Love Made Of Heart ®
Author / Writing Coach / Manuscript & Theme Consultant / Platform & Fanbase-Building Coach Teresa Jade LeYung’s Resources for Writers
Coach Teresa Jade LeYung (formerly Teresa LeYung-Ryan) here to encourage you to pursue more and more resources . . . by subscribing to my blog http://LoveMadeOfHeart.com/blog. My blog posts will lead you to other people who can also help you polish your craft and further build your platform – build your network. If you are not in the vicinity of the events I blog about . . . please look at the names of the people who are referenced in my posts, go to their websites by clicking on the links I provide or your keying their names in a search engine like Google. The people I blog about will lead you to their colleagues, and so on.
If you wish to email me, please type: Teresa then the symbol @ then lovemadeofheart.com
Coach Teresa Jade LeYung’s YouTube channel – https://www.youtube.com/user/TeresaLeYung
More ways to build your platform and fanbase? See the exercises in my workbook Build Your Writer’s Platform & Fanbase In 22 Days (in print edition and Kindle e-book edition)
Author / Manuscript & Theme Consultant / Platform & Fanbase-BuildingCoach Teresa Jade LeYungteaches writers how to polish their manuscripts, articulate their platform statements,and build their fanbases by identifying THEMES and ARCHETYPES,before and after publication. |
Coach Teresa Jade LeYung can show you how to transformyour email signature-blocks, photos and videos, andwebsite descriptions into platform statements . . .to attract target audience/readers, agents,publishers, booksellers, media . . .before and after publication.
|
Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan was honored to respond to Christy Pinheiro’s interview invitation http://lovemadeofheart.com/blog/writers-coach-teresa-leyung-ryan-was-honored-to-respond-to-christy-pinheiros-interview-invitation/
Click here to view Coach Teresa answering the questions “What is a platform?” and “How do you build a fanbase?”
on CBS Bay Sunday with Host Frank Mallicoat (produced by Akilah Bolden-Monifa)
Experts for finding employment; Coach Teresa’s dream teams |
http://www.jobhuntersbible.com Richard Bolles, What Color Is Your Parachute ? books
http://dearjane.info Rebecca Martin , founder of dear jane…, a career advisement company…, believes that people can succeed in landing the “perfect” job if they can first identify what is right for them.
Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan http://lovemadeofheart.com/blog/build-your-writers-platform-fanbase-in-22-days-workbook-by-coach-teresa-leyung-ryan/ “Reach out, not stress out. Wear the two hats – writer and promoter – with ease.”
Mary E. Knippel, writing coach, creativity coach and developmental editor http://yourwritingmentor.com
http://marthaalderson.com is the definitive website for writers looking for plot and scene development help. Plot Whisperer Martha Alderson is Teresa’s plotting coach.
www.rp-author.com/Adams Luisa Adams is an award winning writer, educator, workshop leader, and Licensed Brain Gym® Consultant.
https://www.facebook.com/
http://BreakThroughtheNoise.com/ Coach Teresa recommends Elisa Sasa Southard‘s book. Sasa is Teresa’s talking-tagline coach.
http://elisaonassignment.com/ Certified Tour Director Sasa Southard is creator of Big City Travel Skills
http://askmepc.com C ustom websites/blogs and training - remarkable Linda Lee is Teresa’s cyberspace coach
http://www.circleoftherose.com/about.html is a resource for conscious living, spirituality, metaphysics, writing classes, and the sacred feminine mysteries. Marie Elena Gaspari combines a thirty-year background of study, practice and instruction in her classes and services.
http://www.patwindom.com As a Life Path Counselor, Patricia Windom believes that each of us can live to our full potential when we acknowledge the connection to higher consciousness
http://just-a-mom.us Yolande Barial Knight, columnist for Tracy Press; contributing author in anthologies; founder of Your Words Project
https://feministteaching.wordpress.com Professor Sheryl Fairchild teaches Women’s Studies, Global Women’s Issues, and Psychology of Women.
Organizations that Coach Teresa is a member of or recommends:
http://www.calwriters.org California Writers Club – 19 branches in California and still growing!
http://www.cwc-peninsula.org San Francisco Peninsula Branch of CWC usually meets at Belmont Library, Belmont, CA
http://www.redwoodwriters.org This branch sponsors the Redwood Writers Conference.
http://aawaa.net ASIAN AMERICAN WOMEN ARTISTS ASSOCIATION (AAWAA)
https://www.calawyersforthearts.org/ California Lawyers for the Arts
www.wnba-books.org Women’s National Book Association
http://wnba-sfchapter.org San Francisco Chapter of Women’s National Book Association
www.dystel.com Dystel & Goderick Literary Management, NY (Teresa LeYung Ryan’s agent is Stacey Glick, VP at DGLM)
www.kensingtonbooks.com Kensington Publishing Corp., New York (Teresa LeYung-Ryan’s editor for first edition of Love Made of Heart is John Scognamiglio)
www.chsa.org Chinese Historical Society of America
www.aaastudies.org Association for Asian American Studies
www.aaww.org The Asian American Writers’ Workshop
Developmental Editors, Writing Coaches, Publication Experts, and more dream teams:
Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan http://lovemadeofheart.com/blog/about/
Mary E. Knippel, writing coach, creativity coach and developmental editor http://yourwritingmentor.com
Vicki Weiland, book doctor/developmental editor and video scriptwriter specializing in fine arts, history, and business https://vickiweiland.wordpress.com
Lori Noack, publication and project specialist https://www.linkedin.com/pub/lori-noack/15/ab/3a1
Lynn Scott says: “As an editor I help writers, new and seasoned, transform their non-fiction manuscripts into polished page-turners.” https://lynnscott.wordpress.com
More Professionals:
Angie Choi’s book My Dreams: A Simple Guide to Dream Interpretation shows how dreams help us solve problems in our waking world.
http://www.bookrevieweryellowpages.com Christy Pinheiro‘s books help authors get published and reviews for their books
http://www.darlenefrankwriting.com Darlene Frank is creativity coach, editor and nonfiction book consultant
http://www.kemblescott.com/ novelist Kemble Scott / journalist Scott James
Lakshmi Hannah Kerner, freelance editor https://www.linkedin.com/pub/lakshmi-hannah-kerner/5/aa5/a89
http://laurelannehill.com/ Laurel Anne Hill crafts stories with inspirational premises
www.MCScala.com Martha Clark Scala, MFT is the author of Feel Better in the Mourning: Give Grief a Voice, a psychotherapist, a presenter, and a real Listener.
www.holtuncensored.com Pat Holt’s website ! about books and the book industry written by Pat Holt, former Book Review Editor and Critic for The San Francisco Chronicle
http://www.aeonix.com Pete Masterson , Publishing Consultant at Aeonix Publishing Group ; author of Book Design and Production: A Guide for Authors and Publishers
www.shelleysinger.com Shelley Singer taught a class at U.C.Berkeley Ext.–that’s where Teresa learned how to write an enticing query letter and the nuts-and-bolts of publishing.
More Organizations for Writers:
http://sfwriters.org/ San Francisco Writers Conference. (Teresa LeYung-Ryan and Elisa Sasa Southard have been presenters since 2004; Mary E. Knippel & Teresa LeYung-Ryan present “Edit Your Own Manuscript” at SFWC)
http://www.sistersincrime.org/ Sisters In Crime SinC was founded in 1986 and is now 3600 members strong in 48 chapters world-wide, offering networking, advice and support to mystery authors.
www.stonesoup.com Stone Soup for young writers and artists
www.writeradvice.com Writer Advice (an excellent resource and a “fun” place to go to; B. Lynn Goodwin is the editor)
www.thewritespot.us Writers Forum (created by Marlene Cullen) is a monthly series of literary workshops exploring many avenues of writing–Petaluma, CA
Book Clubs & Magazine Clubs:
http://www.goodreads.com Track the books you’re reading, have read, and want to read.
http://stoneslidecorrective.com Christopher Wachlin is co-editor of The Stoneslide Corrective – a weekly e-magazine and annual print magazine; they publish fiction, humor, satire, and other unnamed forms of sublimity.
More Artists, Authors, Journalists, Poets:
Barbara Santos is the marketing director of San Francisco Writers Conference and the San Francisco Writing for Change conference. She is founder of SANTOS!PR and author http://PracticeAloha.org
Bardi Rosman Koodrin is literary director https://carrythelight2013.wordpress.comand https://bardiblog.wordpress.com
Carmen Lee founded Stamp Out Stigma http://www.stampoutstigma.net
Chandra Garsson is artist and filmmaker https://www.facebook.com/chandra.garsson?fref=ts and http://flyingpaintproductions.blogspot.com
Deborah Grossman (an avid food and wine writer) brings a journalist’s eye to any project http://deborahgrossman.com
Diane Warner is an advocate of http://californiaclubhouse.org
Judith Marshall is author of the remarkable novel Husbands May Come and Go but Friends are Forever http://judithmarshall.net
Kim McMillon is literacy advocate extraordinaire. Arts in the Valley is hosted by Kim McMillon on 1480 KYOS in Merced, CA. Merced County has a vibrant arts community that Arts in the Valley showcases along with local and national authors. https://artsinthevalley.wordpress.com
Marcia Naomi Berger is author and marriage meeting maven http://marcianaomiberger.com
Margaret Davis (sociologist) is a brilliant novelist http://margaretdavisbooks.com
Winifred McCaffrey is a memoirist who sheds light on civil wars, American expatriates, mental illness http://winifredmccaffrey.com
More helpful Organizations for Writers:
http://www.copyright.gov United States Copyright Office, a department of the Library of Congress
www.bookweb.org American Booksellers Association (for lists of independent bookstores in the U.S., tradeshows, regional booksellers’ organizations, and book festivals)
http://www.aaronline.org Association of Authors’ Representatives (literary agents)
https://blog.reedsy.com/how-
www.bookwire.com by Bowker
http://csla.net California School Library Association
http://www.californiareads.org California Reading Association
www.folusa.com Friends of Libraries, USA
http://marvel.loc.gov Library of Congress
http://www.media-alliance.org Media Alliance is a media resource and advocacy center for media workers, non-profit organizations, and social justice activists. Their mission is excellence, ethics, diversity, and accountability in all aspects of the media in the interests of peace, justice, and social responsibility.
NCCBA – Google “Northern California Children’s Booksellers Association” to get contact information
www.nciba.com Northern California Independent Booksellers Association
www.pnba.org Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association
www.publishersweekly.com Publishers Weekly
http://writing.shawguides.com Shawguides -a d irectory of writers’ organizations, classes, workshops and conferences.
And, here are some of the indie booksellers I cheer for!
http://www.indiebound.org Indie Booksellers !
www.laurelbookstore.com Laurel Book Store, Oakland, CA
www.bookpassage.com Book Passage in Corte Madera and San Francisco, CA
www.booksinc.net Books Inc. in California
http://bookshopwestportal.com/ BookShop West Portal, San Francisco, CA
www.copperfieldsbooks.com Copperfield’s Books in California
www.elliottbaybook.com The Elliott Bay Book Company in Seattle, WA
www.keplers.com Kepler’s Bookstore in Menlo Park, CA
www.powellbooks.com Powell’s Books in Oregon
And, here’s Barnes & Noble Booksellers www.barnesandnoble.com
Other Extraordinary People:
http://www.stampoutstigma.net Carmen Lee founded Stamp Out Stigma – a consumer driven advocacy and educational outreach program designed to make positive changes in the public perception of mental illness and inform the community about the personal, social, economic and political challenges faced by people living with mental illness.
http://www.thework.com The Work, founded by Byron Katie, is a simple yet powerful process of inquiry that teaches you to identify and question thoughts that cause all the suffering in the world. It’s a way to understand what’s hurting you, and to address your problems with clarity. The books are helpful too.
http://www.miguelruiz.com Don Miguel Ruiz, author of The Four Agreements: a Practical Guide to Personal Freedom
Constructive Living: Outgrow Shyness, Depression, Fear, Stress, Grief, Chronic Pain the book by David K. Reynolds. Patricia Ryan Madsen https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLpjhnO-bqs