September 2000

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Features
Turning your life experiences into fiction
By Barnaby Conrad
Capture the reader's imagination
By Karin McQuillan
Adapting acting techniques to writing
By Diane Lefer
Get your novel back on track
By Maynard Allington
The three-step query letter
By B. J. Bassett
A conversation with John Sandford
By Lewis Burke Frumkes
Departments
They say
Off the cuff
The writer within
By Jana Carajal
From the editor
Roving editor
Letters to the editor
The rostrum
Observation and success in writing
By Lois Greene Stone
Market newsletter
Where to sell manuscripts
Drama; Fillers and Short Humor; Greeting Card Markets
The writer's library
Prize offers
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