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16:22 July 16, 2024 Tuesday California USA
mardi 16:22, 16 juillet 2024 Californie États-Unis
Hello Readers / Bonjour Lecteurs
I wish you and your family excellent health.
Je vous souhaite, à vous et à votre famille, une excellente santé.
I wish you much happiness.
Je vous souhaite beaucoup de bonheur.
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I am at dear Sabine’s home in Oregon, USA… thinking about everyone who has sent me messages about their health challenges.
I send prayers as I meditate with photos of gardens and flower boxes at homes and other places I have been in since March 1st this year, in FRANCE and in the USA.
Je suis chez ma chère Sabine dans l’Oregon, aux États-Unis… en pensant à tous ceux qui m’ont envoyé des messages sur leurs problèmes de santé.
J’envoie des prières en méditant avec des photos de jardins et de jardinières de maisons et d’autres endroits où je suis allé depuis le 1er mars de cette année, en FRANCE et aux USA.
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Wishing You Excellent Health and happiness with photos of vibrant plants from Paris, Apt, Nice in FRANCE and from California and Oregon in USA.
Je vous souhaite une excellente santé et du bonheur avec des photos de plantes vibrantes de Paris, Apt, Nice en FRANCE et de Californie et d’Oregon aux États-Unis.
Sincerely,
Sincèrement,
Teresa Jade LeYung
http://www.OurBeautifulBrains.com goes to Teresa Jade LeYung’s Blog on Wellness, Themes, Archetypes
Published author, blogger, lover of Paris (France), Writing Coach, Photo Historian Teresa Jade LeYung says:
“I love helping writers identify the themes in their manuscripts to hook readers, and, build and fortify their platforms before and after publication. Reach out, not stress out.”
Love Made Of Heart ®
Blog post #616
2022 October 1, California; October 3, 22:22
I, Teresa Jade LeYung (formerly Teresa LeYung Ryan), celebrate the 20th anniversary of my mother-daughter novel LOVE MADE OF HEART.
This is just the first of a series of Thank You as I continue celebrating LOVE MADE OF HEART and the kindhearted souls (teachers, librarians, booksellers, media folks, community leaders, friends and colleagues, mentors, readers and more readers) who have helped me speak up about:
– honoring courageous immigrants
– inspiring adult children of mentally ill parents to speak openly about the stigmas
– helping survivors of family violence find their own voices
– speaking from the heart
What does “love made of heart” mean?
In the Chinese written language … the word “heart” is inside the words “grace,” “forgiveness,” “perseverance,” “compassion.”
The word “heart” is inside the word “love”… one of the themes in my mother-daughter novel.
I shall dedicate the entire month of October to thank everyone who has helped me delivered my first novel into the world and all the readers. Many people have helped me but have never broadcast their kindness; I don’t know who they are; I thank everyone from my heart.

then Teresa LeYung Ryan, co-presenter with Elisa Sasa Southard and Kathi Kamen Goldmark at San Francisco Writers Conference - photo by Cheri Eplin 2004
Love Made of Heart: a Daughter, a Mother, a Journey Through Mental Illness
http://www.lovemadeofheart.com/Love-Made-of-Heart-a-Daughter,-a-Mother,-a-Journey-Through-Mental-Illness.html
I begin my thanks to:
My mother and all family members, and, the characters (Ruby Lin, Vivien Lin, Mrs. Nussbaum, Dr. Thatcher) who inspired my story.
The teachers who taught the 10-week course “Writing Children’s Literature” where I met critique group members Evelyn Miche, Cat (before she moved to Maine), Theresa Stephenson, Olga Malyj (who joined us for a few months).
To Kim McMillon who believed in me … way back when, long before I started writing. Dr. Kim McMillon, poet, activist, with over twenty years of experience producing theatre, is now an author and Black Arts Movement historian.
Everyone who orchestrated the 1997 Jack London Writers’ Conference, members at the California Writers Club and the Women’s National Book Association.
Everyone at East Bay Regional Park District (EBRPD) where I had a full-time job at headquarters; to my boss at the time – Robert Doyle – who said “yes” to my request for a 6-week leave-of-absence to complete one last rewrite of my manuscript.
Susan Canale (at EBRPD), Luisa Adams (author), Martha Alderson (author) for reading my last rewrite and giving criticism and praise.
Everyone at Regional Parks Botanic Garden when I got a transfer to a part-time position, especially my boss Steve Edward, Ph.D.
To my then spouse Lyle Ryan for supporting my decision to take a part-time position.
To literary super agent Stacey Glick (now VP at Dystel, Goderich & Bourret LLC) who said that my manuscript LOVE MADE OF HEART was the gem she had rescued from the slush pile.
To acquisition editor/director John Scognamiglio, president Steven Zacharius, publisher Laurie Perkin, art director Louis Malcangi, and everyone at Kensington Publishing Corp. in New York
To artist Linda Christensen for giving me a lovely author-photo.
To my sister (author Maria Kawah Leung) and all my friends who gave me courage to NOT hide behind the book.
To everyone who has “pitched” me to folks at their favorite libraries, book stores, groups, clubs, organizations, radio, TV, online programs … so that I could deliver the messages the themes in my book Love Made of Heart.
Thank you, Maria, for making Love Made of Heart birdhouse wind-chime.
Thank you, Claire Lomax, for handcrafting bookmarks that had my book cover and book spine on them.
Thank you, artist Chandra Garsson, for painting your rendition of the book cover onto my bookcase – one of my most cherished treasures. (attention-grabbing book cover that Louis Malcangi at Kensington Publishing Corp in New York had created)
Thank you, dear California Writers Club fellow-member, for gifting me your gorgeous Chinese robe which I have worn to many book events.
Thank you to all California Writers’ Club members!
Thank you to all Women’s National Book Association members!
Thank you, Elisa Sasa Southard, for teaching me how to create talking-points and talking-taglines, attention-grabbing press releases, memorable bios, and, how to have fun in the crazy world of book promoting!
More thanks to Elisa Sasa Southard, Margie Yee Webb, Luisa Adams, Martha Alderson, Angie Choi, Linda Joy Myers, Mary E. Knippel, Lynn Scott, and all the other talented and kindhearted authors who have co-presented with me since 2000.
Thank you, everyone, for reading and also buying Love Made of Heart for your friends, and, inviting your friends to my events, and for going to my events more than once.
Thank you, everyone, for writing reviews.
Thank you to the teachers / educators, including Professors Victor Turks, Miriam Queen, Patricia Costello, Dan Haytin, Sheryl Fairchild and their delightful students.
Thank you to each reader!
Publisher’s description of LOVE MADE OF HEART
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…” Twenty-seven-year-old Ruby Lin has what many women envy: a beautiful apartment in one of San Francisco’s best neighborhoods, a busy social life, and a coveted position as manager of special events for the tony St. Mark Hotel. But it’s Ruby’s personal life that’s become unmanageable ever since the day her mother’s emotional breakdown forced Ruby to hospitalize her, shaming the family. Now, Ruby is caught in the crossroads between two vastly different cultures–one in which she is the American girl, raised on kitschy television shows and black-and-white movies, and one in which she is known only as Daughter, the eldest, fulfiller of responsibilities. In putting together the pieces of her mother’s life, Ruby finds herself exploring the wounds of her own past. Starting with a forbidden locked tin box and the yellowing photograph inside, Ruby embarks on a startling journey of self-discovery that takes her through a family history rife with violence, betrayal and loss that reaches back through generations, from China to America, and finally to the secret pain of a mother’s sacrifice. Like the Chinese calligraphy that adorns her walls, Ruby comes to see that “life is not a straight road, ” but a language drawn with many brush strokes, where every misunderstanding must yield to the simple message of the heart. Filled with warmth and wisdom, this luminous debut novel heralds the arrival of an exciting new voice in fiction as it explores the complex bonds between mothers and daughters, the choices that divide us, and the love that brings us home.
The above is book jacket text written by author Libba Bray for Kensington Publishing Corp. New York for my novel LOVE MADE OF HEART
In my blog posts of October 1, 2013 and November 29, 2013, I said:
“Thank you to authors Frank Baldwin, Carol Schaefer, Lydia Kwa, and Gus Lee for writing lovely advance praise for my book cover. I am so grateful!”
“Special thanks to Martha Alderson, Luisa Adams, Susan Canale, Elisa Sasa Southard, Margie Yee Webb, Kim McMillon, Vicki Weiland !”
“I thank powerhouse Stacey Glick (VP at Dystel & Goderich Literary Management) who found insightful acquisition editor John Scognamiglio (at Kensington Publishing Corp. New York) who guided my mother-daughter novel Love Made of Heart to the Sales Team, good-energy publisher Laurie Perkin, president Steven Zacharius, Debbie Tobias was Sales Director, Lou Malcangi was art director, by the way . . . booksellers do judge a book by its cover, Libba Bray, who is now a New York Times bestselling author of young adult books, for book jacket copy, Jacquie Edwards for copy editing, marketing team, production team, Jessica in Sales, Michelle who was Webmaster,and EVERYONE at Kensington and their associates, especially Nancy Suib & Anne Shulenberger, and Kensington Publishing Corp.’s superstars Lydia Kwa, Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston, Mary B. Morrison, Mary Monroe, Carl Weber . . .
If not for these people, I would not have had the opportunity to experience the publishing industry from the author’s perspective . . . which then gave me the credentials to talk about “who” really is the most qualified person to build the author’s platform and fanbase.
Author’s Note to Reader on the last page of LOVE MADE OF HEART
Thank you for letting me share Ruby Lin’s story with you. Many readers have asked me what the characters in the novel have done for me. My answer is this: I’ve learned that behind every face is a compelling story.
Please remember me as a writer who says YES! to compassion for mental illness and NO! to domestic violence and child abuse.
Who is Mrs. Nussbaum? She lives in all our hearts. Just as we have the “child within,” we also have the “wise elder within.” May you always embrace your compelling story and allow your Mrs. Nussbaum to embrace you.
Sincerely,
Teresa LeYung Ryan (now Teresa Jade LeYung)
Happy 48th anniversary to Kensington Publishing Corp in New York!
https://www.kensingtonbooks.com/pages/about/ says:
“2022 marks Kensington Publishing Corp’s 48th year in business, and it is one of the last remaining independent U.S. publisher of hardcover, trade and mass market paperback books. From the time our very first book (Appointment in Dallas by Hugh McDonald), became a bestseller, Kensington has been known as an astute and determined David-vs.-Goliath publisher of titles in the full spectrum of categories, from fiction and romance to health and nonfiction. In addition to the close to 500 new books, the company releases through its diverse imprints per year, it has a backlist of more than 5,000 titles. Kensington is considered a leader and innovator in such areas of publishing as African-American, cozy mysteries, westerns, and of course, romance.”
Love Made of Heart:
– a 2002 nominee of the Asian American Literary Awards
– recommended by the California School Library Association and the California Reading Association
– used in Women in Psychology, First-Year Composition college course, Advanced Composition English-as-a-Second-Language classes
– read by students at Stanford University, U.C. Berkeley, San Francisco State University, City College of San Francisco, City College of Sacramento, Lowell High School, and many other wonderful institutions
– archived at the San Francisco History Center
– available at public libraries
This is just the first of a series of Thank You as I continue celebrating LOVE MADE OF HEART and the kindhearted souls (teachers, librarians, booksellers, media folks, readers and more readers) who have helped me speak up about:
NO to domestic violence and child abuse!
YES to kindness and compassion with mental illness!
YES to speaking from the heart!
I wish everyone wellness, kindness, happiness!
Sincerely,
Teresa Jade LeYung
Story Theme Consultant / Photo Historian / Author / Public Library and Public School Advocate
http://www.OurBeautifulBrains.com goes to Teresa’s Blog
Writing Coach Teresa Jade LeYung says: “I love helping writers identify the themes in their manuscripts to hook readers, and, build and fortify their platforms before and after publication. Reach out, not stress out.”
Love Made Of Heart ®
What an exciting week for writers in San Francisco this week!
February 12, 13, 14, 15, 2015 http://sfwriters.org
“If you’re going to the San Francisco Writers Conference, I’ll see you there! With smiles.”
Thursday Feb. 12, 2015 I (Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan) be on the 4:45-5:45 panel MAKING YOUR WORK REJECTION PROOF: Advice from Freelance Editors – Nina Amir, David Colin Carr, Tanya Egan Gibson, Stuart Horwitz, David Landau, Heather Lazare, Teresa LeYung-Ryan, Mary Rakow, Wendy Nelson Tokunaga, Annie Tucker, Ricky Weisbroth. Moderator: Mary E. Knippel. At the end of the session, you can sign up for a free consultation.
Friday Feb. 13 & Saturday Feb. 14 I (Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan) shall be in the Garden Room giving 8-minute consultations, so, please sign up early in front of the Garden Room on Friday or Saturday OR after the Thursday panel.
If all my 8-minute slots are filled, not to worry… If you see me sitting in the lobby or conference registration areas or near the conference bookstore, come by to ask me questions about your manuscript and how to pitch. Reach out, not stress out.
My books will be at the conference bookstore. Cheers to Bookseller Neal!
Love Made of Heart
the mother-daughter novel that inspires adult children of mentally ill parents to speak openly about stigmas
- use in college courses -
http://writingcoachTeresa.com
Ask to see Coach Teresa
for an 8-minute consultation
Fri. or Sat. in Garden Room
Go to http://writingcoachTeresa.com
to see
Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan
interviewed on CBS Channel 5
And, I recommend your getting this book for a friend.
Break Through the Noise is also available at conference bookstore
Go to: http://breakthroughthenoise.com
to watch Elisa Sasa Southard demonstrate
“the talking tagline”
Author and Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan says: “Identify the themes and archetypes in your intellectual properties and articulate your platform statement, simultaneously with ease. Show up for the writing, show up for the promoting. I cheer for you.”
Take a look at the impressive list of speakers, presenters, freelance editors, agents, acquisition editors, publishers, and publishing experts. http://sfwriters.org/2015-sfwc-speakers/
Take a look at the impressive list of volunteers http://askmepc.com/sfwc-volunteers/
And of course the superheroes:
Mike Larsen and Elizabeth Pomada, SFWC Co-directors
Barbara Santos, Marketing Director/SFWC Newsletter
Richard Santos, Registration Director/SFWC website
Frances Caballo, Social Media Manager
Joan Gelfand, Poetry Track; Carla King, Self-Publishing Track
Linda Lee, Volunteer Director; Jane Glendinning, Volunteer Manager
Mary E. Knippel, “Conductor!” of One-on-One with Independent Editors
Writing Coach / Platform & Fanbase-Building Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan & Colleagues at San Francisco Writers Conference 2015
Conference bookstore will be open Friday 8:00am through Sunday midday; stop by – say hello to Neal (from Bookshop West Portal, San Francisco) – take a look at novels, memoirs, biographies, how-to books for writers, children’s books, Y/A, graphic novels, romance, historical fiction, science fiction, thrillers, mysteries, photo/gift books, and more.
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Developmental editors & story consultants Mary E. Knippel & Teresa LeYung-Ryan use classics to draw examples for their class "For Theme Sake! BE YOUR OWN EDITOR" -photo by author Margie Yee Webb
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Developmental editors & story consultants Mary E. Knippel & Teresa LeYung-Ryan use classics to draw examples for their class "For Theme Sake! BE YOUR OWN EDITOR" -photo by author Margie Yee Webb
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Cat Mulan's Mindful Musings author/photographer, editor of Not Your Mother's Book on Cats anthology, FEMME: Women Healing the World documentary movie producer Margie Yee Webb
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Plot Whisperer Martha Alderson flanked by Writing & Platform-Building Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan & Memoirist Luisa Adams
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Cyberspace Genius Linda Lee empowers writers at SFWC--photo by Platform-Building Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan
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Women's National Book Association-San Francisco Chapter members-authors-presenters at past years' SFWC
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Then, on Sunday February 15, 2015, 12:00pm-2:00pm
Free and open to the public – Peacock Court, Lobby level
JOINING THE WRITING COMMUNITY: Connecting with Writers
Members of writer’s organizations, some national, will bring literature and speak about their organization and meet with attendees. Nina Amir, National Nonfiction Writing Month; Cara Black, Mystery Writers of America; Pat Brown, Goodreads; Zoe Fitzgerald Carter, San Francisco Writer’s Grotto; Stephanie Chandler, Nonfiction Authors Association; Gennifer Choldenko, Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators; Randy Dotinga, American Society of Journalists and Authors; Grant Faulkner, National Novel Writing Month (Nanowrimo); Lee Foster, Bay Area Independent Publishers Association, Bay Area Travel Writers Association; Jane Glendinning, California Writers Club; Anne Hill, Bay Area Bloggers Society; Scott James, Litquake; Linda Lee, Women’s National Book Association; Kerry Lonsdale, Women Fiction Writers Association; Kirk Russell, International Thriller Writers
Reach out, not stress out. I’m cheering for you!
Teresa LeYung-Ryan is “Platform & Fanbase-Building Coach Teresa” and Manuscript Consultant and . . .
author of:
Love Made of Heart: a Mother’s Mental Illness Forges Forgiveness in Daughter Ruby (novel used by college professors)
Build Your Writer’s Platform & Fanbase In 22 Days: Attract Agents, Editors, Publishers, Readers, and Media Attention NOW (workbook)
Coach Teresa’s Blog at http://writingcoachTeresa.com
Dear Writers,
Thank you for getting my workbook and doing the exercises.
Here’s a question that is often asked by writers:
“Do I really have to blog? I have a regular website, facebook page and Twitter.”
Here’s my response:
“You do not have to do anything that you do not want to do. The ‘tags’ in blog posts function as index cards on cyberspace – those tags help new fans find you – enjoy the exercises in my workbook – you’ll see the power of consistent blogging for yourself. Reach out, not stress out.”
Cheers!
22-Day Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan
http://writingcoachTeresa.com
the author of Build Your Writer’s Platform & Fanbase In 22 Days: Attract Agents, Editors, Publishers, Readers, and Media Attention NOW
Subscribe to “Coach Teresa’s blog” Click here to start.
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** Here’s a short-short video of Teresa LeYung-Ryan & Elisa Sasa Southard inviting you to the San Francisco Writers Conference! **
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What will be happening? Four days of 90+ sessions with major presenters, agents and editors; copious networking with the people who can advance your writing career, a glorious opening gala; evening Open Mic, poetry happenings, and pitch sessions…plus a SFWC writer’s bag, 2 keynote luncheons and 2 breakfasts are included. Late Registration until February 12th, 2014 is $745.00. Walk-up price will be $795.00 if there is still room.
San Francisco Writers Conference
CONFERENCE registration fee includes four days of sessions & keynotes, two breakfasts/two lunches, a Welcome Gala, unlimited networking, and more! CLICK HERE to register now.
Optional Pre & Post Event In-Depth Writing Classes on Thursday, February 13th in the evening and all day Monday, February 17th taught by some of the presenters. CLICK HERE
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Yours truly Teresa LeYung-Ryan will be co-presenting 2 sessions:
Friday, Feb. 14, 2014, 3:00-3:45pm at SFWC
Elisa “Sasa” Southard & Teresa LeYung-Ryan
present their interactive session
FROM HOOKS TO BOOKS: Grabbing the Attention of Agents and Editors with Your Talking Tagline & Platform
- create your talking-tagline (for query letter, book proposal, press releases) to hook agents, acquisition editors, readers, and the media
- make your name synonymous with the themes you write about
- have fun building your platform (for fiction and nonfiction writers)
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Saturday, Feb. 15, 2014, 11:00-11:45am
Mary E. Knippel & Teresa LeYung-Ryan
present:
“BE YOUR OWN EDITOR: Ensuring Agents and Editors Love Your Work”
Learn how to inject the “5 Ws & Core Theme” and take your fiction, narrative nonfiction or prescriptive-nonfiction manuscript to the next phase.
- even if you are in a critique group or preparing to hire an editor or a book doctor
- whether you are planning to be your own publisher or pitch to agents and acquisition editors
- save money and avoid headaches
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For full schedule: http://sfwriters.org/conference-schedule/
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San Francisco Writers Conference presents:
FEMME: Women Healing the World
Free Movie Screening Open to the Public
followed by a discussion with Producer Margie Yee Webb (aka author of Cat Mulan’s Mindful Musings)
Invite your friends who live in San Francisco!
Saturday, Feb. 15, 2014, 9:00– 11:00 p.m.
California Room, California Street Level, Mark Hopkins Hotel
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