Posts Tagged ‘WCYR Meeting’
Questions and Answers With the York Regional Police
The Pliant Writer with Craig Hodgins
Be Flexible, Find Balance By: Loni Cameron This month’s member-run workshop had Craig Hodgins speaking to us about how to make the best use of our time. The problem of many people is that we … Read more
Membership Perks: Discounts for WCYR-sponsored Workshops / Retreats
By: Linda Francis As most of us know, any kind of “professional development” can get costly. Some seminars are very expensive, and we don’t necessarily want or need to take a full-blown college or university … Read more
WCYR AGM & Self-Pub Success Story Seminar
An Annual General Meeting, Elections, and A Self-Publishing Success Story! By: Loni Cameron March’s meeting had three parts: 2018’s Annual General Meeting, our Elections, and an insightful speaker. Board Chair, MJ Moores started the meeting … Read more
Volunteer with Us!
Calling All Volunteers! By: Loni Cameron Volunteer with Us! It takes a lot of people to run the WCYR. Everyone from me, doing the relatively small job of blogging, to MJ Moores, our current Board … Read more
The WCYR is Holding its First Election!
Get Out and Vote! By: Loni Cameron The Annual General Meeting & WCYR Board Elections for 2018 will be held Sunday, March 18th, 2018 at the Newmarket Lion’s Community Centre – 200 Doug Duncan Drive, Newmarket … Read more
Social Media for Authors
The Importance of Social Media for Authors By: Loni Cameron Whether you happen to be in marketing, are an artist, craftsperson or writer, social media is an important tool in today’s world. Writing a book … Read more
Open House with Sue Reynolds
Showing versus Telling ~ Crafting Words at All Levels By: Loni Cameron The September meeting of the WCYR featured writer and creative coach Sue Reynolds. Sue’s free workshop focused on the topic of “showing versus … Read more
From Start to Finish with Christine D’Abo
By Douglas Owen From start to finish, Christine D’Abo brought a level of energy and enthusiasm rarely matched by other presenters to the June WCYR general meeting. After a short introduction, Christine took us through … Read more
Rob Brunet Turns Query Letters Upside Down
By Lauren Solar At the WCYR’s April meeting, Rob Brunet led a workshop on query letters. His recommendations ran contrary to some of the accepted wisdom on the subject but his rationale for this was … Read more
The Art of Collaborative Writing
“Meetings of writers are always like the comings together of princes who rule over small, but highly independent countries, and a wrong word, a breath of rudeness, can lead to undeclared warfare; decorum is as … Read more
Interview with Phil Dwyer, Author of Conversations on Dying
Earlier in the WCYR season we were blessed with a seminar/workshop held by Phil Dwyer about breaking into creative non-fiction. We had a fantastic turnout and learned a lot about making the shift from pure … Read more
Recap: M-E Girad Visits WCYR to Talk About Diversity in Fiction
By Kim McDougall M-E Girard released her first novel, “Girl Man’s Up,” this fall. In this YA story, Pen is a teenaged girl trying to come to grips with how others see her as well … Read more