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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 […]
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The Critical Lens with LaQuette
LaQuette will be helping us to address diversity in our writing from a critical lens regardless of our chosen genres.
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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, […]
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Diving Deep into POV
What is “point of view,” when it comes to writing great fiction? And why is it so important? Implementing good point-of-view practices can be daunting. Learn how. Come ready to polish a scene from your work-in-progress or work from provided prompts to learn to integrate good POV practices in your fiction.
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20 Social Media Superchargers
20 Social Media Superchargers (and the joys of using them strategically) Crafting your author platform? Social media’s a must, but it shouldn’t be a painful prospect. In this workshop, you’ll […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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. […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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Member Spotlight: Val Tobin
By: Loni Cameron Today’s Member Spotlight features Val Tobin. Val knew she wanted to be an author for almost her whole life. For her latest project, the research was fun. […]
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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 […]
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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 […]