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WC Events
WCYR & WCDR List of Meetings
Upcoming Member Seminars, Partner Events, & Workshops
WC News
2020 WCYR Grant Winners
Page Turners
Facebook LIVE! Session
Volunteer Opportunities
Opportunities at Large
Celebrating Your Success
Announcements
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Writing Page-Turning Tension with Molly O'Keefe & Open House
From brainstorming, drafting and editing this workshop will help writers of every genre and at any point in their career add the kind of tension to their manuscripts that hooks readers, agents and editors and keeps them turning pages.
Registration is free, but space is limited! Click the link below to register.
Workshop will take place Sunday, September 13th, 2020, from 1:00 - 4:00 pm in ZOOM.
CLICK HERE to register
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Email Marketing and Building a Better Newsletter
Have you ever caught yourself thinking “Email marketing is dead!” and then went on to create consistent social media content, only to end up throwing your hands up in frustration at the lack of sales coming from your social media channels? In Holly Mortimer’s workshop, Subject Lines Save Bottom Lines
learn how to sell books with a simple, yet effective approach.
Registration is $10-15 & space is limited! Click the link below to register.
Workshop will take place Sunday, October 18th, 2020, from 1:00 - 4:00 pm in ZOOM.
CLICK HERE to register
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- Writing Page-Turning Tension with Molly O'Keefe - September 13th, 2020
- Subject Lines Save Bottom Lines with Holly Mortimer - October 18, 2020
- Querying, Twitter Pitches and Contests with Farah Heron - November 8, 2020
For more information or to register, please see our website.
No Summer Series Booked at this time. Watch the upcoming newsletters and updates for details as they evolve.
For more information, please see their website.
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WCYR's 2020 GRANT WINNERS
A big congratulations goes out to...
Kia Dennis ~ Education Grant to attend the next ThrillerFest conference
Loni Cameron ~ Publication Grant to help reduce the costs of hiring a professional editor
Craig Hodgins ~ Education Grant to attend the virtual Nonfiction Writers Conference
Kim McDougall ~ Publication Grant to help reduce the cost of hiring a cover design artist
The 2021 Grant Submission window opens January 1st, so take a look at the guidelines and get your proposal ready!
August's Page Turner...
Blog series by Val Tobin
Check out an anonymous, yet famous, first page and vote on whether you'd turn the page!
It's an opportunity to check out a new author you don't know, a book by a favourite author you haven't read yet, or a whole new experience!
Click HERE to read the page turner.
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Vaughan Public Libraries is pleased to present two webinars led by WCYR members:
Paths to Publishing
August 18, 7:00-8:00 pm: Join Kim McDougall for a seminar via Zoom on strategies for finding agents and editors, strategies for self-publishing, and best practices for distributing a self-published book.
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/8826250914?pwd=eXZDRDNqcTZGWUlGQUhJU0c2Sm9KZz09
Meeting ID: 882 625 0914
Password: 1587621
Don’t miss these summer webinars!
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WCYR Member Workshop Proposals:
The WCYR Board is seeking proposals from Members to present a 1-2 hour workshop during our 2020-2021 season.
Please contact Kim McDougall at info@kimmcdougall.com
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Looking for a Critique Group?
WCYR’s Critique Group Organizer, Rae Keen, can help you connect with other writers in York Region.
Contact Rae at rae.keen@sympatico.ca
Help Build WCYR’s Partnership with Libraries . . .
We’re looking for WCYR members to lead online seminars in partnership with libraries in York Region.
For this volunteer option, you’ll get the word out about the WCYR and yourself, gain experience in presenting online, and land a solid resume credit. If you’re published, you can tell participants about your books.
If you’d like to share your insights about the craft or journey of writing, please consider this opportunity.
You don’t need to be published to participate.
For details, please contact Rae Keen, Library Liaison, at rae.keen@sympatico.ca .
Looking for More Recognition?
Make it easy for fellow WCYR members to recognize you. Update your profile listing with WCYR! It's free at the WCYR website and a great way to get your work and interests in front of visitors to the site! Complete your profile by adding a photo and some information here https://wcyork.ca/members-list/. It’s quick. It’s easy. And if you need help to get started, here’s a full step-by-step guide https://wcyork.ca/member-profile-guide/ .
Take a few minutes now to become better known!
If you've taken the time to update your profile, let us know so we can feature you in upcoming newsletters!
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We’re looking for people to tackle the following non-board positions. Some of these jobs require a minimal amount of time/work, others will need a bit more of a commitment.
The Positions that need immediate attention are the:
Magazine Manager
Magazine Layout Designer
Grant Coordinator
The WCYR needs volunteers to order to stay active. Please consider running for any of the above positions. Anyone on the board would be more than happy to discuss the jobs with you, and you will have plenty of support and assistance from us.
The WCYR NEEDS YOUR HELP
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After two decades of being a ghostwriter, (14 books out there that I wrote as a "ghost"), I will be "out of the shadows" and "officially" be a traditionally published author! In January, 2020 I was approached by Callisto Media in NYC and offered a contract to write a cookbook that features edible wild plants/berries/fungi. Being a wild food educator and chartered herbalist I jumped on the opportunity. The following months were extremely busy as they wanted a release date in July, 2020. Although writing a cookbook was not what I had in mind to be my first published book, my foot is in the door and when I finish my query and synopsis, I hope to be on the way to my second published book! I'll always be a ghostwriter as the people I meet are fascinating and it is, for me, incredibly rewarding. In fact, I'm currently working on three books for clients right now! Tuesday, July 21, 2020 my book, The Foraging Cookbook is being released. :) Being an Amazon affiliate, the link to the book is on my website - just scroll down a bit and you'll see it on the right!
Who's had some success lately? The WCYR wants to know.
CLICK HERE and use the form to submit any and all of your successes so that we can celebrate them together.
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Blindsided by an attack that destroys her home and blamed for murder, Karolina Dalca, a half-vampire, escapes, only to plunge into the magical societies from which she was sheltered. Betrayed by those around her, she abandons her dreams of becoming an investigator and flees, trusting only herself. Her police internship would never prove more useful. Hoofing it through the wilderness, she makes it to her university dorm, disheveled but delightfully deflowered. Enter a full vampire: one wielding dark magic and a ride out of Canada. A fugitive from the law, Karo complies with his demands to escape, unsure whether his requests are bewitched. She vows to clear her name and avenge her mother's death, but Karo's family secrets aren't so easily left behind.
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Do you have a writing-related event, publication, award, book launch, contest or workshop that you'd like to tell us about? Or perhaps you have a great idea for a workshop or a neat suggestion?
We'd love to hear from you.
Please send us your ideas to info@wcyork.ca.
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Upcoming Meeting
WCYR Open House
with Molly O'Keefe on
Writing Books with Page-Turning Tension
September 13th, 2020.
1:00-4:00pm
FREE Webinar
Location: WEBEX
Reminder: Instructions for logging into Webex will be sent the week before a meeting.
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Ray Twinney Recreation Complex
100 Eagle St W, Newmarket
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