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In California . . . Remember the book festival staged at the Yerba Buena Gardens in San Francisco? And, there was the Oakland Literature Expo produced by Kim McMillon and the Sonoma County Book Festival!
This weekend June 3 and 4, 2017 in Berkeley, California is the Bay Area Book Festival!
Cherilyn Parsons is Founder and Executive Director!
https://www.baybookfest.org
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Look for these authors:
Margie Yee Webb, Barbara Santos, Michael Larsen et al at the San Francisco Writers Conference booth.
Rita Lakin (Sunday 11:30am – 1:00pm) and her colleagues at the Sisters In Crime booth.
Nanci Lee Woody, Elise Frances Miller, Laurel Anne Hill, Audrey Kalman, James Hanna, Tory Hartmann et al from Sand Hill Review Press https://www.sandhillreviewpress.com And, congratulations to Margaret Davis and Bardi Rosman Koodrin whose novels will be released soon!
Cheers to all authors, publishers, editors, book sellers, readers, artists, City of Berkeley, San Francisco Chronicle, Cherilyn Parsons and her super team, all participants, sponsors, well wishers!
Cheers to AAUW, AAWAA, CLA, CWC, Gold Country Writers, SFWC, SF Writing For Change, WNBA
Yours truly Teresa LeYung-Ryan has fond memories of the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books (adventures with Elisa Sasa Southard) and the Arizona Book Festival (thank you to friends and book sellers in Phoenix, Scottsdale and Tempe)!
Programs for writers! June 10-17, 2017
presented by California Writers Club members http://cwc-peninsula.org/
and the San Mateo County Fair Literary Stage https://sanmateocountyfair.com/literary-arts
San Mateo County Fair website: https://www.sanmateocountyfair.com/98-entertainment-stages/171-fine-arts-galleria
Map of Fair Grounds: https://www.sanmateocountyfair.com/visit/fair-info/grounds-map
“Book Festivals, Fairs – Labor of Love, Writing, Reading,” says Writing Coach / Theme Consultant Teresa LeYung-Ryan
I am Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan who teaches my clients (writers, artists) how to reach out, not stress out, before and after publication — identify themes in their intellectual properties and create scripts for pitches, query letters, press releases, talking-points, one-minute videos, photo slideshows, and the all-mighty blog. Please visit http://WritingCoachTeresa.com and http://LoveMadeOfHeart.com/
The workbook:
Build Your Writer’s Platform & Fanbase In 22 Days: Attract Agents, Editors, Publishers, Readers, and Media Attention NOW – print edition available at Laurel Book Store http://www.laurelbookstore.com in Oakland, CA and on Amazon – print edition and Kindle edition!
Author & 22-Day Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan proud of fellow members of California Writers Club – San Francisco Peninsula Branch

California Writers Club - San Francisco Peninsula Branch holiday meeting -- photo by 22-Day Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan
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California Writers Club - San Francisco Peninsula Branch members (Darlene Frank with red scarf) - photo by fellow-member Martin Shane Dowd
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friends with CWC members Laurel Anne Hill, Tory Hartmann, David Hill, James Hanna - photo by 22-Day Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan
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CWC members Tory Hartmann, Ann Foster, Jo Carpignano - photo by fellow-member & 22-Day Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan
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CWC Peninsula Branch Members Dec 14, 2013- seated: Margaret Davis, Carole Bumpus, Elise Frances Miller; standing: Wendy Walter, Laurel Anne Hill, Lisa Meltzer Penn, Audrey Kalman, Teresa LeYung-Ryan - photo by Winston Bumpus
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Audrey Kalman at lecture - members of California Writers Club - San Francisco Peninsula Branch - Dec. 14, 2013 photo by 22-Day Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan
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Sincerely,
Look for fun events at the 2013 Literary Arts Stage, Fine Arts Galleria (area #4 on Fair Map), Expo Hall, at the San Mateo County Fair, San Mateo, CA General Info on the San Mateo County Fair
Bardi Rosman Koodrin, Literary Director
Literary Events Schedule June 8-15, 2013
Events hosted by the SF/Peninsula Branch of the California Writers Club
Click to download
https://www.sanmateocountyfair.com/fair-info/fair-info/getting-here street map of the area
https://www.sanmateocountyfair.com/fair-info/fair-info/grounds-map Look for space #4 which is Fine Arts Galleria in the building on right side of this map; once you’re in the Fine Arts Galleria, look for the Literary Arts stage and California Writers Club members!
Saturday, June 8, 2013
- 12-1pm – Carry the Light anthology book sale
- 12:30pm – Copus, a spoken word rap/jazz/fusion band
- 1-2pm – Welcome Supervisors Warren Slocum and Carole Groom as they announce the first ever San Mateo County Poet Laureate opportunity — a 2-year appointed position for a poet living and creating in San Mateo County! We’ll celebrate with poetry readings and more music from Copus
- 2-3:30pm – Carry the Light anthology launch and gigantic autograph party - Learn More
- 4:00-5:00pm – “Editing Your Writing” workshop with Bay Area Writing Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan - Learn More
- 5-6:45pm – Carry the Light Winners’ Circle: first place contest winners (including Margaret Davis, Sue Barizon, Maria Elena Barr, Bernadine Fornesi) will present their submissions - Learn More
Sunday, June 9, 2013
- 2-3pm – E-Book Workshop Panel moderated by Laurel Anne Hill with Beth Barany, Sandra Saidak, Troy Paiva, and Max Tomlinson - Learn More
- 3-4pm – Sand Hill Review Press: Why We Write with Tory Hartmann, Marty Sorensen, Jim Hanna, Lisa Meltzer Penn, Mary Burns, and Elise Frances Miller - Learn More
- 4-5pm – “Pitching and Query Letters” panel with Laurel Anne Hill, Beth Barany, Teresa LeYung-Ryan, Tory Hartmann, and Audrey Kalman - Learn More
- 5-6pm – First Page Writing Evaluation Sessions: Bring your first page of story or novel for expert critique – Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan, Laurel Anne Hill, Tory Hartmann, and Audrey Kalman. NOTE: those who attend Coach Teresa’s Saturday June 8, 4:00pm “Editing Your Writing” workshop will go to the top of the sign-up sheet! Learn More
- 6-7pm – Carry the Light Winners’ Circle: contest winners will present their submissions - Learn More
Monday, June 10, 2013
2-3pm Laurel Anne Hill: Build Your Own Space Alien (A craft project for children of all ages)
Tuesday, June 11, 2013
2-3:30pm Writer’s Journey Workshop: Darlene Frank
4-5:00pm Wise Women Elder Poets Panel: Jo Carpignano, Ida J. Lewenstein, Ollie Welch. Host: Darlene Frank
5-6:00pm Three Short Plays – by Ollie May Trost Welch, Dave Hirzel, Teresa LeYung-Ryan. Host: Darlene Frank
6-7:00pm David Hirzel book launch – Hold Fast
7-8:00pm Gus Tjaard book event – Wind Jamming to China
Wednesday June 12, 2013 – Fault Zone Anthology Reading
7-9pm – Literary Stage in The Fine Arts Galleria, Expo Hall - click here for more details
Fault Zone Authors
Watch The Fault Zone Video
Thursday, June 13, 2013
Frank A Saunders
David Hirzel
Pacifica Poetry
6:30-7pm - Anna Boothe presents: Job Hunting That Works!
Friday, June 14, 2013
Author Presentation by Cheryl & Ellis Levinson
Author Presentation by Minauti Dave, Len Hodgeman & Lois Young
Saturday, June 15, 2013
1-2pm Author Presentation by Ines Villafane-Leon - Learn More
2-4pm Author Book Day Signing - Learn More line-up of authors below
4-5pm How to Podcast & Create Book Trailers - Learn More
5-6pm Let’s Talk Steampunk! Writing Workshop by Laurel Anne Hill - Learn More
Saturday June 15, 2013, 2:00 to 4:00 pm – Chat with Bay Area Authors
They’ll gladly sign your book purchases for you! The Literary Stage in the Fine Arts Galleria, Expo Hall.
Audrey Kalman (PDF Bio)
Cheryl & Ellis Levinson (PDF Bio)
David Hirzel (PDF Bio)
Emerian Rich (PDF Bio)
Ezra Barany (PDF Bio)
Frank Saunders (PDF Bio)
Ines Villafane (PDF Bio)
Jon Cory (PDF Bio)
Latoya Ward (PDF Bio)
Lauren Anne Hill (PDF Bio)
Len Hodgeman (PDF Bio)
Lois Young (PDF Bio)
Mary Burns (PDF Bio)
Max Tomlinson (PDF Bio)
Minauti Dave (PDF Bio)
Sumiko Saulson (PDF Bio)
Tina Gibson (PDF Bio)
Virigina Thompson (PDF Bio)
Winifred McCaffrey (PDF Bio)
Bardi Rosman Koodrin Interview with Arts In the Valley - Listen Here
Meet The Writers Behind Our Sponsored Contests:
Teresa LeYung-Ryan (bio)
Frank Kahren (bio)
Laurel Anne Hill (bio)
100 Artists for Literacy Benefit - View More Info
How to Submit and Entry into a Literary Contest - View Here
Download the complete Literary Arts Galleria Book - Download Here
Phillip’s Wild African Predators and Prey - Click For More Info
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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.”
Elise Frances Miller, author of A Time to Cast Away Stones, tells why Kindle giveaway never happened
Elise Frances Miller, author of A Time to Cast Away Stones, tells why Kindle giveaway never happened
Explaining our failed “Kindle giveaway” – Predatory practices? You be the judge!
“First, the website Kindleboards.com is in no way connected with Amazon, even though they use the name ‘Kindle.’”
Elise adds: “If you want the bloody details, read this clear and damning article by Smashwords.”
Elise Frances Miller’s novel, A Time to Cast Away Stones, published by Sand Hill Review Press, is set in Berkeley and Paris in 1968. Her blog focuses on comparing the Paris May Revolution of 1968 with the Occupy Movement today.
Cheering for Elise and all writers!
Sincerely,
Coach Teresa
Writing Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan cares about helping fiction and nonfiction writers build their platforms and work on their craft simultaneously with ease. She says: “Wear the dual hats and be happily published. Reach out, not stress out, to materialize your dearest dreams.”
June 16, 2012
Part II Writing Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan Has Fun on Authors Day with Colleagues at Literary Arts stage, San Mateo County Fair 2012
Please click on the title bar of this post, scroll down, and submit a comment – what are the themes and issues in your book?
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Writing Coaches Teresa LeYung-Ryan and Beth Barany inspire writers and readers at San Mateo County Fair Literary Arts
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Lakshmi Hannah Kerner aka Goddess in Retirement cheers for Writing Coach Teresa and her workbook Build Your Writer's Platform & Fanbase In 22 Days
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Sincerely,
Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan
Coach Teresa says: “I love helping writers build their platforms and published authors fortify theirs with individualized coaching.”
As coach and author of Build Your Writer’s Platform & Fanbase In 22 Days: Attract Agents, Editors, Publishers, Readers, and Media Attention NOW, she advices: “Make your name synonymous with the issues you write about.”
Teresa has built her own platform happily; her novel Love Made of Heart and her short play Answer Me Now carry the theme closest to her heart: mother-daughter relationship.
Teresa LeYung-Ryan helps clients identify themes, universal archetypes, front-story and back-story in their manuscripts.
Teresa created the annual “Immigrant Experience Writing Contest” and cheers for all contestants.
http://writingcoachteresa.com for her Blog, events, and other resources.
A Time to Cast Away Stones, set in Berkeley and Paris in 1968
Delightful invitation from Elise Frances Miller:
Dear California Writers Club Friends!
I’m thrilled to announce the upcoming release of my novel, A Time to Cast Away Stones, set in Berkeley and Paris in 1968, by Sand Hill Review Press. If you’ve been coming to CWC meetings, Open Mic, or Fault Zone readings over the past couple of years, then you might have heard segments of this work.
For now, I hope you will save the date for the launch party – your invitation is below! As of this email, we are still awaiting the book’s release. I will contact you again to let you know when it is available to the public – online and at bookstores.
As fellow-travelers, you know how much I appreciate your friendship and support! See you soon! Elise
You are all invited to join us for the LAUNCH PARTY at Books Inc.
1375 Burlingame Ave., Burlingame CA
Wednesday, June 13, 2012, 6:00 – 8:00 p.m.
Refreshments will be served!
You can learn more about the novel as well as 1968 Berkeley and Paris at http://www.elisefmiller.com
I am so happy for Elise!
If you miss her at Books Inc. on June 13, catch her on Friday, June 15, 2012 4:00-5:00pm at the San Mateo County Fair–Literary Arts Stage in the Fine Arts Department.
Sincerely,
Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan
Editor, Story Consultant, Platform-Building Coach
Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan has helped over 1,000 writers.
“Reach out, not stress out, to materialize your dearest dreams.”
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
I’m so happy for the contributing authors in Fault Zone: Words from the Edge (the California Writers Club-San Francisco Peninsula branch’s anthology). Available at Kepler’s Books & Magazines.
Ann Foster
Bardi Rosman Koodrin
Carole Bumpus
Cheryl S. Levinson
Christopher Wachlin
Darlene Frank
David Hirzel
Diane Moomey
Elise Frances Miller
Eve Visconti
Ida Lewenstein
James Hanna
Jo Carpignano
Laurel Anne Hill
Linda Newman
Lisa Meltzer Penn (also editor)
Lucy Ann Murray
Margaret Davis
Martha Clark Scala
Mil Pribble
Ollie Mae Trost Welch
Tia Creighton
Tory Hartmann
“For writers who want to study the craft and for readers who love engaging stories and poems, the anthology Fault Zone: Words from the Edge fits the bill. How to entertain with humor, suspense, poignancy? All here. Bravissimo, California Writers Club authors and editors!” Teresa LeYung-Ryan, author, manuscript consultant, writing career coach
Teresa is author of Love Made of Heart
Teresa is author of Build Your Writer’s Platform & Fanbase In 22 Days: Attract Agents, Editors, Publishers, Readers, and Media Attention NOW