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TAA has much to offer
 TAA President Ron Pynn |
Spring is just around the corner, and for those of us in the northeast, it cannot come soon enough. And with spring comes a host of new opportunities from TAA that should interest authors and prospective authors.
Of foremost interest is the TAA annual conference held this year in Albuquerque, NM, June 24-25. There is something here for everyone, from a preconference workshop on writing and publishing your scholarly journal article to sessions on fostering diversity, boosting productivity, contracts, royalty audits, and digital textbooks. Everyone who has ever attended one of TAA's conferences always comes away saying they learned something new and something important to help them in their writing career. In addition, TAA has scheduled a social outing so participants and families can enjoy the culture and surroundings of beautiful Albuquerque. Registrations are being accepted now, so come enjoy Albuquerque and the comradeship of fellow authors at the TAA Conference June 24-25.
Another highlight to mention is TAA's audio conferences. These 60-90 minute sessions connect you with experts in a variety of fields where you can ask questions of the expert and interact with fellow participants. One recent audio conference focused on the emerging and important issue of the electronic rights clause in contracts. A topic every author needs to become familiar with. You also can download the sessions as podcasts and listen to the sessions at your convenience.
Finally, I want to call attention to the TAA website. It is full of interesting and important information for members and non members alike, and you can connect with other authors there. The website alone should convince non members they can benefit by joining the only organization solely devoted to assisting academic and text authors.
In short, TAA has a lot to offer authors in the months to come. One thing TAA cannot offer, however, is assisting with snow shoveling. Those of you in the snow belt, like your President, are on your own there.
Ron Pynn
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