing their hearts - with art, music, words, love, peace - are healing the world.
VIDEO #32 FEMMEs Celeste Yarnall & Margie Yee Webb are women healing the world
VIDEO #33 FEMME producer Margie Yee Webb – aka Cat Mulan author – true to herself

FEMME Producer Margie Yee Webb celebrates women, men, children, and animals healing the world; she orchestrated the screening of the remarkable movie FEMME at Crest Theatre, Sacramento, CA - photo by her loyal fan 22- Day Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan

FEMME producer Margie Yee Webb sends thank you messages after movie screening -- photo by 22-Day Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan Margie Yee Webb is a.k.a. author/photographer of Cat Mulan’s Mindful Musings: Insight and Inspiration for a Wonderful Life, the gift book http://www.catmulan.com

FEMME: Women Healing the World's "Fab Four" (Producers Margie Yee Webb, Celeste Yarnall, Nazim Artist and Director Emmanuel Itier) overjoyed at audience-reaction to the movie and Q&A session - photo by 22-Day Writing Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan
Click here to see official trailer of FEMME: Women Healing the World
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Part 4 – Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan’s YouTube videos of FEMME: Women Healing the World the movie’s “Fab Four” with their friends/old fans and new fans!
Look for links to videos #17 – #26 in this blog post (of what happened on Dec. 5, 2013 at the movie-screening of FEMME: Women Healing the World ) Look for photos at the bottom half of this post too!
VIDEO #17 FEMME Director Emmanuel Itier had interviewed FEMME women in 25 countries over 3 years
VIDEO #18 FEMME Director Itier had 600-700 hours of footage for editors
VIDEO #19 FEMME Celeste Yarnall encourages us to DO something QUICK
VIDEO #20 FEMME Celeste Yarnall invites comments from 3 men in FEMME audience

Producer Margie Yee Webb, Director Emmanuel Itier, Producer/Spokeswoman/Actress Celeste Yarnall answer audience's questions at FEMME: Women Healing the World screening - photo by Teresa LeYung-Ryan, author of Build Your Writer's Platform & Fanbase In 22 Days
VIDEO #22 FEMME: Women Healing the World Producers & Director thank EVERYONE and supporters including Teresa, Arlene, Oscar, Eric
VIDEO #23 FEMME Producer Margie Yee Webb praises Stand Up!: 75 Young Activists Who Rock the World (the book)
VIDEO #24 FEMME – “Did Director Itier ask all the women in FEMME the same questions?”
VIDEO #25 FEMME Celeste Yarnall asks movie audience how we make a difference
VIDEO #26 FEMME Margie Yee Webb encourages our supporting local organizations

FEMME Producer Margie Yee Webb proudly shows off movie poster at Crest Theatre - photo by 22-Day Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan
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FEMME Producer Margie Yee Webb proudly shows off FEMME movie poster at Crest Theatre - photo by 22-Day Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan

Actress Arlene Barshinger (center) holds up Teresa LeYung-Ryan's book and Margie Yee Webb's book - photo by Oscar Benjamin
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FEMME the movie's Fab Four (Producers Margie Yee Webb, Celeste Yarnall, Nazim Artist and Director Emmanuel Itier) with new fans - photo by Oscar Benjamin-Compassionate Wolf Productions
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FEMME Fab Four last to leave magnificent Crest Theatre. One last look at glass doors and ticket booth -- photo by 22-Day Fanbase-Building Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan

Professor Sheryl Fairchild, Susan Osborn, Ph.D., author/playwright/writing coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan so happy for FEMME's "Fab Four" (FEMME Producers Margie Yee Webb, Celeste Yarnall, Nazim Artist and Director Emmanuel Itier) - photo by Jeff Wilson
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We are all so proud of and thankful for FEMME's "Fab Four" (FEMME Producers Margie Yee Webb, Celeste Yarnall, Nazim Artist and Director Emmanuel Itier) - photo by 22-Day Fanbase-Building Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan
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Soon . . . Part 5 – Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan’s YouTube videos of FEMME: Women Healing the World movie’s “Fab Four”
Click here to see official trailer of FEMME: Women Healing the World
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