Posts Tagged ‘2011’
Margie Yee Webb, author of Cat Mulan’s Mindful Musings: Insight and Inspiration for a Wonderful Life , just informed me that:
What, When, Where is the Big Book Sale that Friends of San Francisco Public Library Orchestrates?
September 21-25, 2011
Join us for the largest book sale on the West Coast, the 47th Annual Big Book Sale!
Held at Fort Mason Center’s Festival Pavilion, the sale features over 500,000 books, DVDs, CDs, books on tape, vinyl and other forms of media in over 100 categories.
Everything is $4 or less and items on Sunday are $1. The Big Book Sale is free and open to the public and all proceeds go to the San Francisco Public Library’s literacy programs for children, teens and adults.
Member Preview Sale & Reception
Tuesday, September 20, 2011 4-8 p.m.
Friends Members at any level are invited to the Member Preview & Reception for a first look at over 500,000 books and media before the sale opens to the public the next day.
Join online today or at the door.
Friends of San Francisco Public Library
391 Grove Street, San Francisco, CA 94102
Phone: (415) 626-7500 | Fax: (415) 626-7525 | Email: friends@friendssfpl.org
Thanks, Margie!
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.
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 look for Women’s National Book Association and California Writers Club colleagues Teresa LeYung-Ryan, Margie Yee Webb, Kate Farrell at their booth #34 (on 4th Street near Mary’s Pizza Shack) and on the Redwood Reading Circle Stage orchestrated by Ana Manwaring.
Other WNBA/CWC members at the book festival: Leigh Anne Lindsey & Persia Wooley at Booth 54, Linda Joy Myers, Zoe FitzGerald Carter, Laurel Anne Hill at Booth 31, Lynn Goodwin & Marcia Canton at Booth 59, Linda Loveland Reid & Redwood Writers at Booths 79 & 80 Who else?
Also visit the Redwood Writers / Redwood Reading Circle Stage to look for Ana (orchestrating this stage), Laurel Anne, Kate, Margie, and me Teresa. We are excited to be with luminaries including Belva Davis and Maxine Hong Kingston.
Amanda McTigue will be at Booth #20
Kay Mehl Miller, Ph.D. (author of Living with the Stranger in Me: An Exploration of Aging) at Bay Area Publishers Association booth
Who Will be on the Redwood Reading Circle Stage at Sonoma County Book Festival?
Melissa Kelley, Director of Sonoma County Book Festival
Ana Manwaring orchestrates Redwood Reading Circle Stage!
10:00-10:45 am The Sitting Room – MC Clarise Stasz
10:45-11:00 am Redwood Writers New books out: Linda McCabe & Robbi Sommers Bryant
11:00-11:30am Broad Universe: Rapid Fire Readings – MC Ann Wilkes
1. Ann Wilkes
2. Emerian Rich
3. Laurel Anne Hill
4. Valerie Frankel
5. Camille Picott
11:30-12:00 Not Just the Facts: Journalism Today – MC Robert Digitale
“Come hear journalists, the people who track down great stories.”
1. Robert Digitale, blogger/journalist
2. Carylon Alexander, editor, Travel Host Magazine
3. Jane S. MacLean, journalism
4. Arlene Miller, blogger/newsletters/educational writing
5. Kay Mehl Miller, a journalist looks at aging
12:00-12:30pm Redwood Writers Memoir Contest Winners — MC Patsy Taylor
1st Pat Tyler-Momma at the Swimming Hole
2nd Jasmine Belenger-Looking for Jeasus
3rd Jean Wong-Saving Catfish
12:30-1:00pm Sisters in Crime MC Malena Eljumaily
1. Clair M. Johnson
2. Darrell James
3. Patricia Morin
1:00-1:45 pm California Writers Club–Vintage Voices Anthology MC Jeanne Miller
1. Juanita J. Martin
2. Jeanne Jusaitus
3. Cindy Pavlinac
4. Barbara Teboni
5. Carol Collier
6. Arlene Miller
7. Mark Pavlichek
8. Patsy Taylor
9. Zara Rabb
10. Susanna Solomon Broccoli Dance
1:45-2:00 pm WNBA (Women’s National Book Association) MC Ana Manwaring
1. Margie Yee Webb
2. Teresa LeYung-Ryan
2:00-2:45 pm Wisdom has a Voice Anthology– MC Susan Bono
1. Kate Farrell
2. Ana Manwaring- Not My Mother’s Child
3. Jeanne Jusaitus- Liebestraum: A Daughter’s Reflection
4. Clarice Stasz- Edgewood
5. Barbara Teboni- A Moon Song
6. Laura McHale Holland- Little Traveler
3:00-3:30 pm BAIPA (Bay Area Independent Publishers Assn.) MC Sandy Baker
1. Sandy Baker
2. Gary Turchin
3. Carolyn C.J. Jones
4. Carol Sheldon
5. Eugene Miller
6. Susan Pace-Koch
7. Shelley Buck
8. Margaret Murray
3:30-3:40pm Redwood Writers Short Story Contest Winners — MC Elspeth Benton
1. Jan Edwards
2. Laura McHale Holland
3:40-4:00pm Redwood Writers Raffle Winners MC Linda Reid
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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: “I am so looking forward to this event! See you there !”
$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.
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.)
August 21, 2011 Coach Teresa here. I had asked Juliane Cortino to email me some photos of her book launch (yesterday). Here’s her report:
“We were 54 altogether at my book party. Really nice people. Novato City Councilwoman Pat Eklund stopped by and talked a few minutes about Relay For Life. The community mission director for the American Cancer Society, Joan Houkum, stopped in and spoke about a cancer fighting initiative on the ballot next June. I gave a short reading and sold 39 books! Very exciting for me. We stayed an hour longer that I’d booked the room for. They had to kick us out, and some people kept chatting on the sidewalk by their cars. The food was great. I really recommend Homeward Bound in Novato, CA for special events. They are the best!
Take care,
Juli C.”
I met Juliane Cortino at the Women’s National Book Association’s 2009 National Reading Group Month event at Book Passage. Since that meeting I have witnessed her kindness at planning meetings.
Author Juliane Cortino says:
“As a girl, I often said I would like to die at age forty. That way I would not have to grow sick or old. As a somewhat mature adult, I came to know the wisdom of growing older. Becoming sick was not in the plan. Illness struck without notice and showed itself during a routine exam. I share my experience in Nothing Can Scare Me Now: Managing Breast Cancer So It Doesn’t Manage You. The book is meant to comfort while it informs. I hope it will help you in your journey.
Born in Tokyo and educated around the globe, I remain devoted to exploring my world through the written word. I’ve been a reporter for United Press International, editor for Information Week magazine, and freelance news writer for ABC-TV. Subjects covered over the past thirty years range from food to health and technology. My articles have appeared in PC Week, The San Francisco Examiner, and The San Jose Mercury News.”
To read Juliane’s posts: http://novato.patch.com/blog_posts/where-is-my-normal-life-2
I cheer for Juliane, her book, and her advocacy work!
Sincerely,
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 and Love Made of Heart.
Coach Teresa’s YouTube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/teresaleyung
How Do We Help Libraries?
Seems like we need to constantly watch over beloved underdog libraries. http://saveoaklandlibrary.org/
Again, thank you dear friend Martha Alderson for forwarding the email from Kathy Shepler.
Thank you dear friend Chandra Garsson for stepping out today to participate in the 14 hours-14 branches READ IN to save Oakland libraries. I like your photo album on facebook. I like your 45-second film of me on YouTube.
Here are emails–Oakland Mayor & City Council Members, etc. http://lovemadeofheart.com/blog/help-our-underdog-public-libraries-in-every-city-town-incorporated-and-unincorporated-a…rea-in-the-united-states-of-america/ See you tomorrow June 21, 2011, 5:30pm at Oakland City Council meeting
One Frank H. Ogawa Plaza
First and Second Floors
Oakland, CA 94612
Phone:(510) 238-3612
Voice Mail:(510) 238-3611
Email: cityclerk@oaklandnet.com
Apply for a speaker’s card:
http://www.oaklandnet.com/cityclerk/speaker_instructions.htm
Your “film voice” and “camera voice” are mighty. I know you’ll be beautifully “vocal” tomorrow at City Council meeting. Thank you for inspiring me to read Saving Your Library: A Guide to Getting, Using and Keeping the Power You Need by Sally Gardner Reed.
Here’s Amy Martin’s letter to Mayor Quan: http://oaklandlocal.com/posts/2011/05/save-oakland-libraries-letter-mayor-quan-librarian-amy-martin Today, Katy Lever from KGO radio interviewed Amy Martin.
Thank you, journalist Don Hudson! Not only did he show up for 14 hours-14 branches READ IN to Save Oakland Library (all branches) but also he helped the wonderful volunteers today.
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I am Teresa LeYung Ryan, author of Love Made of Heart and Build Your Writer’s Platform & Fanbase In 22 Days, asking Mayor Jean Quan, City Council Members, City Administrators, and Everyone who Care about Oakland to please keep Oakland “literate” !
Help our underdog public libraries.
Libraries provide safe space for learning.
Librarians help us identify resources.
Help Oakland survive and thrive by keeping our libraries alive and well.
Email, write letters, call Mayor Quan and City Council Members.
Thank you, Everyone!!!!!
Writing Career Coach Teresa LeYung Ryan
Congratulations to the Writers Who Entered The Immigrant Experience Writing Contest
DIVISION 342 – THE IMMIGRANT EXPERIENCE: NOVEL, MEMOIR, OR SHORT STORY
Sponsored by Teresa LeYung Ryan, author of Love Made of Heart http://lovemadeofheart.com
First place winner: “My Chinese American Experience” by Patricia Tsang
Second place winner: “Dancing Among the Tombstones” by Ellen Six
Third place winner: “Culture Shock” by Lucy Murray
Honorable Mention: “Message Deleted” by Evie Groch
Honorable Mention: “Caught in the Current” by Uldis Zebergs
Honorable Mention: “The Luck of the Irish” by Martha Traynor
Dear Bardi Rosman Koodrin, Sue Barizon, Elliotte Mao,
Bardi had invited me to attend the award ceremony on June 11, 2011 (San Mateo County Fair Literary Arts writing contests). I had wanted so much to be there, to thank everyone in the SMCF offices and the writers who entered the contest I sponsored – “The Immigrant Experience”
A previous commitment prevents me from being there with you on June 11th.
Could you 3 wonderful hearts Bardi, Elliotte, Sue (Sue, I read what you said about Bardi in The Patch) please print the attachment and bring it to the June 11 ceremony and one of you read it for me?
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Greetings from author and writing career coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan , the sponsor of The Immigrant Experience Writing Contest. . . I wish I were with you today. I’m visiting my friend Patty in the hospital who is another hero like Bardi. I thank Bardi, and everyone who helped her, for orchestrating the many wonderful writing contests. I thank all the writers who submitted entries to The Immigrant Experience category. The manuscripts I read touched me deeply. A second judge, Mary Knippel, and I discussed the merits of each piece. Thank you, Mary.
I extend this offer to all the contestants: If you email me at WritingCoachTeresa…I’m at gmail.comI will give you some pointers to polish your piece. And, I’d love to meet you. Please go to my website: WritingCoachTeresa.com and look at my Events Page. On Friday June 17 I’ll be at San Mateo County Fair with my California Writers Club buddies. I hope to meet you all in person, on facebook, or through my blog at WritingCoachTeresa.com where you’ll find lots of resources, including links to my Youtube channel and to Amazon for my 22-day workbook, to help you build your writer’s platform to attract agents and publishers. Remember me as Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan who says: “Reach out, not stress out, when building your writing career. Stay connected with members of California Writers Club!”
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San Mateo County Fair. Go to Expo Hall, the Literary Arts Stage, San Mateo Event Center, 2495 So. Delaware St., San Mateo, CA
Events at the Literary Arts Stage are free, but there is admission and parking costs to enter the fairgrounds.
Writing Career Coach Teresa, where will you be at Asian Heritage Street Celebration (street fair) in San Francisco?
It’s going to be so much fun! Saturday May 21, 2011, 11:00am – 6:00pm
Look for me (author and writing career coach Teresa LeYung Ryan) and my colleagues on Larkin Street, Booth F-18 (on the 300 block of Larkin St., between McAllister St. & Golden Gate Ave. ), the block north of Asian Art Museum, same side of the street.
Margie Yee Webb has orchestrated our California Writers Club booth. I went to Copy Edge (the folks are nice there) on University Ave. in Berkeley to get blow-ups of our book covers. Dr. Patricia Tsang will join us this year. Lloyd Lofthouse might be there again this year. Look for Booth F-18 with our beautiful book covers and the California Writers Club “sail on” logo. See you at Booth F-18 !
I wish I could bring the street fair to my friend Diane . . .
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How Do Authors Celebrate Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month in San Francisco?
Saturday, May 21, 2011, 11:00am – 6:00pm Asian Heritage Street Celebration (AHSC), organized by the AsianWeek Foundation
Two years ago author Margie Yee Webb helped me reconnect with the Asian-American community by inviting me to exhibit my book Love Made of Heart at the Asian Heritage Street Celebration (AHSC). Thank you, Margie!
This year 2011 Margie Yee Webb (author of Cat Mulan’s Mindful Musings), Lloyd Lofthouse (author of My Splendid Concubine), Patricia Tsang, M.D. (author of Optimal Healing: A Guide to Traditional Chinese Medicine) and yours truly Teresa LeYung Ryan (author of Love Made of Heart and Build Your Writer’s Platform & Fanbase In 22 Days) will share a booth. Please stop by the California Writers Club booth and say hello if you’re going to the Asian Heritage Street Celebration on Larkin Street (between Grove St. and Ellis St.), San Francisco–close to BART Civic Center station.
Free Admission to Asian Art Museum Courtesy of Target – Throughout the day during the Asian Heritage Street Celebration May 21, 2011, Admission to the special exhibit “Bali: Art, Ritual, Performance” is $5.
Teresa LeYung Ryan uses her novel Love Made of Heart (Kensington Publishing Corp NY 2002, 2003) to inspire adult-children of mentally-ill parents to speak openly about the stigmas and to gain resources for their families.