June 1998

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Features
The many hats of a fiction writer
By Madeleine Costigan
Profiles take courage
By Bob Schultz
Storytelling, old and new
By Elizabeth Spencer
Writing mysteries for young people
By Peg Kehret
A conversation with P.D. James
By Lewis Burke Frumkes
Departments
Roving editor
They say
Off the cuff
Writing through your fears
By Pamela Todd
From the editor
Letters to the editor
The rostrum
Confessions of a writing junkie
By Bonnie Ferron
Where to sell manuscripts
Magazine Markets: Lifestyle, Family & Parenting; Women's; Men's;
Home & Garden; Food & Wine; Hobbies & Crafts, Collecting
The writer's library
Market newsletter
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