New Year’s Resolution for Writing: Paid Blog Opportunities
Paid or Unpaid: Let’s Blog! By: Loni Cameron Want a fun, quick jumpstart to your writing this New Year? How about a guest blog post on the Easy Writer Blog! The WCYR is eager … Read more
Posts Tagged ‘Writing’
Mini-NaNoWriMo Write-In Schedule
WCYR’s Mini-NaNo Write-In Schedule Saturday Nov. 11th @ Covernotes Cafe, Newmarket Main St. S ~ from 9:00am-11:00am (Nanci Pattenden) Thursday Nov. 16th @ Covernotes Cafe, Newmarket Main St. S ~ from 9:30am-11:30am (Jenn Sharko) Saturday … Read more
NaNoWriMo is Back!
National Novel Writing Month is a celebration for all things writerly. In honour of NaNoWriMo, the WCYR is holding our “MINI-NANO” again this year. This is an event for anyone who would like to formally … 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
Celebrating Books and Authors
On Saturday September 23rd Covernotes Cafe helped celebrate this month’s grand opening of the WCYR Author Book Shelf in the book room. Member-authors Peter Howe, Catherine McClennan Brydon, Val Tobin, Dianne Gemmell, Nanci Pattenden, and MJ Moores joined us … Read more
Canvas & Quill and WCYR
Covernotes, one of the WCYR’s newest partners, hosted York Region’s inaugural literary and visual art collaborative installation on Saturday, August 19, from 5-8 pm. Local authors were invited to submit work in four categories … Read more
No Language Without Experience
By: Nicole Donadio I don’t know a writer who hasn’t had to endure the cliché “write what you know.” This seems like bad advice — I can’t help but think that if we stuck to … Read more
Three Powerful Query Writing Tips from Stacey Donaghy (of the Donaghy Literary Agency)
Stacey Donaghy loves writers. She loves being seduced by a manuscript that she can’t put down, and being able to match that manuscript to a market where it will thrive and attract the right readers. … Read more
This is How I do It
by Mark Koning, Author “Sometimes we work in a dense fog that becomes recognized as creative genius only after we are gone.” I’m sure that everyone has their reasons for writing and I am certain … 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
On Writing and Weightlifting: Love Labours
By: Nicole Donadio When I’m not writing, working, or managing the Mom-sched, I may be lucky enough to slip in a workout a few times a week. Last year I started to imagine how the … Read more
How the Editing Process is Like Placing Your Heart on a Petri-Dish
By M.J. Moores The idea of having your chest ripped open, I mean cracking your ribcage, prying your body in two, and having someone you’ve likely only met briefly (if at all) start tinkering with … Read more
Why We Blog
Three to five hundred word blog? Easy peasy lemon squeezy, or is it? Since starting to blog in July of last year I’ve racked up 17 posts that contain well over 20,000 words. I have … Read more