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In this magazine
ISSUE 14
Summer/Autumn 2002
Featuring… P D JAMES ◊ SARA MAITLAND ◊ MONIZA ALVI ◊ STEVIE DAVIES ◊ TRACEY EMIN ◊ LIVI MICHAEL
Special
AGENDA
The Potter Effect
While Harry Potter is flying off the shelves, the children's market overall has slowed. Debbie Taylor looks at what’s happening in children’s publishing
INTERVIEW
Novelist P D James talks to Melanie Ashby
FEATURES
How to keep regular
Sue Limb, Guardian columnist for 13 years, on writing her own column and keeping readers – and editors – engaged
Sound of music
Does tribal drumming really help you write? Creative writing tutor Maggie Butt puts ‘The Mozart Effect’ theory to the test
This is your life
Memoirs are booming – according to the book trade; but, asks Caroline Sanderson, what are the odds of getting your life story published?
The agent’s tale
Is it all literary lunches and champagne? Sue Hepworth spent a day with an agent to find out what it is they do
Regulars
NEW WRITING: COLOUR
Poetry and prose selected by Sara Maitland
POETIC FORMS
Linda France's tutorial on poetic forms:
Terza Rima with a specially-commissioned example by Moniza Alvi
BEDSIDE TABLE
What Tracey Emin likes to read
Plus…
STARTERS
Nuts & Bolts, First Person Singular, Getting Started in…, The Slush Pile
CREATIVITY
The Blank Page - workshop with Margaret Wilkinson
Word Surgeon with Dr Ingrid K
BOOKS
Literary analysis, Small Press Fiction, Best Ever Books by Women, Publishers' List profile, Mslexia book reviews
DIRECTORY
Everything a writer needs to know: competitions, submissions requests, grants, courses, events, contacts, venues
THE Mslexia ARCHIVE
You can browse back issue contents year by year below, or click to view the full archive list.
Features on the website
BOOKS
What to read, what not to read: Mslexia readers & reviewers give their verdict on the latest books, plus our celebrity guest reveals what's on her Bedside Table. Explore Books
THE Mslexia INTERVIEW
We find out what makes a successful author tick in this in-depth one-to-one on the highs and lows of writing and getting published. Read from the current Mslexia Interview
NEW WRITING
Sample the best freshly-picked writing as chosen by our guest author and read her essay; plus - we announce the new submission theme. Go to New Writing
