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Which of these recognized dates from the Chase Calendar of events link to what you write about?

October

• Adopt-a-Shelter-Dog Month
• American Cheese Month
• Animal Safety and Protection Month, Natl
• Antidepressant Death Awareness Month
• Arts and Humanities Month, Natl
• Audiology Awareness Month, Natl
• Bake and Decorate Month, Natl
• Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Natl
• Bullying Prevention Awareness Month, Natl
• Car Care Month
• Celebrating the Bilingual Child Month
• Celiac Disease Awareness Month
• Chiropractic Health Month, Natl
• Church Library Month
• Co-op Awareness Month
• Crime Prevention Month, Natl
• Critical Illness Awareness Month, Natl
• Cut Out Dissection Month
• Cyber Security Awareness Month, Natl
• Dental Hygiene Month, Natl
• Depression Education and Awareness Month, Natl
• Disability Employment Awareness Month, Natl
• Domestic Violence Awareness Month   
• Down Syndrome Awareness Month, Natl
• Dyslexia Awareness Month
• Emotional Intelligence Awareness Month
• Field Trip Month, Natl
• “Gain the Inside Advantage” Month, Natl
• Gay and Lesbian History Month
• German-American Heritage Month
• Global Diversity Awareness Month
• Go Hog Wild–Eat Country Ham Month
• Health Literacy Month
• Home Eye Safety Month
• Intergeneration Month
• Kitchen and Bath Month, Natl
• Liver Awareness Month, Natl
• Medical Librarians Month, Natl
• Menopause Month, World
• Month of Freethought
• Organize Your Medical Information Month
• Orthodontic Health Month, Natl
• Photographer Appreciation Month
• Physical Therapy Month, Natl
• Polish-American Heritage Month
• Popcorn Poppin’ Month, Natl
• Positive Attitude Month
• Reading Group Month, Natl
• Rett Syndrome Awareness Month
• Right-Brainers Rule Month
• Roller Skating Month, Natl
• Spina Bifida Awareness Month, Natl
• Spinach Lovers Month
• Squirrel Awareness and Appreciation Month
• Stamp Collecting Month, Natl
• Stop Bullying Month, Natl
• Talk About Prescriptions Month
• Vegetarian Month
• Women Walking in Their Own Shoes Month
• Work and Family Month, Natl
• Workplace Politics Awareness Month

The events highlighted in red font have personal associations to my literary works.

To find out more about how to use these dates to promote your books and events, do the exercises in my workbook Build Your Writer’s Platform & Fanbase In 22 Days.

Click here for print edition. Click here for Kindle edition. “Reach out, not stress out.”

Fanbase-Building Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan says: “What does October mean to you?”

And, in 2003, the California State Assembly officially declared the third week in October each year as California Writers Week. Cheers to California Writers Club!

Sincerely,

Fanbase-building Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan - photo by Sasa Southard

Author and Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan

http://writingcoachTeresa.com

Fanbase-Building Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan helps writers transform email signature blocks, photos, website descriptions, and YouTube videos into platform statements . . . before and after publication.

Build Your Writer’s Platform & Fanbase In 22 Days: Attract Agents, Editors, Publishers, Readers, and Media Attention NOW. Click here for print edition. Click here for Kindle edition. “Reach out, not stress out.”

Author Teresa LeYung-Ryan celebrates 12th anniversary of  Love Made of Heart – the novel she uses to encourage adult children of mentally ill parents to speak openly about the stigmas.

Subscribe to  “Coach Teresa’s blog” Click here to start.

Thank you, Elisa Sasa Southard, for directing this movie. Thank you, Margie Yee Webb, for producing.

Fanbase-building Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan says: "Reach out, not stress out." - photo by Sasa Southard

Click here for the 27-second movie of:  Author and Fanbase-Building Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan celebrates Build Your Writer’s Platform & Fanbase In 22 Days workbook.  She says “Reach out, not stress out. Attract agents, publishers, readers, and media attention, before and after publication.”

Fanbase-Building Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan interviews author and playwright Carol Sheldon

Author/playwright Carol Sheldon’s testimonial:

“What a gift you are, Coach Teresa! You do such a fantastic job of coaching, interviewing and supporting writers. I treasure you for all you’ve done for me and other writers. Love,  Carol Sheldon, author of A Sleuth of Sausalito”

http://writingcoachTeresa.com

Subscribe to Coach Teresa’s blog http://lovemadeofheart.com/blog/

Fanbase-Building Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan helps writers transform email signature blocks, photos, website descriptions, and YouTube videos into platform statements . . . before and after publication.

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Margie Yee Webb, Teresa LeYung Ryan, Elisa Sasa Southard celebrate each other's projects, books, paths

Please click here for the short movie of  Margie Yee Webb, Teresa LeYung Ryan, Elisa Sasa Southard celebrate each other’s paths

Margie Yee Webb – her new anthology – Not Your Mother’s Book . . . On Cats

Teresa LeYung-Ryan – her working on a memoir – Driving Without a Steering Wheel

Elisa Sasa Southard – her new career as a Travel Writer and Certified Tour Director for EF Explore America

Cheers to us!

Margie – Not Your Mother’s Book . . . On Cats; Teresa - Driving Without a Steering Wheel;  Sasa – Certified Tour Director

http://www.lovemadeofheart.com

Author Teresa LeYung-Ryan celebrates the 12th anniversary of  Love Made of Heart – the mother-daughter novel she uses to encourage adult children of mentally ill parents to speak openly about the stigmas.

Please click here for a short movie of:  Teresa LeYung-Ryan filmed by Elisa Sasa Southard filmed by Margie Yee Webb

This is the kind of fun we create for ourselves to continue building our platforms and fanbases.

Thank you, dear Margie and dear Sasa!

author Teresa LeYung-Ryan with Love Made of Heart Chinese word and her book - photo by author Margie Yee Webb - calligraphy by author MKWL

http://lovemadeofheart.com/

http://lovemadeofheart.com/blog/

Thank you, author MKWL, for creating the Chinese calligraphy “love” for yours truly author Teresa LeYung-Ryan’s trademark.

Sincerely,

Teresa LeYung-Ryan at FEMME movie screening orchestrated by FEMME producer Margie Yee Webb

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Margie Yee Webb, Teresa LeYung-Ryan, Elisa Sasa Southard celebrate each other’s paths

author Teresa LeYung-Ryan celebrates Love Made of Heart book and trademark - photo by Margie Yee Webb

Click here for 42-second movie of  Author Teresa LeYung-Ryan celebrates Love Made of Heart (mother-daughter novel) and her trademark.

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Author of Break Through the Noise Elisa Sasa Southard celebrates new career as Travel Writer and Certified Tour Director--photo by Fanbase-Building Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan

Click here for one-and-a-half minute movie of:  Elisa Sasa Southard celebrates the tenth anniversary of her book Break Through the Noise and her new career as Travel Writer and Certified Tour Director.

Author and documentary movie producer Margie Yee Webb celebrates Cat Mulan book, FEMME, and cat anthology - photo by Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan

Click here for one-minute movie of:  Margie Yee Webb celebrates her book Cat Mulan’s Mindful Musings, her anthology Not Your Mother’s Book . . . On Cats, and documentary movie FEMME: Women Healing the World.

Thank you to all my dear friends and colleagues!

Sincerely,

Teresa LeYung-Ryan

http://writingcoachTeresa.com

Fanbase-Building Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan helps writers transform email signature blocks, photos, website descriptions, and YouTube videos into platform statements . . . before and after publication.

Build Your Writer’s Platform & Fanbase In 22 Days: Attract Agents, Editors, Publishers, Readers, and Media Attention NOW. Click here for print edition. Click here for Kindle edition. “Reach out, not stress out.”

Author Teresa LeYung-Ryan celebrates 12th anniversary of  Love Made of Heart – the novel she uses to encourage adult children of mentally ill parents to speak openly about the stigmas.

Subscribe to  “Coach Teresa’s blog” Click here to start.

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Author Teresa LeYung-Ryan celebrates 12th anniversary of  Love Made of Heart – the novel she uses to encourage adult children of mentally ill parents to speak openly about the stigmas.

author Teresa LeYung-Ryan with her trademark Love Made of Heart and her book - photo by author Margie Yee Webb - Chinese calligraphy for "love" by author MKWL

Please click here for Teresa’s  post “Author and 22-Day Writing Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan thanks Stacey Glick, John Scognamiglio and the Folks associated with Kensington Publishing Corporation New York.”

I am Teresa LeYung-Ryan, author of the mother-daughter novel Love Made of Heart and the “Talking to My Dead Mom Monologues” series.  I use my literary works to encourage adult children of mentally ill parents to speak openly about the stigmas and find resources for their loved ones and for themselves.

Author & Playwright Teresa LeYung-Ryan Takes the BringChange2Mind Pledge to Stand Up Against the Stigma of Mental Illness

One in four families are affected by mental illness.

I pledge to follow the Bring Change 2 Mind principles.

http://bringchange2mind.org/get-involved/take-the-pledge/

If you or someone you know needs immediate help, please call the Crisis Hotline: 800.273.TALK (8255)

In San Mateo, California, Stamp Out Stigma Director Carmen Lee says:

“Welcome to Stamp Out Stigma, a community advocacy and educational outreach program dedicated to eradicating the stigma associated with mental illness. Stamp Out Stigma is unique in its anti-stigma approach, by creating a forum in which individuals with mental illness share their personal experiences with the community at large.”  http://www.stampoutstigma.net

I wish everyone a world of love made of heart.

Sincerely,

Teresa LeYung-Ryan

http://www.LoveMadeOfHeart.com

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Greetings from Coach Teresa Jade LeYung (formerly Teresa LeYung-Ryan) . . .  I started writing my new memoir at the beginning of the year and by mid-year I have been avoiding crowds and parties. When I’m not presenting at writers’ conferences and writers’ organizations or helping clients build their fanbases, I meet up with colleagues to write and conduct research for my own books.

Coach Teresa Jade LeYung Encourages Hardworking Writers to Have Fun with Colleagues

author Teresa Jade LeYung believes in Libraries Open Doors Open Minds - photo by Sasa Southard

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author, traveler, tour director Sasa Southard inspires students to open doors open minds - photo by Coach Teresa Jade LeYung

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Margie Yee Webb happy with her new anthology on cats, complements her Cat Mulan book - photo by Coach Teresa Jade LeYung

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Vicki Weiland, Teresa Jade LeYung, Margie Yee Webb, Elisa Sasa Southard on Work Retreat

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authors Teresa Jade LeYung and Lynn Scott at Legend of Honor, SF - photo by Annie

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authors Teresa Jade LeYung and Lynn Scott - photo by Leanna at Melody Cafe (delicious food!), San Francisco

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Memoirist Lynn Scott visits neighborhood of her Oldham Street stories - photo by Coach Teresa Jade LeYung

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authors Margie Yee Webb and Teresa Jade LeYung working, writing, researching

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Plot Whisperer Martha Alderson, Memoirist Luisa Adams, Author and Coach Teresa Jade LeYung - work and eat

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Founder of  THE UNLEASHED HOMEMAKER(tm) and “Your Writing Mentor” Mary E. Knippel just called!  She and I calendared 2 work days at her home.  Yahoo!

Founder of THE UNLEASHED HOMEMAKER(tm) and"Your Writing Mentor" Mary E. Knippel and Fanbase-Building Coach Teresa Jade LeYung--photo by Anne Campagnet-Reed

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Teresa Jade LeYung looking forward to being with mentors Margaret Davis, Diane Warner, Winifred McCaffrey soon

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On Saturday, Sept. 13, 2014, 7:00pm

I shall be reunited with award-winning author Carol Sheldon when I interview her at her book launch for her third book A Sleuth in Sausalito. This will be the one time that I look forward to a packed house, because I am happy for Carol – she is a brilliant author and a delightful person. Cheers to Carol Sheldon and Left Coast Writers!

by popular demand, Fanbase-Building Coach Teresa Jade LeYung interviews award-winning author Carol Sheldon

at Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd, Corte Madera, CA  94925

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And, I’ll get to see artist, filmmaker, blogger Chandra Garsson soon! http://flyingpaintproductions.blogspot.com/

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For fabulous organizations, check out Women’s National Book Association, California Writers Club, and San Francisco Writers Conference.

http://www.lovemadeofheart.com/Writers-Resources.html

Sincerely,

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September 2014 Left Coast Writers Feature Betsy Graziani Fasbinder and Carol Sheldon

Left Coast Writers®: Betsy Graziani Fasbinder – Fire & Water

September 8, 2014, 7:00pm California time

Kate Murphy first encounters Jake Bloom as her patient in a hospital emergency room, but it is only later, when she experiences his sculptures on Ocean Beach that she is forever changed. Jake reveals beauty Kate has never noticed and exposes her to spontaneity, sensuality, and love deeper than she’d imagined it could be. Beneath Jake’s brilliance lies the menace of his profound and trecherous mental illness that Kate has yet to discover. Fire & Water is Kate’s story of navigating the treacherous territory of passionate love, friendship, and family devotion. It is the story of how love is always a matter of life and death.

In both her works of memoir and fiction, Betsy Graziani Fasbinder explores the unending complications of people living, working, and loving one another. She has been awarded the Floyd Salas Award, a Jack London award and two East of Eden awards for both fiction and memoir pieces.  Four of her pieces have been produced as Readers’ Theater works in the historic Nevada Theater in Nevada City, California.  She is the also co-producer of The Women’s Writing Salon in Nevada County.

Left Coast Writers provides literary connections, support, readings, writing tips, literary chat, unabashed networking, and great fun. LCW hosts a variety of activities to launch the books of members and explore publishing alternatives. See bookpassage.com/left-coast-writers

Location:

Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd, Corte Madera, CA  94925 

Fire & Water (Paperback)

By Betsy Graziani Fasbinder

$16.95

ISBN-13: 9781938314148
Published: She Writes Press, 2/2013

Other Editions of this Title

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By popular demand, Teresa LeYung-Ryan interviews award-winning author Carol Sheldon

Left Coast Writers®: Carol Sheldon – A Sleuth in Sausalito

September 13, 2014, 7:00pm California time

A Sleuth in Sausalito takes place in California during the wild and free-living days of Sausalito. Poets, painters and philosophers dotted this artsy town, as well as a community of people living on houseboats. The river rats vs. the hill people continue an ongoing battle.

After ten years of not knowing what happened to her mother when she disappeared, Gwen Harris is notified that recently discovered remains might be those of her mother. Leaving the University of Michigan to find out what she can in Sausalito, where her mother disappeared, Gwen begins a long and arduous journey of discovering what happened, and who is responsible. Her trust in several people is shattered by secrecy, betrayal and deception. She begins to feel she can trust no one. Ultimately, she must decide who her real friends are, and who she will be able to forgive.

Carol Sheldon is the author of Mother Lode and Driven to Rage. Sheldon studied at the University of Michigan, where she earned a BA and MA in creative writing and education.

Location:

Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd, Corte Madera, CA  94925

United States

A Sleuth in Sausalito: A Mystery (Paperback)

By Carol A. Sheldon

$17.24

ISBN-13: 9780990518501
Published: Houghton, 7/2014

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Cheers to Carol Sheldon and Betsy Graziani Fasbinder !!

Sincerely,

Fanbase-Building Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan helps writers transform email signature blocks, photos, website descriptions, and YouTube videos into platform statements . . . before and after publication.
http://writingcoachTeresa.com

• author of Build Your Writer’s Platform & Fanbase In 22 Days: Attract Agents, Editors, Publishers, Readers, and Media Attention NOW. Click here for print edition. Click here for Kindle edition.

• 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

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Saturday, June 21, 2014

What’s happening at various branches of California Writers Club?

California Writers Club – Tri-Valley Branch in Pleasanton, California

http://trivalleywriters.org/

Saturday, June 21, 2014, 2:00-4:00 p.m. (registration at 1:30)

22-Day Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan presents “Build/Retrofit Your Writer’s Platform & Fanbase”

The cost for CWC Members is $10, nonmembers, $15. Anyone interested in the program or the organization may attend with no obligation to join.

Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan will show you how to thrive in the publishing arena whether you are the publisher or you’ve sold rights to a third-party publisher. She says: “Reach out, not stress out!  By making your name stand for something—to attract targeted consumers (your fans)—who are likely to buy what you have to sell. Learn how to help your fans find you, before and after publication!”

Teresa is the author of Build Your Writer’s Platform & Fanbase In 22 Days: Attract Agents, Editors, Publishers, Readers, and Media Attention NOW. 

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California Writers Club–San Francisco Peninsula Branch

http://www.cwc-peninsula.org/events.html

Memoir into Fiction
Setting Your Characters Free

Mary-Rose Hayes

Adventurer and author, Mary-Rose will show us how to access a character by mining personal experiences and emotions from your own past.

June 21st, 2014 10AM-12PM Belmont Library
Members $10 Non-Members $13, Students $10/ID
First Meeting Free!

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California Writers Club–Sacramento Branch

http://www.cwcsacramentowriters.org/

 June 21, 2014, 11:00 AM-1:00 PM

Gordon Warnock, founding partner at Foreword Literary: literary agent, marketing director and editor for independent publishers, freelance publishing consultant, and college-level writing tutor.

Monthly luncheon is open to the public.

Cost is $14 for members, $16 for nonmembers.

The meeting fee includes buffet lunch and beverage.

Cattlemen’s Restaurant, 12409 Folsom Blvd, Rancho Cordova, CA

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http://calwriters.org/ for list of all the branches

California Writers Club

“Educating writers of all abilities in the craft of writing
and in the marketing of their work”

Sincerely,

http://writingcoachTeresa.com
Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan is on the “My Writing Process” Blog Tour.

Build Your Writer’s Platform & Fanbase In 22 Days: Attract Agents, Editors, Publishers, Readers, and Media Attention NOW. Click here for print edition. Click here for Kindle edition. “Reach out, not stress out.”

Teresa’s novel Love Made of Heart: a Mother’s Mental Illness Forges Forgiveness in Daughter Ruby is used in college courses and archived at the San Francisco History Center.

Subscribe to  “Coach Teresa’s blog” Click here to start.