Posts Tagged ‘Joan Gelfand’
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April 9 | Honoring National Poetry Month, Norwalk Public Library, Norwalk, CT, Noon – workshop on publishing; 7pm – reading and book signing
April 12 | Reading with Raymond Nat Turner – Live jazz, Nuyorican Poets Café, NYC, NY @ 2pm
April 13 | Sunday Evening greatweatherformedia.com Series, Parkside Lounge, NYC, NY @ 7pm
April 17 | Reading with poets from the Women’s National Book Association, Boston, MA, venue TBD
May 4 | Congregation Beth Sholom: New Arts and Literature Festival @ 4pm
May 21 | U of W Bookstore reading & book signing, U District Store, 4326 University Way NE, Seattle, WA @ 7pm
Writing Coach Teresa says: “ Celebrate Joan Gelfand, her new book, the environment, our souls, and National Poetry Month!”
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Saturday, April 5, 2014, 2:00-400pm Environmental Poetry for the Soul - Oakland, CA
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Cheers to Joan Gelfand, all poets, National Poetry Month, our Environment, and our souls!
Sincerely,
22-Day Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan
Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan is the author of Build Your Writer’s Platform & Fanbase In 22 Days: Attract Agents, Editors, Publishers, Readers, and Media Attention NOW. She helps clients identify their themes and archetypes. “Reach out, not stress out.”
Teresa’s novel Love Made of Heart: a Mother’s Mental Illness Forges Forgiveness in Daughter Ruby is used in college courses and archived at the San Francisco History Center.
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Writing Coach Teresa says: “2 events to celebrate the environment, our souls and National Poetry Month!”
Saturday, April 5, 2014, 2:00-400pm Environmental Poetry for the Soul - Oakland, CA
April 9, 2014, 7:00pm Less Stress and More Success – Climbing the Sacred Ladder! San Rafael, CA
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Cheers to Everyone, National Poetry Month, our Environment, and our souls!
Sincerely,
22-Day Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan
Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan is the author of Build Your Writer’s Platform & Fanbase In 22 Days: Attract Agents, Editors, Publishers, Readers, and Media Attention NOW. She helps clients identify their themes and archetypes. “Reach out, not stress out.”
Teresa’s novel Love Made of Heart: a Mother’s Mental Illness Forges Forgiveness in Daughter Ruby is used in college courses and archived at the San Francisco History Center.
Subscribe to “Coach Teresa’s blog” Click here to start.
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Lists of Books Referenced in Teresa LeYung-Ryan’s & Mary E. Knippel’s “Be Your Own Editor” session at SFWC
Tool #1 Grounding Reader with the four Ws (Who? When? Where? What?) “What does Protagonist want?” (in prescriptive nonfiction “What does Reader need?”)
Tool #2 Hooking Reader from first page to last with core themes.
Tool #3 In Fiction & Narrative Nonfiction (both genres are forms of “story-telling”) — Who are your protagonist, antagonist(s), and other archetypes?
Fiction:
The Accidental Tourist by Anne Tyler
Lost In Yonkers – a play by Neil Simon
Wordsworth! Stop the Bulldozer! children’s picture book by Frances Kawugawa
Love Made of Heart – mother-daughter novel by Teresa LeYung-Ryan
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
Charlotte’s Web – a children’s classic by E. B. White
Where the Heart Is by Billie Letts
Husbands May Come and Go but Friends are Forever by Judith Marshall
Narrative Nonfiction:
Woven of Water by Luisa Adams
Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion
The Secret Artist – Give Yourself Permission to Let Your Creativity Shine! by Mary E. Knippel
The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts by Maxine Hong Kingston
Wisdom Has a Voice: Every Daughter’s Memories of Mother – anthology edited by Kate Farrell
If You Want to Write: A Book about Art, Independence and Spirit by Brenda Ueland
A Joyful Encounter: My Mother, My Alzheimer Clients, and Me by Lynn Scott
A Dreamer’s Guide to Cities and Streams (poetry) by Joan Gelfand
Prescriptive Nonfiction:
Wherever You Go, There You Are by Jon Kabat-Zinn
Cat Mulan’s Mindful Musings: Insight and Inspiration for a Wonderful Life – photo/gift book by Margie Yee Webb
Break Through the Noise: 9 Tools to Propel Your Marketing Message by Elisa Sasa Southard
My Dreams: A Simple Guide to Dream Interpretation by Angie Choi
Help Me Live: 20 Things People with Cancer Want You to Know by Lori Hope
Build Your Writer’s Platform & Fanbase In 22 Days: Attract Agents, Editors, Publishers, Readers, and Media Attention NOW by Teresa LeYung-Ryan
The Plot Whisperer: Secrets of Story Structure Any Writer Can Master by Martha Alderson
TellTale Souls Writing the Mother Memoir: How To Tap Memory and Write Your Story Capturing Character & Spirit by Lynn Cook Henriksen
Correct Me If I’m Wrong: Getting Your Grammar, Punctuation, and Word Usage Right! by Arlene Miller
Social Media Just for Writers: The Best Online Marketing Tips for Selling Your Books by Frances Caballo
The Book Reviewer Yellow Pages: A Book Promotion Reference Guide for Authors and Small Press Publishers by Christine Pinheiro e-book published by http://www.stepbystepselfpublishing.net
How to Write a Book Proposal by Michael Larsen
The Power of Memoir by Linda Joy Myers
Marriage Meeting Starter Kit by Marcia Naomi Berger
Simple Abundance: A Daybook of Comfort and Joy by Sarah Ban Breathnach
The Secret Artist – Give Yourself Permission to Let Your Creativity Shine! by Mary E. Knippel
Also, please refer to the SFWC list of presenters
Free Webinars – register with https://www.authorlearningcenter.com
3 Top Tools for Editing Your Manuscript After You’ve Written Your First Draft with Coach Teresa
· April 10, 2013 at 10:30am Pacific Time / 1:30pm Eastern Time
· April 25, 2013 at 4:30pm Pacific Time / 7:30pm Eastern Time
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 as promoter and writer and be happily published. Reach out, not stress out, to materialize your dearest dreams.”
Who will be teaching and entertaining at the San Francisco Writers Conference February 14-17, 2013?
Writing Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan here . . . honored to be invited to present at the San Francisco Writers Conference again. I will get to work with talented colleagues and friends, ten years in a row!
Friday Feb. 15, 2013 9:00-9:45am
“GETTING TO FIRST BASE BY BUILDING YOUR FANBASE”
presented by: Writing Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan, Build Your Writer’s Platform & Fanbase in 22 Days and Advisory Board Member Elisa “Sasa” Southard, Break Through the Noise: 9 Tools to Propel Your Marketing Message (free balloons in this interactive session)
Sunday Feb. 17, 2013 10:00-10:45am
“BE YOUR OWN EDITOR: Ensuring Agents and Editors Love Your Work”
presented by: Writing Coach/Manuscript Consultant Teresa LeYung-Ryan, Build Your Writer’s Platform & Fanbase in 22 Days; Love Made of Heart and Your-Writing-Mentor Mary E. Knippel, The Secret Artist: Give Yourself Permission to Let Your Creativity Shine!
Also, I will be one of the independent editors, giving one-on-one consultation, on:
Friday 11:00am — 11:50am; Friday 2:00pm – 3:30 or 3:40pm
Saturday 11:00am — 11:50am
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The 10th Anniversary SFWC February 14-17 (Thursday through Sunday), 2013 !

Here is SFWC’s growing list of authors, agents, editors, publishing professionals and other presenters who will be speaking at the 2013 San Francisco Writers Conference. To find out more about each of them, click on the underlined name.
KEYNOTES:
Bella Andre, author of Let Me Be The One
Guy Kawasaki, author and co-founder of Alltop.com & founder of Garage Technology Ventures
Anne Perry, historical novelist and author of Blind Justice
R.L. Stine, author of the Goosebumps series
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PRESENTERS:
Martha Alderson, Plot consultant and author of The Plot Whisperer Workbook: Step-by-Step Exercises to Help You Create Compelling Stories
Marilyn R. Atlas, Producer and personal manager in Hollywood
Bob Barner, children’s author/illustrator Dem Bones
Cara Black, author of Murder in Passy
Zoe FitzGerald Carter, author of Imperfect Endings: A Daughter’s Story of Love, Loss and Letting Go
Claire Cavanaugh, author/editor
Stephanie Chandler, author, online marketing and social networking guru
Meg Waite Clayton, author of The Four Ms. Bradwells, and The Wednesday Sisters
Mark Coker, founder and CEO of Smashwords
David Corbett, author of Do They know I’m Running?
Kim Culbertson, author The Liberation of Max McTrue
Deborah Davis, author of Not like You
Robert Dugoni, author of Wrongful Death and Murder One
Camille T. Dungy, author and professor at San Francisco State University
Brian Felsen, president of BookBaby / CD Baby / HostBaby
Lee Foster, author, award winning travel writer/photographer
Amy Franklin-Willis, author of The Lost Saints of Tennessee
Joel Friedlander, The Marin Bookworks
Diane Gedyman, Owner/Editor at The Publisher’s Desk
Joan Gelfand, author, blogger and poet
Tanya Egan Gibson, Author/Freelance Editor
Constance Hale, author, journalist and blogger
Brad Henderson, author and UC Davis Professor in Writing
Vicky Hudson, Freelance Writer
Corrine Jackson, author of If I Lie and Touched
Andy Jones, Professor, author, social media consultant
Evan Karp, creator of Litseen.com and Quiet Lightning
Carla King, Adventure travel author and Founder of Self-Publishing Boot Camp
Bharti Kirchner, author and teacher
Mary E. Knippel, author of The Secret Artist – Give Yourself Permission to Let Your Creativity Shine! Founder of Your-Writing-Mentor
John Korty, Film Director
C.S. Lakin, author, independent editor
Linda Lee, Founder of Askmepc-webdesign & Smart Women Stupid Computers
Karen Leland, best-selling author, speaker and consultant – Sterling Marketing Group
Donna Levin, author/writing teacher
Teresa LeYung-Ryan, manuscript consultant; coach and author of Build Your Writer’s Platform & Fanbase In 22 Days; author of Love Made of Heart
Mary Mackey, author of Sugar Zone
Ron Martinez, Founder, Aerbook Maker Cloud Publishing
Meredith Maran, journalist, essayist, author of A Theory of Small Earthquakes
Dalya Massachi, Founder, Writing for Community Success
John McAlester, Founder, PigeonLab publishing platform
Joanne McCall, media public relations
Linda Joy Myers, author & President of National Association of Memoir Writers
Greg Nelson, author of Living Your Best Life: A 30 day Journey of Personal Growth
Kathryn Otoshi, author/illustrator of What Emily Saw
Robin Perini, author of Cowboy in the Crossfire
Dan Poynter, Para Publishing – Self-Publishing Guru
Peg Alford Pursell, poet and short story author
Lisa Marie Rice, author of Heart of Danger
Barbara Santos, author of Maui Onion Cookbook and Practice Aloha
Kemble Scott, author of The Sower and So.Ma
Naheed Senzai, author of Shooting Kabul
Rusty Shelton, President and CEO of Shelton Interactive
Sheldon Siegel, author of The Terrorist Next Door
Kevin Smokler, author of Bookmark Now
Elisa “Sasa” Southard, traveler writer; certified tour director; author of Break Through the Noise:9 Too ls to Propel Your Marketing Message; conference advisory board member
Ransom Stephens, author of The God Patent
Ellen Sussman, author of French Lessons
Wendy Tokunaga, author of Midori by Moonlight
K.M. Walton, author of Cracked
Penny Warner, author of How to Host a Killer Party
Chef Martin Yan, chef, author, TV personality
Victoria Zackheim, author of Exit Laughing, How Humor Takes the Sting Out of Death
Anne Zimmerman, author of An Extravagant Hunger: The Passionate Years of M.F.K. Fisher
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EDITORS:
Elfrieda Abbe, Publisher, The Writer magazine at Madavor Publishing.
Chuck Adams, Executive Editor at Algonquin Books
Yanina Gotulsky, Publish at Numina Press
Lee Foster, at Foster Travel Publishing
Nancy Hancock, editor at HarperOne
Gabrielle Harbowy, Managing Editor at Dragon Moon Press
Jan Johnson, RedWheel/Weiser/Conari/Turning Stone
Brenda Knight, Associate Publisher at Cleis Press, Berkeley CA
Susanne Lakin, Editor
Ross E. Lockhart, Editor at Night Shade Books
Melissa Manlove, Editor at Chronicle Books
Julian Pavia, Editor at Crown Trade/Broadway
Annette Pollert, Editor at Simon-Pulse a division of Simon and Schuster
Chuck Sambuchino, Editor at Writers Digest Books and edits Guide To Literary Agents, author of Create Your Writer Platform
Jill Schwartzman, Executive Editor at Dutton, part of the Penquin Group
Ralph Scott, Executive Editor at Credit The Edit
Charles Spicer, Executive Editor at St. Martins Press
Lauren Spiegel, Editor at Touchstone/Simon & Schuster
Laura Tisdale, editor at Reagan Arthur Books at Little Brown
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AGENTS:
Peter Beren, literary agent and publishing consultant (CA)
Andrea Brown, President – Anrdea Brown Literary Agency (CA)
Kimberley Cameron, President of Kimberley Cameron & Associates (CA)
Verna Dreisbach, Dreisbach Literary Management (CA)
Mollie Glick, Foundry Literary and Media (NY)
Mandy Hubbard, agent at D4EO Literary (CT)
Liz Kracht, agent at Kimberely Cameron and Associates (CA)
Michael Larsen, Larsen/Pomada Literary Agents (SF)
Taylor Martindale, Full Circle Literary (CA)
Jill Marsal, Marsal-Lyon Literary (CA)
Laurie McLean, Larsen/Pomada Literary Agents (SF)
Michael Neff, AEI Films and Books
Lara Perkins, Associate Agent, Digital Manager, Andrea Brown Literary Agency (CA)
Elizabeth Pomada, Larsen/Pomada Literary Agents (SF)
Jody Rein, President of Jody Rein Books, Inc (CO)
Rayhane Sanders, Literary Manager at WSK Management, LLC (NY)
Katharine Sands, Sarah Jane Freymann Agency (NYC)
Ken Sherman, Ken Sherman and Associates
Nephele Tempest, The Knight Agency (Atlanta/CA)
Becky Vinter, agent at FinePrint Literary Management (NY)
Gordon Warnock, Andrea Hurst & Associates (CA)
Pamela van Hylckama Vlieg, Larsen/Pomada Agency (CA)
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Goosebumps author R.L. Stine offers a free talk for his young fans
on February 16th at the 2013 San Francisco Writers Conference
While he is in town as a keynoter for the 2013 San Francisco Writers Conference, the shadowy R.L. Stine will offer a frightfully delightful session for his young fans. We promise there is nothing to fear from the master of horror. It all begins promptly at 10 a.m. on February 16th at the Mark Hopkins Hotel. His talk is free, but rules must be followed! (See below.)
Mr. Stine is best known as the author of the popular Goosebumps series of books for young readers. He has sold over 350 million books, making him one of the best-selling children’s authors in history. In fact, he was named the #1 best-selling author in America by USA Today for three straight years outselling John Grisham, Stephen King and Tom Clancy.
The FREE session for students during the SFWC is made possible by the San Francisco Writers Conference which is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization, the InterContinental Mark Hopkins and the many companies and individuals who are sponsors of the 2013 San Francisco Writers Conference.
RULES for the R.L. STINE session during the 2013 San Francisco Writers Conference:
The event starts PROMPTLY at 10 a.m. at the Mark Hopkins Hotel on Saturday, February 16th, 2013. The session is open to students in 3rd to 8th grade and is limited to the first 200 confirmed RSVPs.
You MUST RSVP following these rules or something bad may happen (perhaps you won’t get in!) Go to www.SFWriters.org. Click on ‘Register Here for R.L. Stine’ option on the right side of the homepage. Fill out the form. List all the students who will be attending in the box provided. Submit the form. A thank you page will appear. We suggest you bring a copy of the thank you page with you.
Mandatory: If you are bringing a group, there must be 1 adult per 10 children.
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Who else will be helping writers at the 2013 San Francisco Writers Conference?
Published authors and publishing experts who generously volunteer their time! Click here to see who they are!
Members from Women’s National Book Association!
Members from California Writers Club!
Sincerely,
Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan
“Reach out, not stress out, to materialize your dearest dreams.” http://writingcoachteresa.com
Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan on CBS Bay Sunday with Host Frank Mallicoat
Writers’ Platform & Fanbase-Building Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryansays:
Click here to read the interview with Coach Teresa for StepByStepPublishing
As coach and author of Build Your Writer’s Platform & Fanbase In 22 Days: Attract Agents, Editors, Publishers, Readers, and Media Attention NOW, she says: “Whether you are writing fiction or nonfiction, make your name synonymous with the issues you write about.”
Teresa has built her own platform happily. Her first novel Love Made of Heart is used in college composition classes; available at public libraries; recommended by the CA School Library Association and the CA Reading Association; and archived at the San Francisco History Center. Love Made of Heart and her short play Answer Me Now carry the themes closest to her heart: mother-daughter relationship; Chinese-American immigrant experience; helping adult-children (of mentally-ill parents) speak openly about the stigmas and find resources for their loved ones.
- Please visit Coach Teresa’s Events Page
- http://WritingCoachTeresa.com Click on “Coach Teresa’s Blog”
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Writers’ Platform & Fanbase-Building Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan here to say:
“I had such a good time on CBS Channel 5 Bay Sunday. My big thanks to: Arts-in-the-Valley radio show host Kim McMillon, Bay Sunday producer Akilah Bolden-Monifa, Bay Sunday host Frank Mallicoat (3 time Emmy Award journalist), Bay Sunday team (including audio expert Francisco Gomez, interns Jennifer and Chelsea, the gurus behind stage), colleagues Joan Gelfand, Ishmael Reed, and Pireeni Sundaralingam, and all my friends and clients who cheered for me and my colleagues.”
Please click here to see the segment on Bay Sunday’s YouTube channel - the show was aired on September 9, 2012, 5:30am.
What is a platform anyway? A platform is what your name stands for – what you care about.
After you watch the interview, please come back to this post. What do you care about?
Tell us by submitting a comment to this post.
1. Click on the blue header of this post
2. Scroll down to get the boxes
3. Fill in the boxes and press [submit comment] button. Consider keeping a copy of your comment and post it in your email signature-block and on other blogs. This is how you broadcast your platform.
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Please click here to see the segment on Bay Sunday’s YouTube channel - the show was aired on September 9, 2012, 5:30am.
As coach and author of Build Your Writer’s Platform & Fanbase In 22 Days: Attract Agents, Editors, Publishers, Readers, and Media Attention NOW, I say: “Whether you are writing fiction or nonfiction, make your name synonymous with the issues you write about.”
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Please click here to see the segment on Bay Sunday’s YouTube channel - the show was aired on September 9, 2012, 5:30am.
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I care about helping writers thrive in the publishing arena. Coaching writers before and after publication is what I enjoy doing. Some clients prefer my coaching them 5 to 15 minutes a day for 22 consecutive days ( in-person, via Skype or phone calls); some prefer an hour or two hours at a time. Start with my workbook — You can sneak preview the 2 exercises for Day 1 in Build Your Writer’s Platform & Fanbase In 22 Days by going to Amazon and take advantage of their “Look Inside” feature.
How to contact me? Click here please.
http://www.facebook.com/
http://www.youtube.com/
I cheer for all writers!
Sincerely,
Coach Teresa
Writing Coach Teresa says: “Platform-Building Is Fun For Writers, Friends, Fans.”

"The way Bay Sunday Host Frank Mallicoat cheers for his friend who is writing a book is a beautiful example of friends turning into fans for each other. Showing your fans 'what your name stands for' (your platform-statement) helps them brag about you with ease," says Writers' Platform-Building Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan -- photo by poet & novelist Joan Gelfand
When I heard dear friend Kim McMillon’s voice on July 16, 2012 asking if I would like to be a guest on CBS 5′s Bay Sunday show, I thought . . . I’d love to, but, I’m exhausted. . . Just that day, artist Chandra Garsson (another dear friend) had filmed me reading my ten-minute monologue Answer Me Now. Two days before that, I was on the “Writers on Writing” panel at Oakland Library, Rockridge Branch, that Kim had orchestrated for Stephanie Dale, Judith Cody, Yolande Barial, Joan Gelfand, and yours truly Teresa LeYung-Ryan.

writers' platform-building coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan says: "Reach out, not stress out, to materialize your dearest dreams!"
Saying “yes” would mean spending at least two full days preparing for the appearance and doing pre-event publicity and then calendaring another two days to do post-event follow-ups and publicity.

Carol Sheldon (author of Mother Lode) interviewed by Writing Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan at Book Passage Ferry Building SF -- photo by Jim Weiland
You see . . . a week before that, I had interviewed award-winning author Carol Sheldon (Mother Lode) at Book Passage at the Ferry Building in San Francisco. Two days before that event, I had attended a planning meeting at Women’s National Book Association-San Francisco Chapter. Before that, I was away for the 3-day Redwood Writers Ten-Minute Play Festival at 6th Street Playhouse in Santa Rosa. Before that, I was having fun with California Writers Club friends showcasing our works at the San Mateo County Fair (June 12 and June 16 for me).
All the while . . . I was helping clients create their platform-statements and identify themes in their manuscripts.
Yes, I was exhausted . . . But, I knew I would say “Yes!” to my dear friend Kim McMillon. Kim was helping Bay Sunday Producer Akilah Bolden-Monifa by providing a list of authors with public-speaking experience. I was one of the fortunate chosen ones. I needed to say “Yes! Thank you!”
I am so glad I did . . . Angela Pang, Community Relations Manager at AsianWeek Foundation (who is also my pal Margie Yee Webb’s beloved niece), saw the group photo posted by Bay Sunday’s super team on their facebook album “Bay Sunday 7/23 Taping” and tagged me. Now, I’m getting all kinds of fun messages from my other friends.
Writers’ Platform-Building Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan says: “The way Bay Sunday Host Frank Mallicoat cheers for his friend who is writing a book is a beautiful example of friends turning into fans for each other. Outfitting your fans (old ones and new ones) with your platform-statement helps them brags about you with ease. I cheer for writers, friends, fans! Thank you, 3 time Emmy Award winner Frank! Thank you, producer Akilah Bolden-Monifa! Thank you to the four wonderful interns, especially Jennifer and Chelsea! Thank you Bay Sunday Team (including audio expert Francisco Gomez and the gurus behind stage!)
“I had so much fun this morning being a guest on Bay Sunday at CBS 5 with fellow authors Joan Gelfand, Ishmael Reed, and Pireeni Sundaralingam . Everyone extended kind energy. I was happy to see Tennessee Reed! Thank you, Kim McMillon, for pitching us to Akilah!
Please click here to get the post after the show was aired on September 9, 2012, 5:30am and the link to view the segment posted on Bay Sunday’s YouTube channel.

authors Teresa LeYung-Ryan, Joan Gelfand, Pireeni Sundaralingam are fans of Bay Sunday host Frank Mallicoat--photo by Jennifer
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Indivisible an Anthology of Contemporary South Asian American Poetry - Edited by Neelanjana Banerjee, Summi Kaipa, and Pireeni Sundaralingam
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Jennifer helps Bay Sunday guests Joan Gelfand, Tennessee Reed and Ishmael Reed get comfortable before taping of show--photo by Coach Teresa
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"The way Bay Sunday Host Frank Mallicoat cheers for his friend who is writing a book is a beautiful example of friends turning into fans for each other. Showing your fans 'what your name stands for' (your platform-statement) helps them brag about you with ease," says Writers' Platform-Building Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan -- photo by poet & novelist Joan Gelfand
Please click here to get the post after the show was aired on September 9, 2012, 5:30am and the link to view the segment posted on Bay Sunday’s YouTube channel.

authors Joan Gelfand, Teresa LeYung-Ryan, Pireeni Sundaralingam cheer for Bay Sunday producer Akilah Bolden-Monifa and host Frank Mallicoat--photo by Jennifer
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Wonderful Interns Jennifer and Chelsea flank Bay Sunday Super Producer Akilah Bolden-Monifa (yes, that is Host Frank Mallicoat walking by)-- photo by Writing Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan
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CBS-5 Bay Sunday Host Frank Mallicoat asks poet & novelist Joan Gelfand about her writing process--photo by Writers' Platform-Building Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan
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CBS-5 Bay Sunday Host Frank Mallicoat asks Poet Pireeni Sundaralingam about her co-editing Indivisible: an Anthology of Contemporary South Asian American Poetry --photo by Writers' Platform-Building Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan

Writing Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan answers Bay Sunday Host Frank Mallicoat's question "What is branding?" --photo by Jennifer
Please click here to get the post after the show was aired on September 9, 2012, 5:30am and the link to view the segment posted on Bay Sunday’s YouTube channel.
Of the 10 talking-points that I was prepared to cover, we had time to answer most of these in the five-minute interview:
• What is Coach Teresa’s definition of a writer’s platform?
“Making your name stand for something—to attract targeted consumers—who are likely to buy what you have to sell.”
“What I care about leads to my writing about those themes/subject matters/issues; what I write about attracts my fans because they also care about what I care about. Help your fans find you.”
Start with: “I care about . . . ”
Example: (as a writer of fiction, narrative nonfiction, including memoirs )
I am Teresa LeYung-Ryan, author of Love Made of Heart. I care about helping adult-children (of mentally-ill parents) speak openly about the stigmas and find resources for their loved ones.
Example: (as a writer of prescriptive nonfiction a.k.a. “how to” )
I am Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan, author of Build Your Writer’s Platform & Fanbase In 22 Days. I care about helping writers thrive in today’s publishing arena.
Where to “show” your platform-statement?
Your email signature block! Your letterhead! Your website and blog slogan/tagline/description! Your bio! Your business cards!
“Even when I’m emailing my loved ones (my biggest fans), I show them my platform-statement in my signature block. Help your fans brag about you with ease.”
• Why does a writer need to promote?
“To compete in the publishing arena where celebrity authors and best-selling authors have huge fanbases. “
• How much does it cost to build my writer’s platform?
“Might not require money. The writer does need to invest time and energy. 22 minutes a day for 22 days to start.”
• What is branding?
“Your name is your brand. Making your name synonymous with the issues you write about in order to attract fans (a.k.a. targeted consumers)”
• Which is the “better” route – find an agent who will find the publisher OR find the publisher myself OR be my own publisher?
“A writer’s journey is magical. Your fans could be the ones to lead you to your route. Take a look at my website, page entitled “Writers’ Resources,” and my blog.”
• Coach Teresa, your workbook is Build Your Writer’s Platform & Fanbase In 22 Days . Why 22 days?
“When we stick to something for 21 consecutive days, we develop a new habit. Why not gain the wonderful habit of building our platform/name? On the 22nd day, we celebrate. Everyday is a good day to build your name / fanbase / platform!”
The workbook: Build Your Writer’s Platform & Fanbase In 22 Days: Attract Agents, Editors, Publishers, Readers, and Media Attention NOW
Please click here to get the post after the show was aired on September 9, 2012, 5:30am and the link to view the segment posted on Bay Sunday’s YouTube channel.
I care about helping writers thrive in the publishing arena. Coaching writers before and after publication is what I enjoy doing. Some clients prefer my coaching them 5 to 15 minutes a day for 22 consecutive days ( in-person, via Skype or phone calls); some prefer an hour or two hours at a time. Start with my workbook — You can sneak preview the 2 exercises for Day 1 in Build Your Writer’s Platform & Fanbase In 22 Days by going to Amazon and take advantage of their “Look Inside” feature.
How to contact me? Click here please.
http://www.facebook.com/
http://www.youtube.com/
I cheer for all writers!
Sincerely,
Coach Teresa
Writers’ Platform & Fanbase-Building Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan
“Reach out, not stress out, to materialize your dearest dreams.”
“My platform is not something I stand on, it is what my name stands for.”
http://writingcoachteresa.com
10 Talking-Points from Writing Coach Teresa for Bay Sunday on CBS 5
Writing Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan here, ready for tomorrow’s taping for Bay Sunday at CBS 5 in San Francisco, CA!
Thank you, producer Akilah Bolden-Monifa!
Yours truly ( Teresa LeYung-Ryan) … honored to have been chosen with Joan Gelfand, Ishmael Reed, and Pireeni Sundaralingam!
Thank you, Kim McMillon, for pitching us to Akilah!
My first appearance on television was on Bay Sunday in 2003; Kim had pitched me then!
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Producer Akilah Bolden-Monifa emailed:
Our regular host Frank Mallicoat is on assignment so Elizabeth Wenger will host, she will be familiar with all of your books. It should be a great show.
Thanks to all and thank you, Kim, for helping me book this excellent show. I am honored to have you all on. I will be mainly in the control room producing but hope to say hi to each of you. And I will let you know when we have an air date.
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10 talking-points that Coach Teresa submitted:
• What is Coach Teresa’s definition of a writer’s platform?
“Making your name stand for something—to attract targeted consumers—who are likely to buy what you have to sell.”
• Why does a writer need to promote? Wouldn’t an agent or the publisher handle that?
• Aren’t platforms only for “how to” books?
• I write fiction; I have received awards; wouldn’t great writing speak for itself?
• How much does it cost to build my writer’s platform?
• I’m an introvert. Can I build my platform without having to appear in person?
• What is branding?
• Why do I need fans before my book is published?
• Which is the “better” route – find an agent who will find the publisher OR find the publisher myself OR be my own publisher?
• Coach Teresa, your workbook is Build Your Writer’s Platform & Fanbase In 22 Days . Why 22 days?
Sincerely,
Coach Teresa
“Reach out, not stress out, to materialize your dearest dreams.”
Writing Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan helps her clients identify themes, universal archetypes, front-story and back-story. As coach and author of Build Your Writer’s Platform & Fanbase In 22 Days, she says: “Make your name synonymous with the issues you write about, whether you’re writing fiction or nonfiction.”
Teresa has built her own platform happily; her novel Love Made of Heart and her short play Answer Me Now carry the themes closest to her heart: mother-daughter relationship, and, speaking openly about stigmas attached to mental illness.
Please visit her website & blog http://writingcoachteresa.com
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CBS 5′s Bay Sunday is an eclectic mix of light news, arts and community information all tossed up in lively conversation. The show airs on Sundays at 5:30am.
Become a fan: www.facebook.com/BaySunday
Archived shows: www.facebook.com/BaySunday
Saturday, July 14, 2012
Kim McMillon’s “Writers On Writing” event energizes, inspires, delights panelists and audience!
- Playwright and Arts In the Valley radio host Kim McMillon
- Award-winning Australian author and journalist Stephanie Dale will help authors find their inner voice as writers
- Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan will define “writer’s platform” and guide audience in an exercise to identify their fans, brands, and write their platform-statements (for authors of fiction and nonfiction, before and after publication ).
- Author and columnist Yolande Barial will demonstrate the importance of finding your passion
- Author and educator Joan Gelfand will deconstruct the process of getting published
- Poet and composer Judith Cody will discuss how to write for and publish an anthology
What else do Joan Gelfand, Yolande Barial and Teresa LeYung-Ryan have in common? They are proud members of Women’s National Book Association-San Francisco Chapter!
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writers' platform-building coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan says: "Reach out, not stress out, to materialize your dearest dreams!"
Writers’ Platform-Building Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan . . . energized from being with writers today at Rockridge Library, Oakland, CA.

"Writers On Writing" panelists Teresa LeYung-Ryan, Joan Gelfand, producer Kim McMillon, Judith Cody, Stephanie Dale and Yolande Barial -- photo by Dave Peterson
Coach Teresa’s definition of Writer’s Platform: “Making your name stand for something—to attract targeted consumers—who are likely to buy what you have to sell.”
Start with: “I care about . . . ”
Example: (as a writer of fiction, narrative nonfiction, including memoirs )
I am Teresa LeYung-Ryan, author of Love Made of Heart. I care about helping adult-children (of mentally-ill parents) speak openly about the stigmas and find resources for their loved ones.
Example: (as a writer of prescriptive nonfiction a.k.a. “how to” )
I am Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan, author of Build Your Writer’s Platform & Fanbase In 22 Days. I care about helping writers thrive in today’s publishing arena.
Your Turn:
Click on the blue title bar of this post so that you see the full post and empty boxes.
Please broadcast to my fans what you care about (themes you write about) by filling in the boxes:
• your name; email address (you must have an email address in order to submit comments to a blog post)
• your website address (you don’t have to have a website address to submit comments, but, do get one if you don’t already have one…my workbook shows you how to get a free site and what to do with it);
• compose your comment ( copy your comment and save it for future use)
• when you’re satisfied with your composition, click the “submit comment” button. Voila!
I will receive a notification that there’s a new comment waiting for me to moderate and publish.

Playwright and Arts In the Valley radio host Kim McMillon with Pat Lichter, Rockridge Branch Manager, Oakland Public Library

A room full of courageous writers at "Writers on Writing" (produced by Kim McMillon) at Oakland Library, Rockridge Branch, on 14 July 2012--photo by Writing Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan
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Dear Kim McMillon, thank you so much for having orchestrated the “Writers On Writing” panel. Thank you, Rockridge Branch Manager Pat Lichter & Reggie!
Yours truly (Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan) had sooo much fun with Kim and fellow-panelists Yolande Barial, Joan Gelfand, Judith Cody, Stephanie Dale (from Australia!). Seeing talented friends in the audience– Lori Overgaard Noack, Laurel Anne Hill, Sally, Rosie, D.C., Lakshmi Kerner, and all the brave writers in the room– made my heart sing!

Poet & Columnist Yolande Barial, Writers' Platform-Building Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan, and "My Video Talk" Rep. Lakshmi Kerner
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Teresa LeYung-Ryan, Kim McMillon, Sally Faubion, Rosie, Yolande Barial, Linda Messick, Judith Cody cheer for writers and readers --photo by Paradise
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Award-winning Australian author and journalist Stephanie Dale (My Pilgrim's Heart) chats with artist Wanda Sabir at "Writers On Writing"
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Writing Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan with Cynthia Johnson-Colston (children's stories) at "Writers on Writing"
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Author Laurel Anne Hill (Heroes Arise) and Sally cheer for writers and readers at "Writers on Writing" July 14, 2012
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Author and educator Joan Gelfand inspires writers by deconstructing the process of getting published with the 4 Cs: craft; commitment; community; confidence -- photo by Dave Peterson
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Poet and columnist Yolande Barial uses humor and frankness to inspire writers at "Writers on Writing" produced by Kim McMillon - photo by Dave Peterson
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producer Kim McMillon introduces poet and composer Judith Cody at "Writers on Writing" photo by Dave Peterson
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Davida with poet/columnist Yolande Barial, artist Wanda Sabir and playwright/Arts In the Valley radio host Kim McMillon cheer for all writers at "Writers On Writing" -- photo by Writer's Platform-Building Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan

courageous writers Kerry Messer and Molly Anne Messer show up at Kim McMillon's "Writers On Writing" -- photo by Writers' Platform-Building Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan
Writers who filled out my evaluation forms (thank you!), I’ll be emailing you more writer’s platform-building coaching tips.
Please send me facebook Friend’s Request so that we can connect and you can access photos from today’s “Writers On Writing”
Sincerely,
Writers’ Platform-Building 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.
Writers On Writing; Women On Writing; She Writes; He Writes
Tomorrow, Saturday, July 14, 2012, noon to 2:00pm, while I (Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan) will be on the “Writers on Writing” panel at Oakland Public Library, Rockridge Branch, 5366 College Avenue, Oakland, CA with Kim McMillon, Yolande Barial, Joan Gelfand, Stephanie Dale, and Judith Cody . . .
Margie Yee Webb, author of Cat Mulan’s Mindful Musings, will be at California State Fair . . .
and Joanna W. Biggar, author of That Paris Year, will be speaking in Sacramento, CA. While visiting Joanna’s blog, I found her post about another colleague – Cara Black! http://joannabiggar.org/2012/03/10/cara-black-and-my-own-paris-noir/
I met Joanna at Book Passage, Ferry Building, San Francisco on July 9, 2012 when I was interviewing Carol Sheldon, author of Mother Lode, who was being honored by Left Coast Writers.
That got me thinking about SheWrites.com and Jodi O’Donnell-Ames, founder of Hope Loves Company and author Judith Marshall.
www.shewrites.com
Q: Who can be a member of SHE WRITES?
A: We welcome individuals who consider themselves writers! You don’t need to be a published, professional writer, but most of our members are, or aspire to become so. When you fill out your profile, please use a name rather than a business. We prefer first and last names, but we understand if there’s a good reason you need to use a pseudonym.
Businesses: We will not approve businesses as members. We do not allow unapproved vending on SHE WRITES. If you wish to promote your services to the writers on the site, there are a few options: 1) advertise with us 2) pitch our SHE NEEDS HELP team, and we will consider promoting you on a case-by-case basis. See our terms of use for further clarification.
Men: We welcome men. Our reasoning is twofold: 1) legal2) philosophical. We would not want to be excluded from a site called HE WRITES because of our sex or gender.
While looking up Women On Writing, the annual conference held at Skyline College in San Bruno, CA, I came across Wild Writing Women.
Oh how I love being Coach Teresa!
I cheer for writers & readers (women and men, teens and children)!
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.
Coach Teresa’s June and July 2012
Dear Writers,
If you’re in northern California, or if you have writer-friends in the area . . . please come by and see me . . .
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Listen to Bardi Rosman Koodrin with “Arts In the Valley” Radio Show Host Kim McMillon: http://artsinthevalley.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/san-mateo-fair.mp3
Tuesday, June 12, 2012 5:00-6:00pm 3 playwrights at the San Mateo County Fair in California
the Literary Arts stage area in the Fine Arts Department at the fair.
https://www.sanmateocountyfair.com/ The fair runs from June 9 – 17, 2012.
Teresa LeYung-Ryan, Ollie Mae Trost Welch, David Hirzel (author interviews by Darlene Frank and audience Q&A after the plays are read)
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Saturday, June 16, 2012 2:00-4:00pm Authors Day at the San Mateo County Fair in California.
the Literary Arts stage area in the Fine Arts Department at the fair.
Meet Teresa LeYung-Ryan (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 and Answer Me Now – her short play) and her colleagues at California Writers Club.
https://www.sanmateocountyfair.com/ The fair runs from June 9 – 17, 2012.
Writing Contest winning entries will be displayed in the Literary Arts area; Teresa LeYung-Ryan sponsored the 2nd annual Immigrant Experience Writing Contest. Good luck to all contestants!
Bardi Rosman Koodrin brought literary arts to the county fair 4 years ago.
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For all events sponsored by California Writers Club – San Francisco Peninsula Branch please go to: http://www.cwc-peninsula.org/
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June 29, 30; July 1, 2012
http://lovemadeofheart.com/blog/coach-teresa-leyung-ryan-having-the-time-of-her-life-as-playwright/
Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan’s 10-minute monologue Answer Me Now (middle-aged woman asks her dead mother a question) is one of nine winning-plays to be produced by Redwood Writers & 6th Street Playhouse Play Festival.
2012 Performance Dates:
- June 29 – 8:00 PM
- June 30 – 2:00 PM & 8:00 PM
- July 1 – 2:00 PM
6th Street Playhouse – Studio Theater – Santa Rosa, CA
All Tickets: $16.00 – purchase by phone (707) 523-4185 ext 1 or online
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For all events sponsored by California Writers Club – Redwood Branch – please go to: www.redwoodwriters.org
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Monday, July 9, 2012, 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Book Passage, 1 Ferry Building, San Francisco, CA 94111
Teresa LeYung-Ryan interviews Carol Sheldon (author of Mother Lode)
Left Coast Writers honors Carol Sheldon !
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Saturday July 14, 2012, noon – 2:00pm at Oakland Public Library – Rockridge Branch, 5366 College Avenue, Oakland, CA
Join playwright, and radio host Kim McMillon for the free Writers’ workshop “Writers on Writing.” Award-winning Australian author and journalist Stephanie Dale will help authors find their inner voice as writers. Teresa LeYung-Ryan will speak on creating your writing platform and building your brand as a writer. Poet and composer Judith Cody discusses how to write for and publish an anthology; author and columnist Yolande Barial will demonstrate the importance of finding your passion, while author an educator Joan Gelfand will deconstruct the process of getting published. This workshop is for writers with a desire to find their voice, write, and promote their work. A reception and book-signing will follow the presentation.
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Sincerely,
Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan
Teresa LeYung-Ryan helps clients identify themes, universal archetypes, front-story and back-story in their manuscripts.
As author of Build Your Writer’s Platform & Fanbase In 22 Days: Attract Agents, Editors, Publishers, Readers, and Media Attention NOW, she says: “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 created the annual “Immigrant Experience Writing Contest” and cheers for all contestants.
http://writingcoachteresa.com for her Blog, events, and other resources.