May 1998

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Features
Write what you don't know
By Donald M. Murray
Becoming a poet
By Diana O'Hehir
Character and locale in crime fiction
By Philip R. Craig
A book's path
By Jo Giese
Selling speculative fiction
By Leslie What
Writer's Conferences 1998
Departments
Roving editor
Off the cuff
A writer's immortality
By Elissa Ely
They say
Letters to the editor
From the editor
The rostrum
The right conference for you
By June Calender
The writer's library
Market newsletter
Prize offers
Where to sell manuscripts
Markets: Detective, Mystery, True Crime, SF and Fantasy
Confessions and Romance, Military, Travel, Inflight
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