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San Francisco Writing for Change Conference 

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The San Francisco Writing for Change Conference will be held the Unitarian Universalist Center on Saturday, October 12, 2013 … about two weeks away!   If you write nonfiction, this is the event for you! This year’s keynote–When Woman Wake, Mountains Move–will be delivered by Dr. Jean Shinoda Bolen. Her book, Moving Toward the Millionth Circle led to her involvement with the United Nations and the 5th World Conference on Women. Equally inspirational is Jennifer Przybylo who co-authored Do Good Well which was praised by Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Muhammad Yunus as “the primer for social innovation.”

Also confirmed for the SFW4C: Charlotte Ashlock, Digital Producer and Editor at Berrett-Koehler; Nina Amir, Write Nonfiction NOW! and How to Blog a Book, Jim Azevedo, Smashwords; Kirk Boyd, author of 2048: Humanity’s Agreement to Live Together; Joel Friedlander, Marin Bookworks; Anne Hill, Bay Area Bloggers; Jan Johnson, Red Wheel/Weiser; Cathleen Miller,Champion of Choice; and literary agents Peter Beren, Andy Ross and Mike Larsen. Panels of authors, agents, editors, and marketing pros will offer you the chance to pitch your book and get free feedback on your work.

Register online today!  This highly effective and affordable event is just $149. Optional gourmet box lunch: $20. Details and Registration:  www.SFWritingforChange.org

Barbara Santos

www.Facebook.com/SanFranciscoWritersConference

Sincerely,

From B. Lynn Goodwin-Brown,  Writer Advice Managing Editor 

Hi Everybody,

Writers need all the opportunities and help they can get. Please share the message below with writers and writing students who could benefit from this opportunity.

Writer Advice’s 2nd Scintillating Starts Contest

Entice us. Submit the opening (up to 1500 words) of your book (any genre) to Writer Advice’s 2^nd Scintillating Starts Contest. I’ll respond like an agent/editor. You get perspective. All finalists are winners & can say that to prospective publishers. The $350 prize will be divided among the winners. Deadline: October 18, 2013. Cost: $20. Details at www.writeradvice.com

B. Lynn Goodwin-Brown

Writer Advice Managing Editor, www.writeradvice.com

Author of YOU WANT ME TO DO WHAT? Journaling for Caregivers

Cheers to Lynn and all the writers!’

Sincerely,

Writing Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan

Coach Teresa says: “Wear the dual hats of writer and promoter. Reach out, not stress out.”

author of:

Build Your Writer’s Platform & Fanbase In 22 Days: Attract Agents, Editors, Publishers, Readers, and Media Attention NOW (the workbook)

Love Made of Heart (the mother-daughter novel used in college composition classes; book is archived at the San Francisco History Center)

Answer Me Now  (the award-winning short play)

and speeches advocating mental health and end violence against women and children

Click here for a list of Coach Teresa’s event.

http://writingcoachTeresa.com

 

Marlene Cullen has been featured in Community Profile more than once.  How befitting!  Marlene Cullen’s name is synonymous with “community,”  ”writers,” and “literary voice.”

Petaluma, CA  Argus-Courier Thursday July 18, 2013

Community Profile:  Marlene Cullen – Painting Pictures with Words

Lynn Schnitzer says: “Marlene Cullen is passionate about writing and helping other writers find their literary voice.”

Marlene says:  ”My favorite authors are:

Jacqueline Winspear

Rachael Herron

Elizabeth Berg

Sue Monk Kidd

John Dunning

Teresa LeYung Ryan

Jeannette Walls

Sheldon Siegel

Lolly Winston

Liza Gyllenhaal

Zoe Fitzgerald Carter

Anne Rivers Siddons

Anne Morrow Lindbergh

Frances Lefkowitz

Gillian Flynn.”

Visit Marlene’s site:  http://www.thewritespot.us/ where she says:

“Thank you to the 2013 Writers Forum presenters. You are awesome: Frances Lefkowitz, Patricia V. Davis, Amanda McTigue, Jennifer Gennari, Andy Ross, Anne Jordan, Constance Hale, Melanie Thorne.”

Check out Marlene’s new blog:   http://thewritespot.us/marlenecullenblog/

I celebrate Marlene Cullen, Writers Forum of Petaluma, and everyone she cares about!

Sincerely,

According to the Chase’s Calender of Events, September is “Be Kind To Editors and Writers Month.”

Use Chase’s Calendar of Events to connect celebrated dates with your name and your themes and issues — for broadcasters, journalists, event planners, public relations professionals, librarians, editors, writers, or simply the curious.

McGraw-Hill publishes the 752-page book  with CD-ROM.  The abbreviated list of  Events/Special Months is at McGraw Hill Professional

Writing Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan Celebrates “Be Kind To Editors and Writers Month”

Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan here to say: “I am so proud of Margie Yee Webb!  She is a producer of the documentary FEMME: Women Healing the World  !

Sharon Stone says: “URGENT !!!  The Piers Morgan Show on CNN with FEMME and Sharon Stone/Marianne Williamson will now air tomorrow Friday Sept 27, 2013 at 6:00pm (PT).
I know, twice re-scheduled but this time it’s for sure and it’s part of an hour special with Bill and Chelsea Clinton!
What a night it will be!!!”

http://piersmorgan.blogs.cnn.com/

FEMME: Women Healing the World  the movie

FEMME: Women Healing the World  is an inspirational voyage about women around the world who are actively transforming and healing global society on a daily basis. Starring Sharon Stone (Casino, Total Recall, Basic Instinct), Celeste Yarnall, Jean Houston, Marianne Williamson, Jean Shinoda Bolen, Riane Eisler, Nobel Peace Prize Laureates Shirin Ebadi and Mairead Maguire, Rickie Lee Jones, Gloria Steinem, and more! Influential women discuss religion, science, history, politics and entertainment – and the solutions to the multiple crises we face throughout the world. FEMME focuses on utilizing a feminine approach with nurturing energy to inspire a new hope for the future.

FEMME on CNN did not air on Friday September 20, 2013.

Director Emmanuel Itier says:

“The airing of the FEMME show on Piers Morgan has just been moved to next week!! Stay tuned.
They filmed 1 hour with Sharon Stone and Marianne Williamson.
The folks at Piers Morgan had to rerun an interview with Pastor Rick Warren.

This is a huge media coverage break for FEMME. Spreading Peace and Love all over the World!  Thanks!”

International Movie Database says:

A documentary featuring interviews with 100 influential women from around the world.

Taglines:  A Celebration of Women healing the World

Director:   Emmanuel Itier

Writers:   Amanda Estremera, Emmanuel Itier

Stars:   Sharon Stone, Maria Conchita Alonso, Joanna Angel| See full cast and crew

Margie Yee Webb, author of Cat Mulan’s Mindful Musings: Insight and Inspiration for a Wonderful Life, is a producer!

Margie Yee Webb, Emmanuel Itier, Celeste Yarnall & Nazim at FEMME screening Nov. 4, 2012

POETS  & WRITERS Magazine names Martha Alderson‘s The Plot Whisperer as one of the Best Books for Writers.

Best Books for Writers

The Plot Whisperer: Secrets of Story Structure Any Writer Can Master by Martha Alderson Published in 2011 by Adams Media The author provides insight on how to create works of fiction with powerful stories and focuses on how to devise a Universal Plot, plot lines and subplots, compelling scenes, and character transformation. ** **

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Sincerely,

Writing Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan

author of:

Build Your Writer’s Platform & Fanbase In 22 Days: Attract Agents, Editors, Publishers, Readers, and Media Attention NOW (the workbook)

Love Made of Heart (the mother-daughter novel used in college composition classes; book is archived at the San Francisco History Center)

Answer Me Now  (the award-winning short play)

and speeches advocating mental health and end violence against women and children

Click here for a list of Coach Teresa’s event.

http://writingcoachTeresa.com  for more resources.

Coach Teresa says: “Wear the dual hats of writer and promoter. Reach out, not stress out.”

Writing Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan’s August 28, 2013 Open Letter to First Lady Michelle Obama, California Governor Jerry Brown, Newspaper Editors, and Community

Dear Folks,

This is a follow-up to my June 30, 2013 open letter to you.

The workers (AFSCME Local 2428) of East Bay Regional Park District showed up at EBRPD board meetings and spoke during public comment periods.  Their family members, friends and other advocates sent emails, wrote letters, made phone calls (expressing their concern) to EBRPD Board Members and the General Manager.

Workers had rejected the Park District’s June 4th proposal after mediation. Employees’ buying power had eroded by 11.5% over the past four years while managers received merit increases (through board resolutions).

Everyone’s speaking up for fairness, Local 2428 Negotiations Team’s perseverance, and Union Members’ commitment to proceed with work-stoppage if the Park District did not return to the bargaining table . . . inspired solidarity.  Supporters of workers were planning on being in the picket lines with Local 2428.  Thank you, Community!

On July 1st, the Park District and Local 2428 Negotiations Team reached “tentative agreement” thus preempted the strike.

Union members ratified the agreement on July 17th; the park district board members ratified it on August 13th.

Employees’ concerns and actions to watch out for coworkers as well as future employees (who would be walking into the Park District after contract ratification) also inspired hope and compassion.

The media had printed incomplete and incorrect information about EBRPD employee salaries and proposed offers. As E.B. White’s Charlotte-the-spider who saved Wilbur’s life said: “…people are very gullible.”  and “… People believe almost anything they see in print…”  If you want the truths, ask the employees and also review annual reports.

Again, thank you to all advocates of fair labor practices!

Sincerely,

Writing Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan

author of:

Build Your Writer’s Platform & Fanbase In 22 Days: Attract Agents, Editors, Publishers, Readers, and Media Attention NOW (the workbook)

Love Made of Heart (the mother-daughter novel used in college composition classes; book is archived at the San Francisco History Center)

Answer Me Now  (the award-winning short play)

and speeches advocating mental health and end violence against women and children

Click here for a list of Coach Teresa’s event.

http://writingcoachTeresa.com  for more resources.

Coach Teresa says: “Wear the dual hats of writer and promoter. Reach out, not stress out.”

 Sunday, August 11, 2013, 2:30–5:00 pm

Flamingo Hotel, Santa Rosa, CA

California Writers’ Club – Redwood Branch presents:

Peter Bowerman “Love to Write But Hate to Starve?”

Keep Your ‘Passion’ Writing ‘Well Fed’ with Lucrative Commercial Freelancing

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Saturday, August 17, 2013, 10:00am-noon

Belmont Library, Belmont, CA

California Writers’ Club – SF Peninsula Branch presents:

Victoria Zackheim
Noted author and teacher will be with us to tell us more about the Acorn Workshop and how to mold a simple idea into an intriguing story.  Ms. Zackheim’s most recent publication is  Exit Laughing: How Humor Takes the Sting out of Death

In addition to monthly meetings, check out open mic, the anthology Fault Zone, mentoring, and workshops!

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Writing Contest deadline has been extended for Non-Members to August 31, 2013

Fault Zone: Shift, the fourth in the anthology series edited by the SF/Peninsula Branch of California Writers’ Club, will be published by Sand Hill Review Press later in 2013. Non-members of SF/Peninsula Branch are eligible to enter the Fault Zone short story contest.

Fault Zone isn’t only about earthquakes. It’s about personal faults, shortcomings, and the foibles of being human. In a way, we all live on a fault zone. Write from the heart. Be edgy. Be wild. But make sure your story has an arc. Stories involving California are always appreciated.

First Prize is $250 and publication in our next Fault Zone anthology.
Second Prize is $100.
Third Prize is $50.

Reading fee is $15.  More info – click here.

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Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2013

2013 Golf Tournament to benefit
The Berkeley Women’s Daytime Drop-In Center, ensuring the availability of services to support northern California’s homeless women & their children in their efforts to become more self-sufficient since 1988!

at the Boundary Oak Golf Course, Walnut Creek, CA

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October 1, 2013,  7:00-9:00pm

Author Readings at Bookshop West Portal, San Francisco, CA

sponsored  by Women’s National Book Association-San Francisco Chapter

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Sincerely,

Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan

author of:

Build Your Writer’s Platform & Fanbase In 22 Days: Attract Agents, Editors, Publishers, Readers, and Media Attention NOW (the workbook)

Love Made of Heart (the mother-daughter novel used in college composition classes; book is archived at the San Francisco History Center)

Answer Me Now  (the award-winning short play)

and speeches advocating mental health and end violence against women and children

Click here for a list of Coach Teresa’s event.

http://writingcoachTeresa.com  for more resources.

Coach Teresa says: “Wear the dual hats of writer and promoter. Reach out, not stress out.”

22-Day Fanbase Building Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan & Award-Winning Author Carol Sheldon Celebrate Copper Mine Workers and Courageous WOMEN.  Who was Big Annie?  Read Carol’s new historical novel Driven to Rage to find out.

Thank you, Carol Sheldon and Linda Watanabe McFerrin & Left Coast Writers, for inviting me to interview Carol!

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*Award-winning historical novelist and playwright Carol Sheldon with 22-Day Fanbase Bulding Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan celebrate workers, especially the courageous women behind the scenes*

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*Actress Kathy Holly attends Carol Sheldon’s book launch.  Here’s a video of Kathy with fellow cast members in On With the Wind a new play by Carol Sheldon.*

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Historical novelist Carol Sheldon recognizes  the 100th anniversary of COPPER MINERS’ STRIKE in upper peninsula, Michigan, and celebrates workers and courageous WOMEN.

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*New fans and old fans show up for Carol Sheldon on a Monday night at Book Passage in San Francisco*

*New fans in the background as Book Passage representative poses with award-winning author Carol Sheldon*

*Author Carol Sheldon enjoys signing books for new fans and old fans.*

*Carol Sheldon flanked by Teresa LeYung-Ryan and Teresa’s sister – San Francisco ferry terminal is merely steps from Book Passage*

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Sincerely,

Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan

author of:

Build Your Writer’s Platform & Fanbase In 22 Days: Attract Agents, Editors, Publishers, Readers, and Media Attention NOW (the workbook)

Love Made of Heart (the mother-daughter novel used in college composition classes; book is archived at the San Francisco History Center)

Answer Me Now  (the award-winning short play)

and speeches advocating mental health and end violence against women and children

Click here for a list of Coach Teresa’s event.

http://writingcoachTeresa.com  for more resources.

Coach Teresa says: “Wear the dual hats of writer and promoter. Reach out, not stress out.”

Speaking of workers YOU & me … Monday July 8, 6:00pm Book Passage Bookstore, 1 Ferry Bldg., San Francisco. I shall be interviewing award-winning author Carol A. Sheldon. Her new book DRIVEN TO RAGE (historical novel) recognizes the 100th anniversary of the 1913 COPPER MINERS’ STRIKE in Michigan and the courageous WOMEN behind the scenes as well as on the daily marches. Who was Big Annie?

Please join us if you are near  the Embarcadero in San Francisco.

Book Passage,  1 Ferry Bldg., SF, CA 94111  415-835-1020

Hosted by Left Coast Writers!  Refreshments too!

Carol Sheldon's new book Driven to Rage recognizes the 100th anniversary of 1913 COPPER MINERS' STRIKE in Michigan and the courageous WOMEN behind the scenes as well as on the daily marches (Carol Sheldon, author of Mother Lode and Driven to Rage) interviewed by Writing Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan at Book Passage Ferry Building SF -- photo by Jim Weiland

Sincerely,

Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan

author of:

Build Your Writer’s Platform & Fanbase In 22 Days: Attract Agents, Editors, Publishers, Readers, and Media Attention NOW (the workbook)

Love Made of Heart (the mother-daughter novel used in college composition classes; book is archived at the San Francisco History Center)

Answer Me Now  (the award-winning short play)

and speeches advocating mental health and end violence against women and children

Click here for a list of Coach Teresa’s event.

http://writingcoachTeresa.com  for more resources.

Coach Teresa says: “Wear the dual hats of writer and promoter. Reach out, not stress out.”