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
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
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
by Allison Hannah WCYR ushered 2021 out in style. While we could not gather IRL (in real life), virtual party-goers grabbed our hot beverages of choice and took to the Zoom room on December 5th. … Read more
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
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
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
IMMORALITY ACT, 1927
To prohibit illicit carnal intercourse between Europeans and natives and other acts in relation thereto. Read more
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
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
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
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 … Read more
Page Turners by Val Tobin Happy New Year! May your 2019 be filled with joyous reading. Agents and editors will often decide whether a book is right for them by reading the first page of … Read more
Our Final Fruits for NaNoWriMo 2018 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 … Read more
