EDITORIAL

WELCOME to the bloody brainy Mslexia. This issue is rather more visceral than usual. First we’re delving deep into the lobes and neurons of the human brain to discover whether there really are innate differences between men’s and women’s minds. We’ll be analysing what this might mean for our ability and amibition as authors; for our brain’s resistance to ageing; and for the effects of hormones on our creativity.

Later in the magazine, Guest Editor Julie Myerson (famed for her fondness for bodily fluids) sifts the hundreds of submissions we have received on the subject of blood.

Finally we’re assessing a therapy known as ‘neurolinguistic programming’ to see how it can be applied to the creative process.

There are new features too: an extended books section, put together by our new Reviews Editor, Sajidah Ahmad, who has worked at Virago and is now Commissioning Editor at Granta Books. Last but not least is the Quandary, where you can air your writing problems and challenge fellow mslexics to come up with solutions.


Debbie Taylor
Editor