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	ROSE TREMAIN • ADELE GERAS • MAGGIE GEE • TREZZA AZZOPARDI • SANDI TOKSVIG

	EDITORIAL New-look Mslexia EARLIER this year we asked what changes you’d like to see in the magazine. Half of you (52 per cent) asked for more writing exercises, and more on the psychology of creativity (43 per cent). So we’ve devised an entirely new Creativity section with a range of new features – including First Draft, in which a top author critiques her own work. You also wanted more about the publishing industry (53 per cent), more on self-promotion (63 per cent), and more beginners’ guidelines (41 per cent). Our new Insider trading, Deal of the season and Make it pay slots are designed to meet some of those needs. Thanks to our two focus groups in Newcastle, to Heather Welford for conducting this research for us – and to everyone who responded to our Readership Survey. We hope you like the result. If not, we expect to hear from you… Melanie Ashby Deputy Editor			Contents: Issue 15 OCTNOVDEC 2002 Special features AGENDA: Deconstructing creativity Debbie Taylor looks at recent research to discover how we may all have the capacity to be more creative THE MSLEXIA INTERVIEW: Novelist Rose Tremain talks to Melanie Ashby › Read from the interview › Read the Author's Method › Browse interviews OTHER FEATURES: The literary editor’s tale Sue Hepworth shadows the Observer’s Robert McCrum for a day to see how the book reviews are put together The naked truth To what extent should a writer censor herself? Julie Myerson argues that truth is the best criterion Acting up Gerry Wardle on the exciting new opportunities on stage and screen for poets and prose writers New Writing FAIRYTALES Poetry and prose selected by Adèle Geras › Read new writing 15 › Browse new writing Regulars SHORTS Letters Briefs The F*** word Harangue Merryn Williams argues the case for increasing the public subsidy of poetry Insider trading Agent Antony Harward tells us what's hot and what's not in fantasy and science fiction Make it pay reading your work Ask the expert getting paid on time Sale of the season The Lexicon of Love by Sarah Salway Hacking it Diary of a Freelance Writer CREATIVITY Cannabis: smoke without fire? Katrina Crosbie looks at whether marijuana can help your writing Write on the wild side: THE ART OF OBSERVATION with Margaret Wilkinson › Try this workshop › Browse workshops Bottom drawer What Maggie Gee never got published First draft Trezza Azzopardi First principles Linda France's primer in contemporary poetry: Introduction BOOKS How to write like... Margaret Drabble Reviews: Poetry, Crime, Short stories, Second novels, Big Books Literary Landmarks Sappho's fragments Independent press profile Diva Books Sandi Toksvig's Bedside Table DIRECTORY Competitions, submissions requests, grants, courses, events, contacts, venues › Add me to the Mslexia listings

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