February 1997

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Features
Picking a victim: a biographer's choice
By Carl Rollyson
Clues to writing a mystery novel
By T. Jefferson Parker
Finding the theme for your play
By Peter Sagal
When real life is too real for fiction
By Alyce Miller
Analyzing an article idea
By Louise Boggess
A conversation with Susan Isaacs
By Lewis Burke Frumkes
The professional response
By Sidney Sheldon
Departments
They say
Letters to the editor
Roving editor
Off the cuff
Poetic justice
By Nancy Allan
From the editor
The rostrum
Writing about business
By Sally Foskett
Prize offers
Where to sell manuscripts
Trade journals and business magazines; Association & in-house publications
The writer's library
Market newsletter
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