October 1999

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Features
You can do it all with dialogue
By Barnaby Conrad
Snooping in the past: writing historical biographies
By Laurie Winn Carlson
Mood swings
By Beverly J. Letchworth
Viewpoint and narration
By Noah Lukeman
Get your reader involved
By Anne Warren Smith
The dynamic travel article
By Mark Highberger
A conversation with T. Coraghessan Boyle
By Lewis Burke Frumkes
Departments
Roving editor
Off the cuff
Improving your writing life
By Bill Vossler
They say
Letters to the editor
From the editor
The rostrum
Rules that are meant to be broken
By Peggy Tibbetts
The writer's library
Market newsletter
Prize offers
Where to sell manuscripts
Fiction: General-Interest Magazines; Literary Magazines; Syndicates
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