February 1999

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Features
The devil's in the rewrite
By Julie Jensen
Creating suspense
By Sarah Lovett
Becoming a biographer
By Wiliam Schoell
Five-finger exercises
By Richard Selzer
The poet as hybrid memoirist
By Molly Peacock
The key to interviewing success
By Joy Parise
Character profiles
By Dennis E. Hensley
Small presses
An alternate market for writers
Departments
Roving editor
They say
From the editor
Off the cuff
Writing with joy
By Jane Yolen
Letters to the editor
The rostrum
Conferences for children's writers
By Joan Broerman
The writer's library
Prize offers
Where to sell manuscripts
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