The Association<\/a> of Finnish Non-fiction Writers\u00a0is 35 years old.\u00a0I’ve\u00a0been active in the association for over 15 years and\u00a0have\u00a0held\u00a0several positions of trust.\u00a0In the festive atmosphere of this year’s annual meeting, I was elected<\/a> as a\u00a0kunniaj\u00e4sen<\/em>, which literally means “honor member.”<\/p>\n Why have I been so committed to this association?<\/p>\n First of all,\u00a0its\u00a03,000 members share\u00a0<\/strong>a love for books \u2013 or, more accurately, a love\u00a0for\u00a0<\/strong>the written word, in whatever format.<\/p>\n Second, I share\u00a0<\/strong>the passion for fact-checking that nonfiction writers possess. Careless speech flees\u00a0<\/strong>when there’s always an expert in the\u00a0group. I myself have experienced this myself at parties when I\u2019ve criticized the accuracy of weather reports. Geographers among the guests\u00a0<\/strong>pointed out that statistics did not support my claims, and that\u00a0<\/strong>weather forecasts have actually become more accurate every year.<\/p>\n The third factor which has\u00a0made participation so valuable to me\u00a0<\/strong>is the talented membership, an incomparable community of expertise. In 1995, when I participated in my first event with the nonfiction writers, it was a match made in heaven, as Americans would say. The conversations were exceptionally interesting, and that wonderful effect has continued.<\/p>\n I am truly grateful that this association has made me an honored member.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Association of Finnish Non-fiction Writers\u00a0is 35 years old.\u00a0I’ve\u00a0been active in the association for over 15 years and\u00a0have\u00a0held\u00a0several positions of trust.\u00a0In the festive atmosphere of this year’s annual meeting, I was elected as a\u00a0kunniaj\u00e4sen, which literally means “honor member.” Why have I been so committed to this association? First of all,\u00a0its\u00a03,000 members share\u00a0a love for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2519","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-english-en","category-wordoftheweek-en","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yksityinenkielitoimisto.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2519","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yksityinenkielitoimisto.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yksityinenkielitoimisto.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yksityinenkielitoimisto.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yksityinenkielitoimisto.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2519"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.yksityinenkielitoimisto.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2519\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2522,"href":"https:\/\/www.yksityinenkielitoimisto.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2519\/revisions\/2522"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yksityinenkielitoimisto.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2519"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yksityinenkielitoimisto.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2519"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yksityinenkielitoimisto.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2519"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}