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Catering to Special Interests

As weâ€™re gearing up for RWA Nationals locally in Anaheim, I wanted to share some information about â€œspecial interestâ€ chapters that are online. Some may not know of the opportunities. In addition to OCC/RWA, Iâ€™m also a member of a number of Online chapters. One is Passionate Ink, which is for erotic romance writers (http://www.passionateink.org/).

Every year at Nationals, most of these chapters host a party (because they don’t get to meet in person during the year!). Passionate Ink recently announced that their party will be on Thursday, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. The theme is â€œDungeon,â€ and the guest speaker is Sascha Illyvich, who taught the â€œWriting from a Manâ€™s POVâ€ course for OCC in 2010. Last year, it was â€œBurlesque,â€ and it cost $25 to attend for nice appetizers and two drink tickets (plus the â€œshowâ€).

Anyway, to join that chapter it costs $25.

Other special interest chapters include :

ChickLit Writers of the World — Self-explanatory

http://chicklitwriters.com/

Faith, Hope and Love â€“ Inspirational

http://faithhopelove-rwa.org/

FF&P — Future, Fantasy & Paranormal — Another great party, and I know we have a lot of members in there.

http://www.romance-ffp.com/

Hearts Through History

http://www.heartsthroughhistory.com/

Kiss of Death â€“ Mystery/Suspense

http://www.rwamysterysuspense.org/

Rainbow Romance Writers

http://www.rainbowromancewriters.com/

Those that write same-sex romance, and we have a good half-dozen OCC members in there.

Womenâ€™s Fiction Chapter

http://www.rwa-wf.com/

YARWA — Young Adult RWA

http://yarwa.com/

Iâ€™m a special interest junkie! I belong to five other chapters. So if you have a special genre, see whatâ€™s out there, and look into joining before it gets too close. This way, youâ€™ll have the info on the parties at National! (The YARWA event sells out every year.)

Hope to see you there!

Louisa Bacio

Love Knows No Bounds

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