Mslexia

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In this magazine

ISSUE 23

Oct/Nov/Dec 2004

Featuring… CLAIRE TOMALIN ◊ MURIEL GRAY ◊ KATE SAUNDERS ◊ JULIE MYERSON ◊ POLLY TOYNBEE

Special

AGENDA

One baby equals two unwritten books
Bringing up baby is a full-time job, and so is writing a book. How do women writers manage it? asks Debbie Taylor

INTERVIEW

Biographer Claire Tomalin talks to Melanie Ashby

FEATURES

Take the plunge
Want to quit the day job and write full-time? Get a reality check with Heather Welford before you make the break

Writing stories for the screen
Script reader Lucy Scher offers her professional advice on how to put your screenplay through its paces

Girl talk
Julia Bell on writing for teenagers

Regulars

NEW WRITING: HORROR

poetry and prose selected by Muriel Gray

FIRST DRAFT

Julie Myerson on her writing process

BOTTOM DRAWER

What Kate Saunders never got published

BEDSIDE TABLE

What Polly Toynbee likes to read

Plus…

SHORTS

Insider Trading, Make it Pay, Ask the Expert, Sale of the Season, Diary of a Freelance Writer

CREATIVITY

Regular creativity feature by psychologist Dr. Elizabeth Mapstone
Write on the wild side with Linda Anderson
First Principles: primer in Contemporary Poetry with Linda France

BOOKS

How to write like…, Literary Landmarks, Independent press profile, Mslexia book reviews

DIRECTORY

Everything a writer needs to know: competitions, submissions requests, grants, courses, events, contacts, venues