Writing Career Coach Teresa LeYung Ryan created the workbook Build Your Writer's Platform & Fanbase In 22 Days: Attract Agents, Editors, Publishers, Readers, and Media Attention NOW (GraceArt Publishing) to help fiction and non-fiction writers gain a competitive edge. More resources on her website and blog http: //writingcoachteresa.com Coach Teresa's motto: "A platform is not what I stand on, but what I stand FOR. I help my fans find me." Look for other workbooks by Coach Teresa. To demonstrate platform-building as an author of novels, short stories, memoirs and speeches, Teresa LeYung Ryan uses the various genres to: honor the immigrant experience; inspire adult-children of mentally-ill parents to speak openly about the stigmas and gain resources for their families; help survivors of family violence find their own voices through writing. Her first novel Love Made of Heart (Kensington Publishing NY) is: a 2002 nominee of the Asian American Literary Award; recommended by the California School Library Association and the California Reading Association; archived in the San Francisco History Center; read by college and university students; used as required-reading by Advance Composition English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) teachers; available in public libraries. http: //lovemadeofheart.com Teresa LeYung Ryan is: -a board member at Women's National Book Association-San Francisco Chapter; -a past-president of California Writers Club-San Francisco Peninsula Branch; -a recipient of the Jack London Award in recognition of outstanding service to California Writers Club; -a big proponent of public libraries and public schools. Teresa appreciates your reviews of her books listed on Amazon and other booksellers and your comments on her blog posts at http: //lovemadeofheart.com/blog/