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February 21st, 2012 | Author: admin
Coach Teresa, what happened on Feb. 16, 2012 at San Francisco Writers Conference?
Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan here . . . this is what happened from my point of view. Tell me and my colleagues your point of view by submitting comments to this blog post. How? Click on the blue title bar of this post, scroll down to get the boxes, fill in boxes and click on “submit comment” button.
I took BART into The City and then MUNI #1 to meet co-presenter & colleague Mary E. Knippel. At 6:00pm we were to deliver BE YOUR OWN EDITOR at the San Francisco Writers Conference at the Mark Hopkins Hotel at top of Nob Hill.
Authentic details for writers who want to get to the top of Nob Hill: If you off-board BART at Embarcadero station, come up to street level that is closest to Drumm Street. Walk northward on Drumm, then westward on Sacramento Street (a one-way street). At Sacramento St. (near Davis St.), you’d catch the MUNI #1 bus that travels westward on Sacramento Street. $2 fare (driver gives y0u a transfer that’s good for 4 hours).
The ride is about 10 blocks or .7 mile (through Financial District and Chinatown, and up the hills). If you’re concerned about not knowing how to push the bell or pull the cord to request your stop, ask the bus driver or fellow passengers to look out for you. Off-board at Mason; walk a block southward on Mason to get to California St. (California St. is parallel to Sacramento St.). Wait for signals to cross the street. There you are–at the International Mark Hopkins.
As soon as you step onto the bricked courtyard, courteous hotel employees will greet you.
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Linda Lee and Jane Glendinning among the first to arrive to help make SFWC THE writers conference
Story Consultant and Writers' Platform-Building Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan happy to present at SFWC again
presenters Mary E Knippel & Linda Lee solve mystery over their luggage at Mark Hopkins
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I saw Laurie McLean, Barbara Santos & Richard Santos, Nina Amir, Neal Sofman, dear mentors Michael Larsen & Elizabeth Pomada, Stephanie Chandler and other colleagues. Our session was to begin at 6:00pm. Among the writers who attended our session “Be Your Own Editor” were memoirist Jing Li, journalist and novelist Don Hudson and Margie Yee Webb (author of Cat Mulan’s Mindful Musings)!
Thank you, Patrick, for setting up the microphone–the room was long–without the microphone, the writers sitting in the back would have had difficulty hearing us.
Thank you to each writer in the room! Here’s an offer to you if you were in our session on Feb. 16, 2012 – I’ll be happy to read and give feedback to the first 2 pages (double spaced; pages numbered; manuscript title and your full name in the header) of your manuscript. Email me: your full name; your project’s genre; list of your themes. Then I’ll let you know when would be the best time to email me your first 2 pages. I’ll arrange my schedule so that I can focus on one writer a day. My email address is at gmail.com My User Name is: WritingCoachTeresa
Session hand-out for Mary E. Knippel & Teresa LeYung-Ryan’s presentation BE YOUR OWN EDITOR
Mary E. Knippel & Teresa LeYung-Ryan
Being Your Own Editor
Ensure Your Manuscript 100% Ready For the Next Step
• hire a book doctor/developmental editor OR
• pitch to agents or acquisition editors OR
• be your own publisher
fiction / narrative nonfiction / prescriptive nonfiction (“how-to” books)
YOUR NAME: ______________________________ Your Project: ________________________________
Tool #1 Grounding Reader with the three Ws (Who? When? Where?)
Tool #2 Hooking Reader from first page to last with core theme and “What does Protagonist want?” (in prescriptive nonfiction “What does Reader need?”)
Tool #3 In Fiction & Narrative Nonfiction (both genres are forms of “story-telling”) Who are your protagonist, antagonist, and other archetypes?
Tool #4 In Fiction & Narrative Nonfiction (front story / back story)
Tool #5 Foreshadows Metaphors Recurring Images
Tool #6 Authentic Details
Tool #7 Monologue Dialogue Vernacular
Tool #8 Misspelled words; misplaced modifiers; other frights
and 15 minutes for Questions & Answers
Thank you, dear mentors Michael Larsen & Elizabeth Pomada, for inviting Mary and me to deliver our signature presentation “Be Your Own Editor”!
Thank you, dear Birgit Soyka author of To Drink the Wild Air, for bringing your camera tripod!
Thank you, dear Margie Yee Webb, author of Cat Mulan’s Mindful Musings: Insight and Inspiration for a Wonderful Life, for introducing Mary and me, for taking photos, for having written the purr-fect gift book and letting me show in our session how every page of a prescriptive nonfiction book ought to contain inspiration, wisdom or a metaphor.
Thank you, Camille Thompson, columnist at SanRamonPatch.com, for your gracious help, making our session an enjoyable one.
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Margie Yee Webb (author of Cat Mulan's Mindful Musings) cheers for story consultants Teresa LeYung-Ryan & Mary E. Knippel in their session BE YOUR OWN EDITOR
- Camille Thompson greets conference registrants and presenters Mary E Knippel and Teresa LeYung-Ryan BE YOUR OWN EDITOR session for SFWC
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authors & story consultants Mary E. Knippel & Teresa LeYung-Ryan use classics to draw examples for BE YOUR OWN EDITOR at SFWC--photo by author Margie Yee Webb
- authors & story consultants Mary E. Knippel & Teresa LeYung-Ryan give 8 tools at BE YOUR OWN EDITOR packed house session SFWC–photo by author Margie Yee Webb
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authors & story consultants Mary E Knippel & Teresa LeYung-Ryan attract writers at BE YOUR OWN EDITOR packed house session SFWC-photo by author Margie Yee Webb
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testimonials from Mary E Knippel & Teresa LeYung-Ryan's BE YOUR OWN EDITOR session
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Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan says: "Wearing your 2 hats as a writer---to polish your manuscript and to build your platform---can be as fun as riding a San Francisco cable car."
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Across the street at the Fairmont Hotel – LEARNING & the BRAIN Conference–Connecting Educators to Neuroscientists and Researchers
Vehicular traffic was blocked off in the area because President Obama was to speak at the Masonic Auditorium that evening!
Coach Teresa here took the cable car to go home and pack for Day II of San Francisco Writers Conference. Please see next post.
Sincerely
“Reach out, not stress out, to materialize your dearest dreams!”
http://writingcoachteresa.com
author of Build Your Writer’s Platform & Fanbase In 22 Days: Attract Agents, Editors, Publishers, Readers, and Media Attention NOW
As editor/story consultant, Coach Teresa helps her clients polish their manuscripts by identifying themes and archetypes.
Her novel Love Made of Heart is used in college composition classes. Thank you, Teachers & Students!
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February 15th, 2012 | Author: admin
Coach Teresa . . . so excited that San Francisco Writers Conference is only hours away! Bestselling authors Lisa See (Dreams of Joy, Snow Flower and the Secret Fan) & Lolly Winston (Good Grief and Happiness Sold Separately) will join legendary editor Alan Rinzler as keynote speakers.
The 2 events (free and open to the public) at the conference? Click here.
120+ presenters at SF Writers Conference!
Post Conference In Depth Writing Intensive Classes February 20, 2012 ! Go to http://www.sfwriters.org
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Author / teacher Prof. Victor Turks has informed me that . . . while San Francisco Writers Conference is happening at the Mark Hopkins, LEARNING & the BRAIN Conference–Connecting Educators to Neuroscientists and Researchers–will be across the street at the Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco!
Educating the Whole Child/Student:
Using Brain Science for Smarter, Happier and Healthier Learners
February 16-18, 2012 San Francisco Fairmont Hotel, atop Nob Hill in San Francisco, CA
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for SF Writers Conference, Mary and I have created a new interactive session:
Thursday, February 16, 2012, 6:00pm Barclay Room at SF Writers Conference
Mary E. Knippel & Teresa LeYung-Ryan
BEING YOUR OWN EDITOR: Ensuring Your Work is 100% Before Taking the Next Step
Attend this session if you want to Polish Your Manuscripts before:
• hiring book doctor/developmental editor OR
• pitching to agents or acquisition editors OR
• self-publishing
for SF Writers Conference, Elisa “Sasa” and I have re-designed our signature session:
Friday, February 17, 2012, 9:00am California Room at SF Writers Conference
Elisa “Sasa” Southard & Teresa LeYung-Ryan
BLOWING UP YOUR BALLOON: Writing a Tagline That Will Sell You and Your Book
Attend this session if you want to:
• hook agents, acquisition editors, readers, media attention
• make your name synonymous with the themes you write about
• have fun building your writer’s platform & fanbase
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I belong to a MasterMind group of 7 members—Mary E. Knippel, Linda Lee, Rebecca Martin, Lori Noack, Martha Alderson, Luisa Adams and me (Teresa LeYung-Ryan).
I’m so happy that I’ll get to present “Be Your Own Editor” with Mary at the SF Writers Conference this year.
“I thank Web Guru Linda Lee for showing me how to have fun with WordPress 3 years ago. Now my blog is synonymous with my name and I get to help thousands of writers. Linda is so kind too!” Teresa LeYung-Ryan, author of Build Your Writer’s Platform & Fanbase In 22 Days
Linda Lee will be presenting on Friday and she’ll be teaching a workshop on Monday Feb. 20, 2012
Sunday, Feb. 19, 2012 noon – 1:00pm at the SFWC
A Blueprint for Writing and Selling Your First Novel with Martha Alderson, author of The Plot Whisperer (Six Continental Room)
Even though I don’t present on Sunday, I’ll be at the conference that day to be with my buddy Martha. After all, she’s the guru who taught me how to plot and really understand front-story and back-story in 1999. That year, I found my agent; next year an acquisition editor at a big New York publisher found me through my agent . . . all that would not have happened if I didn’t “get” plot. Thank you, Plot Whisperer!
Lori Noack, talent extraordinare www.vrbo.com/315213 and www.etsy.com/shop/VintageSanFrancisco
Rebecca Martin http://dearjane.info will you be there?
Luisa Adams, author of Woven of Water: Luisa cannot join us, but she’ll be there in spirit; Mary & I will be using her beautiful memoir when we show-and-tell in our presentation.
Sincerely
Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan
“Reach out, not stress out, to materialize your dearest dreams!”
http://writingcoachteresa.com
author of Build Your Writer’s Platform & Fanbase In 22 Days
author of Love Made of Heart
February 12th, 2012 | Author: admin
Dear Writers,
Coach Teresa here . . . to encourage you to ask your protagonist “Who are you?” and show up (with your writing instruments) so that she/he can answer your question over time.
Over time–You create the magical bond between you and your characters.
Whether the story is being presented as fiction or nonfiction . . . Ask yourself: “What incident shook my world (or someone I care about‘s world) and I must tell the story.”
With memoirs, the author and Protagonist are YOU. You ask yourself: “What happened to me?” “How do I tell my story to hook Reader?” My answer is this: “You as Protagonist–stay in story-world. Move about in your story as though you do not know the ending. ‘Grow’ with yourself in story-world. No interjecting commentary from the author that would take us out of story-world. Let us see your story unfold as it happened. After all, you experienced the story in real life; to give us editorial comments as the “experienced one” will usually give the effect that an actor is stepping in front of the camera to interrupt (while the story is being played out in Reader’s mind’s eyes).
With novels, you created the protagonist. Perhaps he/she was modeled after yourself; even if that weren’t the case, you the author get under his/her skin. Because you are writing fiction, you have the luxury of changing the sequence of events and the specifics of the events. Novel authors also must not interrupt the story with editorial comments that aren’t apropos for the plot point.
“What incident shook my world (or someone I care about‘s world) and I must tell the story.” In my novel Love Made of Heart, something happened to Protagonist Ruby Lin’s mother. When Ruby finds out what has shaken her mother’s world, her own world also get jolted.
I’m reading Mary Jo McConahay’s memoir Maya Roads: One Woman’s Journey Among the People of the Rainforest and being hooked by her prologue. The author was fascinated by an exhibit in the National Museum of Anthropology in Mexico City. So fascinated that she went back to the museum the next day to look at the representations of the indigenous Lacandón people, descendants of the ancient Maya. “I must go there,” she told her sister.
I’m on page 7 of Mary Jo’s book–she has just met Moises Morales, an archaeoastronomer (one who studies ancient beliefs about the sky). I’m intrigued.
Coach Teresa Says To Ask My Protagonist: “Who Are You?”
Happy writing! Happy reading and researching! Happy rewriting!
If you need a story-consultant/editor, please review my webpage by clicking on this link.
Sincerely,
Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan
“Reach out, not stress out, when pursuing your dearest dreams!”
http://writingcoachteresa.com
author of Build Your Writer’s Platform & Fanbase In 22 Days
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February 7th, 2012 | Author: admin
Today in Your-Writing-Mentor Mary E. Knippel‘s “Coaxing Creativity Tuesday Tip”: To thine own self be true…
Coach Teresa here . . . I bow to Mary E. Knippel, William Shakespeare, and to every mentor and coach who remind us of that maxim.
Dear Writers,
Please practice that maxim when you’re creating or recreating the main characters in your stories. When your protagonist is not being true to herself/himself, internal conflict flares (which makes for terrific story-telling ).
Mary E. Knippel and I (Teresa LeYung-Ryan) will be teaching an abbreviated version of “Being Your Own Editor–Get Your Manuscript Ready for the Next Step” at the San Francisco Writers Conference on Feb. 16, 2012 at 6:00pm. If you cannot attend the conference this year, but, would like to take our half-day or full-day workshop, please submit a comment to this post and I’ll add your name to our list of writers to contact. Below my signature block are instructions on how to submit a comment.
Can’t wait? Ask me or Mary to help you edit now.
Mary specializes in memoirs, how-to books, and short stories.
I specialize in mainstream fiction, women’s fiction, women’s memoirs, children’s fiction, thrillers, short stories, and speeches. I love helping my clients polish their manuscripts by identifying themes and archetypes for them.
To thine own self be true … also applies to the other role you play as Writer–the promoter.
Elisa Southard and I (Teresa LeYung-Ryan) will be teaching “Blowing Up Your Balloon: Writing a Tag-Line That Will Sell You and Your Book” at the San Francisco Writers Conference on Feb. 17, 2012 at 9:00am. If you cannot attend the conference this year, but, would like to learn how to craft your talking-tagline (to hook attention) and how to use it to build your writer’s platform, please submit a comment to this post and I’ll add your name to our list of writers to contact. Below my signature block are instructions on how to submit a comment.
The first exercise in my workbook Build Your Writer’s Platform & Fanbase In 22 Days is:
“Who Am I?”
Who are you–now? What do you want?
You can sneak preview the 2 exercises for Day 1 of my workbook by going to Amazon’s page for my workbook; look for my bookcover with the “Click to look inside” arrow.
So, be true to yourself while wearing the 2 hats as Writer.
Listed below are 2 events (at the San Francisco Writers Conference)— free and open to the public.
Thursday, February 16th, 2012 at 5 p.m.
San Francisco Writers Conference Presents a Free Public Reading
Lisa See reads from Dreams of Joy in the California Room at the Mark Hopkins Hotel in San Francisco
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Saturday, February 18th, 2012 at 6:15 p.m.
San Francisco Writers Conference Mass Booksigning!
Thirty presenters will sign in the Room of the Dons at the Mark Hopkins. Books for sale at the onsite bookstore manned by BookShop West Portal. Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan will be autographing books.
Sincerely,
Coach Teresa
“Reach out, not stress out, when pursuing your dearest dreams!”
If you wish to enroll in our half-day or full-day workshop “Be Your Own Editor” then please submit a comment. To submit a comment through this post, scroll up and click on the blue title bar of this post, then scroll down to get the boxes, fill in the boxes and click on “submit comment” button. (your email addresses will not be revealed; only I, the administrator of this blog, will see it. )
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February 3rd, 2012 | Author: admin
Feb. 2, 2012 Passionate writers who attended my session for WNBA members and guests “What Is A Platform and How Do I Build Mine?” at San Francisco Main Library, please broadcast your names and your themes here. How? Click on the blue title bar of this post, scroll down to get the boxes, fill in the boxes and click on “submit comment” button so that thousands of my fans will see your names and URLs, and read about what you care about. (your email addresses will not be revealed)
Courageous authors Mary E. Knippel, Mary French, Lana Dalberg, Laura Bean, Mathilde Apelt Schmidt, Carole Bumpus, Elise Frances Miller, Carol Sheldon, Fred Glynn, Shulamit Sofia, Catherine C. Robbins, and Richard G. Robbins DECLARED what they care about.
Please refer to the yellow sheet from tonight’s session. Look at what you had written in the boxes “What do I care about?” Then look at the 3 columns: Professional Circle; Personal Circle; Community Circle
How will you tell/show the people listed in those 3 columns “what you care about”?
Start by showing your declaration in your email signature block and saying it in your outgoing message. Then what? Do the exercises in my workbook. You can sneak preview the 2 exercises for Day 1 of my workbook Build Your Writer’s Platform & Fanbase In 22 Days by going to Amazon’s page for my workbook; look for my bookcover with the “Click to look inside” arrow.
My signature blocks
Example 1: (as an author of fiction, narrative nonfiction and speeches–genres that require “story-telling” techniques )
Sincerely,
Teresa LeYung-Ryan
“I use my book Love Made of Heart to encourage adult-children of mentally ill parents to speak openly the stigmas and find resources for their families.”
Example 2: ( as an author of prescriptive nonfiction aka self-help books)
Sincerely,
Teresa LeYung-Ryan
“I use my workbook Build Your Writer’s Platform & Fanbase In 22 Days: Attract Agents, Editors, Publishers, Readers, and Media Attention NOW to help my clients make their names synonymous with the themes/subject matters/issues they write about.
Example 3: (as a writing coach, story consultant, developmental editor)
Sincerely,
Teresa LeYung-Ryan
“I help my clients polish their manuscripts by identifying their themes and archetypes. I know what it takes to write a page-turner; my novel Love Made of Heart is used as required reading in composition classes.”
Coach Teresa asks passionate writers: “What do you care about?”
You are courageous and I cheer for you!
Reach out, not stress out! Have fun with my workbook!
Sincerely,
Coach Teresa
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January 28th, 2012 | Author: admin
Writing Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan says SFWC Michael Larsen says Elfrieda Abbe, publisher of The Writer magazine, says:
Dear Michael,
Thank you for posting the Top 10 Tips from Elfrieda Abbe, publisher of The Writer in your blog! We look forward to meeting her at San Francisco Writers Conference.
10. Never underestimate the power of a good contest.
9. Never underestimate the power of a good article.
8. DIY publishing—More writers are doing it successfully, should you?
7. Platform counts.
6. Publishing is moving online. Are you?
5. Think “packaging content.”
4. Polish your work.
3. The “so-what” factor. What makes your story different and why should we care?
2. Make a good first impression.
1. Study the markets and target your submissions.
SFWC just gets more exciting each year. Thank you & Elizabeth for inviting us to co-present 2 interactive sessions.
Tip #1 Study the markets and target your submissions, Tip #3 The “so-what” factor. What makes your story different and why should we care? & Tip #4 Polish your work.
that would be this session:
Thurs. Feb. 16, 6:00pm Teresa LeYung-Ryan & Mary E. Knippel
BEING YOUR OWN EDITOR: Ensuring Your Work is 100% Before Taking the Next Step:
Attend this session if you want to Polish Your Manuscripts before:
• hiring book doctor/developmental editor OR
• pitching to agents or acquisition editors OR
• self-publishing
Also, Mary and I are scheduled to give one-on-one 10-minute consultations at THE Conference!
Here’s the checklist from me to help you be your own editor:
- Planting hook(s) or story-question(s);
- Grounding the reader with the three Ws (Who? When? Where?);
- Showing (not telling) what the protagonist wants;
- Paying attention to language and rules
If you need me to look at your query letter and/or the first 50 pages of your manuscript before going to the writers’ conference, email me at: writingcoachTeresa (the at sign) gmail.com (please put “Need editor/story consultant and your full name in email subject line) and I’ll email you a list of questions and my fee schedule.
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Tip #2 Make a good first impression & Tip #7 Platform counts. - that would be this session:
Fri. Feb. 17, 9:00am Teresa LeYung-Ryan & Elisa “Sasa” Southard
BLOWING UP YOUR BALLOON: Writing a Tag-Line That Will Sell You and Your Book
Attend this session if you want to:
• hook agents, acquisition editors, readers, media attention
• make your name synonymous with the themes you write about
• have fun building your writer’s platform & fanbase
You can sneak preview the 2 exercises for Day 1 of my workbook Build Your Writer’s Platform & Fanbase In 22 Days by going to Amazon’s page for my workbook and look for my bookcover then “Click to look inside”
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On Feb. 2, 2012, 6:15-7:30pm I’ll prepare conference attendees by presenting “What is a Platform and How to Build Yours” at San Francisco Main Library on behalf of Women’s National Book Association.
Please arrive early, I’ll start promptly at 6:15pm. Must RSVP 24 hours before meeting by emailing: writingcoachteresa (use @ sign) gmail.com Put “RSVP Feb. 2, 2012″ in subject line please.
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I encourage writers to go to the 9th San Francisco Writers Conference / A Celebration of Craft, Commerce & Community, February 16-20, 2012 www.sfwriters.org
Sincerely,
Coach Teresa
Writing Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan has helped over 1,000 writers. As author of Build Your Writer’s Platform & Fanbase In 22 Days: Attract Agents, Editors, Publishers, Readers, and Media Attention NOW, she coaches writers on making their names synonymous with the themes/subject matters/issues they write about.
As editor/story consultant, Coach Teresa identifies themes and archetypes in her clients’ manuscripts. Her novel Love Made of Heart is used in college composition classes.
http://writingcoachteresa.com Read Coach Teresa’s blog.
January 26th, 2012 | Author: admin
Coach Teresa and Colleagues at San Francisco Writers Conference
To register for SFWC San Francisco Writers Conference
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Mentor Mary E. Knippel & Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan--photo by Anne Campagnet-Reed
Thursday, February 16, 2012 6:00pm
Mary E. Knippel & Teresa LeYung-Ryan
BEING YOUR OWN EDITOR: Ensuring Your Work is 100% Before Taking the Next Step:
Attend this session if you want to Polish Your Manuscripts before:
• hiring book doctor/developmental editor OR
• pitching to agents or acquisition editors OR
• self-publishing
Mary E. Knippel is author of The Secret Artist – Give Yourself Permission to Let Your Creativity Shine!
Teresa LeYung-Ryan is author of Build Your Writer’s Platform & Fanbase In 22 Days: Attract Agents, Editors, Publishers, Readers, and Media Attention NOW and Love Made of Heart
Also, Mary E. Knippel and Teresa LeYung-Ryan are scheduled to give one-on-one 10-minute consultations at San Francisco Writers Conference!
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Friday, February 17, 2012 9:00am
Elisa “Sasa” Southard & Teresa LeYung-Ryan
BLOWING UP YOUR BALLOON: Writing a Tag-Line That Will Sell You and Your Book
Attend this session if you want to:
• hook agents, acquisition editors, readers, media attention
• make your name synonymous with the themes you write about
• have fun building your writer’s platform & fanbase
To register for SFWC San Francisco Writers Conference
Elisa “Sasa” Southard is author of Break Through the Noise: 9 Tools to Propel Your Marketing Message
Teresa LeYung-Ryan is author of Build Your Writer’s Platform & Fanbase In 22 Days: Attract Agents, Editors, Publishers, Readers, and Media Attention NOW and Love Made of Heart
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Listed below are 2 events — free and open to the public.
Thursday, February 16th, 2012 at 5 p.m.
San Francisco Writers Conference Presents a Free Public Reading
Lisa See reads from Dreams of Joy in the California Room at the Mark Hopkins Hotel in San Francisco
Saturday, February 18th, 2012 at 6:15 p.m.
San Francisco Writers Conference Mass Booksigning!
Thirty presenters will sign in the Room of the Dons at the Mark Hopkins. Books for sale at the onsite bookstore manned by BookShop West Portal.
Look for Teresa LeYung-Ryan, Elisa Southard, Mary E. Knippel, Barbara Santos, Martha Alderson, Linda Lee, Linda Joy Myers, Margie Yee Webb, Verna Dreisbach, Nina Amir, Cara Black, Zoe FitzGerald Carter, Joan Gelfand, Tanya Egan Gibson, Ann Seymour, Ellen Sussman, Wendy Tokunaga, Shulamit Sofia, and other Women’s National Book Association members.
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The following lists are from San Francisco Writers Conference
KEYNOTERS:
Lisa See, author of Peony in Love and Shanghai Girls
Lolly Winston, author of Good Grief and Happiness Sold Elsewhere
Alan Rinzler, independent editor with 50 years experience in the publishing world whose client list is a “Who’s Who” in the publishing industryPRESENTERS:
Martha Alderson, author The Plot Whisperer: Secerts of Story Structure Any Writer Can Master
Nina Amir, editor, journalist, writing and author coach
Bella Andre, author of From This Moment On
Marilyn R. Atlas, Producer and personal manager in Hollywood
Sam Barry, Marketing Manager at HarperOne
Cara Black, author of Murder in Passy
Helena R. Brantley, Red Pencil PR
Philippa Burgess co-founder of Creative Convergence
Zoe FitzGerald Carter, author of Imperfect Endings: A Daughter’s Story of Love, Loss and Letting Go
Stephanie Chandler, author, online marketing and social networking guru
Laura Cogan from Zyzzyva
Mark Coker, founder and CEO of Smashwords
Deborah Davis, author of Not like You
Drew Dellinger, internationally known speaker, poet, writer and visionary
Robert Dugoni, author of Wrongful Death and Murder One
Brian Felsen, president of BookBaby / CD Baby / HostBaby
Joel Friedlander, Marin Bookworks & author of A Self-Publisher’s Companion
Barbara Freethy, NYT best-selling author
Catherine Friend, author of Barn Boot Blues and Sheepish
Diane Gedymin, The Publisher’s Desk
Joan Gelfand, poet and author of A Dreamer’s Guide to Cities and Streams
Tanya Egan Gibson , author of How to Buy a Love of Reading
Constance Hale is the author of Sin and Syntax and Wired Style
Brad Henderson, UC Davis professor and poet (co-author of Split Stock)
Evan Karp, Quiet Lightning
Kathi Kamen-Goldmark, author of And My Shoes Keep Walking Back to You
Katharine Kerr, author of License to Ensorcell due out in February
Carla King, author of The Self-Publishing Boot Camp Guide for Authors
Bharti Kirchner, author of four novels and four cookbooks
Michael Krasny, author and KQED radio host
Linda Lee, Founder of Askmepc-webdesign & Smart Women Stupid Computers
Wendy Lesser, author of Music For Silenced Voices, editor of The Threepenny Review
Donna Levin, author/writing teacher
Beth Lisick, author, poet and playwright among many of her talents
Tom Meschery, poet – athlete
Michelle Moran, author of Madame Tussaud, A Novel of the French Revolution
Mari Naomi, author/illustrator of Kiss & Tell: A Romantic Resume, Ages 0 – 22
Kathryn Otoshi, author/illustrator of What Emily Saw
Holly Lynn Payne, screenwriter, writing coach and author of Kingdom of Simplicity
Dan Poynter, Para Publishing – Self-Publishing Guru
Lisa Marie Rice, author of Nightfire
Trina Robbins, author of Lily Renee, Escape Artist
Teresa LeYung Ryan, author of Build Your Writer’s Platform & Fanbase In 22 Days: Attract Agents, Editors, Publishers, Readers, and Media Attention NOW
Robert D. San Souci, author of Robin Hood and the Golden Arrow
Barbara Santos, author of Maui Onion Cookbook and Practice Aloha
Monte Schulz, author of This Side of Jordan
Kemble Scott, author of SOWER 2.0
Ann Seymour, author of I’ve Always Loved You, Nob Hill Gazette journalist
Naheed Senzai, author of Shooting Kabul
Rusty Shelton, President and CEO of Shelton Interactive
Sheldon Siegel, author of Judgment Day
Kevin Smokler, author of Bookmark Now
Elisa Southard, author of Break Through the Noise
Melissa Stonehill, VP Marketing & Publicity at Silver Screen Sizzles
Ransom Stephens, author of The God Patent
Ellen Sussman, author of French Lessons
Patrick Schwerdrfeger, author and international speaker
Wendy Tokunaga, author of Midori by Moonlight
Penny Warner, author of How to Host a Killer Party
Fan Wu, author of Beautiful As Yesterday
Martin Yan, chef. author and TV personalityEDITORS:
Elfrieda Abbe, Publisher, The Writer magazine at Kalmbach Publishing
Charles Adams, Algonquin Publishers
Jennifer Enderlin, VP, Editor-in-Chief at St. Martin’s Press
Valerie Gray, Executive Editor at MIRA Books, a Harlequin imprint
Gabrielle Harbowy, Dragon Moon Press and Pyr
Georgia Hughes, New World Library
Jan Johnson, RedWheel/Weiser
Brenda Knight, Associate Publisher at Cleis Press, Berkeley CA
Heather Lazare, Simon & Schuster
Deborah Lichtman, private writing consultant and editior.
Ross E. Lockhart, Managing Editor at Night Shade Books
Allison Lorentzen, Editor at Penguin Books
Ethan Nosowsky, Editorial Director at McSweeny’s
Chuck Sambuchino, Editor at Writers Digest Books and edits Guide To Literary Agents
Jay Schaefer, Independent editor/writer based in San Francisco
Jill Schwartzman, Editor at Dutton – Penguin Group
Ralph Scott, Executive Editor at Credit The EditAGENTS:
Peter Beren, literary agent and publishing consultant (CA)
Kimberley Cameron, President of Kimberley Cameron & Associates (CA)
Minju Chang, Book Stop Literary Agency (CA)
Verna Dreisbach, Dreisbach Literary Management (CA)
April Eberhardt, April Eberhardt Literary (CA/NYC)
Stephany Evans, President/Agent at FinePrint Literary Management (NYC)
Laurie Fox, Linda Chester Literary Agency – West Coast Associate
Mollie Glick, Foundry Literary & Media (NY)
Jeff Kleinman, Folio Literary Management (NYC)
Mary Kole, Andrea Brown Literary Agency (CA/NYC)
Michael Larsen, Larsen/Pomada Literary Agents (SF)
Daniel Lazar, Writers House Literary Agency (NYC)
Taylor Martindale, Full Circle Literary (CA)
Laurie McLean, Larsen/Pomada Literary Agents (SF)
Elizabeth Pomada, Larsen/Pomada Literary Agents (SF)
Jody Rein, President of Jody Rein Books, Inc (CO)
Katharine Sands, Sarah Jane Freymann Agency (NYC)
Ken Sherman, Ken Sherman and Associates
Nephele Tempest, The Knight Agency (Atlanta/CA)
Sally van Haitsma, van Haitsma Literary (CA)
Gordon Warnock, Andrea Hurst & Associates (CA)
Ted Weinstein, Ted Weinstein Literary Management (NYC/SF)This list is subject to change without notice.
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January 23rd, 2012 | Author: admin
Coach Teresa Advises Reading While Rewriting
Dear Writers,
Are you stressed out while rewriting your project? Breathe. Drink water. Exercise. And read, read, read.
Whatever genre you’re writing, give your characters new sparks by rereading your favorite book of the same genre.
Study how the author of that favorite book show:
- what the protagonist wants (early in the story)–to connect with Reader
- the authentic details in the setting, circumstances, vernacular
- sensory details
- dialogue and body language that reveals each character’s personality or what he/she wants to show
- hooks, foreshadowing, metaphors
- archetypes help move story forward
- thematic threads
I’m cheering for you!
Sincerely,
Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan
Teresa LeYung-Ryan has helped over 1,000 writers.
As editor/story consultant, Coach Teresa helps her clients polish their manuscripts by identifying the themes and archetypes in their stories.
Her novel Love Made of Heart is used in college composition classes.
As author of Build Your Writer’s Platform & Fanbase In 22 Days: Attract Agents, Editors, Publishers, Readers, and Media Attention NOW, she coaches authors before and after publication.
http://writingcoachteresa.com Read other posts in her blog.
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January 17th, 2012 | Author: admin
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Reserve your spot by leaving a message at 650-615-8331.
January 29, 2012 10:00am–5:00pm Half Moon Bay, CA “Create Your Success Story from the Inside Out” with Mary E. Knippel, founder of Your Writing Mentor, sponsored by Women’s National Book Assn-San Francisco Chapter $35 for WNBA member; $55 non-member
Are you…
* looking for a new way of thinking?
* ready to learn inspired problem-solving?
* in need of a creativity booster for 2012?
Thursday, February 2, 2012 6:15-7:30pm Women’s National Book Association–SF Chapter members and prospective members welcomed to “Authors Exchange Solutions” discussions with Birgit Soyka or Teresa LeYung-Ryan or Mary E. Knippel at San Francisco Main Library, Latino/Hispanic Room A (food allowed)
Feb. 2, 2012 Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan will teach members and prospective members “What is a Platform and How to Build Yours” promptly at 6:15pm. Must RSVP 24 hours before meeting by emailing writingcoachteresa (use @ sign) gmail.com
To join WNBA-SF Chapter http://wnba-sfchapter.org
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Hi, Writing Mentor Mary E. Knippel of http://yourwritingmentor.com/
Thank you for encouraging us to explore a new activity, craft or pursuit. I’ve been wanting to write a play for years. Linda Loveland Reid is sponsoring the 2012 Redwood Writers 2nd Playwriting Contest! 10-minute play. I’m writing one! And I’m entering it to the contest.
http://redwoodwriters.org/contests/playwriting-8/ for guidelines and dates.
Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan
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Feb. 17-19, 2012 San Francisco Writers Confernce http://www.sfwriters.org/ Teresa LeYung-Ryan will present 2 sessions.
Teresa LeYung-Ryan & Mary E. Knippel show writers how to polish their manuscripts before:
· hiring book doctor/developmental editor
· pitching to agents or acquisition editors
· self-publishing
Teresa LeYung-Ryan & Elisa “Sasa” Southard
“Build Your Platform: Craft Your Talking-Tagline to Attract Agents & Publishers”
• hook agents, acquisition editors and readers
• have fun building your writer’s platform
• be yourself and succeed
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March 1 (Thurs.) 2012 6:15-7:30pm Women’s National Book Association members and prospective members welcomed to “Authors Exchange Solutions” forums with authors/mentors/coaches Teresa LeYung-Ryan, Mary E. Knippel OR Birgit Soyka, at San Francisco Main Library.
Thurs., March 1, 2012, Stong Conference Room (no food allowed). Mentor Mary E. Knippel will focus on how to “Ready Your Pitch for WNBA-SF Meet The Agents Event.” Promptly at 6:15pm. Must RSVP 24 hours before meeting by emailing: MaryEKnippel (use @ sign) gmail.com
To join WNBA-SF Chapter http://wnba-sfchapter.org
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Saturday, March 24, 2012 Women’s National Book Association presents “Meet the Agents/Speed Dating with Agents” Lynn Henriksen chairs; Teresa LeYung-Ryan, Mary E. Knippel and Tanya Egan Gibson will coach registrants on how to pitch. http://wnba-sfchapter.org
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Sincerely,
Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan
Teresa LeYung-Ryan has helped over 1,000 writers.
As author of Build Your Writer’s Platform & Fanbase In 22 Days: Attract Agents, Editors, Publishers, Readers, and Media Attention NOW, she coaches authors before and after publication.
As editor/story consultant, Coach Teresa helps her clients polish their manuscripts by identifying themes and archetypes.
Her novel Love Made of Heart is used in college composition classes.
http://writingcoachteresa.com Read her blog.
January 16th, 2012 | Author: admin
Coach Teresa, Should I Buy Illustrations for My Book?
Hi Teresa ,
I want to thank you for having spoken at the Redwood Writers Club January 2012 meeting. I regret that a prior engagement did not allow my remaining for the question-&-answer period. Were I able to remain, I would have hoped to ask this:
I recently completed writing and revising my first science fiction novel, I have begun discussions with an editor and would like to know if it is too soon to acquire my intended illustrations. I already have people committed to do this.
I very much appreciate any comment you are able to make. Again, thank you for the valuable advice at the RW meeting.
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Dear Author (I will reveal your name and URL if you wish),
First, congratulations on having completed your novel!
The publisher of a book is the boss when it comes to what illustrations are used and who creates them. Of course if you are the publisher, you have final say. If you’re selling rights to a publisher, negotiate a contract that makes you happy.
The owner of the ISBN of a book is the publisher.
Example: The publisher of my first book (Love Made of Heart) is Kensington Publishing Corp. NY. My contract with Kensington (John Scognamiglio was the acquisition editor) dealt with my selling them the rights to publish my book and Kensington paid me an advance. My agent (Stacey Glick) negotiated the contract for me. Even though the Publisher/Author contract stated “Author to give input to cover design,” I didn’t have final say. The art director (Lou Malcangi) at Kensington had purchased art work from a photographer to produce the cover (Kensington and the photographer entered into a contract. I had no role in that contract).
Seek advice from a literary attorney. Seek advice from folks at Bay Area Independent Publishers Association and Northern California Publishers & Authors.
Honor each contract; prevent conflicts by understanding what rights you are selling or buying.
To participate in this blog post, submit a comment by: clicking on the blue title bar of this post, scrolling down to get the boxes, filling in the boxes and click on “submit comment” button — so that thousands of my fans will see your name, URL (your website/blog address if you have one), what themes/subject matters/issues hook you, and, what themes/subject matters/issues you want to spotlight.
I wish you joy, light, and a dancing heart.
Sincerely,
Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan
Teresa LeYung-Ryan has helped over 1,000 writers. As author of Build Your Writer’s Platform & Fanbase In 22 Days: Attract Agents, Editors, Publishers, Readers, and Media Attention NOW, she coaches authors before and after publication. As editor/story consultant, Coach Teresa helps her clients polish their manuscripts. Her novel Love Made of Heart is used in college composition classes. http://writingcoachteresa.com Read her blog.
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