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Author: MJ Moores
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Tugging at the Heartstrings with Jenny Holiday
Jenny Holiday visited the WCYR Zoom Room on Sunday, January 22 to talk about effective romance and writing it – both for writers of the genre and those who integrate […]
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Join Us for National Novel Writing Month!
National Novel Writing Month or NaNoWriMo starts tomorrow! In this month-long goal to write 50,000 words, word-crafters across the world unite. Here at the WCYR we like to celebrate with […]
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Winners of the BDO Writing Contests
Over the past couple of months, the WCYR has hosted the annual BDO Writing Contests, culminating at the York Writers Conference, which was held from October 22 to 24, 2021. […]
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Are You Writing this November?
National Novel Writing Month or NaNoWriMo is fast approaching. In this month-long goal to write 50,000 words, word-crafters across the world unite. Here at the WCYR we like to celebrate […]
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Staying Connected During a Dis-Connected Time
Writers in Lockdown By MJ Moores Things won’t always be like this … at least, that’s what we have to tell ourselves in order to keep functioning. We’re not wrong. […]
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Celebrating WCYR’s mini-NaNoWriMo 2020
Two months ago, the writing world embraced National Novel Writing Month in November. For the past several years, the WCYR has contributed to NaNoWriMo by holding our own mini version, […]
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Am I Doing this Right? – The shape of storytelling today
Last night, for the first time in a long time, I seriously asked myself, in relation to my writing, “Am I doing this right?” And I was legitimately concerned. […]
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May’s Mega Local Author Event
Words are, in my not-so-humble opinion, our most inexhaustible source of magic. ~ Albus Dumbledore
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Make Them Wonder!
I Have To Turn The Page! Engaging and entertaining, the January meeting found us engaged by Daniel Tysdal as he spoke to us about how to make our readers wonder. […]
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Both Sides of the Publishing Coin
By MJ Moores As a writer working toward finding an agent and getting that all-elusive contract with a large (or even medium-size) publishing house, I have felt the burn of […]
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Another Successful Bookshelf Event
Books, books, and MORE books were on the menu Saturday July 7th at the WCYR’s Bookshelf Book Fair! We had an absolutely fabulous day at the Lion’s Community Centre in […]
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2018 Writers’ Grant Awards
Our first annual Writers’ Grant Awards is a success! On Tuesday May 15th the WCYR announced the winners of our 1st annual Writers’ Grant Awards. Three enthusiastic winners received their […]
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Your Book as a Movie – It Could Happen
Ready! Set! Action! By MJ Moores Many writers allow themselves to daydream about the idea of their novel being made into a movie, but often feel that it’s too lofty […]