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In this magazine
ISSUE 28
Jan/Feb/Mar 2006
Featuring… JOANNA TROLLOPE ◊ KATE MOSSE ◊ MALORIE BLACKMAN ◊ PHILLIPA GREGORY ◊ SUE LLOYD ROBERTS
Special
AGENDA
The rise of lit lite
Debbie Taylor on how reading groups are setting the agenda in literary publishing
INTERVIEW
Novelist Joanna Trollope talks to Melanie Ashby
FEATURES
Blogging
Keris Stainton on how to publicise yourself – and your book – on the internet
Why isn’t there a photo of the parrot?
Top journalist Jane Mackenzie recalls her apprenticeship in local newspapers
Find your voice
What is a writer’s voice, and how can you find yours? Kate Rew went to find out
Regulars
NEW WRITING: SEVEN DEADLY SINS
poetry and prose selected by Kate Mosse
FIRST DRAFT
Malorie Blackman on her writing process
MAKING A POEM
Sinead Morrisey talks to Kate Clanchy
BOTTOM DRAWER
What Phillipa Gregory never got published
BEDSIDE TABLE
What Sue Lloyd Roberts likes to read
Plus…
GUIDELINES
Joy of, Lowdown, 10 top tips, Money matters
INSPIRATIONS
The Mslexia MA in Novel Writing with Jenny Newman
Making a poem, Write your self, Keep going
BOOKS
How to write a bestseller, 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
