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These are the  "TOP TEN REASONS TO BELONG TO PPW" as collected by Chris Mandeville in 2005

10)    "Gives you a reason to visit Colorado."
    --Laura Resnick, award winning Science Fiction and Fantasy writer, keynote at PPWC 2009

9)  "You get to learn how much you don't know about the publishing business."
    --Karen Fox, award-winning  author of "Cupid's Melody" and other books that feature action, romance and fantasy

8)  "You are part of a group that doesn't think you are insane for crying while you write a scene in your book... that, or the other members are just as insane as I am!  Either way, they get it."
    --Jodi Dawson, multi-published romance writer in 11 languages and beloved emcee for the Pikes Peak Writers Conference

7)  "Membership in PPW is a great way to meet other suicidally depressed loners who spend their time writing about the most intimate secrets in the lives of their imaginary friends."  
    --Aaron Brown - member & future best-selling writer of unclassifiable fiction

6)  "When you trade information on agents with fellow PPW members, you rarely will hear the phrase "your work does not suit our needs at this time.'"
   --Brad Schreiber, author of the highly acclaimed "What Are You Laughing At?: How to Write Funny Screenplays, Stories & More"

5)  "You can wring commiseration from your writing friends on your latest rejection from those short-sighted agents and editors who just don't understand your brilliance."
    --Pam McCutcheon, multi-published author in multiple genres; look for her most recent novel "Bite Me" under the pen-name Parker Blue

4)  "You'll discover that agents are people too--and seriously, some are stranger than fiction!"
    --Kristin Nelson, Literary Agent, Nelson Agency

3)  "Besides a) the wonderful newsletter that I read but can't bring myself to throw away (and thus plenty of wallpaper some day), and b) the wonderful members - some of whom I occasionally let delay my writing for the day because I'm so anxious to read their emails, the most valuable part of being a member of Pikes Peak Writers is c) the annual conference, it's resulting agent connections, and of course the awards - always the awards!
    --Karen Albright Lin, member and multi-year, multi-category winner in the Pikes Peak Writers Fiction Contest

2)  "You get to meet over-achievers like Karen Lin who inspire and shame you into writing more and writing better."
     --Laura Hayden, multi-published author in several genres & non-fiction; look for her latest project, the America series

And the #1 reason you should join PPW: " Resistance is futile.  You will be assimilated."
    --Charles Kaine, owner and editor, Last Knight Publishing