tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3165340894959124974.post2576259206575314815..comments2024-03-28T08:23:53.250+01:00Comments on Clueless, ink.: POTENTIALLY USEFUL ORGANIS/ZATIONSHaarlson Phillippshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15105563609492582425noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3165340894959124974.post-588798788512012872009-08-29T21:45:31.170+02:002009-08-29T21:45:31.170+02:00I'm a member of the International Thriller Wri...I'm a member of the International Thriller Writers, and the Crime Writer's Association. The latter is amusing and has a nice newsletter.<br /><br />ITW, on the other hand, is a great organization that offers good publicity to its members as well as providing links that allow readers to find their favorite writers, monthly alerts about our new publications, etc. They also host a major annual conference; I haven't been there, but I hear it's marvelous.<br /><br />It's not exactly a union, though. MOre like a club. All unions have ever done for me is kept me from finding work at periods in my life where I was literally begging on the streets to get enough money to eat. My take on unions is that they are lot like communism--they sound like a good idea on paper, but the implementation is usually inhumane.David Isaakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04928598446742324391noreply@blogger.com