May 24th, 2012 | Author: admin
Coach Teresa here, with very very sad news regarding beloved Kathi Kamen Goldmark.
Today, colleague Joan Gelfand forwarded the letter from Sedge Thomson of West Coast Live:
Though metastized breast cancer took her today, what she leaves for her wide circle of friends and colleagues are indelible memories, enduring connections, and fuller, more joie-juiced lives.
This Saturday we raise a toast to the life of our beloved friend and producer for many years. Anyone who met Kathi could easily see why she was a central, vibrant figure in the music and literary world.
A celebratory show it will be! With some of the finest cutting-edge actors in a theater-themed show, complete with scintillating conversation, superb music, and laughing play — just as KKG liked it.
We hope you’ll join us in remembering Kathi and carrying her spirit forward.
Warmly,
Sedge Thomson
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When Women’s National Book Association honored Kathi Kamen Goldmark 0n November 8, 2008 with the WNBA Award and guest speakers (including Amy Tan!) spoke of Kathi’s achievements . . . what I heard was the tribute to a Hero of a Thousand Faces (her name: Kathi Kamen Goldmark).
Kathi Kamen Goldmark (center) and colleagues celebrate 2009 WNBA National Reading Group Month
I am very very sad for Kathi’s husband Sam Barry, her son, and all her loved ones. I light a candle for you, Beautiful Kathi with dimpled smile.
Please go to Kathi’s facebook page for information regarding memorial services for the Hero of a Thousand Faces.
Sincerely,
May 22nd, 2012 | Author: admin
Slavery in My City in United States of America Today? What is Human Trafficking?
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Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan here. I just received an email from Marily Mondejar
V-DAY FILIPINA WOMEN’S NETWORK
“WOMEN OF COLOR UNITED AGAINST VIOLENCE” CAMPAIGNPRESENTS A ONE-NIGHT-ONLY BENEFIT PERFORMANCE OF“THE VAGINA MONOLOGUES”
May 25, 2012, 7:30 PM
SAVE THE DATE – Friday, June 1st, 2012 at 7 pm Pacific Standard Time
My dear colleague Vicki Weiland forwarded this message from film-maker Jonathan Fung:
You are invited to the premiere of Hark and can pick up a signed DVD copy of the film in the lobby after the screening and human trafficking panel discussion with International Justice Mission, Freedom House and the San Jose Police Dept Human Trafficking Task Force.
Thanks again for your generous donation toward the making of Hark.
SAVE THE DATE – Friday, June 1st, 2012 at 7 pm
HARK Film Premiere
Santa Clara University Recital Hall
free admission & reception following
Hark is about a man who is confronted with a moral dilemma to save his own life or risk the life of another. The characters in Hark are ordinary people making choices to survive. The story draws attention to the harsh reality of human trafficking and shines light where there is darkness.
With love and gratitude,
Jonathan
Jonathan Fung
Producer/Director
Hark
Sleepy Toe Pictures, LLC
F | facebook.com/groups/
T | twitter.com/harkthemovie
W| www.harkthemovie.com
Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves; ensure justice for those being crushed.
Yes, speak up for the poor and helpless, and see that they get justice. Proverbs 31:8-9
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http://valerieleeworks.wordpress.com Valerie Lee is the author of The Jade Rubies.
Set in 1915, we are introduced to two sisters, Sulan and May. In a whirlwind fashion, the girls are torn away from their mother after being sold to a child broker and then to a wealthy couple who takes them on a life changing journey to the New World. Once settled into Vancouver with their master and mistress, the sisters fall into a routine of abuse at the hands of rich sadists and drug traffickers.
Jennifer Harbourn reviews Valerie Lee‘s book The Jade Rubies:
“It s all too common for a reader to find themselves snuggled cozily in their home, under blankets within the safety of their predictable world. It is in such cases that the juxtaposition of a novel such as Valerie Lee‘s The Jade Rubies truly shakes the reader. As I watched a tale of two innocent Chinese girls unfold, I became self-aware; knowing that I would never have to endure the trauma that these girls lived for 251 pages was both a relieving and guilt laden experience. This isn’t the first time that I’ve experienced this particular set of emotions, as I’m often drawn to stories concerning the multicultural plight of women.
“Valerie Lee shows us by way of sights and the imagery of scents that a deep mystery is set to unfold by the end of the book. I found myself deeply invested in the kindly characters and equally critical of the villains. I think she found her voice as a writer and used it well.”
Here’s a book review by Robert A. Garfinkle of The Jade Rubies .
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human trafficking--look beneath the surface--report to authorities
Here’s my webpage with links to:
National Human Trafficking Resource Center
Administration for Children and Families (ACF) and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
National Coalition Against Domestic Violence
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As a writer and writing coach, I feel it is my responsibility and my job to “look beneath the surface” of all stories. I can choose to be aware of what is going on in life, speak out for those who cannot speak for themselves, and help other writers do the same.
Sincerely,
Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan
Editor, Story Consultant, Platform-Building Coach
Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan has helped over 1,000 writers.
“Reach out, not stress out, to materialize your dearest dreams.”
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May 19th, 2012 | Author: admin
Thank you, Nancy Suib, for telling me about the Women’s Daytime Drop-in Center in Berkeley, CA
WDDC offers free services to any homeless woman and her children.
Located in West Berkeley, the Women’s Daytime Drop-in Center is the first daytime program for women and children in Berkeley. Established in 1988 as a volunteer cooperative, WDDC’s staff continue to be mostly community volunteers providing services five days a week.
The WDDC has evolved from its original mission of providing emergency and crisis response to a program of on-going support services. WDDC serves an average of 150 women and children each month in a nurturing, home like environment.
May 30, 2012 Just received an update via author Margie Yee Webb:
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Thank you, Margie Yee Webb, author of Cat Mulan’s Mindful Musings, for forwarding this email from Emmanuel ITIER on May 15, 2012:
FEMME Women Healing the World
Subject: URGENT- FEMME: Women healing the World – update and completion.
Dear Friend:
Teresa LeYung-Ryan says: "YES! to education on mental health and illness." . . . "NO! to domestic violence and child abuse."
My webpage:
Sincerely,
Coach Teresa
Editor, Story Consultant, Platform-Building Coach
Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan has helped over 1,000 writers.
“Reach out, not stress out, to materialize your dearest dreams.”
May 19th, 2012 | Author: admin
Coach Teresa says: “The Writer’s Journey Has Led Me To Plays”
Where has your writer’s journey led you?
I met Kim McMillon when we were both in our late twenties. She [Kim] entered the offices where I was working looking like a fashion model. Soon I found out she was a playwright. Her plays Voyages: A Multi-Media Excursion to Reincarnation was staged at U.C. Berkeley’s Zellerbach Auditorium and Confessions of a Thespian: When Spirit and Theatre Collide at the Julian Morgan Theater in Berkeley.
I went to see both plays at least twice. After all, a stage play is not something one can pause, reverse, and playback on one’s remote control. Kim McMillon’s scripts contained messages I wanted to experience again and again and again.
Listen to Kim McMillon's radio show Arts In the Valley http://artsinthevalley.wordpress.com/
Kim was the first person who made it safe for me to say “I’d like to write . . .” She was the friend who gave me stage time at community events to articulate the messages in my novel Love Made of Heart before I had found my agent.
Teresa LeYung-Ryan says: "YES! to education on mental health and illness." . . . "NO! to domestic violence and child abuse."
Fast forward. My mother-daughter novel Love Made of Heart is published. 2002, 2003, 2004. At bookstores, I delivered “dramatic readings” where I would read the part of Vivien Lin (protagonist Ruby Lin’s mother) and a young actress would read the part of Ruby Lin.
Whenever I’m invited to speak at schools (including Stanford University, U.C. Berkeley, San Francisco State University, City College of San Francisco, Lowell High School), the dear teachers and lovely students read scenes from Love Made of Heart. Here’s the blog post and video of teacher Sheryl Fairchild and brilliant students in her First Year Composition class at SFSU.
Kyndal, Teresa, Henriikka, Allison, Chris deliver dramatic read of "5150" from Teresa's novel Love Made of Heart--filmed by Colin
Fast forward again. It’s December 2009 Women’s National Book Association colleague Carol Sheldon invites me to see her play at Fringe of Marin Festival — One-Act Plays and Solos. I’m mesmerized by L’Amour or Less (written and directed by Carol Sheldon).
I am a novelist, a speech writer, an editor, a writer’s platform coach, an author of prescriptive nonfiction (how- to) books for writers.
The desire to write a play is not a whim. First of all, I like reading plays and watching plays. In addition to plays written by Kim McMillon, Kathryn “Kathy” G. McCarty, Carol Sheldon, Patricia Morin . . . I also like: The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams; Lost In Yonkers by Neil Simon; Brighton Beach Memoirs by Neil Simon; Electra by Sophocles; King Lear by William Shakespeare; Twelve Angry Men by Reginald Rose; Crossing Delancey by Susan Sandler; The Vagina Monologues by Eve Ensler.
Travel writer & certified tour director Elisa Sasa Southard was instrumental in getting Teresa LeYung-Ryan a part in director Kathy McCarty's production of Eve Ensler's play The Vagina Monologues; thank you to all friends who cheered for Teresa and supported the fundraiser for Community Violence Solutions; author Mary E. Knippel (right) drove 50 miles to the event---photo by Ellen Gailing
It is January 2012. I’m presenting “Writing Career Make-Over & Building Your Platform” at California Writers Club-Redwood Branch. After my presentation, I hear members talking about Linda Loveland Reid’s sponsoring the annual Redwood Writers Playwriting Contest and that this year’s guidelines are as follows: plays have to be 10 minutes short.
That evening I dined with colleague Kate Farrell, editor of the anthology Wisdom Has a Voice: Every Daughter’s Memories of Mother. The next day I saw colleague Lynn Scott, author of A Joyful Encounter: My Mother, My Alzheimer Clients, and Me. I believe that being with these two empowering women gave me the inspiration to turn a memorable dream (of my mother) into the centerpiece for a short play.
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Festival Director Lennie Dean hugs Playwright Teresa LeYung-Ryan at awards ceremony---photo by Jonathan Hayden
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Elisa Sasa Southard videotaped Lennie Dean telling Teresa LeYung-Ryan why her 10-minute monologue was selected as a winner by judges.
Teresa LeYung-Ryan‘s Answer Me Now (a monologue) is about a middle-aged woman asking her dead mom a question.
Teresa’s play and eight colleagues’ plays will be performed on June 29, 30 and July 1st, 2012 at the Redwood Writers & 6th Street Playhouse Play Festival in Santa Rosa, CA.
$16 per person for all 9 short plays
Tickets on sale now!! 707-523-4185
June 29, Friday at 8pm;
June 30, Saturday at 2pm and 8pm;
July 1, Sunday at 2pm.
July 1st 4:30-5pm, following performance, free panel discussion with winning playwrights
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 ”
Festival Director Lennie Dean, Playwright Teresa LeYung-Ryan and Certified Tour Director Elisa Sasa Southard cheer for Redwood Writers & 6th Street Playhouse
The writer’s journey has led me (Teresa LeYung-Ryan) to editing clients’ manuscripts and coaching writers on platform-building. And, playwriting.
Listen to Kim McMillon's radio show Arts In the Valley http://artsinthevalley.wordpress.com/
Kim McMillon’s writer’s journey has led her to producing and hosting her radio show Arts In the Valley.
Where has your writer’s journey led you?
Sincerely,
Coach Teresa
Editor, Story Consultant, Platform-Building Coach
Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan has helped over 1,000 writers.
“Reach out, not stress out, to materialize your dearest dreams.”
May 14th, 2012 | Author: admin
Events for Writers and Readers . . . of Children ’s Books, Gift Books, Novels, Memoirs, Mysteries, Romance, Nonfiction, How To, Historical, Science Fiction, Thriller, Biographies, and other genres.
If these events are not in your locale, Google the names of the people and subject matters in this post to see if similar programs are available in your area.
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Tuesday May 15, 2012 at San Francisco Main Library
Effie Lee Morris Lecture
5:00 pm Reception and Book Signing: Lower Level Latino/Hispanic Meeting Room
6:00 pm Lecture: Koret Auditorium
A rare opportunity to hear an award-winning illustrator!
Jerry Pinkney, Guest Lecturer
“A Sense of Place Real and Imagined”
Look for these board members of Women’s National Book Association–San Francisco Chapter
Kate Farrell (editor of Wisdom Has a Voice: Every Daughter’s Memories of Mother)
Teresa LeYung-Ryan (manuscript consultant/story consultant; author of Build Your Writer’s Platform & Fanbase In 22 Days and Love Made of Heart–mother/daughter novel, and Answer Me Now–a short play).
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Saturday May 19, 2012 Larkin Street (from Grove to Ellis) San Francisco, CA
11:00am – 6:00pm http://asianfairsf.com
Celebrate Asian Pacific American heritage
Civic Center to Little Saigon District, San Francisco, CA
Look for Margie Yee Webb, author/photographer, Cat Mulan’s Mindful Musings: Insight and Inspiration for a Wonderful Life http://www.catmulan.com/ Margie will be at the California Writers Club (CWC) booth # E24 on McAllister Street (between Larkin St. & Hyde St.)
Margie Yee Webb, Author-Photographer of Cat Mulan's Mindful Musings--photo by Coach Teresa
For map of street fair: http://asianfairsf.com/events/celebrationguide/
Teresa LeYung-Ryan (manuscript consultant/story consultant; author of Build Your Writer’s Platform & Fanbase In 22 Days and Love Made of Heart–mother/daughter novel, and Answer Me Now–a short play) will attend this event to cheer for Margie Yee Webb.
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Saturday, May 19, 2012 10:00AM at Belmont Library, CA
California Writers Club (CWC) San Francisco Peninsula Branch
$15 Members $18 Non-Members
$5 Student $10 Student Non-Member
Fred Setterberg, author of Lunch Bucket Paradise is intrigued by the dotted line between fiction and memoir, and the hybrid forms that emerge from their meeting. He will cover:
The use of research and interviewing when building a base for fiction.
The limitations of memory in writing about personal events in a fictional form; and how to overcome them.
How, when, and why one should cling to the facts but allow yourself to invent in some instances.
Join us! Non-Members are welcome and the first meeting is free!
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Sunday, May 20, 2012
California Writers Club (CWC) Redwood Branch Meeting
Registration, Meet and Greet 2:30 p.m.
General Membership Meeting 3-5 p.m. – Meeting starts at 3 p.m. sharp!
Flamingo Hotel, Empire Room
2777 Fourth Street, Santa Rosa, CA 95405-4795
Members $5, non-members $8.
The Herstory of Literature:
Examining the Heroine’s Journey with Valerie Estelle Frankel
Mythologist Valerie Estelle Frankel will take us on a tour of the heroine’s path through classical and modern literature, examining these sometimes overlooked, yet endlessly fascinating, leading characters.
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Teresa LeYung-Ryan -- Playwright; Author; Editor; Story Consultant; Writers Platform-Building Coach
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Tuesday, June 12, 2012 5:00–6:00pm
“PLAYWRIGHTS PRESENT short excerpts from their plays”
California Writers Club in the Literary Arts stage area in the Fine Arts Department at the San Mateo County Fair, San Mateo, CA
Teresa LeYung-Ryan (Answer Me Now), Ollie Welch and Dave Hirzel.
These are not performances; they are “on-book” readings of excerpts from longer plays.
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Saturday, June 16, 2012 2:00-4:00pm Authors Day at the San Mateo County Fair, San Mateo, California
Meet Teresa LeYung-Ryan (writing coach; 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 colleagues at California Writers Club in 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. 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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June 29, 30 and July 1st, 2012
Teresa LeYung-Ryan‘s Answer Me Now (a monologue) is about a middle-aged woman asking her dead mom a question.
Teresa’s play and eight colleagues’ plays will be performed on June 29, 30 and July 1st, 2012 at the Redwood Writers & 6th Street Playhouse Play Festival in Santa Rosa, CA.
$16 per person for all 9 short plays
Tickets on sale now!! 707-523-4185
June 29, Friday at 8pm;
June 30, Saturday at 2pm and 8pm;
July 1, Sunday at 2pm.
July 1st 4:30-5pm, following performance, free panel discussion with winning playwrights
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 ”
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Hold this date:
2012 PUBLISHING PANEL Saturday, September 15, 2012 3:00–7:30 p.m.
O’Hanlon Center for the Arts, 616 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley, CA
WNBA Members $25 per person; Non-Members $30 per person
PANEL 1: “Faces in the Book Publishing Game” Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan will be on this panel
PANEL 2: “Creative Collaborations”
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Sincerely,
Coach Teresa
Editor, Story Consultant, Platform-Building Coach
Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan has helped over 1,000 writers.
“Reach out, not stress out, to materialize your dearest dreams.”
May 13th, 2012 | Author: admin
Writing Coach Teresa Jade LeYung on Editing Panel at 2015 San Francisco Writers Conference
Filmed by author Margie Yee Webb
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=SP-CmB0OUJ0
2012 May 13 Blog Post
Writing Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan asks:
“If your protagonist doesn’t want anything, then what is the story?”
Happy Mother’s Day to mother-archetypes all over the world! To honor my MaMah today, I’m watching the movie Garbo Talks (written by Larry Grusin; directed by Sidney Lumit; music by Cy Coleman) about a son who takes action to get the one thing his dying mother really wants–to meet the movie star Greta Garbo.
One of my favorite scenes in this movie is the conversation (at the beach) between Gilbert Rolfe (the son, portrayed by Ron Silver) and the gay man/kind stranger Bernie Whitlock (portrayed by Harvey Fierstein). The dialogue shows not only what Gilbert wants but also what Bernie wants. What Gilbert wants is specific; what Bernie wants is universal.
A photographer who has spied on Garbo before tells Gilbert “. . . she’ll disappear if she sees you . . . ”
When Gilbert finally finds the movie star (after 3 months of doing), he knows that he must make every word count to hook her attention before she runs away.
Then, the monologue by the mom (Estelle Rolfe, portrayed by Anne Bancroft) in the hospital bed as she speaks to Garbo . . . oh my goodness.
Lines are beautifully written, directed, delivered, and edited. What a story! And the music! I will study the script again.
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Speaking of what a protagonist wants, mothers, meetings, monologues . . . I’ve written a 10-minute play (Answer Me Now–a monologue) about a middle-aged woman asking her dead mom a question.
My play and eight colleagues’ plays will be performed on June 29, 30 and July 1st, 2012 at the Redwood Writers & 6th Street Playhouse Play Festival in Santa Rosa, CA. I’d love to see my friends there.
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Writers, go through your manuscript and look for the “want” on every page. Who wants what in this scene, in this conversation, or passage? How does each character go after (or not) what she/he wants?
Sincerely,
Coach Teresa
Editor, Story Consultant, Platform-Building Coach
https://lovemadeofheart.com/blog/about/
Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan has helped over 1,000 writers.
“Reach out, not stress out, to materialize your dearest dreams.”
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May 10th, 2012 | Author: admin
A Weekend In the Life of this Writing-Career Coach
Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan here, wishing all writers new vitality to write and promote your work.
On the evening of May 2nd, 2012, I received my sister’s text-message “Nayati is home!” (kidnapped boy had been released, thank God!) I text’ed back “Get some rest” because I knew she must be exhausted (joining forces and taking action to help find Nayati, conducting class, and comforting her own students).
That evening I got onto facebook to broadcast the news of Nayati’s safe return, called friends who don’t use facebook, and updated my webpage and blog posts. Thank you, Everyone, for your powerful prayers.
The next day (after a long sleep), I went about my day with a lighter heart.
So, I wrote cards (created by Rosemary C.) to Elaine M. (retired teacher), Luisa Adams (author of Woven of Water), Vicki Weiland (developmental editor of nonfiction books) and Lori Hope (author of Help Me Live)
I sent Bardi Rosman Koodrin scoring sheets for the “Immigrant Experience Writing Contest” which I created and sponsored. I understand that winners from all the writing contests through the San Mateo County Fair Literary Arts Division will be published in Carry the Light San Mateo County Fair Literary Anthology 2012.
And, I continue to read Mary Jo McConahay‘s mesmerizing memoir Maya Roads: One Woman’s Journey Among the People of the Rainforest.
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Linda Joy Myers made it possible for me (Teresa LeYung-Ryan) to attend Lynn Cook Henriksen's book launch at Joyce Turley's, and, when we arrived, I was tickled to see Patricia Morin and my dear friend Lynn Scott (right)!
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Another dear friend to me and my sister! Jonathan was able to go to Norway Day Festival to cheer for my client Carla Danziger too.
Jonathan and Teresa LeYung-Ryan at Fort Mason Center for Norway Day in San Francisco. Cheers to Carla Danziger!
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authors Irene Berman and Carla Danziger talk to fans at Norway Day Festival--photo by Coach Teresa
Carla Danziger, Julie K. Rose, Astrid Karlsen Scott, Norman Ronneberg at Norway Day Festival
Karin Stahl with Carla Danziger author of Hidden Falls
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Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan with featured author Carla Danziger and journalist Cindy Warner at Norway Day Festival
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Jonathan and Teresa LeYung-Ryan cheer for authors Irene Levin Berman and Carla Danziger at Norway Day
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Italian French Baking Company in North Beach, San Francisco
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Teresa LeYung-Ryan and pal Michelle enjoy dining at North Beach San Francisco
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I emailed my publicity sheet to colleague Laurel Anne Hill who is helping Bardi Rosman Koodrin. “Teresa LeYung-Ryan and California Writers Club colleagues will be at Author Day June 16, 2012 at the San Mateo County Fair“
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My pal Elisa Sasa Southard (travel writer and certified tour director) called to schedule our next work session. Our conversation reminded me to post these links:
http://valerieleeworks.wordpress.com Valerie Lee is the author of The Jade Rubies. Here’s a book review by Robert A. Garfinkle of Valerie Lee’s book The Jade Rubies.
Jonathan Fung‘s film Hark is a powerful story that will raise awareness of human trafficking and change lives.
http://www.acf.hhs.gov/trafficking/index.html Human trafficking is a form of modern-day slavery. Victims of human trafficking are subjected to force, fraud, or coercion for the purpose of commercial sex or forced labor. They are young children, teenagers, men and women. Trafficking in persons occurs throughout the world, including in the United States.
http://www.polarisproject.org Polaris Project’s client services department has been providing survivors of human trafficking with the support necessary to rebuild lives and regain hope for the future.
Polaris Project’s Executive Director Bradley Myles discusses human trafficking in the United States, the NHTRC and what you can do if you suspect some one is being trafficked.
Here’s my webpage with links to The Administration for Children and Families (ACF), the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), National Coalition Against Domestic Violence, National Alliance on Mental Illness, Stamp Out Stigma, and BringChange2Mind.org
Sincerely,
Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan says:
“Reach out, not stress out, to materialize your dearest dreams.”
http://writingcoachteresa.com
Coach Teresa has helped over 1,000 writers.
As editor/story consultant, Teresa LeYung-Ryan identifies themes, universal archetypes, front-story & back-story in clients’ manuscripts.
- As author of Build Your Writer’s Platform & Fanbase In 22 Days: Attract Agents, Editors, Publishers, Readers, and Media Attention NOW, she says: “Whether you are writing fiction or nonfiction, make your name synonymous with the issues you write about.”
- Teresa has built her own platform happily. Her first novel Love Made of Heart is used in college composition classes; recommended by the California School Library Association and the California Reading Association; and archived at the San Francisco History Center
- Teresa’s 10-minute play Answer Me Now has been selected to be part of the 2012 Redwood Writers Play Festival. Tickets to June 29, 30 and July 1 performances will be on sale as of May 1st through the 6th Street Playhouse in Santa Rosa, CA
Coach Teresa’s Blog is abundant resources for you.
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May 5th, 2012 | Author: admin
Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan getting ready to meet Linda Joy Myers so that we can attend Lynn Cook Henriksen‘s book launch together. Joyce Turley is throwing the party for Lynn this afternoon.
TellTale Souls Writing the Mother Memoir: How to Tap Memory and Write Your Story Capturing Character & Spirit has the power to move people and change awareness.
What’s the connection? Lynn Cook Henriksen is immediate past-president of Women’s National Book Association-San Francisco Chapter; Linda Joy Myers is current co-president; I (Teresa LeYung-Ryan) am current Secretary of the Board. We and Joyce are also involved with San Francisco Writers Conference. I’m hoping to see SFWC, WNBA and California Writers Club (CWC) colleagues as we all cheer for Lynn!
Mother-Daughter connection: Lynn’s book TellTale Souls: Writing the Mother Memoir is about how to write your mother memoir; Linda Joy’s memoir is Don’t Call Me Mother and her how-to book is The Power of Memoir; my novel Love Made of Heart and my play Answer Me Now carry the theme closest to my heart: mother-daughter relationship.
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Well, Of course Lynn Cook Henriksen’s book launch was a lovely event. Joyce Turley hosted the champagne and brownie gala. Lynn was surrounded by adoring fans/friends. We are all so proud of her!
TellTale Souls: Writing the Mother Memoir by Lynn Cook Henriksen
Guest of Honor author Lynn Cook Henriksen with Joyce Turley and Linda Joy Myers
celebrated author Lynn Cook Henriksen with daughter and sister at book launch
celebrated author Lynn Cook Henriksen (with champagne) cheered by friends at her book launch. In photo from left to right: Patricia Morin, Lynn Cook Henriksen, Linda Joy Myers, Teresa LeYung-Ryan, Lynn Scott. Who is the gentleman sitting in sunshine?
Lynn Scott (my dear friend) and Patricia Morin with her husband were there too… to celebrate Lynn Henriksen and her new book TellTale Souls Writing the Mother Memoir: How to Tap Memory and Write Your Story Capturing Character & Spirit.
Thank you, Linda Joy Myers, for zooming us cross the bridge, to cheer for our dear colleague Lynn Cook Henriksen, meet her daughter Samantha, run into my pal Lynn Scott (author of A Joyful Encounter: My Mother, My Alzheimer Clients, and Me) and playwright Patricia Morin, see Joyce Turley, eat her signature brownies, and giving me a chance to take photographs of the lovely event.
celebrated author of TellTale Souls: Writing the Mother Memoir Lynn Henriksen signs books for fans at book launch
Sincerely,
Coach Teresa
Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan encourages you to wear your many hats as a writer — work on the craft and your platform at the same time. Take a look at the exercises in Build Your Writer’s Platform & Fanbase In 22 Days. I can help you polish your manuscript (identify themes, universal archetypes, front-story & back-story) AND coach you on platform-building – click here.
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April 30th, 2012 | Author: admin
Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan here, at Rose Garden Inn in Berkeley CA, with Carla Danziger (author of Hidden Falls) who is in the San Francisco Bay Area getting ready for her appearance at the annual Norway Day celebration of Norwegian Culture at Festival Pavilion, Fort Mason Center, San Francisco on the weekend of May 5 and 6, 2012.
Carla Danziger says: “Lots of Norwegian food, art, jewelry, housewares, gifts, and cultural demonstrations and AUTHORS and book-signings!”
Go to http://norwayday.org for details. Velkommen!
On both days, authors Carla Danziger, Irene Levin Berman, Astrid Karlsen Scott, and Julie K. Rose.
In The Little Theater, Festival Pavilion, Fort Mason Center, San Francisco. 11:15am — 12:15pm a Special Program, ‘Norway and the Holocaust: The Untold Story,’ a talk by author Irene Levin Berman, sponsored by the Norwegian Consulate, San Francisco.
And 1:30 – 2:30pm (also in The Little Theater, left when you’ve gone through Festival Pavilion entrance ) Three Books, Three Authors–Astrid Karlsen Scott, Julie Rose, and Carla Danziger!
Also, Irene Levin Berman and Carla Danziger will be at Booth #14 (far left wall from Festival Pavilion entrance, pass Little Theater, pass food court).
Festival Map: http://i833.photobucket.com/albums/zz259/solabayarea/FestivalMap2012_sm.jpg
author of Hidden Falls--Carla Danziger, of Scandinavian descent, inspires soul-searching questions about justice
Watch Author View’s interview on Carla Danziger posted on YouTube.
See you at Norway Day celebrations May 5 and 6, 2012!
Sincerely,
Coach Teresa
Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan encourages you to wear your many hats as a writer — work on the craft and your platform at the same time. Pursue more and more resources . . . by visiting my website and this blog on a regular basis. If you are not in the vicinity of the events I blog about . . . please look at the names of the people who are referenced in my posts, go to their websites by clicking on the links I provide or your keying their names in a search engine. The people I blog about will lead you to their colleagues, and so on. More ways to build your platform? See the exercises in Build Your Writer’s Platform & Fanbase In 22 Days. I can help you polish your manuscript (identify themes, universal archetypes, front-story & back-story) AND coach you on platform-building – click here.
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April 29th, 2012 | Author: admin
Writing Coach Teresa says: “Be Happy, Not Worrisome, Wearing Your Multiple Hats as Writer.”
A long long time ago (or fifteen years ago in the publishing industry in this country), a writer could get by with talent and perseverance once he/she gets that first break.
How are you doing? Are you thinking What is this being a writer all about?
Remember that delightful song “Don’t Worry Be Happy” (written and performed by Bobby McFerrin)? If we are lucky enough to have writing instruments and not having to worry about coercion or persecution from any source, then, let’s don our writers’ hats.
Writing is art-form / mode of expression / choice of work-form, and, its partner is reading. I wear my multiple hats too; I am:
- writing the second edition of my workbook Build Your Writer’s Platform & Fanbase In 22 Days
- reading entries from the writing contest which I am sponsoring (“Immigrant Experience Writing Contest”)
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May 2, 2012 Best News! Nayati is HOME! http://www.mkis.edu.my/ has updates
- April 29, 2012 (with heavy heart) writing emails, updating my website, blogging, posting on facebook—to broadcast call-for-help related to abduction of 12-year-old boy Nayati Shamelin Moodliar on April 27, 2012. Everyone, please go to Mont’Kiara International School’s website http://www.mkis.edu.my/ to get updates and their contact info, and, use your worldwide social media to help. http://www.malaysiandigest.com/news/43429-international-school-student-abducted-this-morning.html has YouTube video of Nayati Shamelin Moodliar’s parents’ plea to help find their son. The horrifying truth is that it could take only a short time to transport a person out of a country. Please use your mighty circles on cyberspace–to circulate NAYATI MOODLIAR’s photo & URL http://www.mkis.edu.my/. Please use your mighty “facebook” voices & mouse clicks to help 12-year-old boy NAYATI MOODLIAR return safely to his parents.
HELP find 12-year-old Nayati Shamelin Moodliar
KIDNAPPED on 27 April 2012 on his way to school.
NAYATI MOODLIAR
from Mont’Kiara, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
12 years old, 1.5 m height, dark brown hair and eyes,
mixed origin of Indian and Caucasian. http://www.mkis.edu.my/ Thank you!
- reading Mary Jo McConahay’s riveting memoir Maya Roads: One Woman’s Journey Among the People of the Rainforest
- writing to writers who attended my sessions or received coaching from me at 2012 San Francisco Writers Conference to let them know that I’m here to help them polish their manuscripts and build their writers’ platforms and fanbases.
- reading clients’ manuscripts and helping them identify their themes, universal archetypes, front-story and back-story.
- writing coaching notes for platform-building clients.
Sincerely,
Coach Teresa
Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan here to encourage you to wear your many hats as a writer — work on the craft and your platform at the same time. Pursue more and more resources . . . by visiting my website and this blog on a regular basis. If you are not in the vicinity of the events I blog about . . . please look at the names of the people who are referenced in my posts, go to their websites by clicking on the links I provide or your keying their names in a search engine. The people I blog about will lead you to their colleagues, and so on. More ways to build your platform? See the exercises in Build Your Writer’s Platform & Fanbase In 22 Days. I can help you polish your manuscript (identify themes, universal archetypes, front-story & back-story) AND coach you on platform-building – click here.
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