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Marriage Maven Marcia Naomi Berger‘s News
author of Marriage Meetings for Lasting Love: 30 Minutes a Week to the Relationship You’ve Always Wanted
Sunday, September 14, 2014
Marry With Confidence Workshop: Single Women will identify and overcome obstacles and prepare for a fulfilling, life-long relationship. 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM, San Rafael. For more information, phone 415-491-4801.
Tuesdays – September 16 and September 23, 2014
Marriage Meetings for Lasting Love: Two-session workshop.
Learn to communicate positively and increase romance, intimacy, teamwork, and smoother resolution of issues. No public sharing required. 6:45 pm to 8:45 pm in San Rafael. Phone 415-491-4801 for more information.
Marriage Meetings 24/7 click here
The National Association of Social Workers (NASW) Professional Education and Training Center offers this one-hour online class you can take any time: The Marriage Meeting Program: A Strength-Based Approach for Successful 21st Century Relationships. Professionals earn one continuing education unit. All welcome!
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Matilda Butler says:
Dear Friends:
The list is not alphabetical — it is arranged by number of votes. So you will need to look for us. We are listed as:
Thanks. I really appreciate this. More than just the prize, I hope that some new people will notice our blog and come visit www.countyoffice.org
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Paula C. Chinick says:
“I wanted to share some exciting news. My first novel, RED ASSCHER~Living In Fear received a GOLD medal from Global Ebook Awards for best fiction thriller! I had hoped for at least honorable mention, but to take first place in the thriller category is such an honor.”
P C Chinick http://redasscher.com http://redasscher.com/blog
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Betsy Graziani Fasbinder says:
“I’m thrilled to announce the launch of Fire & Water, The Audiobook. I was blessed to find a talented voice artist in Monica McKey and a fantastic sound engineer in Adam Sullivan of Great Magnet Recording. I served as producer/director to these talented experts (mine was the easy job) and I’m so proud of what we’ve created. Monica’s gorgeous voice and great talent give the story another dimension and Adam’s wizardry brought it all seamlessly together.”
If you’ve read Fire & Water and enjoyed it, please pass this announcement on to your audio loving friends: Commuters, those with visual impairment, or just audio lovers. …And please consider posting a review on Amazon and/or Goodreads!
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B. Lynn Goodwin, Writer Advice Managing Editor and author of YOU WANT ME TO DO WHAT? Journaling for Caregivers, says: “I am a featured expert in InspireMeToday’s Ask a Luminary series! InspireMeToday.com is an amazing and free website that shares inspiration from global thought leaders each and every day. You can start your day with the wisdom of Sir Richard Branson, Guy Laliberte, Seth Godin, Neale Donald Walsch, Marci Shimoff, or one of hundreds more!
Ask a Luminary offers you the chance to ask a question and get an answer from an expert like me. It’s the inspirational version of Dear Abby! From empowerment, love and relationships, to business and entrepreneurship, to health and spirituality, Ask a Luminary covers every topic. Check out my answer if you’ve been wondering, How Can I Find My Path? and write back. I’d love to hear from you.
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keeps it real on
The Nic Nice Show
November 6 – 9, 2014
Single Husbands stage play – Southwest Arts Center, Atlanta, GA
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Cheers to Marcia Naomi Berger, Matilda Butler, Paula C. Chinick, Betsy Graziani Fasbinder, B. Lynn Goodwin, and Mary Honey B. Morrison!!!!!!
Sincerely,
http://writingcoachTeresa.com
- 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
MARRIAGE MEETINGS FOR LASTING LOVE book launch February 27, 2014
Marcia Naomi Berger asserts that most couples can make love last; they just need to learn how.
Her book is Marriage Meetings for Lasting Love: 30 Minutes a Week to the Relationship You’ve Always Wanted
All welcome at this author talk and book signing event.
Thursday, February 27, 2014, 7 P.M. click on Book Passage in Corte Madera, CA
An enjoyable, informative evening, featuring a role-play to demonstrate part of a marriage meeting.
Marcia Naomi Berger, Lynn Scott, Judith Marshall, and I (Teresa LeYung-Ryan) were a writing critique group; two Sundays each month, we met at Book Passage in Corte Madera.
Cheers to Naomi and all couples!
Teresa LeYung-Ryan aka 22-Day Coach Teresa helps clients identify their themes and archetypes; she is the 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: Attract Agents, Editors, Publishers, Readers, and Media Attention NOW (workbook for all genres),
“Talking to My Dead Mom” monologues
Coach Teresa’s website http://writingcoachTeresa.com
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Lists of Books Referenced in Teresa LeYung-Ryan’s & Mary E. Knippel’s “Be Your Own Editor” session at SFWC
Tool #1 Grounding Reader with the four Ws (Who? When? Where? What?) “What does Protagonist want?” (in prescriptive nonfiction “What does Reader need?”)
Tool #2 Hooking Reader from first page to last with core themes.
Tool #3 In Fiction & Narrative Nonfiction (both genres are forms of “story-telling”) — Who are your protagonist, antagonist(s), and other archetypes?
Fiction:
The Accidental Tourist by Anne Tyler
Lost In Yonkers – a play by Neil Simon
Wordsworth! Stop the Bulldozer! children’s picture book by Frances Kawugawa
Love Made of Heart – mother-daughter novel by Teresa LeYung-Ryan
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
Charlotte’s Web – a children’s classic by E. B. White
Where the Heart Is by Billie Letts
Husbands May Come and Go but Friends are Forever by Judith Marshall
Narrative Nonfiction:
Woven of Water by Luisa Adams
Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion
The Secret Artist – Give Yourself Permission to Let Your Creativity Shine! by Mary E. Knippel
The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts by Maxine Hong Kingston
Wisdom Has a Voice: Every Daughter’s Memories of Mother – anthology edited by Kate Farrell
If You Want to Write: A Book about Art, Independence and Spirit by Brenda Ueland
A Joyful Encounter: My Mother, My Alzheimer Clients, and Me by Lynn Scott
A Dreamer’s Guide to Cities and Streams (poetry) by Joan Gelfand
Prescriptive Nonfiction:
Wherever You Go, There You Are by Jon Kabat-Zinn
Cat Mulan’s Mindful Musings: Insight and Inspiration for a Wonderful Life – photo/gift book by Margie Yee Webb
Break Through the Noise: 9 Tools to Propel Your Marketing Message by Elisa Sasa Southard
My Dreams: A Simple Guide to Dream Interpretation by Angie Choi
Help Me Live: 20 Things People with Cancer Want You to Know by Lori Hope
Build Your Writer’s Platform & Fanbase In 22 Days: Attract Agents, Editors, Publishers, Readers, and Media Attention NOW by Teresa LeYung-Ryan
The Plot Whisperer: Secrets of Story Structure Any Writer Can Master by Martha Alderson
TellTale Souls Writing the Mother Memoir: How To Tap Memory and Write Your Story Capturing Character & Spirit by Lynn Cook Henriksen
Correct Me If I’m Wrong: Getting Your Grammar, Punctuation, and Word Usage Right! by Arlene Miller
Social Media Just for Writers: The Best Online Marketing Tips for Selling Your Books by Frances Caballo
The Book Reviewer Yellow Pages: A Book Promotion Reference Guide for Authors and Small Press Publishers by Christine Pinheiro e-book published by http://www.stepbystepselfpublishing.net
How to Write a Book Proposal by Michael Larsen
The Power of Memoir by Linda Joy Myers
Marriage Meeting Starter Kit by Marcia Naomi Berger
Simple Abundance: A Daybook of Comfort and Joy by Sarah Ban Breathnach
The Secret Artist – Give Yourself Permission to Let Your Creativity Shine! by Mary E. Knippel
Also, please refer to the SFWC list of presenters
Free Webinars – register with https://www.authorlearningcenter.com
3 Top Tools for Editing Your Manuscript After You’ve Written Your First Draft with Coach Teresa
· April 10, 2013 at 10:30am Pacific Time / 1:30pm Eastern Time
· April 25, 2013 at 4:30pm Pacific Time / 7:30pm Eastern Time
Writing Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan cares about helping fiction and nonfiction writers build their platforms and work on their craft simultaneously with ease. She says: “Wear the dual hats as promoter and writer and be happily published. Reach out, not stress out, to materialize your dearest dreams.”
Judith Marshall was in the Critique Group that Lynn Scott, Marcia Naomi Berger and I were members of.

Judith was building her platform while she was writing her novel; Coach Teresa took this photo of Judith at a critique group meeting; this photo has become one of Judith's favorite publicity shots.
Here’s news from Judie!
“I’ve been asked to speak about my writing process and my screen option for Husbands May Come and Go but Friends are Forever at The Chateaus in Pleasant Hill, CA, on Monday, March 11th, 2013 at 1:30 p.m. If you’re in the neighborhood, please come by and say hello.
“Just wanted to let you know that starting tomorrow, March 3rd, 2013, for one week only my novel will be available as an eBook on Smashwords at a 50% discount. If you know someone who might enjoy the book and who has an eReader other than a Kindle, please pass the information on. Here’s a link. https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/60976 Although not discounted, you can access the Kindle and print versions on Amazon by clicking on the title below my signature. I’m thrilled that the book has now received more than fifty 5-star reviews on Amazon.
“In other news, I’m expecting the first draft of the script from a new screenwriter next week. Hope this one is a keeper!
“Thanks for your ongoing support.”
Best,
Author of Husbands May Come and Go but Friends are Forever optioned for the big screen.
Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan cheering for you!
Writing Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan cares about helping fiction and nonfiction writers build their platforms and work on their craft simultaneously with ease. She says: “Wear the dual hats as promoter and writer and be happily published. Reach out, not stress out, to materialize your dearest dreams.”
How does Judith Marshall (author of Husbands May Come and Go but Friends are Forever) Build Her Platform?
Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan here, so proud of Judith Marshall! Judith was in our critique group (Lynn Scott, Marcia Naomi Berger, Judith Marshall and me-Teresa LeYung-Ryan). Judie knew she had written a page-turning novel (and we Critique Gals knew it too). So, after 2 years of “rejection letters” from literary agents (while receiving writing-contest awards!), Judie took control of her career by becoming a publisher herself.
Fast forward . . . Husbands May Come and Go but Friends are Forever has been optioned for the big screen. G o, Judie !!!!!
Author Judith Marshall to speak on October 9, 2012, 10:00 a.m. at Clayton Valley Woman’s Club. Guests welcome at no charge, no r.s.v.p required.

Author Judith Marshall was building her platform while she was writing her novel; Coach Teresa took this photo of Judith at a critique-group meeting; this photo was/is one of Judith's favorite publicity shots. Coach Teresa said/says: "Reach out, not stress out, to be happily published."
The Clayton Valley Woman’s Club invites guests to attend their monthly meeting on Oct. 9, 2012 at 10:00am at the Holy Cross Lutheran Church, 1092 Alberta Way, Concord. to hear guest speaker Judith Marshall. Judith is a native Californian, raised in Concord, who has gone on from a career in human resources to become a successful book writer and local newspaper columnist. Her book, Husbands May Come and Go but Friends are Forever, won the Jack London Writers Conference Prize awarded by the California Writers Club and has been optioned for the big screen. Also, her column, “Fashion Over 50,” appears in the Clayton Pioneer.
Husbands May Come and Go but Friends are Forever optioned for the big screen.
Check out a video of Judith TV Interview on Midday Arizona.
Cheers to author Judith Marshall!
Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan
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Coach Teresa here to tell you about how, once again, writers brighten my day.
I had redesigned one of my signature presentations for California Writers Club-Redwood Branch and created a new template for Writing Career Make-Over with Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan.
I so wanted to help every writer in the audience see how simple building one’s platform could be. To get familiar with my audience, I read every word of Redwood Writers’ January 2012 newsletter and looked at the names of the entire membership roster on the branch’s website. The exciting programs created by the members are synonymous with Redwood Writers. I spent weeks preparing for my presentation.
But I goofed! Even though my definition of platform was on the template, I didn’t say it! And, because I didn’t say: “A platform is making your name stand for something—to attract targeted consumers who are likely to buy what you have to sell,” my talk was missing structure.
Whether you write fiction, narrative nonfiction or prescriptive nonfiction (how to books) or poetry or plays or anthologies. . . whether you want to land an agent or acquisition editor at a publishing house . . . whether you want to be your own publisher . . . you’re going to need a platform.
Let’s dissect the definition of a platform. “Making your name stand for something—to attract targeted consumers who are likely to buy what you have to sell.” (page 1 of my workbook Build Your Writer’s Platform & Fanbase In 22 Days)
The last part “what you have to sell” — what you’re selling is your literary works or services.
The middle part “to attract targeted consumers” — the targeted consumers are the folks who read and buy the kind of material you write about.
The first part “Making your name stand for something” — that was the heart of my presentation–to help each writer identify the themes/subject matters/issues that he/she writes about. For my template, I had found on Google Images the perfect hard hat to illustrate my point that the hardest job in platform-building is asking yourself and answering these questions: What is it that I write about? What are my themes/subject matters/issues? What will readers gain from reading my work?
So, there I was, asking 7 delightful authors (Marcia Naomi Berger, Deborah Taylor-French, Amanda McTigue, Robbi Sommers Bryant, Paul Greenberg, Ana Manwaring, Heidi Roth) to come up to the stage to speak their full names. I guided them on how to identify: her/his picture of success; the themes/subject matters/issues that he/she writes about; his/her motivators & modus operandi; her/his fans and where to find them.
Making one’s name synonymous with the themes/subject matters/issues one writes about.
If I had prepared everyone with the “why” for doing the exercises, then more writers in the audience would have gained their “aha moments” too.
When I coach my clients . . .prescriptive nonfiction (how to books) authors usually answer those questions with ease. It’s not so easy for fiction and narrative nonfiction authors. I’d say: “Instead of telling me the plotline or the character sketch, think about the issues and the themes. What does your protagonist have to deal with? What will your protagonist learn in story world? What your main character learns, your readers will also learn!” The answers will help you form your mission statement.
So, Coach Teresa, define a writer’s platform! “Making your name stand for something—to attract targeted consumers who are likely to buy what you have to sell.”
Understanding what a platform is gives you a fresh look at your writing career.
And you’ll be ready to have more fun doing the exercises in my workbook. Day I exercises: “Who am I?” and “What I Have in Common with Super Famous People” (take a sneak peek at Amazon’s “look inside” of Build Your Writer’s Platform & Fanbase In 22 Days
I wish to thank these folks again:
Linda C. McCabe for inviting me to present
The entire Redwood Writers Board
Everyone in the audience yesterday
Kate Farrell for helping me format my template on her MAC and being a loving friend
Everyone who gave me their comments on the evaluation sheet.
Everyone who told me about their themes before and after the presentation.
Everyone who bought Build Your Writer’s Platform & Fanbase In 22 Days and will start Day I exercises: “Who am I?” and “What I Have in Common with Super Famous People”
Everyone who bought Love Made of Heart (my novel to inspire adult children of mentally ill parents to speak openly about the stigmas and find resources for their families)
Kate Farrell made my day by showing me Lindsay Pasdera Marquez’s email to Redwood Writers’ listserver.
Mon, Jan 9, 2012 at 8:57 AM
Re: [RWmembers] glad to have found RWC
I joined RWC a few months back, and was able to attend my first meeting yesterday. Wow! I feel very fortunate to have access to such a vibrant community of passionate writers in my own backyard.
I appreciated Teresa LeYung-Ryan’s perspective and am thrilled to have a written mission statement (Dream) for my work. Mine is: to dramatically increase the percentage of Americans who are aware that humans have a rich history of cooperation, egalitarianism, and non-violence. Writing that statement helped me see the coherence between my two current writing projects: one, a historical fiction set in sixth century Scotland among a matrilineal tribal people, and two, my blog (www.ancientabundance.blogspot.com) on the true nature of pre-agricultural humanity. I have chosen a pen name for both the novel and the blog.
I look forward to taking advantage of all the wonderful growth opportunities that RWC has to offer and to getting to know each of you over time.
Happy New Year!
Lindsay Pasdera Marquez
Here’s my response:
Mon, Jan 9, 2012 at 8:57 AM
Good Day Fabulous Redwood Writers!
Thank you for your participation yesterday for my “Writing Career Make-Over with Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan” presentation.
Thank you for your comments on the evaluation sheets.
Lindsay, I am jumping for joy seeing your mission statement; it speaks with clarity. Be sure to add your mission statement to your signature block in emails (even emails to personal friends). Why? You want all your fans to see what you are passionate about. Fans talk about passionate people.
I will write a follow-up to yesterday’s session and submit it to Robin Moore and/or Lynn Millar for those who could not make it yesterday.
“Reach out, not stress out, when building your writer’s platform!”
Sincerely,
Coach Teresa
Build Your Writer’s Platform & Fanbase In 22 Days: Attract Agents, Editors, Publishers, Readers, and Media Attention NOW (in print edition and E-book)
More rewards:
I’m going to submit my 10-minute play to 2012 Redwood Writers 2nd Playwriting Contest. Thank you, Linda Loveland Reid, for creating the contest!
Today, after Kate Farrell fed me breakfast and got me to Golden Gate Transit Mall in plenty of time (Thank you, Kate!), I met up with another dear friend–author Lynn Scott. I told Lynn about my goof-up yesterday; she laughed at me, lovingly. Thank you, Lynn! “Focus on the positive,” reminded Lynn. Once again, writers brighten my day. I am a happy and thankful coach/author/friend.
To participate in this blog post (article), submit a comment by: clicking on the blue title bar of this post, scrolling down to get the boxes, filling in the boxes and click on “submit comment” button — so that thousands of my fans will see your name, URL (your website/blog address if you have one), and what themes/subject matters/issues you write about.
I’m cheering for you!
Lynn Scott, the author of the memoir A Joyful Encounter: My Mother, My Alzheimer Clients, and Me, says: “My book is not about the disease, but about the spirit that exists in us all as long as we live. I led my clients in singing the old familiar songs (“Take Me Out to The Ballgame,” “As Time Goes By,” “I Love You Truly”), and I reveled in the love I received and gave.”
I met Lynn Scott over ten years ago when she received writing awards from the California Writers Club and the Jack London Writers Conference. Her fiction and nonfiction are most engaging. When she asked me to join her critique group, I said “Yes!” Judith Marshall and Marcia Naomi Berger were the other members. More about those two authors in future posts.
What is Lynn up to these days? She’s being an inspiration as always!
Visit Lynn Scott’s website to find out how [singing the old familiar American songs; turning grief and loss into catalysts for the next creative step; Boston Women’s Health Collective; a unique set of unlikely healers] all relate to this wise author/editor.
Sincerely,
Teresa LeYung-Ryan, writing career coach, manuscript consultant, and
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
Coach Teresa’s YouTube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/teresaleyung
“Make Every Word Count When Pitching to Agents or Acquisition Editors”
by Writing Career Coach Teresa
You have spent months, perhaps years, writing and rewriting your project/work. And, you’ve decided to pursue either an agent (who earns his/her commission when he/she sells a client’s work to a publishing house) or an acquisition editor (whose job is to buy authors’ works for the publishing house he/she works for). Let’s say you’ve done your homework and have compiled a list of agents or acquisition editors who specialize in the kind of project (commodity) you wish to sell.
An agent or acquisition editor receives hundreds of pitches/query letters each week. What can you do to catch these folks’ attention? Use the right bait. Make every word count.
Whether you’re pitching in person, over the telephone, through an E-Mail, or by old-fashion mail, keep this in mind—the pitch (bait) has three components:
• who needs your project
• the unique qualities about your commodity
• why you are the perfect author for this work
Here are 4 examples:
Genre: Self Help / Relationship / Marriage
The 50% and 60% divorce rates, for first and second marriages respectively, are a wake-up call for the United States 55.2 million married couples.
Through my book, I empower couples to get the marriage they’ve always wanted.
The Marriage Meeting Program: 45 Minutes a Week to Guarantee the Long Term Relationship You’ve Always Wanted shows how to conduct a weekly meeting that increases intimacy, romance, teamwork, and smoother conflict resolution.
A proactive, preventive approach is crucial. Regardless of how good a relationship is, there is always a need to keep it on track and room for it to grow. The Marriage Meeting Program’s step-by-step approach makes it easy to conduct the meetings. Follow-up studies show a 20 to 80 percent increase in marital happiness for couples who implement the program.
I am Marcia Naomi Berger, a psychotherapist, writer, speaker, workshop leader, and instructor of a class for therapists and counselors at the University of California Berkeley Extension. http://www.marriagemaven.com
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Genre: Memoir
There are more than 38-million boom-generation women in this country. Through my book, I show middle-aged women how to cope with family and social pressures while dealing with their own mortality issues.
My memoir, Oldham Street, is about my journey from east coast to west bearing the pain of a son in prison, the long slow death of my father, the end of my counseling career and a ten-year relationship. I knocked on a lemon-colored door on a short block in San Francisco. In the next twelve years, the woman who opened that door, along with the other quirky characters in the neighborhood, inadvertently joined me in a process that brought me home to myself and into a comfortable role as the matriarch of my tribe.
I am Lynn Scott:
- author of A Joyful Encounter: My Mother, My Alzheimer Clients, and Me (a memoir about the abundance of spirit that I found among my Alzheimer clients).
- contributor to eight anthologies of fiction, memoir, and poetry.
- a guest on OPRAH and other talk shows .
http://lynnscott.wordpress.com
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Genre: Women’s Fiction
Recent survey data indicates that 22% of the 55,000,000+ married women admit to having an extramarital affair. STAYING AFLOAT is the story of one of these women –although she wouldn’t have admitted it if she hadn’t gotten caught.
Crystal Scott is a stable and stalwart, stay-at-home wife and mother, aiming only to run an efficient home, care for her children and avoid confrontation. Whatever her private thoughts are, she keeps them to herself. But when her husband loses his job and shows no signs of looking for another, fault lines in their marriage are exposed. She’s forced to re-enter the workforce, and when her dazzling, dynamic boss takes a personal interest in her, she slips into territory that most women have fantasized about, even if they don’t want to admit it — she morphs into a sex-starved adulteress.
I am Judith Marshall, author of the award-winning novel, HUSBANDS MAY COME AND GO BUT FRIENDS ARE FOREVER. I’ve been writing for thirteen years and am a member of the California Writers Club and the Women’s National Book Association. In addition, I am the President of Human Resources Consulting Services and a member of the faculty of the Council on Education in Management, for whom I teach a number of public seminars on a variety of HR-relates topics. I’m currently working on my third novel, BITTER ACRES.
http://judithmarshall.net/
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Genre: Women’s Fiction / Humor
39% of the 68 million women employed in the U.S. work in management, professional, and related occupations. Through my book Katie Carlisle, I show women how to hold onto their integrity, humor, and vision . . . in spite of having to fight sexism in the corporate world.
Katie Carlisle has been lucky enough to have a mentor (her boss) who has taken her to a point where her promotion is pretty well guaranteed. Only then everything goes wrong. Her beloved mentor leaves the company under a cloud; his successor is a man whom Katie hates and fears; and a downward spiral in her fortunes starts. This is the story of a smart woman’s struggle to hold onto her integrity, humor and vision in spite of the tumult around her—and her eventual triumph.
I am Margaret Davis. I have a doctorate from Stanford University in Sociology, with a specialization in the structure and behavior of formal organizations. I have had two non-fiction books published in my field. Katie Carlisle, a humorous spoof on everyday life in a large corporation, is a work of fiction. Yet, as many of my readers have commented, “Everyone who has ever worked in a big company will relate to and love this book.”
I am also the author of Straight Down the Middle, a family drama involving a young mother’s efforts to do what is best for her child while trying to come to terms with her own sexuality.
http://margaretdavisbooks.com/
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Writing Career Coach Teresa will help you practice your pitch
at WNBA’s “Meet the Agents, Editors, & Publishers”
on March 27, 2010 http://wnba-sfchapter.org
Teresa LeYung Ryan is:
* Board member at WNBA-SF Chapter since 2004
* Author with agent and NY publisher
* Writing career coach
* Past president of California Writers Club-SF Peninsula Branch
* Library advocate
Writing Career Coach Teresa is the author of Build Your Name, Beat the Game: Be Happily Published (a 22-day workbook for writers to build their names and attract attention and fans before and after publication). http://WritingCoachTeresa.com
As a community spirit, Teresa LeYung Ryan uses her novel Love Made of Heart to:
• shed light on stigmas suffered by immigrant women, men, and children
• advocate understanding of mental illness/traumas to the mind
• help survivors of violence find their own voices through writing
www.LoveMadeOfHeart.com