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October 2007

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October 2007

Features

INTERVIEW

Does your fiction need to be stretched?

Five authors describe the magic of magical realism in expressing emotional truths PAOLA CORSO

Archive: Write the story you want to tell

A bestselling novelist advises to write for yourself by gazing inward at what is unique and true in you SUSAN ISAACS

Step by Step: Use research to add vibrant details to children's writing

Try these techniques so you don't have to limit yourself to writing just what you know KATHRYN LAY

How to establish an online presence

Net more readers and gain credibility by creating your own Web site or blog, becoming part of an online forum, and harnessing the power of e-mail ELISABETH WILHELM

COVER STORY

Fuel your creativity: Use journaling to spark your writing

It can be a powerful tool for developing ideas, practicing your craft, and storing thoughts and anecdotes DIANA M. RAAB

COVER STORY

Fuel your creativity: Journaling for two pays dividends for couple

'Co-journaling' can make your writing honest and shapely, and offer a way to connect emotionally with yourself and your partner JOHN LEHMAN

COVER STORY

Fuel your creativity: An 'inspiration notebook' creates a foundation for writing

Not a journal or diary per se, it offers a way to capture the pieces of one's experience-plus 'a way to savor life twice' JESSICA P. MORRELL

Who says you can't shift point of view?

Our writer begs to differ on this old edict, and he's not alone THOMAS E. KENNEDY

Departments

Letters

Take Note

Persecuted writers find sanctuary in the U.S., and other stories

CHUCK LEDDY AND OTHERS

Get Started

Which kind of writing is for you?

A new series begins on careers in writing BILL MAYNARD

Breakthrough

Children's book author overcame fear of failure

PAMELA S. TURNER

Syntax

Holy subjunctive!

Back-to-school advice on this airy (if scary) mood ARTHUR PLOTNIK

Poet to Poet

Writing like a woman

It's time to finally squash the stereotypes of women poets MARILYN TAYLOR

Freelance Success

Broaden your reach with copywriting

Four writers advise freelancers on the benefits of looking beyond writing for magazines and newspapers BEHLOR SANTI

WriteStuff

Lives of the transcendentalists

Reviews of American Bloomsbury by Susan Cheever, Shoot the Widow: Adventures of a Biographer in Search of Her Subject by Meryle Secrest, and Biography: A Brief History by Nigel Hamilton CHUCK LEDDY AND STEVE WEINBERG

Market Focus

Take root in home-and-garden titles

Pair hands-on experience with these tips to cultivate a new niche KELLY JAMES-ENGER

Literary Spotlight

Bellevue Literary Review

Journal offers artistic reflection on mind and body ERIKA DREIFUS

Market Listings

Literary magazines

How I Write

Faith Sullivan

KATHY POHL