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In this magazine
ISSUE 17
Apr/May/Jun 2003
Featuring… RUTH PADEL ◊ KATHLEEN JAMIE ◊ MARGARET DRABBLE ◊ JANICE GALLOWAY ◊ FRANCINE STOCK
Special
AGENDA
A bigger splash Debbie Taylor on why PR is so important in publishing – and why writers need to promote their own work
INTERVIEW
Poet Ruth Padel talks to Melanie Ashby
FEATURES
Bring me sunshine
It’s not chick lit, it’s not grim lit – it’s fiction that’s both literary and pleasurable. Amanda Craig on ‘sun lit’
The hard craft
Young British Novelist panelist Hilary Mantel examines what it is that makes a novel truly great
Can you hack it?
File, sub, pitch, proof. Gobbledygook? Lorna Russell is here to help, with a lesson on how to bluff it in journalism
Regulars
NEW WRITING: INTERVIEW
Poetry and prose selected by Kathleen Jamie
FIRST DRAFT
Janice Galloway on her writing process
BOTTOM DRAWER
What Margaret Drabble never got published
BEDSIDE TABLE
What Francine Stock likes to read
Plus…
SHORTS
Insider Trading, Make it Pay, Ask the Expert, Sale of the Season, Diary of a Freelance Writer
CREATIVITY
Basic instinct - why do we write? asks Maggie Butt
Write on the wild side with Margaret Wilkinson
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
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
