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Announcing No Ordinary Day: A WCYR Anthology of Short Works, edited by Sheila Horne, with a forward by Maria Mutch

  • June 10, 2022
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About the Book: What does a journey into the extraordinary mean to you? A vacation in Hel, to hook-ups over caskets, getting lost in the abyss of memory, waking up to pirates, facing your humanity, … Read more

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Genre Blending with Alyx Harvey

  • June 5, 2022
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You’re not only one thing and your book doesn’t have to be either. This past April, Alyx Harvey took us on a journey into genre blending. Genres are categories of artistic composition, as in music … Read more

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Announcing Kelpies Don’t Fly by Kim McDougall

  • May 1, 2022
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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

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Announcing The Straight of Anian by Rhonda Waterfall

  • April 19, 2022
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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

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Announcing  A Slippery Shadow by Gary D. McGugan

  • April 10, 2022
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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

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Announcing The Conned Lady by Diane Bator

  • March 18, 2022
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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

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Announcing Lost Words: A Flawed Attraction Romance by MJ Moores

  • March 6, 2022
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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

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Sprouting Your Own Green World with Paul Coccia

  • February 28, 2022
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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

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The Book Coach: Your BFF with Akosua (Jackie) Brown

  • January 26, 2022
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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

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December’s Virtually Social Event

  • January 3, 2022
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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

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Announcing A Web of Deceit by Gary McGugan

  • December 11, 2021
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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

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15 Editing Tricks with Greg Ioannou

  • November 23, 2021
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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

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York Writers Conference: Part 1

  • November 15, 2021
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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

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NaNoWriMo Prep with MJ

  • November 3, 2021
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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

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Winners of the BDO Writing Contests

  • October 29, 2021
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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

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