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Well, I've been buried knee deep in by-laws and reversioning Spellbinder. The by-laws are for my local Romance Writers of America® chapter, Los Angeles Romance Authors (LARA).
This has been quite a learning experience, especially in how particular or not a document should get. But LARA has given me enough that I felt an overwhelming need to give back in a very hands-on way. I do the website for them as a volunteer, providing not only my moderate expertise, but advising the Board as to what is and isn't possible on a website. I moderate the Writing Challenges (with other wonderful volunteers I might add), four times a year. I write for the newsletter. And now I'm chair of the by-laws committee.
What I have gotten in return has no price tag. I have become a better writer, a better business woman, and, I hope, a better person. I have colleagues I can talk to and ask questions of, who will happily help as much as is reasonably possible. They will commisserate when I'm down, understanding more perfectly than a non-author friend will. They celebrate when I have wonderful news.
I received a revision letter from Triskelion five days ago. Yup, I didn't report it here. I've been working on by-laws, rehabbing the LARA site--I'll tell you about that some other time--and making the requested revisions to the submission. As I prepare to hit "send" for the second time to an editor, I have to say that I know my prose has more punch to it than it did when I joined RWA® in 2004. I stand on the shoulders of all my fellow writers who lent me their professional eyes so that I might learn to see.
Peace,
Sandra Richards
P.S. I love the changes suggested by the editor, by the way, and, even if Triskelion doesn't care for my work after they see the changes, I believe I'm going to keep them. ;-)
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