January 2000

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Features
Questions of character
By Dennis Lehane
Sailing the craft of children's poetry
By J. Patrick Lewis
The crucial first page
By Ann Hood
Why use a pen name?
By Donald E. Westlake
Poet to Poet
By James Applewhite
Imagined lives
By Linda Simon
Departments
Letters to the editor
From the editor
Roving editor
Off the cuff
Dealing with praise
By T. Alan Broughton
They say
Where to sell manuscripts
Sports & Recreation; Environment & Conservation
The rostrum
Dealing with rejections
By Fred W. Hunter
The writer's library
Prize offers
Market newsletter
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