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Exactly the right words; social networking; taglines; job seekers; grammar; manuscripts; Chinese word for heart
I started a new format for my blog posts on November 16, 2011. Once a month, I will write a post to include 3 sections.
As 22-day Platform-Building Coach– Build Your Writer’s Platform & Fanbase In 22 Days:
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Are you frustrated trying to find just exactly the right words
- for your blog posts?
-for that end-of-the-year letter to family or customers?
-to update your profile on your website or social media site?
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Nov. 19, 2011 9 a.m. -4 p.m. Free Event
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As Editor & Manuscript Consultant–identify themes and archetypes:
Get yourself a book on grammar. I recommend Woe Is I: The Grammarphobe’s Guide to Better English in Plain English by Patricia T. O’Conner
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Teresa LeYung-Ryan & Mary E. Knippel show writers how to polish their manuscripts before:
- hiring book doctor/developmental editor
- pitching to agents or acquisition editors
- self-publishing
As author of Love Made of Heart:
November is:
- National Family Caregivers Month (books that help caregivers: Help Me Live: 20 Things People with Cancer Want You to Know by Lori Hope; You Want Me To Do What? Journaling for Care Givers by B. Lynn Goodwin; Nothing Can Scare Me Now: Managing Breast Cancer So It Doesn’t Manage You by Juliane Cortino)
- National Inspirational Role Models Month (Coach Teresa’s role models in her workbook Build Your Writer’s Platform & Fanbase In 22 Days are Maxine Hong Kingston, Rita Lakin and Ginger Rogers, deceased. You can sneak preview the 2 exercises for Day 1 of my workbook on Amazon.com Thank you, Maxine, Rita, Ginger, for being heroes!)
- National Lifewriting Month (“The Chinese word for ‘love’ is made up of many brush strokes. In the center of the word ‘love’ is the word ‘heart.’ Love is made of heart… The word ‘heart’ is also in ‘virtue,’ ‘grace,’ ‘compassion,’ ‘ambition,’ patience,’ ‘loyalty, and ‘melancholy.’ Please write the stories that speak from your heart. If you need recommendations for “how to books” on writing, please click here.”)
“Reach out, not stress out, when pursuing your dreams!”
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Sincerely,
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Coach Teresa . . . starting a new format with my blog posts
Since I wear 3 hats, as writing career coach & author who helps you Build Your Writer’s Platform & Fanbase In 22 Days / editor & manuscript consultant who helps you identify themes and archetypes / novelist of Love Made of Heart who encourages adult children of mentally ill parents to speak openly about the stigmas and find resources for their families, I wish to divide my post into 3 sections.
As 22-day Platform-Building Coach:
Promote yourselves by linking your names & your projects to these recognized events. According to Chase Calendar of Events, November is:
- Adoption Month, National
- Alzheimer’s Disease Month, National
- American Diabetes Month
- American Indian Heritage Month, National
- Aviation History Month
- Banana Pudding Lovers Month
- Diabetes Month, National
- Diabetic Eye Disease Month
- Family Caregivers Month, National
- Georgia Pecan Month, National
- Gluten-Free Diet Awareness Month
- Inspirational Role Models Month, National
- Lifewriting Month, National
- Long-Term Care Awareness Month, National
- Lung Cancer Awareness Month
- Marrow Awareness Month, National
- Peanut Butter Lovers’ Month
- Pet Cancer Awareness Month
- Pomegranate Month, National
- PTA Healthy Lifestyles Month
- Vegan Month
- Today November 16, 2011 is United Nations: International Day for Tolerance
- the fourth Thursday in November is Thanksgiving Day in the U.S.A.
- November 11, 2011 is Veterans Day
Every month is relevant to marketing your literary work. Day 19 of my workbook Build Your Writer’s Platform & Fanbase In 22 Days demonstrates the beauty of linking your name to a date that is celebrated or recognized for the entire month–you’ll have a whole month to re-use one piece of writing.
As Editor & Manuscript Consultant:
Give yourself reasons to plot & write and replot & rewrite!
November is National Novel Writing Month (founder is Chris Baty)
Write Nonfiction In November (founder is Nina Amir)
December is International Plot Writing Month (founder is Martha Alderson, The Plot Whisperer)
Read or reread a book – I’m reading Nothing Can Scare Me Now: Managing Breast Cancer So It Doesn’t Manage You by Juliane Cortino (a colleague at Women’s National Book Association)
As author of Love Made of Heart:
I found “Veterans and Mental Health: We Owe Them Better” blog post by Mike Fitzpatrick, NAMI Executive Director
Last year, more than 1.2 million veterans were treated by the U.S. Department of Veterans’ Affairs (VA) health care system, about a third for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). That is an increase of about 25 percent from four years before, as troops return home from Iraq and Afghanistan.
The Washington Post reports that approximately 18 veterans die from suicide every day. Yet in survey released in September, the VA reported that 70 percent of its doctors, nurses and social workers believe the system lacks the staff and space to provide adequate mental health care. More than 37 percent said they cannot schedule an appointment for a new patient within 14-days.
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Mr. Fitzpatrick,
Thank you for writing this post to shed light on what we can do to advocate for better care of our veterans and their families. I linked your post to mine dated November 16, 2011 http://lovemadeofheart.com/blog/ so that my blog fans can get resources for their loved ones. My beautiful mom (not a Veteran but was an orphan during World War II) suffered mental illness all her life and I use my writings to honor her. In September I met NAMI Sonoma County board member Ron Shaw at the Sonoma County Book Festival. Rosemary Milbrath, Executive Director at NAMI Sonoma County, has contacted me and I hope to deliver my Heroes, Tricksters & Villains interactive workshop to the Sonoma County community in California in 2012. Sincerely, Teresa LeYung-Ryan, author of Love Made of Heart; mental health advocate
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I hope to see you when I’m at these forums:
- Thursday December 1, 2011 at Women’s National Book Association get-together at San Francisco Public Library Main Branch
- Sunday January 8, 2012 at California Writers Club–Redwood Branch “Writing-Career-Make-Over with Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan”
Please click here for details.
“Reach out, not stress out, when pursuing your dreams!”
Sincerely,
Margie Yee Webb, author of Cat Mulan’s Mindful Musings: Insight and Inspiration for a Wonderful Life , just informed me that:
What, When, Where is the Big Book Sale that Friends of San Francisco Public Library Orchestrates?
September 21-25, 2011
Join us for the largest book sale on the West Coast, the 47th Annual Big Book Sale!
Held at Fort Mason Center’s Festival Pavilion, the sale features over 500,000 books, DVDs, CDs, books on tape, vinyl and other forms of media in over 100 categories.
Everything is $4 or less and items on Sunday are $1. The Big Book Sale is free and open to the public and all proceeds go to the San Francisco Public Library’s literacy programs for children, teens and adults.
Member Preview Sale & Reception
Tuesday, September 20, 2011 4-8 p.m.
Friends Members at any level are invited to the Member Preview & Reception for a first look at over 500,000 books and media before the sale opens to the public the next day.
Join online today or at the door.
Friends of San Francisco Public Library
391 Grove Street, San Francisco, CA 94102
Phone: (415) 626-7500 | Fax: (415) 626-7525 | Email: friends@friendssfpl.org
Thanks, Margie!
Sincerely,
Coach Teresa
Teresa LeYung-Ryan says: “Reach out, not stress out, when pursuing your dreams!”
$9.81 for ebook; $22 for print edition
Love Made of Heart inspiring adult children of mentally ill parents to speak openly about the stigmas and find resources for their families.
As a manuscript consultant, Teresa LeYung-Ryan loves helping writers identify their themes and archetypes.
YouTube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/teresaleyung
Teresa on facebook! She’s also involved in Women’s National Book Association and California Writers Club.
Be Kind To Editors and Writers Month – September
Dear Writers and Editors,
Please introduce yourselves by clicking on the title bar of this post and submitting a comment so that my blog visitors will get to see who you are. Thank you!
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Here are a few editors I recommend, including myself
We celebrate “Be Kind To Editors and Writers Month” !
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Sincerely,
Coach Teresa
Teresa LeYung-Ryan says: “Reach out, not stress out, when pursuing your dreams!”
$9.81 for ebook; $22 for print edition
Love Made of Heart inspiring adult children of mentally ill parents to speak openly about the stigmas and find resources for their families.
As a manuscript consultant, Teresa LeYung-Ryan loves helping writers identify their themes and archetypes.
YouTube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/teresaleyung
Teresa on facebook! She’s also involved in Women’s National Book Association and California Writers Club.
