Introducing Richard Scarsbrook Does your creativity need a boot in the pants? At the York Writer’s Conference, join Richard Scarsbrook for “Creative Writing Kick-Start.” This workshop will help you get rid of writer’s block and … Read more
Nate Hendley and Deep Research Techniques Research is important to any writer’s life. At the York Writer’s Conference, Nate Hendley will present Deep Research Techniques. How much was gas in the 1950s? Do you need … Read more
The rain was heavy now and the hem of her dress was splattered with mud. She’d have to hide it afterwards; no one could know that she’d been out. Read more
Say Hello to Alyxandra Harvey! The afternoon of the York Writers Conference offers us an opportunity to learn about mixing genres with author Alyxandra Harvey. Alyxandra will show writers how to shrug off the traditional … Read more
Once upon a time, before the whole world changed, it was possible to run away from home, disguise who you were, and fit into polite society. Read more
This month’s membership spotlight is on Special Events Coordinator, webmaster and author extraordinaire, Douglas Owen. Doug is a man of many hats, lending his expertise to the WCYR, benefiting the writers in our community. Tell … Read more
Meet Phil Dwyer Want to write your story? The story of real life? Then Creative Nonfiction with Phil Dwyer is for you. In this workshop, Phil will take you through the techniques of creative nonfiction. … Read more
“I remember my own childhood vividly … I knew terrible things. But I knew I mustn’t let adults know I knew. It would scare them.”
MAURICE SENDAK, IN CONVERSATION WITH ART SPEIGELMAN,
THE NEW YORKER, SEPTEMBER 27, 1993 Read more
It was an unseasonably chilly June day… At our Build Your Own Mystery event on June 6, we started off the afternoon with some announcements, including the presentation of grants to this year’s WCYR grant … Read more
Meet Lesley Donaldson How to die? Heart Attack? Gunshot? How is death treated in fiction? How do characters react and is their behaviour correct? Lesley Donaldson will answer these questions in her York Writers Conference … Read more
Another Successful Bookshelf Event! Nothing could dampen our spirits as we enjoyed a fun day at the Bookshelf on Saturday, May 25. Despite the rain, record numbers of people filled the hall at the Lion’s … Read more
Susan Scott is a wonder. We sold over forty copies of the book, which was very pleasant, but much more thrilling from my standpoint was the food. Susan managed to procure ration coupons for icing sugar and real eggs for the meringue. If all her literary luncheons are going to achieve these heights, I won’t mind touring about the country. Do you suppose that a lavish bonus could spur her on to butter? Let’s try it—you may deduct the money from my royalties. Read more
Meet Zoe York! New York Times and USA Today bestseller Zoe York is the author of more than fifty romances. Zoe will present “Marketing for Genre Fiction Authors: Crafting Books that Sell, and Selling Books You’ve … Read more
Words are, in my not-so-humble opinion, our most inexhaustible source of magic. ~ Albus Dumbledore @chaptersnewmarket @chaptersindigo The participating authors of May’s Mega Local Author Event with Chapters in Newmarket certainly felt the magic … Read more
From this month’s page turner: “Some people used to believe that there was an elephant graveyard—a place that sick and old elephants would travel to to die. They’d slip away from their herds and would lumber across the dusty landscape, like the titans we read about in seventh grade in Greek Mythology…” Read more
