Announcing Kelpies Don’t Fly by Kim McDougall
About the Book: Critter wrangler rule #15: Always look a gift horse in the mouth. And if it has sharp teeth, never, never get on its back. For ten years, Kyra Greene thought she was … Read more
Announcing The Straight of Anian by Rhonda Waterfall
About the Book: Adopted by a family in Vancouver as a Vietnam War orphan, Dannie Cooper dreams of finding her biological parents. Days after 9/11, she receives an email from a Vietnam veteran in Port … Read more
Announcing A Slippery Shadow by Gary D. McGugan
About the Book: Snatched from her private jet, crime-boss Fidelia Morales barely escapes with her life. Now she wants revenge. But her gang of criminals is thrown into chaos as dozens of key operatives suddenly … Read more
Announcing The Conned Lady by Diane Bator
About the Book: The Conned Lady is the fifth and final novel in the Wild Blue Mystery series. Eccentric romance novelist Mimsy Lexington has a secret. When she approaches Katie Mullins to help find details … Read more
Announcing Lost Words: A Flawed Attraction Romance by MJ Moores
About the Book: When the dead refuse to rest… A university student discovers documents hidden behind a dorm wall and is catapulted into a cold case that turns up the heat. Lexie’s just trying to … Read more
Sprouting Your Own Green World with Paul Coccia
by Allyson Tojcic Conjure in your mind an image of a lush, virgin forest rich in biodiversity and you have in your possession a powerful and endlessly adaptable metaphor for where your characters go to … Read more
The Book Coach: Your BFF with Akosua (Jackie) Brown
by Allison Hannah Akosua (Jackie) Brown, founder of What’s Your Story Author Services (formerly Jackie Brown Books) kicked off 2022 by presenting to the WCYR about the role a book coach plays at any stage … Read more
December’s Virtually Social Event
by Allison Hannah WCYR ushered 2021 out in style. While we could not gather IRL (in real life), virtual party-goers grabbed our hot beverages of choice and took to the Zoom room on December 5th. … Read more
Announcing A Web of Deceit by Gary McGugan
About the Book: Fate, misfortune and opportunity entangle three rivals in a quick-paced suspense thriller. Without warning, Multima Corporation’s CEO Suzanne Simpson must fend off accusations of corporate money laundering on two continents at the … Read more
15 Editing Tricks with Greg Ioannou
It’s unique for a person to be the first member of the Editors’ Association of Canada. According to Greg Ioannou, the key to this distinction was his participation in a 1979 meeting to create the … Read more
York Writers Conference: Part 1
by Ronda Theaker As an academic and technical writer and poet, a conference focused on fiction was exactly what this first-time attendee, first time blogger, and all-round fiction-writer-wannabe needed. “The space that exists between the … Read more
NaNoWriMo Prep with MJ
MJ Moores’ members-only workshop this October was all about preparing for November’s NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month). So, let’s get ready! MJ started by reminding us that a lot of planning happens in our head. … Read more
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. The theme of the competition … Read more
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 with our own Mini-NaNo. What’s … Read more
Short Story Craft with Douglas Smith
The open house and first event of the WCYR 2021/2022 season welcomed author Douglas Smith. Doug led us on a journey through the craft of creating short stories. One of the first things Doug did … Read more