What is an APA?
An APA is a grouping of like-minded people who write (or draw) on or about a specific topic. In this case, Role playing is the topic of choice. APA stands for Amateur Press Association. They have been going on for at least 50 years as a concerted effort to practice our writing (or drawing) skills, and supporting each other towards improvement. An APA works as follows; each member contributes an article (or artwork) by the agreed upon deadline in sufficient copies so that each member will get a copy of each-others work. These copies are delivered to a Central Mailer (also called a Distribution Manager or CM or DM for short). The CM collates all the copies, binds them, indexes them, and mails them off so that each member will receive one copy of every member’s works (including a copy of their own work). This Central Mailer is not in charge of the APA – rather they are the chairman of the group. They suggest topics for discussion, and call for votes on changes in the rule structure, or su
