Posts Tagged ‘mother-daughter relationship’
Do you know anyone ages 13-21 in Sacramento County, CA who likes to make movies? Videographers called to create videos addressing mental illness stigma and discrimination–entries due December 21, 2012.
Press release: Video Contest for Mental Health Stigma – Entries Due December 21, 2012
Writing Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan (a proud immigrant from Hong Kong, of Chinese heritage), here to cheer for author Laurel Anne Hill and everyone involved in the Shanghai Steam Anthology.
Laurel Anne tells me that Shanghai Steam Anthology will be launched November 1-4, 2012 at the World Fantasy Convention in Toronto, Canada. So exciting!
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Here’s Laurel Anne Hill’s blog post:
Steampunk, Wuxia and the Immigrant Experience
by Laurel Anne Hill
I stare at the crimson printing on my computer screen. Crisp black lines frame electronic words of caution. What is this, anyway? The 1877 U.S. Senatorial report on Chinese immigration I Googled? Or the “boxed warning” for a toxic drug?
The red letters form an introductory disclaimer of sorts, an alert regarding nineteenth-century political incorrectness. The Senatorial report’s contents will reflect the attitudes of yesteryear’s Americans. In other words, readers with sensitive ears, beware. Still, I need to study sections of this 1,281-page document to blog about railroad workers from China. My finger tabs through the report’s opening pages.
“There is a vast hive from which Chinese immigrants may swarm…,” the report indicates. “They are cruel and indifferent to their sick…inferior in mental and moral qualities…”
Anger warms my face. The historical report I prepare to read in depth is a verbal cesspool of toxic prejudice. Worse than I expected. Even the testimony of Charles Crocker–-the infamous railroad executive who respected the tremendous contribution of Chinese laborers in building the U.S. Transcontinental Railway–oozes stereotypes. I just began this morning’s immigrant-experience research project and already my blood pressure soars.
Now please don’t consider me naïve. Years ago, I learned about the anti-Chinese legislation passed in nineteenth-century America: The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 (to keep “them” out) and various anti-miscegenation laws (to prevent interracial marriages). U.S. immigration policy muddle-ups are not confined to the twenty-first century. That’s one of several reasons why I wrote my new short story, “Moon-Flame Woman.” I hope “Moon-Flame Woman” will help readers picture all immigrants as distinct individuals with gifts, fears, hopes and dreams.
The setting for “Moon-Flame Woman” is a North American railroad construction camp in 1866. In my story, Cho Ting-Lam has lost self-respect. She, a slave, has neither a husband nor sons. Disguised as a man, Cho Ting-Lam uses explosives, crystal technology and Qi to bore railroad tunnels through the Sierra Nevada Mountains. Then a prejudiced railroad superintendent endangers her and her people.
“Moon-Flame Woman,” is scheduled for publication in the upcoming Shanghai Steam Anthology (Absolute XPress, November 2012). Shanghai Steam is a unique mashup of steampunk (advanced technology through steam-age mechanical devices) and the Chinese literary genre known as Wuxia (loosely translated as martial hero).
I invite you to visit the worlds within Shanghai Steam. From ancient China to a future Mars, from the British Empire to the Old West, nineteen authors will show you worlds with alcohol-fueled dragons, philosophical automatons, and Qi-powered machines both wondrous and strange in tales of vengeance, paper lantern revolutions and flying monks. I also wish to thank Teresa LeYung-Ryan for her pre-submission review of my “Moon-Flame Woman” manuscript. Teresa provided valuable advice which strengthened my story.
Below, I list the Shanghai Steam table of contents. For more information about the anthology and its authors, visit the Shanghai Steam Facebook page.
Warm wishes,
Laurel Anne Hill
Author of Heroes Arise, an award-winning novel about breaking the cycle of vengeance.
http://www.laurelannehill.com
Shanghai Steam Anthology edited by Ace Jordyn, Calvin D. Jim and Renee Bennett
Table of Contents
The Fivefold Proverbs of Zhen Xiaquan
Tim Ford
Qin Yun’s Mechanical Dragon and the Cricket Spies
Amanda Clark
Moon-Flame Woman
Laurel Anne Hill
Love and Rockets at the Siege of Peking
K. H. Vaughan
The Master and the Guest
Crystal Koo
Ming Jie and the Coffee Maker of Doom
Brent Nichols
A Hero Faces the Celestial Empire; A Death by Fire is Avenged by Water
Julia A. Rosenthal
Riding the Wind
William H. Keith
Mistress of the Pearl Dragon
Shen Braun
Song of My Heart
Jennifer Rahn
Last Flight of the Lóng Qíshì
Emily Mah
Protection from Assassins
Frances Pauli
Seeds of the Lotus
Camille Alexa
The Ability of Lightness
Tim Reynolds
Fire in the Sky
Ray Dean
The Legend of Wong Heng Li
Frank Larnerd
Flying Devils
Derwin Mak
Legend of the Secret Masterpiece
Nick Tramdack
Jing Ke Before the Principle of Order
Minsoo Kang
Hearty congratulations to my friend Laurel Anne Hill and all the contributing authors, editors, artwork designer, cover designer, and their advisors!
Sincerely,
Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan
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The Woman in the Photograph; Girl in the Mirror; Woman in My Dream
Good Day! Coach Teresa here . . .
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Dear friend Diane Ichiyasu emailed me about Mani Feniger‘s new book The Woman in the Photograph
For more information about Mani and her events http://manifeniger.com
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Girl In the Mirror by Kate Farrell
Sylvie Dawson is a young woman with a dangerous secret: an abusive boyfriend who is stalking her. Forced to hide in her godmother’s country home for the summer,she struggles with isolation and creeping terror. When her godmother tells her the ancient story of Psyche and Eros, Sylvie is inspired to begin a journey of self-discovery. Will she be able to overcome her fears and live the life she was meant to live? http://www.girlinthemirror.info/
What is Kate Farrell doing these days? Visit her at: http://wisdomhasavoice.com
Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan here again . . . A remarkable dream about my mother and me has become the centerpiece of my 10-minute play Answer Me Now. My heritage is Chinese. When director Lennie Dean asked me to consider changing a few words in my script to fit the actress’s heritage, the “alarms” went off in my head. Oh no, I thought . . . I don’t want my words altered.
“Stacey Marie Kerr’s heritage is Jewish,” Lennie said. “Instead of calling her mother ‘MahMa,’ she would be saying ‘Mameh’ and instead of referring to her father as BahBa, she would be saying ‘Tateh.’ Think it over, tweaking a few words makes the piece personal for the actress on stage.” Lennie added.
I thought it over in the next three seconds of that phone conversation. “Yes! From now on, I would tweak those pronouns and the words ‘China’ and ‘Hong Kong’ to fit the actress whoever she may be.” Asian, Jewish, Italian, Russian, American, Australian, African actress? I can see them and hear them! I’d be honored to change a few words to fit each woman.
I met Stacey Marie Kerr on June 2, 2012. She said she has “adopted” my monologue, she has made the words hers. I couldn’t be more pleased. Thank you, Lennie and Stacey!
Thank you, Linda Loveland Reid, for creating the playwriting contest!
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 in Santa Rosa, CA.
2012 Performance Dates:
- June 29 – 8:00 PM
- June 30 – 2:00 PM & 8:00 PM
- July 1 – 2:00 PM
For my Events Page, click here.
I am so looking forward to seeing Stacey on stage and my friends in the audience.
For poster of winning playwrights and contest judges: http://www.6thstreetplayhouse.com/home-old/article/article/167/
For tickets:
http://www.6thstreetplayhouse.
If you prefer talking to real person, call (707) 523-4185 and leave your phone number for a ticket rep. to call you back.
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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 coach and 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.
June 12, 2012
Writing Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan Has Fun with Colleagues at San Mateo County Fair 2012
Please click on the title bar of this post, scroll down, and submit a comment – what were you doing at the Literary Arts stage area?
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5:00-6:00pm Playwrights Teresa LeYung-Ryan, Ollie Mae Trost Welch, David Hirzel (author interviews by Darlene Frank after the plays are read)
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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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Mr. Tree walks and talks at San Mateo County Fair–photo by Coach Teresa
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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 coach and 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.
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!
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.
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.