Posts Tagged ‘Left Coast Writers’
See how author Joan Steidinger fortifies her platform/fanbase.
Her email signature (see below) has her “tags” (keywords synonymous with her name) – I’ve highlighted her tags in red.
Check out her blog http://powerzonephd.com/blog/
Saturday January 10, 2015, 7:00pm Dr. Joan Steidinger will be at
Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera, CA 94925 – event is hosted by Left Coast Writers. Joan’s new book - Sisterhood in Sports: How Female Athletes Collaborate and Compete
And, Joan will be appearing on a Comcast network show on January 16, 2015 called “Game On.” This is an all female television sports magazine show.
Joan
Licensed & Sports Psychologist CA PSY 12505
USOC Registry of Sports Psychology
President-California Writers Club-Marin Branch
New Book: Sisterhood in Sports: How Female Athletes Collaborate and Compete (2014) Lantham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield.
https://www.facebook.com/
Joan and I are members of the Women’s National Book Association–San Francisco Chapter as well as California Writers Club.
Catch WNBA’s event at Oakland Library in the morning; then do some research while you’re at the library; then have fun platform and fanbase-building with colleagues; then go see Joan at Book Passage in Corte Madera in the evening.
Tell your writer-friends in or near Oakland, CA about WNBA’s event on January 10, 2015
“Digital Storytelling: New Opportunities for Women Writers”
Laura Fraser is the Cofounder and Editorial Director of Shebooks.net, a new digital storytelling platform for women.
Saturday, January 10, 2015
10:30 am – 12:30 pm
Meeting & Mixer for Members
Oakland Main Library, Meeting Room
125 14th Street, Oakland, CA 94612
For more info http://wnba-sfchapter.org/digital-storytelling-new-opportunities-women-writers/
Cheers to Joan Steidinger and her new book Sisterhood in Sports: How Female Athletes Collaborate and Compete, everyone at Left Coast Writers, Book Passage, California Writers Club, Women’s National Book Association, Laura Fraser and SheBooks!
Sincerely,
Platform & Fanbase-Building Coach Teresa” and Manuscript Consultant and . . .
author of:
Build Your Writer’s Platform & Fanbase In 22 Days: Attract Agents, Editors, Publishers, Readers, and Media Attention NOW (workbook)
Love Made of Heart: a Mother’s Mental Illness Forges Forgiveness in Daughter Ruby (novel used by college professors)
Coach Teresa’s Blog at http://writingcoachTeresa.com and
creator of:
“Talking to My Dead Mom” (monologues)
“Immigrant Experience Writing Contest” and
past officer of Women’s National Book Association-SF Chapter
past president of California Writers Club-SF Peninsula Branch
recipient of the Jack London Award for outstanding service
Greetings from Coach Teresa Jade LeYung (formerly Teresa LeYung-Ryan) . . . I started writing my new memoir at the beginning of the year and by mid-year I have been avoiding crowds and parties. When I’m not presenting at writers’ conferences and writers’ organizations or helping clients build their fanbases, I meet up with colleagues to write and conduct research for my own books.
Coach Teresa Jade LeYung Encourages Hardworking Writers to Have Fun with Colleagues
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author, traveler, tour director Sasa Southard inspires students to open doors open minds - photo by Coach Teresa Jade LeYung
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Margie Yee Webb happy with her new anthology on cats, complements her Cat Mulan book - photo by Coach Teresa Jade LeYung
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authors Teresa Jade LeYung and Lynn Scott - photo by Leanna at Melody Cafe (delicious food!), San Francisco
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Memoirist Lynn Scott visits neighborhood of her Oldham Street stories - photo by Coach Teresa Jade LeYung
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Plot Whisperer Martha Alderson, Memoirist Luisa Adams, Author and Coach Teresa Jade LeYung - work and eat
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Founder of THE UNLEASHED HOMEMAKER(tm) and “Your Writing Mentor” Mary E. Knippel just called! She and I calendared 2 work days at her home. Yahoo!

Founder of THE UNLEASHED HOMEMAKER(tm) and"Your Writing Mentor" Mary E. Knippel and Fanbase-Building Coach Teresa Jade LeYung--photo by Anne Campagnet-Reed
- Teresa Jade LeYung, Sheryl Fairchild, Margie Yee Webb at Regional Parks Botanic Garden – photo by Cat Daffer
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Teresa Jade LeYung looking forward to being with mentors Margaret Davis, Diane Warner, Winifred McCaffrey soon
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On Saturday, Sept. 13, 2014, 7:00pm
I shall be reunited with award-winning author Carol Sheldon when I interview her at her book launch for her third book A Sleuth in Sausalito. This will be the one time that I look forward to a packed house, because I am happy for Carol – she is a brilliant author and a delightful person. Cheers to Carol Sheldon and Left Coast Writers!
by popular demand, Fanbase-Building Coach Teresa Jade LeYung interviews award-winning author Carol Sheldon
at Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd, Corte Madera, CA 94925
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And, I’ll get to see artist, filmmaker, blogger Chandra Garsson soon! http://flyingpaintproductions.blogspot.com/
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For fabulous organizations, check out Women’s National Book Association, California Writers Club, and San Francisco Writers Conference.
http://www.lovemadeofheart.com/Writers-Resources.html
Sincerely,
http://writingcoachTeresa.com
- author of Build Your Writer’s Platform & Fanbase In 22 Days: Attract Agents, Editors, Publishers, Readers, and Media Attention NOW. Click here for print edition. Click here for Kindle edition.
- author of Love Made of Heart: a Mother’s Mental Illness Forges Forgiveness in Daughter Ruby
- author of “Talking to My Dead Mom” monologue series
- proud member and past officer of Women’s National Book Association-SF Chapter
- proud member (SF Peninsula, Redwood, Sacramento branches) and past president (San Francisco Peninsula Branch) of California Writers Club
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September 2014 Left Coast Writers Feature Betsy Graziani Fasbinder and Carol Sheldon
Left Coast Writers®: Betsy Graziani Fasbinder – Fire & Water

By popular demand, Teresa LeYung-Ryan interviews award-winning author Carol Sheldon
Left Coast Writers®: Carol Sheldon – A Sleuth in Sausalito

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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Cheers to Carol Sheldon and Betsy Graziani Fasbinder !!
Sincerely,
http://writingcoachTeresa.com
- author of Build Your Writer’s Platform & Fanbase In 22 Days: Attract Agents, Editors, Publishers, Readers, and Media Attention NOW. Click here for print edition. Click here for Kindle edition.
- author of Love Made of Heart: a Mother’s Mental Illness Forges Forgiveness in Daughter Ruby
- author of “Talking to My Dead Mom” monologue series
- proud member and past officer of Women’s National Book Association-SF Chapter
- proud member (SF Peninsula, Redwood, Sacramento branches) and past president (San Francisco Peninsula Branch) of California Writers Club
22-Day Fanbase Building Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan & Award-Winning Author Carol Sheldon Celebrate Copper Mine Workers and Courageous WOMEN. Who was Big Annie? Read Carol’s new historical novel Driven to Rage to find out.
Thank you, Carol Sheldon and Linda Watanabe McFerrin & Left Coast Writers, for inviting me to interview Carol!
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*Award-winning historical novelist and playwright Carol Sheldon with 22-Day Fanbase Bulding Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan celebrate workers, especially the courageous women behind the scenes*
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*Actress Kathy Holly attends Carol Sheldon’s book launch. Here’s a video of Kathy with fellow cast members in On With the Wind a new play by Carol Sheldon.*
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Historical novelist Carol Sheldon recognizes the 100th anniversary of COPPER MINERS’ STRIKE in upper peninsula, Michigan, and celebrates workers and courageous WOMEN.
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*New fans and old fans show up for Carol Sheldon on a Monday night at Book Passage in San Francisco*
*New fans in the background as Book Passage representative poses with award-winning author Carol Sheldon*
*Author Carol Sheldon enjoys signing books for new fans and old fans.*
*Carol Sheldon flanked by Teresa LeYung-Ryan and Teresa’s sister – San Francisco ferry terminal is merely steps from Book Passage*
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Sincerely,
Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan
author of:
Build Your Writer’s Platform & Fanbase In 22 Days: Attract Agents, Editors, Publishers, Readers, and Media Attention NOW (the workbook)
Love Made of Heart (the mother-daughter novel used in college composition classes; book is archived at the San Francisco History Center)
Answer Me Now (the award-winning short play)
and speeches advocating mental health and end violence against women and children
Click here for a list of Coach Teresa’s event.
http://writingcoachTeresa.com for more resources.
Coach Teresa says: “Wear the dual hats of writer and promoter. Reach out, not stress out.”
Speaking of workers YOU & me … Monday July 8, 6:00pm Book Passage Bookstore, 1 Ferry Bldg., San Francisco. I shall be interviewing award-winning author Carol A. Sheldon. Her new book DRIVEN TO RAGE (historical novel) recognizes the 100th anniversary of the 1913 COPPER MINERS’ STRIKE in Michigan and the courageous WOMEN behind the scenes as well as on the daily marches. Who was Big Annie?
Please join us if you are near the Embarcadero in San Francisco.
Book Passage, 1 Ferry Bldg., SF, CA 94111 415-835-1020
Hosted by Left Coast Writers! Refreshments too!

Carol Sheldon's new book Driven to Rage recognizes the 100th anniversary of 1913 COPPER MINERS' STRIKE in Michigan and the courageous WOMEN behind the scenes as well as on the daily marches (Carol Sheldon, author of Mother Lode and Driven to Rage) interviewed by Writing Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan at Book Passage Ferry Building SF -- photo by Jim Weiland
Sincerely,
Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan
author of:
Build Your Writer’s Platform & Fanbase In 22 Days: Attract Agents, Editors, Publishers, Readers, and Media Attention NOW (the workbook)
Love Made of Heart (the mother-daughter novel used in college composition classes; book is archived at the San Francisco History Center)
Answer Me Now (the award-winning short play)
and speeches advocating mental health and end violence against women and children
Click here for a list of Coach Teresa’s event.
http://writingcoachTeresa.com for more resources.
Coach Teresa says: “Wear the dual hats of writer and promoter. Reach out, not stress out.”
Coach Teresa’s June and July 2012
Dear Writers,
If you’re in northern California, or if you have writer-friends in the area . . . please come by and see me . . .
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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
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)
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Saturday, June 16, 2012 2:00-4:00pm Authors Day at the San Mateo County Fair in California.
the Literary Arts stage area in the Fine Arts Department at the fair.
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 Answer Me Now – her short play) and her colleagues at California Writers Club.
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!
Bardi Rosman Koodrin brought literary arts to the county fair 4 years ago.
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For all events sponsored by California Writers Club – San Francisco Peninsula Branch please go to: http://www.cwc-peninsula.org/
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June 29, 30; July 1, 2012
http://lovemadeofheart.com/blog/coach-teresa-leyung-ryan-having-the-time-of-her-life-as-playwright/
Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan’s 10-minute monologue Answer Me Now (middle-aged woman asks her dead mother a question) is one of nine winning-plays to be produced by Redwood Writers & 6th Street Playhouse Play Festival.
2012 Performance Dates:
- June 29 – 8:00 PM
- June 30 – 2:00 PM & 8:00 PM
- July 1 – 2:00 PM
6th Street Playhouse – Studio Theater – Santa Rosa, CA
All Tickets: $16.00 – purchase by phone (707) 523-4185 ext 1 or online
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For all events sponsored by California Writers Club – Redwood Branch – please go to: www.redwoodwriters.org
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Monday, July 9, 2012, 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Book Passage, 1 Ferry Building, San Francisco, CA 94111
Teresa LeYung-Ryan interviews Carol Sheldon (author of Mother Lode)
Left Coast Writers honors Carol Sheldon !
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Saturday July 14, 2012, noon – 2:00pm 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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Sincerely,
Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan
Teresa LeYung-Ryan helps clients identify themes, universal archetypes, front-story and back-story in their manuscripts.
As author of Build Your Writer’s Platform & Fanbase In 22 Days: Attract Agents, Editors, Publishers, Readers, and Media Attention NOW, she says: “Make your name synonymous with the issues you write about.”
Teresa has built her own platform happily; her novel Love Made of Heart and her short play Answer Me Now carry the theme closest to her heart: mother-daughter relationship.
Teresa created the annual “Immigrant Experience Writing Contest” and cheers for all contestants.
http://writingcoachteresa.com for her Blog, events, and other resources.
Author Mary Jo McConahay says:
“I wrote Maya Roads after thirty years of traveling in the rainforest region of southern Mexico and northern Guatemala, not only as a journalist but also because I am deeply taken by all culture Maya, ancient and modern. I don’t avoid the violence that has ripped that part of the world with revolution and civil war, describing what I have seen; but I travel too in order to find the sacred Maya sites, and to wonder at the ancient cities that speak even in ruins.”
Maya Roads: One Woman’s Journey Among the People of the Rainforest
http://www.mayaroads.com
For book clubs write: mayaroads@gmail.com
Saturday August 20, 2011 Mary Jo McConahay will be featured at Left Coast Writers at Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera, CA 94925
Talking about Maya Roads Aug. 27, 2011 on Peter Greenberg Worldwide Tune in! http://www.petergreenberg.com/
For a complete list of author’s appearances:
Sept. 7, 2011 7:30pm The BookSmith, 1644 Haight St, San Francisco, CA
Taos, NM – Sept. 10, 2011
Los Alamos, NM – Sept. 13, 2011
Albuquerque, NM – Sept. 15, 2011
Santa Fe, NM – Sept. 17, 2011
Washington D.C., DC 20009 – Sept. 27, 2011
Davis, CA 95616 – Oct. 14, 2011
Sacramento, CA 95818 – Oct. 16, 2011
Bates College, Lewiston, ME 04240 – Oct. date to be announced
Harvard University, Cambridge, MA – Oct. 26, 2011
University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ – Nov. 16, 2011
Harvard Club, Tucson, AZ – Nov. 17, 2011, 12:00 noon
Holy Trinity Church, Tucson, AZ – Nov. 17, 2011, 7:00pm
http://www.mayaroads.com/mayaroads.com/Author_Appearances.html
“Every once in a while I stumble upon a book that is so beautifully written and infused with so much intelligence and heart that it leaves an indelible mark on me. Mary Jo McConahay’s Maya Roads is such a book. In its hungry passion and wide-eyed wonder, it’s an extraordinary literary journey and a moving testament to a region and a life.” —Don George, National Geographic Traveler, Trip Lit blog
I cheer for Mary Jo, her book, and her insight into ancient and modern Maya culture!
Sincerely,
Teresa
Teresa LeYung-Ryan says: “Reach out, not stress out, when pursuing your dreams!”
Coach Teresa is the author of Build Your Writer’s Platform & Fanbase In 22 Days $9.81 for ebook; $22 for print edition
Teresa is the author of Love Made of Heart.
Coach Teresa’s YouTube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/teresaleyung
“Thanks, Teresa, for the get-up-and-go I found for my promotion phase between the covers of your workbook Build Your Writer’s Platform & Fanbase In 22 Days. So valuable. All the best to you!” Mary Jo McConahay, author of Maya Roads: One Woman’s Journey Among the People of the Rainforest
Women in Women’s National Book Association have related news.
The Women’s National Book Association announces that Masha Hamilton has been chosen the winner of the 2010 WNBA Award. The award is presented by WNBA to a living American woman who derives part or all of her income from books and allied arts, and who has done meritorious work in the world of books beyond the duties or responsibilities of her profession or occupation.
Ms. Hamilton also established the Afghan Women’s Writing Project in 2009 “to foster creative and intellectual exchange between Afghan women writers and American women authors and teachers.” The website publishes the work of Afghan writers under the mentorship of AWWP participants, including authors, poets, essayists, memoirists, and others.
Previous winners of the WNBA award included Kathi Kamen Goldmark and Dr. Perri Klaas. NEW YORK www.wnba-books.org
Thank you, Joan Gelfand, immediate-past president (and poet extraordinaire), for the news.
Meanwhile, WNBA member Diane LeBow has this new:
March 30, 2011 11:30am-1:00pm Kabul Restaurant in Burlingame, California
The Afghan Friends Network is holding a benefit lunch on March 30, 2011 at Kabul Restaurant in Burlingame: “Connections: Joining Hands and Hearts for Afghanistan” Guest speaker is Fariba Nawa, an award-winning Afghan-American journalist. Join us in a traditional, celebratory Afghan luncheon. More info: http://afghanfriends.net/
Thank you, award winning writer and photojournalist Diane LeBow, for telling me about this benefit luncheon. Recently Dr. LeBow read from her Afghan stories for Left Coast Writers at Book Passage in the Ferry Building, San Francisco. There were about 50 in the audience.
In San Francisco, we have 2 events to cheer for:
Saturday, March 26th, 2011
Meet-the-Agents Live. Writers Speed-Date to success. Only 15 spaces left. Click here http://www.wnba-sfchapter.org for agent and
editor bios, the scoop on the keynote lunch with Zoe Fitzgerald Carter, and to register.
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
The 15th Annual Effie Lee Morris Lecture: TRICKSTERS!
Guest lecturer: Gerald McDermott – the Art of the Folktale
San Francisco Public Library, Lower Level, 100 Larkin Street (at Grove), SF, CA www.sfpl.org
5:00pm Reception & Book Signing; 6:00pm Lecture presented FREE by
Children & Youth Services and the Fisher Children’s Center of the
San Francisco Public Library and Women’s National Book Assoc-SF
Chapter. Board members of WNBA (a co-sponsor of this lecture)
encourage all members (especially authors of children’s literature)
to attend this event… a tradition in San Francisco. Effie Lee Morris
founded the San Francisco Chapter of Women’s National Book
Association. This annual lecture is just one of the many legacies
Effie Lee Morris left for readers and writers.
My best wishes to everyone ! See you at the San Francisco events,
Teresa LeYung Ryan, author of Love Made of Heart, cheers for brave immigrants.
22-Day Coach Teresa
Build Your Writer’s Platform & Fanbase In 22 Days: Attract Agents, Editors, Publishers, Readers, and Media Attention NOW is available through Amazon. Read success stories (on Amazon) from writers who have finished the 22-day workbook I created to help fiction and nonfiction authors gain a competitive edge. Whether you want to be your own publisher or sell rights to another publisher, attract readers and more readers now! http://writingcoachteresa.com
http://lovemadeofheart.com/blog/is-there-a-book-to-help-a-writer-build-platform-and-fanbase/