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Announcing Karolina Dalca, Dark Eyes by M. R. Noble

  • January 1, 2021
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About the Book Blindsided by an attack that destroys her home and blamed for murder, Karolina Dalca, a half-vampire, escapes, only to plunge into the magical societies from which she was sheltered. Betrayed by those … Read more

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Writing Practice with Vicki Pinkerton

  • December 24, 2020
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Writing, like any skill or talent, can be improved with practice. The practice does not have to involve your current story/book/project. Vicki Pinkerton explained that writing practice is about getting words on the page, though … Read more

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Announcing Dervishes Don’t Dance by Kim McDougall

  • December 14, 2020
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About the Book: Sometimes you just need to hug your fire dervish. Like when he protects you from brownies. Or goes down into the scary basement with you because he’s proud to be your apprentice. … Read more

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Queries, Twitter Pitches, and Contests with Farah Heron

  • December 8, 2020
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Querying is a daunting task for any writer. It was exciting to hear about a writer’s successful journey. Author Farah Heron helped the writers of the WCYR with this anxiety-inducing task. Farah covered a lot … Read more

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Announcing A Craptacular Understatement: D.E.M.ON Tales 3, by MJ Moores and Nanci Pattenden

  • November 19, 2020
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About the Book: Doctored intentions …A well-meaning doctor summons a beautiful mythological bird to aid the sick. Unfortunately, it has attracted the attention of the local doves, with unexpected side effects when the peaceful birds … Read more

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Announcing a New Book by Marilyn Carr – Nowhere like This Place: Tales from a Nuclear Childhood

  • November 3, 2020
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The WCYR is excited to announce the release of Marilyn Carr’s new book Nowhere like This Place: Tales from a Nuclear Childhood. Marilyn has been a WCYR member for several years, and is our current … Read more

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Page-Turning Tension with Molly O’Keefe

  • October 12, 2020
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September had us ready to learn about page-turning tension and Molly O’Keefe was there to teach us during our annual Open House. But before we got started, the WCYR Board announced some changes. MJ Moores, … Read more

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Slaying the Synopsis with MJ Moores

  • September 14, 2020
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Creating a synopsis is about getting your entire manuscript down to one page. MJ Moores provided us with her expertise. A synopsis must be thorough, as agents want to see the whole story, including the … Read more

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Writing Dialogue with Kim McDougall

  • August 13, 2020
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Before we started this fantastic and educational writing dialogue workshop, the WCYR held the Annual General Meeting. Starting this September, at the beginning of our next season, there will be a new WCYR Board. Some … Read more

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Freelance Tricks and Tips with Gail Mercer-MacKay

  • July 4, 2020
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Ever Thought About Freelancing? Freelance Tips and Tricks with Gail Mercer-MacKay was full of information. Gail brought it all, everything a prospective or working Freelance Writer needed to know. Before Gail began, we heard about … Read more

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Write Better Faster with Maaja Wentz

  • June 17, 2020
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Do You Want to Write Better? Of course you do. Stories, ideas, thoughts – so many – swirling around inside of a writer’s mind, burning to escape. Maaja Wentz wants to help! Rescheduled and reformatted … Read more

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Querying about Queries with MJ Moores

  • June 10, 2020
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Our First Re-imagined Online Workshop! Last month’s “Querying about Queries” was the first of the WCYR’s transformed online workshops. MJ gathered us together on the Cisco WebEx platform. After everyone connected (and some of the … Read more

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Pacing, With Kim McDougall

  • March 9, 2020
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Variety Makes the Pages Turn Faster The first WCYR workshop of 2020 had us diving into pacing, with the amazing Kim McDougall. Having attended Kim’s workshops in the past, I knew this was going to … Read more

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Writing Dangerously with Kirsten Koza

  • February 21, 2020
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A room filled with laughter and insightful prose – that is what Kirsten Koza brought to the WCYR Open House event in September. A travel writer and a leader of writer expeditions, Kirsten took us … Read more

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HNY 2020!

  • January 1, 2020
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Easy Writer: The WCYR Blog

  • Celebrating WCYR’s mini-NaNoWriMo 2020

    Celebrating WCYR’s mini-NaNoWriMo 2020

  • January 2021’s Page Turner

    January 2021’s Page Turner

  • Announcing Karolina Dalca, Dark Eyes by M. R. Noble

    Announcing Karolina Dalca, Dark Eyes by M. R. Noble

  • Writing Practice with Vicki Pinkerton

    Writing Practice with Vicki Pinkerton

  • Announcing Dervishes Don’t Dance by Kim McDougall

    Announcing Dervishes Don’t Dance by Kim McDougall

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