Welcome to the Writers Studio Web site. Please explore our site. The Writers Studio at Chickadee Farm is a place where writers come to grow.

With Vicki and Bill both having new novels appearing in September, our heavy schedule of speaking, book-signing, and other promotional obligations require us, regretfully, to cancel the September and October 2006 WSCF workshops.

In lieu of the workshops, the Writer's Studio offers individualized manuscript criticism and consulting services for writers who seek guidance and mentoring. Please email us for more information: info@writersstudio.net

Check back at the beginning of the new year for news on WSCF 2007 activities.

Best wishes,

Bill and Vicki

instruction...coaching...mentoring...inspiration

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"Thinking about writing a mystery? Imagine spending a weekend in the living room of two craft-sharing professionals who have written over 25 mysteries? It's a special opportunity. If you want to learn the art of mystery writing, get thee to Chickadee Farm!" ... Ray Anthony Shepard, Writers Studio May 2005 participant and young adult mysteries

"Tapply is an author's author, a writer whose work is a beacon for critics in search of excellence and authors in search of guidance." - The Globe and Mail

"Drawing inspiration from the likes of Mary Higgins Clark and Sue Grafton, Stiefel creates a tenacious but vulnerable heroine in homicide counselor Tally Whyte." - Publishers Weekly

"Stiefel has the psychological thriller down so well, you might think she - invented it." Crimestalker Casebook

"Only a few writers of crime fiction have managed to write prose this leanly poetic in the service of their hard-boiled stories. Tapply does it all the time." - Boston Globe

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