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No More Writing Classes with Maaja Wentz

Fun, funny, interesting. What more could we ask for? Maaja took us on a journey through her experiences with writing courses. Have you ever come out of a course feeling like writing is work? For … Read more

Join Us for National Novel Writing Month!

National Novel Writing Month or NaNoWriMo starts tomorrow! In this month-long goal to write 50,000 words, word-crafters across the world unite. Here at the WCYR we like to celebrate with our own Mini-NaNo. What’s that, … Read more

Genre Blending with Alyx Harvey

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

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

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

York Writers Conference: Part 1

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

Scrivener for Beginners

Back by popular demand. In this members-only workshop, Kim will walk us through the process of getting ourselves up and running on the Scrivener program. Stick around for advanced tips and tricks that will get you organized and motivated to write. Read more

Write What You Know and Give It a Twist with Diane Bator

As writers, we are often told to write what you know. In Diane Bator’s February presentation, she talked to us about writing what we know, then giving it a twist. Before the presentation began, the … Read more

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. Read more

Staying Connected During a Dis-Connected Time

Writers in Lockdown By MJ Moores Things won’t always be like this … at least, that’s what we have to tell ourselves in order to keep functioning. We’re not wrong. Change is happening all the … Read more

December 2020’s Page Turner

IMMORALITY ACT, 1927

To prohibit illicit carnal intercourse between Europeans and natives and other acts in relation thereto. Read more

July 2020’s Page Turner

The journey was no worse than she expected. A train from London to Liverpool; the steam packet overnight to Dublin; a slow Sunday train west to a town called Athlone. Read more

For the Love of a Library

November 2019’s Page Turner

After it’s over, of course, you want to kick yourself for all the things you didn’t see at the time. The Had-I-But-Known school of private investigation perhaps. My name is Kinsey Millhone and most of my reports begin the same way. I start by asserting who I am and what I do, as though by stating the same few basic facts I can make sense out of everything that comes afterward. Read more

October 2019’s Page Turner

As a child Trudi Montag thought everyone knew what went on inside others. That was before she understood the power of being different. The agony of being different. And the sin of ranting against an ineffective God. But before that—for years and years before that—she prayed to grow. Read more