Mslexia, the magazine for women who write | www.mslexia.co.uk
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SPRING 2012
Life is tough right now: the need to economise and batten down the hatches has never been greater. But there can be a sort of triumph in that, for the creative person. Provided it doesn’t tip you over the edge, a financial setback can signal a leaner lifestyle that prioritises things that money can’t buy.
We writers have never needed much by way of income. Our rewards come in inexpensive packages: a borrowed book, a woodland walk, a poetry evening. All we need is pen and paper or a cheapo eBay laptop. With free internet access in so many places, doing research has never been easier.
This issue is all about triumph in adversity. Our investigation into creativity and mental health reveals how many of you are writing in the teeth of depression. And the winner of our Novel Competition has survived rejection and throat cancer to produce an extraordinary debut.
Debbie Taylor, Editorial Director.
DEBBIE TAYLOR
Debbie Taylor is Editorial Director at Mslexia, which she founded in 1999. Before that she was an editor at New Internationalist and Writing Women, and has written for Oxfam, UNICEF, Anti Slavery and others about women and social issues. Her books include My Children, My Gold (Virago), a nonfiction travelogue about single mothers, and The Fourth Queen (Penguin), a novel set in a harem in 18th Century Morocco.
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