August 1999

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Features
An end to writer's block!
By Sandra Scofield
How I do what I do
By Harry Turtledove
Profile of a profile
By Ruth Seligman
Pacing your novel
By Margaret Chittenden
Poems and faces
By James Applewhite
Turn your vacation into article sales
By Roberta Sandler
Departments
They say
Letters to the editor
Roving editor
Off the cuff
Hold on to words
By A. Carman Clark
From the editor
The rostrum
Cashing in on old war stories
By Lance Q. Zedric
Prize offers
Where to sell manuscripts
General Interest; Consumer/Personal Finance; History; Animals; Seniors
The writer's library
Market newsletter
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