Kimberly Gardner

I truly believe to achieve recognition for our genre within RWA we have to be a part of the official process and take part in the organization at a professional
level. A few of us within the genre have created a google group to gage the interest in our community for support in establishing a GLBT RWA Chapter. Goals
for this chapter include establishing a place to for authors of GLBT to network, learn more about what is happening in the romance industry concerning
our genre, provide support and education for the authors, create a place for publishers and agents to reach the authors of this genre more easily, create
workshops geared toward our writing needs, and possibly even organize writing contests at some point down the line.  These are only a few of things we
can accomplish together.

If you write GLBT romance and are interested in creating and supporting a chapter that focuses on the GLBT romance genre please consider joining the group
so that the degree of interest can be assessed.

 You do have to be a member of RWA to belong to a special interest RWA chapter but for now, we just want to see if there is sufficient interest to warrant
the large effort of creating, maintaining and promoting the chapter. Whether you belong to RWA, are thinking of joining the RWA or just want to know more
about the possibilities, please consider clicking on the link below and joining us for discussion.

http://groups.google.com/group/rwa_rainbow_romance_chapter?hl=en

sincerely,
Laura Baumbach