Members

  • Profile picture of Erica Alexander
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    Writing Focus or Interests:
    Romance & Women's Fiction
  • Profile picture of Allison
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    My name is Allison and I have been a WCYR member for three years.  I  love to write alone and with others.  I am the current Program Coordinators for WCYR I  attend any and all workshops and events WCYR offers and enjoy spending time with my writerly friends on Zoom or in person when possible.  Join us for the Sunday morning and Monday evening write-ins.
    Writing Focus or Interests:
    memoir, short stories (fiction), flash fiction, novel in progress
  • Profile picture of Diliny M. De Alwis
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    D.M. De Alwis was born a storyteller. She's been crafting stories for over 30 years. Her goal in life is to publish an epic series that eclipses other world builders like Tolkien, JK Rowling, and Katherine Kerr.
    Writing Focus or Interests:
    Young Adult, Fantasy, Historic Fiction, Children's Books
  • Profile picture of Ewa Anderson
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    Ewa Anderson is an emerging fiction writer. Currently working on her first novel.
    Writing Focus or Interests:
    Fiction
  • Profile picture of Margaret Anderson-Clarke
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  • Profile picture of Diane Bator
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    Diane is an author, editor, and budding book coach. When she's not promoting other writers on her Escape With a Writer blog, she's working in a professional theatre and plotting her next new book.
    Writing Focus or Interests:
    Novels, Plays, YA
  • Profile picture of Linda Beadle
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    I have been writing on and off for many years.  As of recent it has been more 'off'.  I really want to throw myself back in to writing and take some real action.  I want to write children's books, as this is a dream.  As well get back in to writing articles for submission in the health & wellness and personal development genres, as this is where my work background has been over the past years.
    Writing Focus or Interests:
    Children's writing adventure and self empowerment....as well as adult personal development/health and wellness
  • Profile picture of Loni Cameron
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    Writing and reading wherever I go. I'm not the girl I used to be. I've become an adult without realizing it. I still have my youthful fancy, but I'm much more responsible. It's scary. I'm a wife and mother. I am still a writer and reader. So many books to read, so many stories to tell. Twitter: @LoniStorm Instagram: loni_storm Facebook: @LoniCameronWriter LinkedIn: Loni Cameron
    Writing Focus or Interests:
    Fiction - Multiple Genres, Novels, Short Stories
  • Profile picture of Wendy D.Poole
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    One of my fav' books growing up was Little Women. I wanted to be Jo when I grew up- quietly writing stories; but maybe not in the attic- I also liked to read ghost stories- but a place where I could  quietly concentrate without being disturbed. A place where my characters and I could go on our own adventures, sometimes even with a ghost.
    Writing Focus or Interests:
    Writing for me is researching and confirming gathered information. I also love hearing and asking others about the who/what/where/why and how of their story.
  • Profile picture of Sara Daniels
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  • Profile picture of Bethany Fisher
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    My name is Bethany Fisher. I'm a teacher and have always dreamed of writing my own stories for children.
    Writing Focus or Interests:
    Children's books
  • Profile picture of Mary Fogarty
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    Mary has published two collections of research on dance: The Oxford Handbook of Hip Hop Dance Studies (2022, co-edited with Imani Kai Johnson) and Movies, Moves, and Music: The Sonic World of Dance Films (2016, co-edited with Mark Evans). Her other recent research appears in Contemporary Music Review (2021), We Still Here: Hip Hop North of the 49th Parallel (Marsh and Campbell, eds., 2020), Beyoncé: At Work, On Screen, and Online (Iddon and Marshall, eds., 2020) and The Oxford Handbook of Dance Competition (Dodds, ed., 2019). She is currently the co-editor of Contemporary Music Review, and serves on the editorial board of Global Hip Hop Studies, and DIY, Alternative Cultures and Society, as well as on the International Advisory Board of IASPM Journal.
    Writing Focus or Interests:
    poetry, short stories, non-fiction, academic
  • Profile picture of Ryan Gallagher
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    Charismatic, attractive, intelligent, hilarious, endearing, romantic and selfless. These are all words I use to describe other people.
    Writing Focus or Interests:
    Poetry
  • Profile picture of Gabrielle Gerovasilis
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    Teacher by day, writer by night, OR at least I'm trying to be. Reading interests vary from fantasy, psychological thrillers, mystery to romance and sci-fi. Writing interests typically remain within the realm of fantasy and romance.
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  • Profile picture of Kelli Gibson
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  • Profile picture of Gina Storm Grant
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    Gina X. Grant writes ingenious plotlines with twists, turns, and sometimes magic. She is represented by Rosemary Stimola, the literary agent who also represents the Hunger Games series. Gina’s RELUCTANT REAPER trilogy is available from Simon and Schuster’s Pocket Star imprint.

    After living in the same neighbourhood most of her life, Gina now lives in a small town just north of Toronto, Canada. She shares her wonderful “treehouse” with one rescued Mexican street dog named Canoli.

    Gina’s alter-ego, Storm Grant, writes engaging action adventure with two heroes. Since 2007, she has published with a variety of e-publishers and more recently, self-publishes.

    She also goes by a confusing admixture of the two: Gina Storm Grant. Is she sorry she ever embarked on the pen name journey? Yes. Yes, she is.

    Gina’s and Storm’s books are available at all your favorite etailers, such as Amazon, Kobo and iTunes.

    EMAIL: ginaXgrant@gmail.com

    WEBSITE: http://ginaxgrant.com

    FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/gina.x.grant

     
    Writing Focus or Interests:
    Darkly funny fiction to make you howl!
  • Profile picture of John Haines
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    I teach medieval studies at the University of Toronto, and have published plenty of "academic stuff," but I also enjoy writing things that people might enjoy reading.  I have written a memoir about my missionary kid days (Missionary Kid: How I Learned to Say Goodbye, Amazon) and am currently working on a middle-grade novel.  My textbook, Film Music: An Introduction in 11 Takes, will come out in the fall of 2021 with Oxford University Press.
    Writing Focus or Interests:
    middle grade, memoir, historical fiction
  • Profile picture of Willie Handler
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    I was a satirist well before he became a novelist. As a Canadian, I appreciate how self-deprecating humor is part of the national character. I find targets for his humor everywhere including friends, family, co-workers, politicians, farmers, subway passengers, bureaucrats, telemarketers, Martians, and my barber, Vince. With my most recent work LOVED MARS HATED THE FOOD, I've crossed over to the world or speculative fiction. I first became an author in 2016 when I published my first novel THE ROAD AHEAD. Prior to my writing career, I spent over thirty years in the Ontario Public Service.
    Writing Focus or Interests:
    humour
  • Profile picture of Bruce A Hanson
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    I enjoy the creative process of writing, but believe I am somewhat of an anomaly because I also enjoy editing and research. A "pantser", I try not to think beyond the current line materializing on the screen. When not writing, I enjoy swing dancing, travel and relaxing on the dock, usually with a craft beer in hand. (You thought I was going to say "a book in hand", didn't you. That would be in my other hand.)  In grade school, Spelling classes gave me my lowest marks. Close behind were Grammar and Literature. To me, Shakespeare wrote in a foreign language, one that I didn't understand. And Dickens? Well his novels were just way too long for a book with no pictures. As such, I am living proof that there is hope for all, regardless of what the school system says.
    Writing Focus or Interests:
    Multiple Genre Short Fiction - Adult, Middle Grade/YA and Children
  • Profile picture of Exsanguine Hart
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    Exsanguine Hart is a speculative poet with an interest in the absurd and the experimental, and a firm believer in the existence of dragons. She can usually be found doodling and writing on instagram @exsanguine_hart
    Writing Focus or Interests:
    Speculative poetry, illustration