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Authors Margie Yee Webb, Teresa LeYung-Ryan, Rita Lakin join forces for fun at Sonoma County Book Festival
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Saturday September 22, 2012, 10:00am – 4:00pm in Santa Rosa, CA
authors Teresa LeYung-Ryan, Margie Yee Webb, Rita Lakin
will be exhibiting their books at the
Sonoma County Book Festival at Old Courthouse Square
Fourth Street and Santa Rosa Avenue, Santa Rosa, CA
Look for Margie, Teresa and Rita at Booth B2 (near Information/Raffle Booth which is B1)
Margie Yee Webb is author of Cat Mulan’s Mindful Musings: Insight and Inspiration for a Wonderful Life
Teresa LeYung-Ryan (a.k.a. Coach Teresa) is author of Build Your Writer’s Platform & Fanbase In 22 Days; Love Made of Heart; Answer Me Now
Rita Lakin is author of the Gladdy Gold mystery series – Getting Old Can Kill You; Getting Old Is A Disaster; Getting Old Is Tres Dangereux; Getting Old Is To Die For; Getting Old Is Criminal; Getting Old Is The Best Revenge; Getting Old Is Murder
We are going to see many colleagues . . . from Redwood Writers (California Writers Club), Women’s National Book Association, 6th Street Playhouse, Bay Area Independent Publishers Association, Literary Arts Guild, Free Bookmobile of Sonoma County, Friends of the Library . . . including Festival Director Frances Caballo, Redwood Writers Volunteer Coordinator Robbi Sommers Bryant, Kate Farrell, Redwood Writers Village’s Readers Circle Coordinator Ana Manwaring, Amanda McTigue, bigwords101 – Arlene Miller, Harry Reid, Linda Reid, Melissa Kelley, Jana McBurney-Lin, Local Author’s Distribution – Jeane Slone, Juanita J. Martin, Kid Lit Corner: Get Out Books & Black Garnet Press, Susan Pace-Koch, Cara Black, Laura Rennert, P.S. Foley, Teresa LeYung-Ryan, Rita Lakin, Margie Yee Webb. Also look for Copperfield’s, Harper Davis Publishers, Healdsburg Literary Guild, Napa Valley Writers’ Conference, Poetry Flash, Robert Louis Stevenson Museum, Sitting Room, Sixteen Rivers Press. For a full list of exhibitors this year, please go to: http://www.socobookfest.org/exhibitors/
Cheering for all writers and readers!
Sincerely,
“Reach out, not stress out, to materialize your dearest dreams.”
http://writingcoachteresa.com
Please click here to see Coach Teresa interviewed by Frank Mallicoat on Channel 5 Bay Sunday - the show was aired on September 9, 2012, 5:30am.
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Update: Colleagues Leon Veal, Judith Marshall, Chandra Garsson, Sheryl Fairchild, Susan Pace-Koch, Dave LaRoche, and of course Cindy Sample and Jennifer Walker have sent their good wishes to Margie Yee Webb via my facebook posting of this blog post.
Margie Yee Webb, author of Cat Mulan’s Mindful Musings: Insight and Inspiration for a Wonderful Life, enjoys promoting her book in person.
Margie says: “I am so excited since I have seen some authors at Apple Hill before and wanted to do an event there. So when Cindy Sample asked me, I said yes!”
10th Annual Art in the Orchard
September 8 & 9, 2012
11 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Author Appearance and Book Signing
Rainbow Orchards – #10
2569 Larsen Drive
Camino, CA 95709
Local Authors Margie Yee Webb (Cat Mulan’s Mindful Musings: Insight and Inspiration for a Wonderful Life), Cindy Sample (Dying for a Dance and Dying for a Date) and Jennifer Walker (Bubba Goes National and Bubba to the Rescue) will be signing their books and talking to fans.
Click here Margie’s calendar of events for details of this fun event.
Click here for Margie Yee Webb’s website to see how this author builds her writer’s platform and fanbase
Click here for El Dorado Arts Council
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Then, on Saturday Sept. 22, 2012, 10:00am – 4:00pm Margie Yee Webb, Rita Lakin (Gladdy Gold mystery series) and I (Teresa LeYung-Ryan) will co-exhibit our books and have fun with our colleagues and fans at the Sonoma County Book Festival in Santa Rosa, CA. Click here for my webpage of events.
Sincerely,
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: “Whether you are writing fiction or nonfiction, make your name synonymous with the issues you write about.”
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Writing Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan here to cheer for author Margie Yee Webb who does so much for colleagues, aspiring writers, and communities to promote literacy and animal welfare.
What’s Margie’s book? Cat Mulan’s Mindful Musings: Insight and Inspiration for a Wonderful Life
“The playful maxims with equally delightful photographs in Cat Mulan’s Mindful Musings inspire readers to fall in love with life.” – Teresa LeYung- Ryan, author of Love Made of Heart; Build Your Writer’s Platform & Fanbase In 22 Days
Margie will be at the fair these dates: * July 14 * July 16 * July 23 * July 24 * July 29 *
I see that Naida West, Sandy Baker, Hazuki Kataoka & D. Battino, James Van Eaton, Denise Lee Branco, Margaret Murray will be exhibiting too! Cheers to Margie Yee Webb and all the authors! For the full list of California authors at the state fair, with Naida West as Author Manager: http://www.bridgehousebooks.com/events/statefair2012.htm
For state fair general information and directions to the fairgrounds: http://www.bigfun.org
Where else would you find Margie Yee Webb ?
Author/Photographer of Cat Mulan’s Mindful Musings: Insight and Inspiration for a Wonderful Life
http://www.catmulan.com
California Writers Club, Sacramento Branch
“Serving The Greater Sacramento Region”
http://www.
Sincerely,
Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan
Coach Teresa says: “I love helping writers build their platforms and published authors fortify theirs with individualized coaching.”
As coach and author of Build Your Writer’s Platform & Fanbase In 22 Days: Attract Agents, Editors, Publishers, Readers, and Media Attention NOW, she advices: “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 LeYung-Ryan helps clients identify themes, universal archetypes, front-story and back-story in their manuscripts.
I grew up with a beautiful mother who suffered mental illness; I’ve witnessed her overwhelming sadness, the stigmas, the not-so-visible scars.
Recently at the Sonoma County Book Festival, I met Ron Shaw, a board member of NAMI-Sonoma County. Thank you, Ron, for wearing the brilliant NAMI T-shirt. Thank you, Rosemary Milbrath, for contacting me. I look forward to presenting my signature writing workshop “Heroes, Tricksters & Villains” at NAMI Sonoma County in 2012. This fun workshop is for all ages–there’s a writer in all of us.
Last week was Mental Health Week. I believe that Every Week is Mental Health Week.
National Alliance on Mental Illness —- At the heart of NAMI’s mission is our grassroots and the sharing of information with people with mental illness, their families, friends, mental health professionals, and the general public. NAMI strives to offer hope, reform and health to our American community through support, education , and advocacy efforts. Research is constantly providing us with new information about the brain and the nature of mental illnesses and, consequently, more effective treatments.
To find a group near you, go to http://nami.org/ Information Hotline: (800) 950-NAMI
http://nami.org/ Click on “Find Your Local NAMI”
You’ll see the state organization’s contact info. Scroll down to find a group near you. If you do not see a group in your local community please contact the state organization.
Sincerely,
Coach Teresa
Teresa LeYung-Ryan says: “Reach out, not stress out, when pursuing your dreams!”
Love Made of Heart inspiring adult children of mentally ill parents to speak openly about the stigmas and find resources for their families.
As a manuscript consultant, Teresa LeYung-Ryan loves helping writers identify their themes and archetypes.
YouTube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/teresaleyung
Teresa on facebook! She’s also involved in Women’s National Book Association and California Writers Club
Coach Teresa, What Happened at the Sonoma County Book Festival – Part 1
Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan says: “I had a delightful day. Fun with booth partners Kate Farrell & Margie Yee Webb; saw colleagues and fans old and new; was able to see Maxine Hong Kingston and her circle of Veterans; met Ron Shaw of National Alliance for Mental Illness NAMI; got to be on stage at Redwood Writers Reading Circle and read opening lines from Love Made of Heart; sold many copies of Build Your Writer’s Platform & Fanbase In 22 Days . Thank you, everyone, especially Melissa Kelley and her team, Ana Manwaring for orchestrating the show and David for creating that beautiful stage, Linda Loveland Reid (president of California Writers Club-Redwood Branch) for all that she does for the community, and Linda C. McCabe for inviting me to be January 2012 speaker at Redwood Writers!”
Kate Farrell showcased a new anthology she’s edited, Wisdom Has a Voice: Every Daughter’s Memories of Mother. With this anthology Kate conveys the wisdom of our mothers and the meaning daughters bring to this unique and deeply bonded relationship—through memoir. She is very excited that some of the local authors in the anthology read on the Reading Circle stage in the Redwood Village, sponsored by the Redwood Branch of California Writers Club.
Margie Yee Webb is author/photographer of Cat Mulan’s Mindful Musings: Insight and Inspiration for a Wonderful Life a gift book for cat lovers and their finicky friends! “Through my book, I promote pet awareness and encourage people to make a difference in the lives of cats and other companion animals.” says Margie. She adds, “With the photographs of my cat Mulan complemented with words of wisdom, I bring people joy, smiles, and laughter.”
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Linda Loveland Reid (author of Touch of Magenta) says: “I was born in Hollywood, which has always been fun to say, and who knows, maybe it has lent its magic to my involvement with Theater. In any case, it has been suggested that there is a bit of the dramatic in my ways. I’ll take that as a compliment… I think.”
Check out Linda’s website to see all that she does for the community.
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Mother Lode placed in the top 5% of 5000 entries in the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Awards in 2011. It is Carole Sheldon’s first foray into the novel form as a playwright, her sandcastles and lifelines were both chosen for professional productions on the East Coast.
Barbara Truax is a founding member of Marin branch and past president of the state-wide California Writers Club. During her state presidency, the California Writers Club accepted a California Legislative Resolution, declaring the third week of October as California Writers Week. She has published short stories and articles and after a three-year hiatus, has returned to writing.
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Ana Manwaring writes, edits, teaches and connects writers with writers in Wine Country, California. She’s branded cattle in Hollister, out-run gun totin’ maniacs on lonely highways, rented casas to Canadians in Cuernavaca, slept in ruins, PEMEX stations and beached sailboats, hitchhiked through-out the West, discovered hot springs in Baja, lived on houseboats, learned Spanish, advocated for immigration reform, consulted brujos, prepared hundreds of tax returns, visited every California mission, worked for a PI, and swum with dolphins.
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Linda C. McCabe Quest of the Warrior Maid brings the legends of Charlemagne to life with a retelling of the classic love story of Bradamante and Ruggiero. See all the places that Quest of the Warrior Maid is available at!
Kate Farrell Wisdom Has a Voice: Every Daughter’s Memories of Mother–groundbreaking anthology includes 25 true and compelling stories about mother that express the wisdom shared or learned.
Leigh Anne Lindsey says: “SeaStorm Press is an ‘author-centric’ indie epublisher. We publish ebooks, establish and manage social media accounts and create websites and marketing materials. Our first author is Jim T. Lindsey (Nova Scotia) with his ebook: ‘The Flaw in the Fabric, Book 1 of A Travellers Guide for Lost Souls’ ebook available now for $2.95 @ Smashwords, Kindle, Barnes & Noble, Google Books and Scribd.”
Coach Teresa here . . . This is Part 1 of a series of photo-posts. What a magical day we experienced at the Sonoma County Book Festival!
YOUTUBE Video — Day after the event — back at the site of the book festival.
Sincerely,
Coach Teresa
Teresa LeYung-Ryan says: “Reach out, not stress out, when pursuing your dreams!”
$9.81 for ebook; $22 for print edition
Love Made of Heart inspiring adult children of mentally ill parents to speak openly about the stigmas and find resources for their families.
As a manuscript consultant, Teresa LeYung-Ryan loves helping writers identify their themes and archetypes.
YouTube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/teresaleyung
Teresa on facebook! She’s also involved in Women’s National Book Association and California Writers Club
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Network with authors, illustrators, writers and publishers organizations, booksellers, librarians, educators–all readers, all Celebrating the Literary Arts & Promoting Literacy at the Sonoma County Book Festival.
Old Courthouse Square, Fourth Street and Santa Rosa Avenue, Santa Rosa, CA
September 24, 2011 10:00am – 4:00pm
Click here for schedule. Click here for list of exhibitors and booth numbers.
While Kate Farrell, Margie Yee Webb and I (Teresa LeYung-Ryan) will be at our booth #34 (on 4th Street near Mary’s Pizza Shack) from 10:00am–4:00pm; and on the Redwood Reading Stage 1:45-2:00pm Margie Yee Webb & Teresa LeYung-Ryan; 2:00-2:45pm Kate Farrell . . .
Redwood Writers Village–Reading Circle Stage
10 a.m. The Sitting Room
11 a.m. Broad Universe: Rapid Fire Readings
11:30 Journalists, Bloggers, New Journalism
Noon: Redwood Writers Memoir Contest Winners
12:30 Sisters in Crime
1:00 Vintage Voices Anthology
1:45 Women’s National Book Association (Margie Yee Webb & Teresa LeYung-Ryan)
2:00 Wisdom Has a Voice Anthology (Kate Farrell)
3:00 Bay Area Independent Publishers Assn.
3:30 Book Festival Raffle – Grand Prize Winner
3:45 Redwood Writers Raffle Winner Reading
La Rosa Restaurant Tequileria & Grille
500 Fourth Street
10 a.m. Book Biz Panel
11:15 Break
11:30 Shots Happen: A Mix of Mystery Writers
12:45 Break
1:00 The Sky Is High and So Am I: Alternative Subjects Panel
2:15 Break
2:30 Maxine Hong Kingston with the Veterans Writing Group
For the book festival’s full schedule: Click here
Other presenters will be at:
Central Library Forum Room–Sonoma County Library
211 E Street
Corrick’s
637 Fourth Street
Mary’s Pizza Shack, Party Room
615 Fourth St.
Young Adult Program
Literary Arts Guild Tent
Courthouse Square
Main Stage
Courthouse Square
Peanuts Pavilion, Courthouse Square
Children’s Program
Ongoing throughout day:
Secret Agent Jack Stalwart Treasure Hunt
Schulz Museum Drawing Booth
Learn to draw Scooby Doo, Tom and Jerry, Disney princesses and more!
Sincerely,
Coach Teresa
Teresa LeYung-Ryan says: “Reach out, not stress out, when pursuing your dreams!”
$9.81 for ebook; $22 for print edition
Love Made of Heart inspiring adult children of mentally ill parents to speak openly about the stigmas and find resources for their families.
As a manuscript consultant, Teresa LeYung-Ryan loves helping writers identify their themes and archetypes.
YouTube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/teresaleyung
Teresa on facebook! She’s also involved in Women’s National Book Association and California Writers Club.
Coach Teresa inviting you to the Sonoma County Book Festival
see map below
September 24, 2011 10:00am – 4:00pm
The Sonoma County Book Festival
Celebrating the Literary Arts & Promoting Literacy
Old Courthouse Square, Fourth Street and Santa Rosa Avenue, Santa Rosa, CA
Please visit us Teresa LeYung-Ryan, Kate Farrell & Margie Yee Webb at our booth #34 – on 4th Street near Mary’s Pizza Shack
Also, we will be at the Redwood Reading Stage (stage times: 1:45-2:00pm Teresa LeYung-Ryan & Margie Yee Webb; 2:00-2:45pm Kate Farrell).
La Rosa Restaurant Tequileria & Grille, 500 Fourth Street
2:30 Maxine Hong Kingston with the Veterans Writing Group
Sincerely,
Coach Teresa
Teresa LeYung-Ryan says: “Reach out, not stress out, when pursuing your dreams!”
$9.81 for ebook; $22 for print edition
Love Made of Heart inspiring adult children of mentally ill parents to speak openly about the stigmas and find resources for their families.
As a manuscript consultant, Teresa LeYung-Ryan loves helping writers identify their themes and archetypes.
YouTube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/teresaleyung
Teresa on facebook! She’s also involved in Women’s National Book Association and California Writers Club.
Author and Writing Career Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan celebrates “Library Card Sign Up Month” in September. She says: “Writers who want to write better, read more books. Go visit your local library. I have library cards from San Francisco, Oakland, Berkeley, Alameda County and Contra Costa County. I love libraries.” This video was filmed by author Birgit Soyka.
If you love libraries too, please click on title-bar of this post, scroll down and fill in the boxes, then press [submit]. Thank you!
What else is happening in September?
Saturday, September 24, 2011, 10:00am–4:00pm
Women’s National Book Association-San Francisco Chapter members and California Writers Club-Redwood Branch members at Sonoma County Book Festival, Santa Rosa, CA
Look for Teresa LeYung-Ryan, Margie Yee Webb, Kate Farrell at their booth and on the Redwood Village/Readers Circle Stage. Leigh Anne Lindsey, Linda Joy Myers, Zoe FitzGerald Carter, Laurel Anne Hill. Who else? Ana Manwaring orchestrates Redwood Writers Village Stage! Stage times: 1:00pm Redwood Writers Vintage Voices; 1:45-2:00pm Margie Yee Webb & Teresa LeYung-Ryan; 2:00-2:45pm Kate Farrell and anthology contributing authors
Sincerely,
Coach 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: Attract Agents, Editors, Publishers, Readers, and Media Attention NOW
$9.81 for ebook; $22 for print edition
Teresa is the author of Love Made of Heart (available at public libraries) –the book inspires adult children of mentally ill parents to speak openly about the stigmas and find resources for their families.
As a manuscript consultant, Teresa LeYung-Ryan loves helping writers identify their themes and archetypes.
Coach Teresa’s YouTube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/teresaleyung
Teresa on facebook!
She’s also involved in Women’s National Book Association and California Writers Club.
Who Are the Writers in Marin County and Sonoma County California?
Please introduce yourselves by clicking on the title bar of this post and submitting a comment. Invite my blog visitors to your events. Thank you!
Some Events for Writers & Readers in September & October 2011 in these two counties:
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California Writers Club–Redwood Branch meets at the Flamingo Conference Resort & Spa in Santa Rosa, CA
Redwood Writers Meeting 2:30-5 PM at the Flamingo Conference Resort & Spa, 2777 Fourth Street, Santa Rosa, CA 95405 • Phone: (707) 545-8530
September 11, 2011 Speaker will be Joan Price, “What I Learned about Book Publicity after Wasting
$1000 of My Publisher’s Money.”
October 9, 2011 Speaker will be Joan Frank “Ideas and Discovery: Protecting and Celebrating the Fictional Dream.”
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Writers Forum of Petaluma (founder: Marlene Cullen) These literary workshops take place on the third Thursday of each month, March through November (no workshops in January, February and December).
7:00 pm to 9:00 pm (we start promptly at 7:00 pm); $15 at the door
Location: Petaluma Community Center at Lucchesi Park, 320 No. McDowell Blvd., Petaluma, California
September 15, 2011 Christine Walker “Image & The Senses”
October 20, 2011 Barbara Spicer “Telling Tales”
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Saturday, September 24, 2011, 10:00am–4:00pm
Women’s National Book Association-San Francisco Chapter members and California Writers Club-Redwood Branch members at Sonoma County Book Festival
Look for Teresa LeYung-Ryan, Margie Yee Webb, Kate Farrell, Ana Manwaring at their booths and on the Redwood Village/Readers Circle Stage. Leigh Anne Lindsey, Linda Joy Myers, Zoe FitzGerald Carter, Laurel Anne Hill. Who else? Ana Manwaring orchestrates Redwood Writers Village Stage! Stage times: 1:00pm Redwood Writers Vintage Voices; 1:45-2:00pm Margie Yee Webb & Teresa LeYung-Ryan; 2:00-2:45pm Kate Farrell and anthology contributing authors
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Sunday, September 25, 2011, 2 to 4 pm
California Writers Club–Marin Branch meets at Book Passage in Corte Madera, CA
Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd, Corte Madera, CA
Traditional Publishing or Self-Publishing:
Which One’s For You?
Our panel of authors and publishing professionals includes April Eberhardt, literary agent; Judith Marshall, author of Husbands May Come and Go But Friends Are Forever; Holly Payne, author of Kingdom of Simplicity, The Sound of Blue and The Virgin’s Knot, and founder of Skywriter Books; and Wendy Nelson Tokunaga, author of Love in Translation, Midori by Moonlight, and Marriage in Translation: Foreign Wife, Japanese Husband.
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Sincerely,
Coach 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: Attract Agents, Editors, Publishers, Readers, and Media Attention NOW
$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
Teresa on facebook!
What Do Writing Platform Coach Teresa, Cat Mulan Author Margie, Wisdom Voice Kate, and Maxine Hong Kingston Have In Common?
Maxine Hong Kingston’s book The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts inspired Teresa LeYung Ryan to write Love Made of Heart; Maxine is also a “main character” in Teresa’s workbook Build Your Writer’s Platform & Fanbase In 22 Days: Attract Agents, Editors, Publishers, Readers, and Media Attention NOW
In The Woman Warrior, young Maxine’s role model came from the Ballad of Mulan; Margie Yee Webb’s book is Cat Mulan’s Mindful Musings: Insight and Inspiration for a Wonderful Life
The first line in The Woman Warrior - “You must not tell anyone,” my mother said, “what I am about to tell you.” Kate Farrell’s anthology Wisdom Has a Voice: Every Daughter’s Memories of Mother conveys meaning to this deeply bonded relationship.
On Saturday September 24, 2011, 10:00am – 4:00pm, please stop by and say hello if you are in or near Santa Rosa, CA.
The Sonoma County Book Festival, Old Courthouse Square, Santa Rosa, CA
Also, come by the Redwood Village Stage at the festival:
1:00pm Redwood Writers Vintage Voices
1:45-2:00pm Margie Yee Webb & Teresa LeYung-Ryan
2:00-2:45pm Kate Farrell
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Maxine Hong Kingston will be on the main stage sometime between 2:30-4:00pm.
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Sincerely,
Author, Writing Career Coach, Manuscript Consultant.
Teresa’s blog http://writingcoachteresa.com for resources.
Teresa uses Love Made of Heart to inspire adult children of mentally ill parents to speak openly about the stigmas and find resources for their families. (the novel is available in libraries, archived in the San Francisco History Center, and used by teachers in college and universities).
She’s also the author of Build Your Writer’s Platform & Fanbase In 22 Days: Attract Agents, Editors, Publishers, Readers, and Media Attention NOW (a workbook to help writers of all genres gain a competitive edge before and after publication. Available as ebook Kindle edition $9.81! Customers of the workbook are saying that it’s useful for anyone who has anything to promote.)