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		<title>Dr. Joan Steidinger &amp; Sisterhood in Sports:  How Female Athletes Collaborate and Compete</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[See how author Joan Steidinger fortifies her platform/fanbase. Her email signature (see below) has her &#8220;tags&#8221; (keywords synonymous with her name) &#8211; I&#8217;ve highlighted her tags in red. Check out her blog  http://powerzonephd.com/blog/ Saturday January 10, 2015, 7:00pm Dr. Joan Steidinger will be at Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera, CA 94925 &#8211; [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>See how author Joan Steidinger fortifies her platform/fanbase.</strong></p>
<p>Her email signature (see below) has her &#8220;tags&#8221; (keywords synonymous with her name) &#8211; I&#8217;ve highlighted her tags in <strong><span style="color: #cc0000;">red</span></strong>.</p>
<p>Check out her blog  <a href="http://powerzonephd.com/blog/" target="_blank">http://powerzonephd.com/blog/</a></p>
<h3><a href="http://bookpassage.com/event/left-coast-writers%C2%AE-joan-steidinger-sisterhood-sports-0" target="_blank">Saturday January 10, 2015, 7:00pm</a> <strong>Dr. Joan Steidinger</strong> will be at</h3>
<h3>Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera, CA 94925 &#8211; event is hosted by Left Coast Writers.   Joan&#8217;s new book -  <em><strong>Sisterhood in Sports:  How Female Athletes Collaborate and Compete</strong></em></h3>
<p><img src="http://wnba-sfchapter.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Joan-Steidinger.png" alt="Joan Steidinger" width="173" height="157" />   <img title="Sisterhood in Sports: How Female Athletes Collaborate and Compete" src="http://images.booksense.com/images/books/330/230/FC9781442230330.JPG" alt="" width="93" height="140" /></p>
<p>And, Joan will be appearing on a <a href="http://www.locatetv.com/listings/comcast-hometown-network#16-Jan-2015" target="_blank">Comcast network show on January 16, 2015 called &#8220;Game On</a>.&#8221;  This is an all female television sports magazine show.</p>
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<div style="padding-left: 60px;">Best Regards,</div>
<p style="padding-left: 60px;">Joan</p>
<div style="padding-left: 60px;"><strong>Dr. Joan Steidinger, CC-AASP</strong><br />
Licensed &amp; <strong><span style="color: #cc0000;">Sports Psychologist</span></strong> CA PSY 12505<br />
USOC Registry of <strong><span style="color: #cc0000;">Sports Psychology</span></strong><br />
President-<strong><span style="color: #cc0000;">California Writers Club</span></strong>-Marin Branch</div>
<div style="padding-left: 60px;">Website: <a href="http://www.powerzonephd.com" target="_blank">http://www.powerzonephd.com</a><br />
Twitter:  <a href="http://twitter.com/powerzonephd" target="_blank">http://twitter.com/<wbr>powerzonephd</wbr></a></div>
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<p style="padding-left: 60px;">New Book:  <em><strong><span style="color: #cc0000;">Sisterhood in Sports</span>:  How <span style="color: #cc0000;">Female Athletes</span><span style="color: #cc0000;"> Collaborate</span> and <span style="color: #cc0000;">Compete</span></strong></em>  (2014) Lantham, MD:  Rowman &amp; Littlefield.<br />
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Sisterhood-In-Sports-How-Female-Athletes-Collaborate-and-Compete/805808026108576" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/<wbr>pages/Sisterhood-In-Sports-<wbr>How-Female-Athletes-<wbr>Collaborate-and-Compete/<wbr>805808026108576</wbr></wbr></wbr></wbr></a></p>
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<p>Joan and I are members of the Women&#8217;s National Book Association&#8211;San Francisco Chapter as well as California Writers Club.</p>
<h3>Catch WNBA&#8217;s event at Oakland Library in the morning; then do some research while you&#8217;re at the library; then have fun platform and fanbase-building with colleagues; then go see Joan at Book Passage in Corte Madera in the evening.</h3>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">Tell your writer-friends in or near Oakland, CA about WNBA&#8217;s event on January 10, 2015</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">&#8220;Digital Storytelling: New Opportunities for Women Writers&#8221;</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><strong>Laura Fraser</strong> is the Cofounder and Editorial Director of <a href="http://Shebooks.net" target="_blank"><strong>Shebooks.net</strong></a>, a new digital storytelling platform for women.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><strong>Saturday, January 10, 2015<br />
10:30 am – 12:30 pm<br />
Meeting &amp; Mixer for Members<br />
</strong><a href="http://oaklandlibrary.org/locations/main-library" target="_blank"><strong>Oakland Main Library</strong></a><strong>, Meeting Room<br />
</strong><strong>125  14th Street, Oakland, CA  94612</strong></p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">For more info  <a href="http://wnba-sfchapter.org/digital-storytelling-new-opportunities-women-writers/" target="_blank">http://wnba-sfchapter.org/digital-storytelling-new-opportunities-women-writers/</a></p>
<h3>Cheers to Joan Steidinger and her new book <em><strong>Sisterhood in Sports:  How Female Athletes Collaborate and Compete</strong></em>, everyone at Left Coast Writers, Book Passage, California Writers Club, Women&#8217;s National Book Association, Laura Fraser and SheBooks!</h3>
<h4><span style="color: #800080;">Sincerely,</span></h4>
<p><a href="http://writingcoachTeresa.com" target="_blank"><strong>Teresa LeYung-Ryan</strong></a></p>
<p><strong>Platform &amp; Fanbase-Building Coach Teresa” and Manuscript Consultant and  . . .<br />
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<p><strong> author of:</strong></p>
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<p><em>Love Made of Heart: a Mother’s Mental Illness Forges Forgiveness in Daughter Ruby</em><em> </em><em>(novel used by college professors)</em><em></em></p>
<p><em></em>Coach Teresa’s Blog at<em> </em><a href="http://writingcoachTeresa.com" target="_blank">http://writingcoachTeresa.com</a>  <strong>and</strong></p>
<p><strong>creator of:</strong></p>
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<p>“Immigrant Experience Writing Contest” <strong> and</strong></p>
<p>past officer of Women’s National Book Association-SF Chapter</p>
<p>past president of California Writers Club-SF Peninsula Branch</p>
<p>recipient of the Jack London Award for outstanding service</p>
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		<title>Mary Jo McConahay is author of Maya Roads: One Woman’s Journey Among the People of the Rainforest</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Author Mary Jo McConahay says: &#8220;I wrote Maya Roads after thirty years of traveling in the rainforest region of southern Mexico and northern Guatemala, not only as a journalist but also because I am deeply taken by all culture Maya, ancient and modern. I don&#8217;t avoid the violence that has ripped that part of the [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://lovemadeofheart.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/Mary-Jo.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-2919" title="Mary Jo McConahay" src="http://lovemadeofheart.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/Mary-Jo-150x150.jpg" alt="" width="135" height="135" /></a></p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">Author Mary Jo McConahay says:</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">&#8220;I wrote <em><strong>Maya Roads</strong></em> after thirty years of traveling in the rainforest  region of southern Mexico and northern Guatemala, not only as a  journalist but also because I am deeply taken by all culture Maya,  ancient and modern.  I don&#8217;t avoid the violence that has ripped that  part of the world with revolution and civil war, describing what I have  seen; but I travel too in order to find the sacred Maya sites, and to  wonder at the ancient cities that speak even in ruins.&#8221;</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">&nbsp;</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><em><strong>Maya Roads: One Woman’s Journey Among the People of the Rainforest</strong></em></p>
<p><a href="http://www.mayaroads.com" target="_blank">http://www.mayaroads.com</a><br />
For book clubs write:   mayaroads@gmail.com</p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #800080;"><strong>Saturday August 20, 2011 Mary Jo McConahay will be featured </strong></span>at Left Coast Writers at Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera, CA 94925</p>
<p>Talking about <em><strong>Maya Roads</strong></em> <strong><span style="color: #800080;">Aug. 27, 2011</span></strong> on Peter Greenberg Worldwide  Tune in!  <a href="http://www.petergreenberg.com/" target="_blank">http://www.petergreenberg.com/</a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://lovemadeofheart.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/Maya-Roads.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2916" title="Maya Roads: One Woman’s Journey Among the People of the Rainforest" src="http://lovemadeofheart.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/Maya-Roads.jpg" alt="" width="132" height="198" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.mayaroads.com/mayaroads.com/Author_Appearances.html" target="_blank">For a complete list of author&#8217;s appearances</a>:</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><strong>Sept. 7, 2011 7:30pm</strong> The BookSmith, 1644 Haight St, San Francisco, CA</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">Taos, NM &#8211; Sept. 10, 2011</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">Los Alamos, NM &#8211; Sept. 13, 2011</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">Albuquerque, NM &#8211; Sept. 15, 2011</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">Santa Fe, NM &#8211; Sept. 17, 2011</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">Washington D.C., DC 20009 &#8211; Sept. 27, 2011</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">Davis, CA 95616 &#8211; Oct. 14, 2011</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">Sacramento, CA 95818 &#8211; Oct. 16, 2011</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">Bates College, Lewiston, ME 04240 &#8211; Oct. date to be announced</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">Harvard University, Cambridge, MA &#8211; Oct. 26, 2011</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ &#8211; Nov. 16, 2011</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">Harvard Club, Tucson, AZ &#8211; Nov. 17, 2011, 12:00 noon</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">Holy Trinity Church, Tucson, AZ &#8211; Nov. 17, 2011, 7:00pm</p>
<p><a href="http://www.mayaroads.com/mayaroads.com/Author_Appearances.html" target="_blank">http://www.mayaroads.com/mayaroads.com/Author_Appearances.html</a></p>
<p style="padding-left: 60px;">&#8220;Every once in a while I stumble upon a book that is so beautifully  written and infused with so much intelligence and heart that it leaves  an indelible mark on me. Mary Jo McConahay&#8217;s <em>Maya Roads</em> is such a  book. In its hungry passion and wide-eyed wonder, it&#8217;s an extraordinary  literary journey and a moving testament to a region and a life.&#8221; —<strong>Don  George</strong>, <em>National Geographic Traveler, </em>Trip Lit blog</p>
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<div>&#8220;A layered examination of a place and a people whose ancient culture is rapidly disappearing.&#8221; —<strong><em>Kirkus</em></strong></div>
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<div>&#8220;From  the moment Mary Jo McConahay steps into the deep Mexican jungle, you  will follow her anywhere. In this extraordinary travel memoir, McConahay  journeys through beauty, history, disappearing cultures, and  revolution. . . . Her courage, keen observation, and open heart make her  an unparalleled guide to this gorgeous, mysterious, sacred, and  sometimes terrifying corner of the planet.&#8221; —<a href="http://www.laurafraser.com/" target="_blank"><strong>Laura Fraser</strong></a>, author, <em>An Italian Affair</em> and <em>All Over the Map</em></div>
<div><strong>[</strong>Coach Teresa here. So cool to see Laura praising Mary Jo&#8217;s book. I just met Laura this year when my pal/talking-tagline guru/travel writer <strong>Elisa Southard</strong> invited me the February 2011 Bay Area Travel Writers meeting. Laura was the speaker; <a href="http://elisaonassignment.com/" target="_blank"><strong>Elisa Southard</strong></a> was the co-chair the Student Travel Writing Contest.  Here&#8217;s<a href="http://www.batw.org/articles/elisa-southhard_apr-2011/" target="_blank"> Elisa article</a> about the event.<strong>]</strong></div>
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<div>“Powerful, descriptive, spiritual and lush.”  —<strong>June Carolyn Erlick</strong>, editor in chief, <em>Re:Vista: Harvard Review of Latin America</em>, and author, <em>A Gringa in Bogotá: Living Colombia’s Invisible War</em></div>
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<p><strong>I cheer for Mary Jo, her book, and her insight into </strong><strong>ancient and modern</strong><strong> Maya culture!</strong></p>
<p><strong>Sincerely,</strong></p>
<p><strong>Teresa<br />
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<p><a href="http://writingcoachteresa.com/" target="_blank"> Teresa LeYung-Ryan</a> says: “Reach out, not stress out, when pursuing your dreams!”</p>
<p>Coach Teresa is the author of <a href="http://writingcoachteresa.com/" target="_blank"><strong><em>Build Your </em></strong><strong><em>Writer’s Platform &amp; Fanbase In 22 Days</em></strong></a> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Build-Writers-Platform-Fanbase-ebook/dp/B005J9ZEIA/ref=sr_1_1_title_1_ke?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1314637205&amp;sr=1-1" target="_blank">$9.81 for ebook</a>; $22 for print edition</p>
<p>Teresa is the author of <a href="../../" target="_blank"><strong><em>Love Made of Heart</em></strong></a>.</p>
<p><em><strong>Coach Teresa&#8217;s YouTube Channel: </strong></em><a href="http://www.youtube.com/teresaleyung" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/teresaleyung</a></p>
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<p>&#8220;Thanks, Teresa, for the get-up-and-go I found for my promotion phase between the covers of your workbook <em><strong>Build Your Writer’s Platform &amp; Fanbase In 22 Days</strong></em>. So valuable.  All the best to you!&#8221; Mary Jo McConahay, author of <em><strong>Maya Roads: One Woman’s Journey Among the People of the Rainforest</strong></em></p>
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