Why I Love RWA

This week I had one of those wonderful moments where it was clear WHY I love being a member of the Romance Writers of America. On Tuesday night at our Austin chapter meeting I was telling my friend Julia about the details of the editor appointment I had at the National Conference. Julia told me that she’s good friends with an author (we’ll call her K here) who has that same editor and loves her. Then the next day I received an email from Julia that included K’s email address and the fact that K would love to chat with me about what this editor likes and is looking for. So, I sent an email to K and the very next morning I had a wonderful, long, detailed email from K full of such helpful ideas and thoughts!! How great is that? I’ve seen this kind of behavior over and over within RWA. The wonderful women (and men — waving at Gary) that I’ve been getting to know over the past few years have all been so supportive and non-competitive. It’s such a great feeling to part of this group!

Do you have a similar story? I’d love to hear it.