March 2002

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Features
By Ronald Kovach
With more than 90 published novels, Evan Hunter (aka Ed McBain) continues to keep a hand in the 87th Precinct and elsewhere.
By Mark Fitzgerald
How much can you—should you—clean up your quotes? A closer look at a nagging question.
Distractions & interruptions [Writers' exchange]
Our readers share some surprising wisdom about the value of Solitaire, marine dreamscapes, a workplace on wheels and caging the monkey.
Departments
Editor's notes
Hurray for Hollywood.
Letters
Contributors
Dear Writer
A word to the wise: The IRS considers all income reportable.
@Deadline
The latest news and discussion from the writing world.
Sue Grafton
WriteStuff
[i]It's a Bunny-Eat-Bunny World: A Writer's Guide to Surviving and Thriving and Today's Competitive Children's Book Market[/i] by Olga Litowinsky
Writers wanted
New publications, prize offers, conferences and market listings.
Classified advertising
How I write
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