Posts Tagged ‘prescriptive non-fiction’
Katherine Ellison–December 11, 2011 and Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan–January 8, 2012
at California Writers Club, Santa Rosa, California
December 11, 2011 will be Katherine Ellison:
“From the global to the personal: one writer’s journey from investigative reporting to memoir.”
Journalist Katherine Ellison will talk about her career as an investigative journalist covering international events as Central American wars and figures such as Ferdinand and Imelda Marcos to shifting gears and writing nonfiction books including a memoir about her son’s ADHD.
Katherine Ellison is a Pulitzer-Prize winning investigative journalist, former foreign correspondent, writing consultant, author of four books, and mother of two sons.
January 8, 2012 “Writing Career Make Over with Coach Teresa LeYung Ryan”
Learn how to:
- reveal your “picture-of-success” to create your model
- understand your unique motivators & modus operandi
- blend the “who, what, when, where” your way, fun way
Coach Teresa will choose 3 writers from the audience—representing the 3 umbrella genres (fiction, narrative non-fiction, and prescriptive non-fiction a.k.a. how-to books)—and guide them in this interactive session. Everyone will receive Coach Teresa’s “Writing-Career-Make-Over” template. Q&A to please all.
Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan wears 3 hats and has helped over 1,000 writers take steps to further their careers. http://writingcoachTeresa.com
- She’s the author of Build Your Writer’s Platform & Fanbase In 22 Days: Attract Agents, Editors, Publishers, Readers, and Media Attention NOW (a workbook for anyone who has anything to promote—available in print edition and as E-book).
- Coach Teresa edits manuscripts for authors who want to attract agents & publishers OR want to be their own publishers.
- Her using her novel Love Made of Heart (to inspire adult children of mentally ill parents to speak openly about the stigmas and find resources for their families) demonstrates the power of making one’s name synonymous with the themes/subject matters/issues one writes about.
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