November 9, 2013 10:30am-12:30pm Pacific Time

Northern California Publishers & Authors (NCPA) meetings are held at:

the “Sun Terrace” room on the third floor of

Merrill Gardens Retirement Community
7418 Stock Ranch Road (just west of Sylvan Road)
Citrus Heights, CA 95621

Northern California Publishers & Authors (NCPA) present:

Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan

“Build Your Writer’s Platform & Fanbase In 22 Days”

• Are you published and you want more readers and media attention?
• Is your fiction or nonfiction project being turned down by agents or acquisition editors because your platform doesn’t entice them?

Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan will show you how to thrive in the publishing arena and have fun too. She says: “Reach out, not stress out! By making your name stand for something—to attract targeted consumers (your fans)—who are likely to buy what you have to sell.  Learn how to help your fans find you, before and after publication!”  From the author of Build Your Writer’s Platform & Fanbase In 22 Days: Attract Agents, Editors, Publishers, Readers, and Media Attention NOW. 

See you there!

Into the Fire: The Sun Celebrates Personal Writing
Esalen Institute, Big Sur, California
October 25 – October 27, 2013 

The Sun is offering two full scholarships to writers who can make a strong case that they would benefit from this retreat but are unable to afford it. Scholarships cover lodging, meals, and tuition for the weekend.

Click here to apply for a scholarship online. You can also download and print a mail-in application form to complete by hand and return to us. Mail your application materials to:

The Sun magazine
Attn: Esalen Scholarships
107 North Roberson Street
Chapel Hill, NC 27516

Application materials must be received by August 1, 2013.

We will notify applicants of our decision by September 2.

http://thesunmagazine.org/get_involved/events/25#scholarships

 Good luck to YOU!

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.”

Hedgebrook retreat for women writers is on Whidbey Island, about thirty-five miles northwest of Seattle, WA. Situated on 48-acres of forest and meadow facing Puget Sound, with a view of Mount Rainier, the retreat hosts women writers from all over the world for residencies of two to six weeks, at no cost to the writer. Residents are housed in six handcrafted cottages, where they spend their days in solitude – writing, reading, taking walks in the woods on the property or on nearby Double Bluff beach. In the evenings, they gather in the farmhouse kitchen to share a home-cooked gourmet meal, their work, their process and their stories. The Writers in Residence Program is Hedgebrook’s core program, supporting the fully-funded residencies of approximately 40 women writers at the retreat each year.