Tag: authors
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Announcing Which Feeling, by D.M. De Alwis
About the Book: This picture book for young children touches on what it means to have feelings through a conversation between 4-year-old Theo and his Mom while walking home from school. The book navigates how children ask challenging questions while navigating language and learning to express themselves. Illustrations are by Rohan Corlosquet (Aged 8) as…
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Announcing The Hunt for Red Octopus, by Apricot Banks and Maaja Wentz
About the Book: Suffering sea monsters! Can Hubert brave the storm? Meet Rainbow Reef’s fabulous fish kids: Aiden, the panicky pufferfish, Sparky the doggone friendly dogfish, Olga the eight-legged bully, her little sister Red, and Hubert, a tiny hermit crab with Skyfall ambitions. He wants to be a superspy, but the sea harbors monsters, ghosts,…
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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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Member Spotlight: Anita Allen
This month’s member spotlight introduces us to Anita Allen. A love of reading since her childhood led her to a love of writing. Anita plans, but is also flexible when it comes to her schedule. A good tool for a writer. Tell Us About Yourself When did you decide you wanted to become an author?…
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Discovering Nora Ephron
Discovering a Life Changer By: Nancy Thorne Almost six years ago I heard the name Nora Ephron for the first time. It was in relation to one of my favourite stories, When Harry Met Sally. I was on my treadmill watching the movie when Nora’s voice, along with those of Billy Crystal and Rob Reiner,…
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Member Spotlight – Loni Cameron
Member Spotlight – Questionnaire This month’s Member Spotlight is all about…. Loni Cameron! Loni is a busy mom of two, working on her own writing, blogging for the WCYR, and active in the meetings as the Assistant Membership Coordinator. To help us out and get to know her a little better, here is her spotlight.…
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Holiday Writing Tips for 2018
The Gift We Can Give Ourselves – Focus on our Writing By Loni Cameron It’s mid-December, and the holiday revels have started. More and more events are demanding your time. Then there is the planning, the shopping, the wrapping, the decorating, and …just getting the usual stuff done in amongst it all. And all you…
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NaNoWriMo 2018 is Giving Us … More!
More Fruit From the NaNoWriMo Tree! By: Loni Cameron Every November thousands of writers around the world take on the challenge to write an entire novel in one month. This challenge asks that the author writes 50,000 words in 30 days. It’s fun! It’s grueling! It’s intense! And, you learn about yourself as a writer.…
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NaNoWriMo 2018 Is Done!
And This is What We Did! By: Loni Cameron Every November thousands of writers around the world take on the challenge to write an entire novel in one month. This challenge asks that the author writes 50,000 words in 30 days. It’s fun! It’s grueling! It’s intense! And, you learn about yourself as a writer.…
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Member Spotlight – Sandy Day
By: Loni Cameron Sandy Day, our new Social Media Coordinator is here to tell us all a little about herself. A poet and novelist, Sandy is a dog-lover. Writing is more than her passion and we are happy to join her on this journey. Tell Us About Yourself When did you decide you wanted to…
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Creating an Author Platform
Lift Yourself Up! By: Loni Cameron This month, Elaine Cougler brought us Writing and Author Platform Go Hand In Hand. Elaine reminded us that everything we write needs a place to sell, everything we write has an audience. We must find that audience. If possible, we must approach that audience. Visit groups. Do podcasts. Writers…
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Member Spotlight – Gary D. McGugan
By: Loni Cameron Gary McGugan, author of “corporate intrigue” novels, has learned not just what it takes to write a novel, but to sell one as well. Gary thinks of himself as a global citizen, using life-research to fuel his books. We’re excited to learn more about Gary Tell Us About Yourself When did you…
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Member Spotlight – Mark Koning
Today’s Member Spotlight features writer Mark Koning. Mark writes in a variety of genres: he has written memoir, short stories and more! He has stories he needs to tell. Mark doesn’t tend to plan out his stories but writes when the spirit to create moves him. Tell Us About Yourself When did you decide you…
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Members Perk: Author Promotion at Chapters in 2019!
Have you ever wondered why it’s so awesome to belong to the WCYR? – Well, how about us helping you get your books out to your reading audience? – Here’s another great WCYR perk for 2019. We’re organizing local author promotions at Chapters Newmarket and Chapters Markham. We have a unique opportunity for 10 published…