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Advice for Writers

"Advice Overload"………………...…………………………………………………………………………...…………...…..	Vol. 25, No. 2	pg. 20
"Are You Writing Yourself to Injury?"………………………………...……………………………………………...…...…..	Vol. 28, No. 3	pg. 20
"Behavior Modification for the Total Writer"………………………...…………………………………………………..…..	Vol. 27, No. 5	pg. 14
"Best Writing Advice"……………………………………………………………………………………………….....…………	Vol. 27, No. 2	pg. 42
For Beginners Only—"Fog Index: Is the Reading Comfort Zone of Your Writing on Target?"	Vol. 27, No. 4	pg. 58
For Beginners Only—“Going Above and Beyond”…………………………….…………………………………...…...……..	Vol. 29, No. 1	pg. 58
For Beginners Only—“Good Writing” …………………………………………………………………………......……………	Vol. 28, No. 6	pg. 55
For Beginners Only—“How to Write a Winning Story”…………………………………………………………...……….	Vol. 26, No. 4	pg. 59
For Beginners Only—“Think Before You Write—Business and Social Ramifications of your Work”…………...……..	Vol. 26, No. 1	pg. 60
For Beginners Only—"Trust: The Unspoken Element in Selling your Writing—Help Your Editor to Trust You"….	Vol. 27, No. 2	pg. 58
For Beginners Only—“What Tiger Taught Me About Writing”.............................................................	Vol. 29, No. 3	pg. 42
“Go from Clueless to Ruthless”………………………………………………………………………………………...………	Vol. 29, No. 2	pg. 46
“Here an Angle, There an Angle”……………………………………………………………………………………...…...…	Vol. 26, No. 3	pg. 44
“Networking for $$$”…………………………………………………………………………………………………...…………	Vol. 29, No. 1	pg. 46
“One Writer’s Advice: Aim Low and Persevere”…………………………………………………………………....……….…	Vol. 24, No. 6	pg. 55
“Take Care of ‘The Little Nails’”……………………………………………………………………………………...………….	Vol. 27, No. 3	pg. 41
“Ten Rules for Writing Your Own Million Dollar Baby”…………………………………………………………...……….….	Vol. 27, No. 5	pg. 21
“Ten Simple Exercises to Improve Your Craft”……………………….…………………………………………...…………..	Vol. 26, No. 5	pg. 41
“The Benefits of Becoming the ‘Go-to Person'” …………………………………………………...………………………….	Vol. 26, No. 1	pg. 16
“The Myth of Being “In the Mood” to Write”………………………..….…………………………..…………………………..	Vol. 26, No. 5	pg. 46
“The Ten-Minute Writer”…………………………………….………………………………………………………………….	Vol. 26, No. 1	pg. 19
“The Yoga of Writing”……………………………………………………………………………………………………………	Vol. 25, No. 2	pg. 24
“Thus Saith the Lord”……………………………………………………………………. ..........................................................	Vol. 29, No. 3	pg. 47
“Tips for Writers”…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………	Vol. 25, No. 3	pg. 45
“To Edit or Not to Edit”……………………………………………………………………………………………………...…..	Vol. 25, No. 1	pg. 44
“Twelve Rules of Writing”………………………………………………………………………………………………………	Vol. 25, No. 1	pg. 42
Words…Tools of Our Trade—“A Story Is More Than a Series of Incidents”………….…..................................................	Vol. 29, No. 4	pg. 59
Words…Tools of Our Trade—“Lessons Learned from a Best Seller”……………………………..…………………….	Vol. 26, No. 5	pg. 60
Words…Tools of Our Trade—“Plan to Be a Winner”…………………..………………………………………….………..	Vol. 26, No. 6	pg. 57
Words…Tools of Our Trade—“Some Advice to Beginning Writers—and Maybe Others”…….……………………….	Vol. 24, No. 6	pg. 56
“Writing Opportunities on the Road”…………….………….…….………….……………………………………………….	Vol. 26, No. 2	pg. 43
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Agents

“Agents”………………………………………………….……………….....................................................…………..…….….	Vol. 30, No. 2	pg. 42
“Beware the Bad Agent”……………………………………………………….…….............................................................….	Vol. 30, No. 2	pg. 20
“Caveat Scripter”……………………………………………………………………..………………………………………….	Vol. 25, No. 1	pg. 47
“E-mail or Snail Mail an Agent?”…………………………………………………....................................................................	Vol. 29, No. 4	pg. 41
“How to Get an Agent with Your Very First Query”……………………………………………………………………………	Vol. 27, No. 4	pg. 22
“Questions and Answers”………………………………………………………..…………………………………………….	Vol. 25, No. 4	pg. 16
“Researching Agents”………………………………………………….……………………………………………………….	Vol. 28, No. 2	pg. 15
“The Author-Agent Partnership”.…………………………………………….…………………………………………………	Vol. 28, No. 3	pg. 22
“Twenty Tips for Writers, Beware of Agents”………………….………….………………………………………………….	Vol. 26, No. 2	pg. 41
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Anthologies

“How to Create a Successful Anthology”…………………………………………………………………………………….	Vol. 28, No. 4	pg. 41
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Article Writing

“Article Leads”……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………	Vol. 25, No. 1	pg. 21
“Covering Meetings”…………………………………………….………………………………………………………………	Vol. 27, No. 2	pg. 41
For Beginners Only—“Going Above and Beyond” ………………………………………………………………………….	Vol. 29, No. 1	pg. 58
“Getting Your First Clip”…………………………………………………….…………………………………………………..	Vol. 27, No. 5	pg. 23
“Go for the Green—Tips for Selling to the Garden Market”………………………………………………………………..	Vol. 27, No. 5	pg. 44
“Going Green”……………………………………….…………………………………………..................................................	Vol. 30, No. 4	pg. 21
“Magazine Freelancing in the 21st Century”…………………………………………………………………………………	Vol. 25, No. 6	pg. 21
“Pitcher Perfect, Ten Tips to Target Your Sales”………………………..…………………………………………………..	Vol. 25, No. 5	pg. 45
“Regional Magazines”………………………………..…………………………….…………………………………………..	Vol. 28, No. 3	pg. 46
“Taking Baby Steps with Regional Parenting Publications”……………………………………………………………….	Vol. 27, No. 4	pg. 19
“Thus Saith the Lord”……………………………………………………………………. ..........................................................	Vol. 29, No. 3	pg. 47
“Variety Is the Spice of Writing”…………………………………………….………………………………………………….	Vol. 28, No. 4	pg. 50
Words…Tools of Our Trade—“Think Before You Speak—or Write!”……………………………………………………..	Vol. 25, No. 6	pg. 56
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Article Publishing

“Do your Homework and Get Published"…………………………………………………………………………………….	Vol. 25, No. 3	pg. 21
“Taking Baby Steps with Regional Parenting Publications”……………………………………………………………….	Vol. 27, No. 4	pg. 19
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Biography Writing
““On Biography Writing”………………………………………………………………………………………………...............	Vol. 30, No. 4	pg. 21
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Book Publishing

“How to Birth a Book”……………………………………………………………………………………………………………	Vol. 25, No. 3	pg. 13
“Interesting Book Publishing Questions”…….………….…………………………………………………………………..	Vol. 25, No. 3	pg. 19
“Publishing Your Book”…………………………………………………………………. ..........................................................	Vol. 29, No. 5	pg. 48
“Top Five To-Dos for Aspiring Authors”…….………….……………………………………………………………………..	Vol. 27, No. 1	pg. 44
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Book Signing

“Four Little-Known Reasons”………………………………………………………………………………………………….	Vol. 28, No. 5	pg. 23
"Sign Your Way to Sales"……………………………………………………………………………………………………….	Vol. 27, No. 2	pg. 21
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Business Side of Writing

“Be Neurotic About Your Record Keeping”………………………….…........................................................................…….	Vol. 30, No. 1	pg. 41
“Professional Writer or Hobbyist?—IRS Criteria”…….……………………………………………………………………..	Vol. 29, No. 2	pg. 13
“Save Stamps, Calibrate Your Scale”…………….………….…….………….………………………………………………	Vol. 26, No. 2	pg. 44
“The Only Business Is Selling”…………….……………….……………….…….…………………………………………..	Vol. 26, No. 3	pg. 14
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Character Development

“Character Development”………………………………….…………………….…………………………………………….	Vol. 28, No. 5	pg. 47
“Choosing Character Names”……………………..………………………….……………………………………………….	Vol. 27, No. 4	pg. 46
“Developing Flesh-and-Blood Characters”…………………………….…………………………………………………….	Vol. 25, No. 6	pg. 19
Effective Screenwriting “The Name Game: Not Every Character Needs One”………………………………………….	Vol. 27, No. 1	pg. 6
“Fiction Fever”.……………………………………………………………………….…………………………………………..	Vol. 27, No. 6	pg. 43
For Beginners Only—“Four Tips for Creating Creative Sidekicks”…..................................................................................	Vol. 30, No. 4	pg. 58
“Get into Character”……….………………………………..……………………………………………………………………	Vol. 27, No. 1	pg. 22
“How Does Your Character Sound?”…………………………………..….....................................................................….….	Vol. 30, No. 2	pg. 41
“Keeping the Author Out of the Story”……….…………………………………………………………………………………	Vol. 26, No. 1	pg. 46
Massaging the Muse—“Animal Instincts”………………………………….…........................................................................	Vol. 29, No. 3	pg. 5
“Minor Characters”…………………………………..….……….……………….…….………………………………………..	Vol. 26, No. 4	pg. 44
“Put Some Personality in Your Characters”…………………….……………………………………………………………	Vol. 28, No. 1	pg. 46
“Say Something Concrete”……………………………………………………………. ...........................................................	Vol. 29, No. 5	pg. 22
“What Happens in Your Story”……………………………..….……………………………………………………………….	Vol. 27, No. 6	pg. 44
"What’s in a Name?”………………………………………………………………………..	Vol. 29, No. 3	pg. 23
Words…Tools of Our Trade—“Plan to Be a Winner”…………………..……………………………………………………	Vol. 26, No. 6	pg. 57
Words…Tools of Our Trade—“Rules Are Made to Be Broken”……………………………………………………………	Vol. 27, No. 5	pg. 59
“Writing On-Site”……….……………………………………………………………….………………………………………..	Vol. 26, No. 1	pg. 42
“Your Character’s Car”…………………………….……………….…………………………………………………………..	Vol. 27, No. 6	pg. 15
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Children’s Fiction

For Beginners Only—“What Happens Next? Suspense in Children’s Fiction”…………..………..……………...……	Vol. 28, No. 3	pg. 56
Massaging the Muse—“Animal Instincts”………………………………….…. .....................................................................	Vol. 29, No. 3	pg. 5
“Talking Turkey with Diana Jenkins, Children’s Author”……….………………………………………………………..	Vol. 28, No. 6	pg. 21
“What Happens in Your Story”……………………………..….…………………………………………………...…………	Vol. 27, No. 6	pg. 44
“Writing Novels for Children—Catagories”………………….….......................................................................…..…….….	Vol. 30, No. 2	pg. 46
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Christian Writing

“Thus Saith the Lord”……………………………………………………………………. ..............................................................	Vol. 29, No. 3	pg. 47
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Collaboration

“Writing with a Partner—the Pros and Woes”…………………………………………………….……….…………....	Vol. 27, No. 5	pg. 16
“Why You Need a Writer Buddy”……………………………………………………..….…………………………….…….…	Vol. 26, No. 2	pg. 22
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Column Writing

“How I Became a Columnist: A Passion Energized My Writing”……………………………………………………..…	Vol. 25, No. 6	pg. 55
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Comedy Writing
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Comic-Book Writing

“The Art of Writing Comic Books”……….……….……….………………………………………………………….…….…	Vol. 26, No. 4	pg. 19
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Computer, Technology, and Internet

“Affiliate Marketing”……………………………………………………………........................................................................	Vol. 30, No. 3	pg. 22
“ClearType Tuner”…………………………………………………………………………………………....……………..…	Vol. 28, No. 2	pg. 42
Computer Business—“An Insider’s Guide to Contact Management”..….……….…………………………………….	Vol. 25, No. 4	pg. 12
Computer Business—Blogging Part 1—“Is Blogging Right for You”…...………............................................................	Vol. 29, No. 6	pg. 10
Computer Business—Blogging Part 2—”TIps and Tricks for Better Blogging"…….....................................................	Vol. 30, No. 1	pg. 10
Computer Business—Blogging Part 3—“Pretty Posts, Happy Guests”…….….............................................................	Vol. 30, No. 2	pg. 10
Computer Business—“Capitalizing on the E-Book Trend”……….…..............................................................................	Vol. 30, No. 4	pg. 11
Computer Business—“How to Build an Electronic Clip File”……………………………………………………………	Vol. 27, No. 3	pg. 12
Computer Business—“Part 1—Building Your Web Presence”………..…….………………………………………….	Vol. 28, No. 6	pg. 11
Computer Business—“Part 2—Nine Questions Your Developer Should Ask You”……………….…………….…...	Vol. 29, No. 1	pg. 10
Computer Business—“Part 3—What Types of Pages Do You Need?”……………………..…………………….…...	Vol. 29, No. 2	pg. 10
Computer Business—“Part 4—Graphics: Friend or Foe?”….…………….....................................................................	Vol. 29, No. 3	pg. 12
Computer Business—“Part 5—Using Interactive Media on the Web”….…………........................................................	Vol. 29, No. 4	pg. 11
Computer Business—"Part 6—Six Dirty Secrets about Engine Optimization”….………..............................................	Vol. 29, No. 5	pg. 11
Computer Business—“Protect Yourself, Computer Security Tips”………...………………………….……………….	Vol. 26, No. 2	pg. 11
Computer Business—“Save Time and Frustration with Microsoft Word”……………………………….………………	Vol. 27, No. 2	pg. 13
Computer Business—“SPAM Away”………………………………………………………………………….………….…	Vol. 25, No. 1	pg. 10
Computer Business—“Time to Write”………………………………………………………………...……..………….…	Vol. 25, No. 2	pg. 10
Computer Business—“You Have E-mail”………………………………………………………….…………………….…	Vol. 25, No. 6	pg. 10
Computer Business—“Using Microsoft Word, Part I”……………………………………………………..…………….	Vol. 26, No. 3	pg. 11
Computer Business—“Using Microsoft Word, Part 2”………………………………………………...………...….…...	Vol. 26, No. 4	pg. 11
Computer Business—“Using Microsoft Word, Part 3”……………………………………………….………….….…...	Vol. 26, No. 5	pg. 12
Computer Business—“Using Microsoft Word, Part 4”……………………………………………….….………….…...	Vol. 26, No. 6	pg. 11
Computer Business—“Using Microsoft Word, Part 5”…………………………………………………..………….…...	Vol. 27, No. 1	pg. 11
Computer Business—“Wireless Options”…………………………………………………….……………………….…	Vol. 26, No. 1	pg. 12
Computer Business—“Word Up”……………………………………..……….…..............................................................	Vol. 30, No. 3	pg. 11
Computer Business—“Working with ASPs”………………………………………………..…………..…………….…..	Vol. 25, No. 3	pg. 10
Computer Business—“Writing for the Web”……………………………………………….………………………….…..	Vol. 24, No. 6	pg. 10
“Emergency Preparedness for Writers”………………………………………………..………………..……..………….	Vol. 28, No. 1	pg. 47
“E-Subbing, Are You Doing It Right?”……….…..………………………………………………..……..………………….	Vol. 26, No. 3	pg. 45
For Beginners Only—“Podcast Review” ………………………………………..................................................................	Vol. 30, No. 3	pg. 56
For Beginners Only—“Utilizing the Tools of the Trade”………………………………………………..……..….…….…	Vol. 27, No. 3	pg. 55
“Internet Journalism”………………………………………………………….………..........................................................	Vol. 30, No. 2	pg. 22
Marketing Helps—“Slogging through the World of Blogging”………………………………………..……………..…..	Vol. 26, No. 5	pg. 54
“Special Symbols Improve Your Manuscript”………………………………………………..………..…………………..	Vol. 25, No. 2	pg. 41
“Taming Technology”……………………………………………………….………………………………………….…….	Vol. 28, No. 5	pg. 41
Words…Tools of Our Trade—“Bloggers Are Not Always Literary Lights”…………………..…...................................	Vol. 30, No. 3	pg. 57
“Writer Naturally Scribbling, Speech Recognition Software”….…………………………………….………………..…	Vol. 26, No. 2	pg. 13
“Writing for Web TV”………………………….…………………………………………...…………………………….…….	Vol. 28, No. 6	pg. 41
"Writing with My Pal, the Dragon”……………………………………………………...........................................................	Vol. 29, No. 3	pg. 41
“Writing-Management Systems”…………………………………………………………………………..………….…….	Vol. 28, No. 3	pg. 13
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Conferences
—See Workshops
“Capitalize on the Conference”……………………………………………………………………….....…………….…….	Vol. 28, No. 4	pg. 46
“My Biggest Mistake as a Beginning Writer”………………………………….....................................................................	Vol. 29, No. 3	pg. 19
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Contests
—See Writing Contests
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Contracts

“Questions and Answers”……………………………………………………………………………………………....…….	Vol. 25, No. 4	pg. 16
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Conventions
—See Workshops
“Conventions”……………………………….…………………………………………….……………………………….…...	Vol. 27, No. 4	pg. 20
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Copyrights

“Copyright Protection for Writers”……………………………………………………..…………………….………….…...	Vol. 26, No. 5	pg. 19
“Four Steps Through the Copyright Minefield”……………..………………......................................................................	Vol. 30, No. 4	pg. 44
“Rights, Rights and More Rights”….………………………………………………….…………………….………….…...	Vol. 27, No. 1	pg. 47
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Cover Letters

“Various Questions—Answered”……..…………………………………………………………………………………….	Vol. 25, No. 6	pg. 15
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Creative Nonfiction

“…And Nothing but the Truth”…………….……………………………….…………………………………………...….…	Vol. 26, No. 2	pg. 45
“Covering Meetings”…………………………………………….………………………………………………………….…	Vol. 27, No. 2	pg. 41
“Creative Writing in Your Own Backyard”…………………………….………………………………………………….…	Vol. 26, No. 3	pg. 16
“Technical Writing ABCs”………………………………………………………………………………………...………….	Vol. 27, No. 1	pg. 41
“The Art of the Rough Draft”……………………………………………..……………………………………………...…...	Vol. 26, No. 5	pg. 43
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Creativity

“Building Inspiration”……………………………………………………………..……………………………………….….	Vol. 28, No. 1	pg. 44
“Feng Shui for Writers”…………………………………………………………….……………………………………...….	Vol. 28, No. 1	pg. 51
“Flashes of Insight”…………………………………………………………………………………………………...………	Vol. 25, No. 3	pg. 45
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Critique

“Critique Groups”…………………..…………………………………………..………………………………………...…...	Vol. 26, No. 5	pg. 45
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Dialogue

“Everything I Need to Know About Writing (Dialogue) I learned at the Movies”…………………………………..…..	Vol. 28, No. 2	pg. 23
“Get into Character”……….………………………………..………………………………………………………..……….	Vol. 27, No. 1	pg. 22
“How Does Your Character Sound?”…………………………………..…….….................................................................	Vol. 30, No. 2	pg. 41
“Improving Your Screenplay Dialogue”…………………………….….…………………………………………….…….	Vol. 25, No. 6	pg. 20
“Never Answer a Question”………….………………………………………………..............................................................	Vol. 29, No. 4	pg. 44
“Seven Bad Habits of Highly Unsuccessful Writers”…………..…….…..........................................................................	Vol. 30, No. 2	pg. 44
“Ten Rules for Effective Dialogue”…….………………………………………………………………………..………….	Vol. 25, No. 4	pg. 21
“Writing Visual Dialect in Fiction”………………..………………………………………………………………...….…….	Vol. 28, No. 4	pg. 22
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Editing
—See Rewriting and Revision
“Apples and Oranges”……………………………………………………………………………….……………………….	Vol. 29, No. 1	pg. 43
For Beginners Only—“Making the Word Count”……………………………………………………………….….…….…	Vol. 29, No. 2	pg. 56
For Beginners Only—“Utilizing the Tools of the Trade”……….…………………………………………………...….…	Vol. 27, No. 3	pg. 55
“Homer Simpson and the Art of Proofreading”………………………………………………………………..………….	Vol. 28, No. 6	pg. 15
“Make Editing a Daily Practice”…………….………………………………………………………………………..…….…	Vol. 26, No. 2	pg. 58
“New Rule on Works-in-Progress: Manuscripts Are Over”…………………………………………………….……….	Vol. 28, No. 1	pg. 23
“Quote, Misquote”…………………………………………………………………………………………...………….…….	Vol. 28, No. 1	pg. 42
“Take Care of ‘The Little Nails’”…………………………………………………….………………..………………….…...	Vol. 27, No. 3	pg. 41
“The Art of the Rough Draft”………………………………………………………………………..……………..…….…...	Vol. 26, No. 5	pg. 43
“To Edit or Not to Edit”…………………………………………………………………..……………………………………	Vol. 25, No. 1	pg. 44
“What We Found While Editing WJ”………………………………………………………..……………………………….	Vol. 25, No. 4	pg. 44
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Essay Writing

“…And Nothing but the Truth”…………….………………………………………………………………..……….…….…	Vol. 26, No. 2	pg. 45
“Consider the Essay”………….…………………………………………………………. .........................................................	Vol. 29, No. 5	pg. 44
“Three Tips for Publishing Your Life Experiences”…………………………………………………….…………………	Vol. 25, No. 6	pg. 13
“What to Do to Write a Personal Essay……………………………………………………………………...…………….	Vol. 24, No. 6	pg. 41
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E-zines

“E-zines—Valuable ‘Apprentice Markets’ for Writers”…………………………………………………………….………	Vol. 25, No. 2	pg. 58
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Fantasy Writing

“Fabricating Reality”…………………………………………………………….……….......................................................	Vol. 30, No. 1	pg. 48
Massaging the Muse—“Animal Instincts”………………………………….…. ................................................................	Vol. 29, No. 3	pg. 5
“Visionary Fiction”……………….…………………………………………………………...................................................	Vol. 30, No. 3	pg. 16
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Fiction Writing
—See Character Development
—See Plot Development
—See Foreshadowing
—See Flashbacks
—See Children’s Fiction
“But That’s the Way It Really Happened”……………….………………………………………………………….………	Vol. 27, No. 6	pg. 19
“Can Characters Write Your Story All by Themselves?”………..……………………………………………………….	Vol. 25, No. 4	pg. 58
“Choosing Character Names”……………………..………………………….…………………………………………….	Vol. 27, No. 4	pg. 46
“Details! Details!”……………………………………………………………………….……………………………………..	Vol. 25, No. 2	pg. 16
“Developing Flesh-and-Blood Characters”…………………………….…………………………………………………	Vol. 25, No. 6	pg. 19
“Does Fiction Have a Future?”……………………………………………………………………………………………..	Vol. 25, No. 3	pg. 57
“Fabricating Reality”…………………………………………………………….……….......................................................	Vol. 30, No. 1	pg. 48
“Finding the ‘Where’”………………………………………………………………………………………………………….	Vol. 29, No. 1	pg. 44
For Beginners Only—“Good Writing” ……………………………………………………………………………………..	Vol. 28, No. 6	pg. 55
For Beginners Only—“How to Write a Winning Story”……….……….………………………………………………….	Vol. 26, No. 4	pg. 59
For Beginners Only—“Pacing the Short Story”…………….…….……….……………………………………………….	Vol. 21, No. 1	pg. 58
“How Does Your Character Sound?”…………………………………..…….….................................................................	Vol. 30, No. 2	pg. 41
“How to Design an Irresistible Plot”…………….………………….………….…………………………………………..	Vol. 26, No. 2	pg. 23
“Let’s Get It Started—Choosing a Title”………………………………………....................................................................	Vol. 29, No. 4	pg. 16
“Make Transitions Work for You”……………………………………………………………………………………………	Vol. 25, No. 3	pg. 41
“Minor Characters”…………………………………..….……….……………….…….…………………………………….	Vol. 26, No. 4	pg. 44
“Mixing Creative Endeavors to Improve Your Writing”……………………………………………………………………	Vol. 25, No. 4	pg. 14
“Nurture Your Inner Hack, Release the Natural Storyteller”…………………………………………………………….	Vol. 25, No. 5	pg. 23
“Parallels”……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..	Vol. 25, No. 5	pg. 14
“Rx for Short Story Woes”……………………………………………………………...........................................................	Vol. 29, No. 6	pg. 41
“Seven Bad Habits of Highly Unsuccessful Writers”…………..…….….........................................................................	Vol. 30, No. 2	pg. 44
“Snazzy First Lines”…………………………………………………………….……….........................................................	Vol. 30, No. 1	pg. 20
“Story Construction”…………………………………………………….………….…………………………………………	Vol. 26, No. 6	pg. 14
“Ten Rules for Effective Dialogue”…….……………………………………………………………………………………	Vol. 25, No. 4	pg. 21
“The Art of Writing Comic Books”……….……….……………………….…….…………………………………………..	Vol. 26, No. 4	pg. 19
“The Art of the Rough Draft”……………………………………………..…….…………………………………………….	Vol. 26, No. 5	pg. 43
“The Elements of Story”……………………………………………………….………..........................................................	Vol. 30, No. 1	pg. 46
“Tips from Tolkien”……………………………………………………………………………………………………………	Vol. 25, No. 3	pg. 23
“Turn Your Family History into Historical Fiction”…………………………………………………………………………	Vol. 26, No. 6	pg. 20
“Using Both Sides of the Brain to Create Fiction”…….…………….…………………………………………………….	Vol. 25, No. 2	pg. 12
“Visionary Fiction”……………….…………………………………………………………....................................................	Vol. 30, No. 3	pg. 16
“When to Show and When to Tell”……………………….………………….………………………………………………	Vol. 27, No. 5	pg. 45
“Who Will Publish My Short Story?”……………………………………….………………………………………………..	Vol. 28, No. 6	pg. 23
“Winning through Structure”…………….………………..………….………….…………………………………………..	Vol. 28, No. 1	pg. 13
Words…Tools of Our Trade—“A Story Is More Than a Series of Incidents”……….................................................….	Vol. 29, No. 4	pg. 59
Words…Tools of Our Trade—“Brevity is the Soul of Wit—and of Good Writing”…………………………………..…	Vol. 28, No. 3	pg. 57
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“Writing Micro-Fiction”……………………………………………….…………….…………………………………………	Vol. 24, No. 6	pg. 15
“Writing Novels for Children—Catagories”………………….……..…….….....................................................................	Vol. 30, No. 2	pg. 46
“Writing On-Site”……….……………………………………………………………….…………………………………….	Vol. 26, No. 1	pg. 42
“Your Character’s Car”…………………………….……………….………………………………………………………..	Vol. 27, No. 6	pg. 15
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Foreshadowing

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“Writing Mystery Fiction—How to Plant the Clues”…………….………………………………………………………….	Vol. 27, No. 5	pg. 41
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Freelance Writing

“Curriculum Writing and Beyond”…………………………………………………………………………………………..	Vol. 27, No. 3	pg. 15
For Beginners Only—“Freelancing Tips for Newspaper Writing” ………………………………………………………	Vol. 28, No. 2	pg. 58
“Freefall into Freelancing”……………..….……….……….……………….……………………………………………….	Vol. 26, No. 4	pg. 22
“Getting Your First Clip”…………………………………………………….………………………………………………..	Vol. 27, No. 5	pg. 23
“Jump-Start Your Full-Time Freelance Career”……………………………......................................................................	Vol. 30, No. 3	pg. 44
“Magazine Freelancing in the 21^st Century”……………………………………………………………………………….	Vol. 25, No. 6	pg. 21
“Network Your Way to a Freelance Career”………….………………….…………………………………………………	Vol. 27, No. 3	pg. 23
“Some Tips on Breaking into Freelance Nonfiction Markets”…………………………………………………………..	Vol. 25, No. 1	pg. 46
“The Benefits of Becoming the ‘Go-to Person” …………………………………………………………………………..	Vol. 26, No. 1	pg. 16
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Ghostwriting

“Various Questions—Answered”……..…………………………………………………………………………………….	Vol. 25, No. 6	pg. 15
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Goals

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Grammar and Usage

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“From Writing Tools”……….……….……………….……………………………………………………………………….	Vol. 27, No. 5	pg. 12
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“Mark Twain, Adverbs, and You”…………….………………………………………………………………………………	Vol. 26, No. 2	pg. 20
For Beginners Only—“Revamp Those Clichés”…………..…….………………………………………………………..	Vol. 27, No. 5	pg. 58
Vocabulary Review—“The Dreaded Adverb”………………………........................................................………...............	Vol. 29, No. 3	pg. 7
“What’s Your Punctuation Personality?”…………………….…………………………………………………………….	Vol. 25, No. 2	pg. 13
“When to Show and When to Tell”……………………….………………….……………………………………………..	Vol. 27, No. 5	pg. 45
Words…Tools of Our Trade—“A Surplus of Ellipses”………………………………………………………...…………	Vol. 27, No. 3 pg. 57
Words…Tools of Our Trade—“Don’t Use Ill-Fitting Pronouns”…………………………………………………………	Vol. 25, No. 5	pg. 59
Words…Tools of Our Trade—“Get It Right and I’ll Stop Harping”……………………………………………………..	Vol. 25, No. 2	pg. 59
Words…Tools of Our Trade—“Is That Really What You Meant to Say”……………………………………………….	Vol. 27, No. 6	pg. 58
Words…Tools of Our Trade—“Spell Checker Won’t Help Here”………………………………………………………	Vol. 26, No. 4	pg. 60
Words…Tools of Our Trade—“You Wrote These, So Listen Up”………………………………………………………	Vol. 26, No. 2	pg. 59
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Grants

“Grant Proposals”……………………………………………………………………..	Vol. 25, No. 4 pg. 41
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“How to Be a Time Traveler via Historical Research”……………….…..........................................................................	Vol. 30, No. 2	pg. 23
“Postcard Town Histories”…………………………………………………………………………………………………..	Vol. 25, No. 5	pg. 12
“Small-Town Newspapers Buy Local History”.….………………….…………………………………………………….	Vol. 26, No. 4	pg. 48
“Turn Your Family History into Historical Fiction”…………………………………………………………………………	Vol. 26, No. 6	pg. 20
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Effective Screenwriting—“Horrors! It’s a Screenplay"..................................................................................................................	Vol. 29, No. 5	pg. 8
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“Humor Happens, A Crash Course in Comedy Writing”………………………………………………….……………..	Vol. 27, No. 1	pg. 16
“Not Another “Cute Kid” Story”…………………………….….……………………………………………………………..	Vol. 29, No. 2	pg. 41
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“Antiques, Collectibles, and Inspiration”………………………………….……………………………………………….	Vol. 25, No. 4	pg. 13
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“Here an Angle, There an Angle”…………………………………….…….……………………………………………….	Vol. 26, No. 3	pg. 44
Massaging the Muse—“Idea Inventory”……………………….…….……………………………………………………..	Vol. 26, No. 2	pg. 5
Massaging the Muse—“Fishing for Ideas”……………………….…….…………………………………………………	Vol. 26, No. 3	pg. 5
“Mining for Ideas”…………………………..…………………………………………….........................................................	Vol. 29, No. 4	pg. 46
“Painter’s Swatches”……….………………………………………………………….…………………………………….	Vol. 26, No. 1	pg. 44
"The Stuff of Dreams”………………………………………………………………………………………………………..	Vol. 25, No. 5	pg. 47
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“Writer’s Blues”………………………………………………………………………….…………………………………….	Vol. 25, No. 1	pg. 42
“Write What You Know”…………………………………………………………………............................................................	Vol. 29, No. 6	pg. 22
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Income-Producing Ideas

“A Dozen Unique Ways to Make More Money Writing”……………………………………………………………………	Vol. 27, No. 4	pg. 47
“Curriculum Writing and Beyond”……………………………………………………………………………………………	Vol. 27, No. 3	pg. 15
“Don’t Cap Your Writing Wellheads”…………………………………….………................................................................	Vol. 30, No. 3	pg. 41
“Earn While You Are Waiting”……………………………………………………………………………………………….	Vol. 25, No. 1	pg. 22
“Extra Money for Freelancers—Book Manuscript and Proposal Reviewing”………..………………………………...	Vol. 25, No. 4	pg. 43
For Beginners Only—“Make Your Talent Work for You”……….…...................................................................................	Vol. 30, No. 2	pg. 57
“Look at Your Church with a Writer’s Eye”…………………………………………………………………………………	Vol. 25, No. 1	pg. 43
“Postcard Town Histories”…………………………………………………………………………………………………..	Vol. 25, No. 5	pg. 12
“Puzzle Your Way to Extra Cash”…………………………….……………………………………………………………..	Vol. 27, No. 6	pg. 23
“Selling Smart Quizzes That Teach”……………………………………....………………………………………………..	Vol. 29, No. 1	pg. 22
“The Sidebar Rotation”……….………………………………………………………….......................................................	Vol. 30, No. 3	pg. 15
“Travel Right to Write Travel—How to Turn Trips into Type”…………………………………………………………….	Vol. 25, No. 4	pg. 45
“Grant Proposals”………………………………………………………..……………………………………………………	Vol. 25, No. 4	pg. 41
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Inspirational Writing

“Visionary Fiction”……………….…………………………………………………………...................................................…..	Vol. 30, No. 3	pg. 16
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Inspiration for Writers

“Breaking into Print—Your Desired Occupation”………………….……………………………………………………..	Vol. 25, No. 1	pg. 58
“Swapping Nouns for Adjectives”…………………………………………...……………………………………………..	Vol. 29, No. 1	pg. 14
Words…Tools of Our Trade—“Keep On Keeping On”…………………………………………………………………..	Vol. 28, No. 6	pg. 57
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Interviewing

“Don’t Wear out Your Welcome”……………………………………………………………………………………………	Vol. 25, No. 3	pg. 42
“Get Psyched for Your Next Interview”……………………………………………………………………………………..	Vol. 26, No. 3	pg. 20
“I Am a Writer”…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………	Vol. 25, No. 3	pg. 44
“Interview Improvisation”………………………………………………………………............................................................	Vol. 29, No. 6	pg. 20
“Shut Up and Write”…………………………………………………………………………………………………………..	Vol. 27, No. 2	pg. 43
“The Interview”…………………………………..…..….……….……………….……………………………………………	Vol. 26, No. 4	pg. 46
“Truth in Interviewing”……………………………………………………….………..............................................................	Vol. 30, No. 3	pg. 21
Words…Tools of Our Trade—“Some Won’t Talk and Some Won’t Stop!”…………………………………………….	Vol. 27, No. 4	pg. 59
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Interviews

Effective Screenwriting—“Getting To Hollywood via Your Keyboard”…………………….................................................	Vol. 29, No. 4	pg. 8
Effective Screenwriting—“Thinking and Writing Inside the Box”……………………..........................................................	Vol. 30, No. 3	pg. 8
“Interview with Bill Meyers”……………………………………………….………. ...................................................................	Vol. 30, No. 4	pg. 15
“Israel Horvitz on Writing”……………………………………………….………...................................................................….	Vol. 29, No. 5	pg. 41
“One Woman’s Impact—Publicist Alice B. Acheson”…………………............................................................................…..	Vol. 29, No. 4	pg. 22
“The Elements of Style—E. B. White”……………………………………….……........................................................................	Vol. 29, No. 6	pg. 14
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Journalism

“…And Nothing but the Truth”……………………………………………………………………………………………….	Vol. 26, No. 2	pg. 45
“Internet Journalism”………………………………………………………….……….........................................................	Vol. 30, No. 2	pg. 22
“Steady Assignments in Soft News”……………………………………………………………………………………….	Vol. 25, No. 1	pg. 16
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Leads

“Article Leads”…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………	Vol. 25, No. 1	pg. 21
“Getting a Head Start on that Story”………………………………………………………………………………………..	Vol. 24, No. 6	pg. 22
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Lighter Side of Writing

“A Man of Letters”…………………………………………………….……………………………………………………….	Vol. 26, No. 6	pg. 22
“deFUNitions”…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………	Vol. 25, No. 2	pg. 43
“Diary of a Writer”………………………………………………………………………..…………………………………….	Vol. 25, No. 2	pg. 15
“Fifteen Ways You Know You Were Born to Write”……………………………………………………………………….	Vol. 25, No. 3	pg. 42
“I’m Gonna Write Me a Book and Get Rich”……………………………………………………………………………….	Vol. 25, No. 5	pg. 48
“I Swear It’s True”……………………………………………………………………………………………………………..	Vol. 25, No. 1	pg. 12
“Little Yellow Thesaurus”……………………………………………………………………………………………………	Vol. 25, No. 3	pg. 42
“Talking the Talk: Listening the Listen”…………………………………………………………………………………….	Vol. 24, No. 6	pg. 12
“The Contest”………..………………………………………………….…………………………………………………….	Vol. 27, No. 6	pg. 13
“The Right Words”…………………………………………………………………………………………………………….	Vol. 25, No. 2	pg. 43
“The ‘Write’ Diagnosis”………………………………………..…………………………………………………………….	Vol. 25, No. 6	pg. 42
“What’s Your Punctuation Personality?”…………………….……………………………………………………………..	Vol. 25, No. 2	pg. 13
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Literary Writing

“The Importance of Being Earnestly Literary”……………………………………………………………………………..	Vol. 26, No. 6	pg. 16
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Marketing

“Affiliate Marketing”…………………………………………………………….………. .........................................................	Vol. 30, No. 3	pg. 22
“An Insider’s Tips on Selling Nonfiction Books”……………….……..…….......................................................................	Vol. 29, No. 5	pg. 21
“Be Proactive in Promoting Your Book”…………………...……………………………………………………………..…	Vol. 29, No. 2	pg. 44
“Don’t Cap Your Writing Wellheads”…………………………………….………................................................................	Vol. 30, No. 3	pg. 41
For Beginners Only—“Think Before You Write—Business and Social Ramifications of your Work” ……..………	Vol. 26, No. 1	pg. 60
For Beginners Only—“Trust: The Unspoken Element in Selling Your Writing—Help Your Editor to Trust You”.…	Vol. 27, No. 2	pg. 58
“From Lowly Letters to the Big Time”…………………………………....…………………………………………………	Vol. 29, No. 1	pg. 21
“Get Customers, Get Sales”…………………………………………………….…………………………………………..	Vol. 28, No. 3	pg. 41
“Here an Angle, There an Angle”…………………………………….…….………………………………………………..	Vol. 26, No. 3	pg. 44
“I’m an Author Now”…………….……………………………………………………………………………………………	Vol. 28, No. 2	pg. 21
“Impressing the Press”……….………………………………………………………………………………………………	Vol. 26, No. 1	pg. 15
“Making Money with the H-A-S Method”……………….….…………………………………………………………………	Vol. 29, No. 2	pg. 22
“Make Newspaper Reporters Your Best Friends When Promoting Your Book”………............................................…	Vol. 30, No. 1	pg. 15
Marketing Helps—“A One-Book Whirlwind”…………………………….............................................................................	Vol. 30, No. 2	pg. 6
Marketing Helps—“Back to the Bible, in the Book Biz”…………………………………………………………………...	Vol. 24, No. 6	pg. 4
Marketing Helps—“Basics of Book Signings”…………………………………………………………………………….	Vol. 25, No. 3	pg. 4
Marketing Helps—“Beware Tupperware”…………………………………….......................................................................	Vol. 29, No. 6	pg. 6
Marketing Helps—“Book Reviews”…………………….………………….….…………………………………………….	Vol. 26, No. 3	pg. 6
Marketing Helps—“Bring Your Characters to Life”…………………..……………………………………………………	Vol. 28, No. 3	pg. 6
Marketing Helps—“Controversy Creates Consumers”…………….…………………………………………………….	Vol. 28, No. 5	pg. 6
Marketing Helps—“Creating a Traffic Jam”……..……………………….………………………………………………..	Vol. 25, No. 5	pg. 4
Marketing Helps—“Digging Out of the Doldrums”……………………………………………………………………….	Vol. 27, No. 2	pg. 6
Marketing Helps—“E-books, EZ Money, for Free”.……………………………………………………………………….	Vol. 27, No. 4	pg. 6
Marketing Helps—“Hanging out Online”…………………….………….….………………………………………………	Vol. 26, No. 4	pg. 4
Marketing Helps—“Hitch Your Trailer Here”…………..…………….….………………………………………………….	Vol. 29, No. 1	pg. 6
Marketing Helps—“Holy Bible!”……………………………………………………................................................................	Vol. 29, No. 5	pg. 6
Marketing Helps—“How Alert Are You”…………………………………………..................................................................	Vol. 29, No. 4	pg. 6
Marketing Helps—“How Bold Are You, Really?”………………..….….………………………………………………….	Vol. 28, No. 1	pg. 6
Marketing Helps—“How to Serialize Your Sales”…………………………………………………………………………	Vol. 25, No. 4	pg. 4
Marketing Helps—“I Hereby Resolve”……………………………………….…..................................................................	Vol. 30, No. 1	pg. 6
Marketing Helps—“In the Spirit of Giving”……………..…………….……………………………………………………..	Vol. 26, No. 6	pg. 4
Marketing Helps—“Leaving a Lasting Impression”…………………..………………………………………………….	Vol. 28, No. 2	pg. 6
Marketing Helps—“Locating a Character”………………….……………..………………………………………………..	Vol. 28, No. 6	pg. 6
Marketing Helps—“Looking for Love”……………………………………….…..................................................................	Vol. 30, No. 3	pg. 6
Marketing Helps—“Lurk Mode”………………………………………………….…………………………………………..	Vol. 25, No. 2	pg. 4
Marketing Helps—“Marketing Motivation: Read a Good Book”………………………………………………………….	Vol. 28, No. 4	pg. 6
Marketing Helps—“Me? An Expert?”……………………………………….…....................................................................	Vol. 30, No. 4	pg. 6
Marketing Helps—“Name That…Product?”……….……………………….……………………………………………..	Vol. 27, No. 1	pg. 4
Marketing Helps—“Shall We Chat?”………………………………..……….……………………………………………..	Vol. 25, No. 6	pg. 6
Marketing Helps—“Slogging through the World of Blogging”….……………………………………………………….	Vol. 26, No. 5	pg. 4
Marketing Helps—“Spring Ahead”………………………………..………….……………………………………………..	Vol. 29, No. 2	pg. 4
Marketing Helps—“Success: Where to Begin”………………………….………………………………………………..	Vol. 25, No. 1	pg. 4
Marketing Helps—“The Robin Hood Approach to Marketing”……..................................................................................	Vol. 29, No. 3	pg. 6
Marketing Helps—“The Verdict Is In”…………………….………………….……………………………………………..	Vol. 27, No. 3	pg. 6
Marketing Helps—“Those Wonderful Waves”……………………….….…………………………………………………	Vol. 26, No. 2	pg. 6
Marketing Helps—“What It’s Really All About”………………………….………………………………………………….	Vol. 26, No. 1	pg. 6
Marketing Helps—“Where’s My Tracking Number?”………………….………………………………………………….	Vol. 27, No. 5	pg. 6
“Network Your Way to a Freelance Career”………….………………….…………………………………………………	Vol. 27, No. 3	pg. 23
“One Woman’s Impact—Publicist Alice B. Acheson”…………………….........................................................................	Vol. 29, No. 4	pg. 22
“Online Publishing vs. Traditional Publishing”……..……….…………………………………………………………….	Vol. 27, No. 2	pg. 16
“Picture Perfect”……………………………………………….………………………............…............................................	Vol. 30, No. 4	pg. 24
“Pitcher Perfect, Ten Tips to Target Your Sales”………………………………………………………………………….	Vol. 25, No. 5	pg. 45
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“Pump Up the Profits—Develop a Marketing Plan”…………………..……………………………………………………	Vol. 27, No. 5	pg. 47
“Self-Published Author Sells 1700 Copies to Waldenbooks”……..…………………………………………………….	Vol. 28, No. 1	pg. 43
“The Importance of a Prepublication Marketing Plan”….………………………………………………………………..	Vol. 25, No. 5	pg. 10
“The Public Face of Writing”…..…….………………………………………………………………………………………..	Vol. 26, No. 1	pg. 45
“The Sidebar Rotation”……….…………………………………………………………........................................................	Vol. 30, No. 3	pg. 15
“What Salespeople Know that Writers Should”…….……………………………………………………………………..	Vol. 25, No. 6	pg. 41
“When Authors Visit Schools”……….……………………………………………………………………………………….	Vol. 26, No. 1	pg. 44
“Why News Releases Fail”………………………………….………..………….………………………………………….	Vol. 26, No. 4	pg. 13
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“E-zines—Valuable ‘Apprentice Markets’ for Writers”…………………………………………………………………….	Vol. 25, No. 2	pg. 58
For Beginners Only—“Make Your Talent Work for You”……….…....................................................................................	Vol. 30, No. 2	pg. 57
“Going Green”………………………………………………………………………………....................................................	Vol. 30, No. 4	pg. 19
“Regional Magazines”………………………………..…………………………….…………………………………………	Vol. 28, No. 3	pg. 46
“Six Clues to Potential Markets”…………………………………….……………………………………………………….	Vol. 28, No. 2	pg. 13
“Want a Bigger and Better Paying Client?”…………………….…………….	Vol. 29, No. 6	pg. 45
WRITERS’ Journal Market Report…………………………………………………………………………………………..	Vol. 24, No. 6	pg. 58
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WRITERS’ Journal Market Report…………………………………………………………………………………………..	Vol. 26, No. 5	pg. 61
WRITERS’ Journal Market Report…………………………………………………………………………………………..	Vol. 26, No. 6	pg. 59
WRITERS’ Journal Market Report…………………………………………………………………………………………..	Vol. 27, No. 1	pg. 60
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WRITERS’ Journal Market Report…………………………………………………………………………………………..	Vol. 27, No. 6	pg. 59
WRITERS’ Journal Market Report…………………………………………………………………………………………..	Vol. 28, No. 1	pg. 61
WRITERS’ Journal Market Report…………………………………………………………………………………………..	Vol. 28, No. 2	pg. 61
WRITERS’ Journal Market Report…………………………………………………………………………………………..	Vol. 28, No. 3	pg. 59
WRITERS’ Journal Market Report…………………………………………………………………………………………..	Vol. 28, No. 4	pg. 61
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WRITERS’ Journal Market Report…………………………………………………………………………………………..	Vol. 28, No. 6	pg. 59
WRITERS’ Journal Market Report…………………………………………………………………………………………..	Vol. 29, No. 1	pg. 60
WRITERS’ Journal Market Report…………………………………………………………………………………………..	Vol. 29, No. 2	pg. 60
WRITERS’ Journal Market Report…………………………………………………………………………………………..	Vol. 29, No. 3	pg. 59
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WRITERS’ Journal Market Report…………………………………………………………………………………………..	Vol. 29, No. 6	pg. 59
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Memoir Writing

“Three Tips for Publishing Your Life Experiences”……………………………………………………………………….	Vol. 25, No. 6	pg. 13
“What’s Not a Memoir”……………………………………………..…………………………………………………………	Vol. 29, No. 2	pg. 15
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Motivation
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For Beginners Only—“An Exceptional Encourager”……….…..………….................................................................................	Vol. 29, No. 4	pg. 58
For Beginners Only—“Make Your Talent Work for You”……….................................................................................................	Vol. 30, No. 2	pg. 57
For Beginners Only—“Writers Can Stand the Competition".....................................................................................................	Vol. 29, No. 6	pg. 57
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Mystery Writing

“Writing Mystery Fiction—How to Plant the Clues”……………………………………………………………………….	Vol. 27, No. 5	pg. 41
“Writing Mysteries”………………………………………………………………….…………………………………………	Vol. 28, No. 5	pg. 16
“The Mystery Writer’s Crash Course”…………………….……………….………………………………………………..	Vol. 28, No. 3	pg. 48
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“My Biggest Mistake as a Beginning Writer”…………………………………......................................................................	Vol. 29, No. 3	pg. 19
“Networking for $$$”….……………………………………………………………………………………………………….	Vol. 29, No. 1	pg. 46
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Newspaper Writing

“Covering Meetings”…………………………………………….……………………………………………………………	Vol. 27, No. 2	pg. 41
For Beginners Only—“Freelancing Tips for Newspaper Writing” ………………………………………………………	Vol. 28, No. 2	pg. 58
For Beginners Only—“Opinions Pay” ………………………………………………………………………………………	Vol. 28, No. 4	pg. 58
“From Lowly Letters to the Big Time”………………………………………………………………………………………..	Vol. 29, No. 1	pg. 21
“One Writer’s Advice: Aim Low and Persevere”…………………………………………………………………………..	Vol. 24, No. 6	pg. 55
“How I Became a Columnist: A Passion Energized My Writing”………………………………………………………..	Vol. 25, No. 6	pg. 55
“Newspaper Jargon”………………………………………..……………………….………………………………………..	Vol. 28, No. 3	pg. 42
“Small-Town Newspapers Buy Local History”.….………………….…….……………………………………………….	Vol. 26, No. 4	pg. 48
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Online Publishing

“Online Publishing vs. Traditional Publishing”……..……….…………………………………………………………….	Vol. 27, No. 2	pg. 16
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Opinion Writing

“From Lowly Letters to the Big Time”……………………………………………………………………..…………....……	Vol. 29, No. 1	pg. 21
“Ten Tips for Writing a Letter to the Editor”……………………………………………………………………………….…	Vol. 24, No. 6	pg. 19
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Organization

“Be Neurotic about Your Record Keeping”………………………….………......................................................................	Vol. 30, No. 1	pg. 41
“Coping with the Toxic Triangle”……………………….…………………….……………………………………………...	Vol. 28, No. 6	pg. 43
“Feng Shui for Writers”…………………………………………………………….…………………………………………	Vol. 28, No. 1	pg. 51
“The Ten-Minute Writer”…………………………………….………………………………………………………………..	Vol. 26, No. 1	pg. 19
For Beginners Only—“Set Effective Writing Goals: Organize Your Work…Use Your Resources”…………..…..….	Vol. 25, No. 3	pg. 56
“Getting Organized”……………….……………………………………………………….........................................................	Vol. 29, No. 3	pg. 21
Words…Tools of Our Trade—“Categories and How Not to Take Them Seriously”………………………………....	Vol. 27, No. 1	pg. 59
“Writing Around Little Ones”…………………………………………………………………………………………………	Vol. 25, No. 4	pg. 19
“Writing-Management Systems”…………………………………………….………………………………………………	Vol. 28, No. 3	pg. 13
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Photography

Photography Techniques—“Camera and Gear Checklists”……………..........................................................................	Vol. 29, No. 3	pg. 15
Photography Techniques—“Composition Tips for Great Fall Photos”……………………………………..................	Vol. 28, No. 5	pg. 10
Photography Techniques—“Creative Approaches”…….…….………..………………………………………………….	Vol. 25, No. 4	pg. 10
Photography Techniques—“Digital Image Storage”………….………..…………………………………………………	Vol. 25, No. 1	pg. 8
Photography Techniques—“Don’t Be in the Dark about Light”…………………………………………………………	Vol. 26, No. 3	pg. 9
Photography Techniques—“Evaluating Photos”…………………………..……………………………………………..	Vol. 25, No. 5	pg. 8
Photography Techniques—“Flower Power”………………...…….………..……………………………………………..	Vol. 27, No. 3	pg. 10
Photography Techniques—“Go Light—And Save Your Body”….…….................................................................................	Vol. 29, No. 5	pg. 13
Photography Techniques—“Harvesting the Crop”………….…………..………………………………………………..	Vol. 25, No. 3	pg. 8
Photography Techniques—“How to Take Better Photos of Fido”………….……….…..……………………………….	Vol. 26, No. 2	pg. 9
Photography Techniques —“Look Sharp”………….………………….….……………………………………………....	Vol. 26, No. 4	pg. 9
Photography Techniques—“Photographing Sunsets”.…….………..……………………………………………………	Vol. 27, No. 6	pg. 11
Photography Techniques—“Product Photography Made Easy”………………………………………………………..	Vol. 29, No. 1	pg. 12
Photography Techniques—“Shiver and Shoot”………….…………..……………………………………………………	Vol. 24, No. 6	pg. 8
Photography Techniques—“Shooting Marketable Travel Photos”……………………………………………………..	Vol. 28, No. 3	pg. 11
Photography Techniques—“Shooting in National Parks”….…..………………………………………………………..	Vol. 26, No. 5	pg. 10
Photography Techniques—“Shooting Nature in Spring”……………..………………………………………………….	Vol. 25, No. 2	pg. 8
Photography Techniques—“Steady as She Goes”…………………………....................................................................	Vol. 30, No. 2	pg. 12
Photography Techniques—“Take the Weekend Off and Work”…..……………………………………………………..	Vol. 26, No. 1	pg. 10
Photography Techniques—“Ten Air Travel Tips to Protect Your Camera Equipment”…..........................................…	Vol. 29, No. 6	pg. 12
Photography Techniques—“The Art of Color Management”…………............................................................................	Vol. 30, No. 4	pg. 12
Photography Techniques—“The Art of Filing”……………………………………………………………………………..	Vol. 28, No. 6	pg. 13
Photography Techniques—“The Awe of Spring”………………………………………………………………………….	Vol. 29, No. 2	pg. 12
Photography Techniques—“The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly”……...............................................................................	Vol. 30, No. 3	pg. 13
Photography Techniques—“The Landlubber’s Guide to Underwater Photography”…………….………….………	Vol. 27, No. 2	pg. 10
Photography Techniques—“The Magic of Fall”……………….…….…….……………………………………………….	Vol. 27, No. 5	pg. 10
Photography Techniques—“Theme Photography”…………………….…………………………………………………	Vol. 28, No. 4	pg. 10
Photography Techniques—“The Scenes of Summer”…….…….…….…………………………………………………	Vol. 27, No. 4	pg. 10
Photography Techniques—“The Secrets of Taking Better Vacation Photos”……………….………………………...	Vol. 26, No. 6	pg. 9
Photography Techniques—“Ups and Downs of the Histogram”…….............................................................................	Vol. 30, No. 1	pg. 12
Photography Techniques—“Using Filters with Digital Cameras”.……………………………………………………..	Vol. 25, No. 6	pg. 8
Photography Techniques—“What Makes a Good Photo?”………..…….........................................................................	Vol. 29, No. 4	pg. 13
Photography Techniques—“Would You Like That RAW?—Part 1”…………………………………………………….	Vol. 28, No. 1	pg. 11
Photography Techniques—“Would You Like That RAW?—Part 2”………………………………………………….....	Vol. 28, No. 2	pg. 11
Photography Techniques—“Your First Digital Camera”.………………………………………………………………..	Vol. 27, No. 1	pg. 9
“Picture Perfect”……………………………………………….………………………….......................................................	Vol. 30, No. 4	pg. 24
“Writing with Light”…………………………………………………………………………....................................................	Vol. 29, No. 3	pg. 44
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Plot Development

“Building Inspiration”……………………………………………………………..…..……………………………………....	Vol. 28, No. 1	pg. 44
“Familiar Inspiration”……………..………….………………..………….………….……………………………………….	Vol. 28, No. 1	pg. 19
For Beginners Only—“Pacing the Short Story”…………….…….……….………………………………………………..	Vol. 21, No. 1	pg. 58
For Beginners Only—“Plot Diagram: The Structure of Your Novel”……………………………………………………	Vol. 26, No. 6	pg. 55
“How to Design an Irresistible Plot”…………….………………….………….……………………………………………	Vol. 26, No. 2	pg. 23
Massaging the Muse—“Animal Instincts”………………………………….…. ..................................................................	Vol. 29, No. 3	pg. 5
“Plants Can Make Your Stories Blossom”………………………………………………………………………………...	Vol. 26, No. 6	pg. 41
“Rx for Short Story Woes”……………………………………………………………............................................................	Vol. 29, No. 6	pg. 41
“Snazzy First Lines”…………………………………………………………….……….........................................................	Vol. 30, No. 1	pg. 20
“Story Construction”…………………………………………………….………….…………………………………………	Vol. 26, No. 6	pg. 14
“The Elements of Story”……………………………………………………….……….........................................................	Vol. 30, No. 1	pg. 46
“What Happens in Your Story”……………………………..….…………………………………………………………….	Vol. 27, No. 6	pg. 44
“Winning through Structure”…………….………………..………….………….…………………………………………..	Vol. 28, No. 1	pg. 13
Words…Tools of Our Trade—“A Story Is More Than a Series of Incidents”………...............................................…...	Vol. 29, No. 4	pg. 59
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Poetry

Esther Comments On…—“D52” and “Shudders”…………..………………………………………………….…...……	Vol. 26, No. 1	pg. 57
Esther Comments On…—“Enter Querty, Re-entered”…..………...…………………………………………………….	Vol. 26, No. 3	pg. 55
Esther Comments On…—“Freedom is Only Fifty Percent” and “Corrective Medicine”………..……..……...............	Vol. 30, No. 3	pg. 54
Esther Comments On…—“Glass of Water”……………………………...……………………………………………….	Vol. 28, No. 3	pg. 55
Esther Comments On…—“Hallowed Ground” and “Loving from a Distance”……………………………………….…	Vol. 25, No. 3	pg. 54
Esther Comments On…—“Remembrance” and “In My Garden”……………………………………………………….	Vol. 27, No. 3	pg. 53
Esther Comments On…—“Savannah Song” and “Man Standing In Louisiana”………………………………...……	Vol. 28, No. 5	pg. 55
Esther Comments On…—“Split It Down the Middle” and “When I Talk About…”…..…...………………………….…	Vol. 27, No. 5	pg. 56
Esther Comments On…—“ The Blood in Babi Yar” and “Fool Me Once”………..…..…………………………….……	Vol. 29, No. 1	pg. 55
Esther Comments On…—“The Fabric” and “Busy Fingers”……...…………………………………………………...…	Vol. 26, No. 5	pg. 57
Esther Comments On…—“The Implanted Epitaph” and “Joie De Vivre”………………….…........................…………	Vol. 29, No. 3	pg. 55
Esther Comments On…—“The Last Word” and “Did Hemingway Like Anagrams, Too?……………............……….	Vol. 29, No. 5	pg. 56
Esther Comments On…—“The Moon Molten Gold” and “Oh My Love Has Come”………………………………….	Vol. 25, No. 1	pg. 55
Esther Comments On…—“The Painter and the Poet” and “I Will Always Love You”…………..…….........................	Vol. 30, No. 1	pg. 54
Esther Comments On…—“The Winners—April 2003”……….………………………………………………………….	Vol. 24, No. 6	pg. 50
Esther Comments On…—“The Winners—August 2003”……………………………………………………………..…	Vol. 25, No. 2	pg. 53
Esther Comments On…—“The Winners—December 2003”…………………………………………………………..	Vol. 25, No. 4	pg. 54
Esther Comments On…—“The Winners—April 2004”……….………………………………………………………….	Vol. 25, No. 6	pg. 52
Esther Comments On…—“The Winners—August 2004”……………………………………………………………….	Vol. 26, No. 2	pg. 54
Esther Comments On…—“The Winners—December 2004”…..……………………………………………………….	Vol. 26, No. 4	pg. 56
Esther Comments On…—“The Winners— April 2005”…………..……………………………………………………...	Vol. 26, No. 6	pg. 51
Esther Comments On…—“The Winners—August 2005”……………………………………………………………….	Vol. 27, No. 2	pg. 55
Esther Comments On…—“The Winners—December 2005”…..……………………………………………………….	Vol. 27, No. 4	pg. 54
Esther Comments On…—“The Winners— April 2006”………………………………………………………………….	Vol. 27, No. 6	pg. 53
Esther Comments On…—“The Winners— August 2006”……..………………………………………………………..	Vol. 28, No. 2	pg. 54
Esther Comments On…—“The Winners—December 2006”…..……………………………………………………….	Vol. 28, No. 4	pg. 55
Esther Comments On…—“The Winners— April 2007”…………..………………………………………………………	Vol. 28, No. 6	pg. 52
Esther Comments On…—“The Winners— August 2007”……..………………………………………………………..	Vol. 29, No. 2	pg. 53
Esther Comments On…—“The Winners—December 2007”………..….........................................................................	Vol. 29, No. 4	pg. 54
Esther Comments On…—“The Winners—April 2008”………….……..….........................................................................	Vol. 29, No. 6	pg. 52
Esther Comments On…—“ The Winners—August 2008”…………................................................................................	Vol. 30, No. 2	pg. 53
Esther Comments On…—“The Winners—December 2008”…….….….........................................................................	Vol. 30, No. 4	pg. 54
Esther Comments On…—“Under the Firefly Sky” and “Brazen Angels”…..………...…………………………………	Vol. 27, No. 1	pg. 55
Esther Comments On…—“With Spring Arising” and “Not the Raven, But the Crow”…..………...……………………	Vol. 28, No. 1	pg. 56
Every Day with Poetry—“Accidental Accidents”……………………….…………………………………………………...	Vol. 28, No. 1	pg. 52
Every Day with Poetry—“A Litany for Brittany”……………………….……………………………………………………...	Vol. 26, No. 2	pg. 50
Every Day with Poetry—“A Verse Excursion: Raddled with Riddles”…………………………………………………..	Vol. 28, No. 4	pg. 51
Every Day with Poetry—“Concrete or Con Job; Shipshape or Slipshod"……………………………………………….	Vol. 25, No. 6	pg. 47
Every Day with Poetry—“Edith Sitwell—Sitting Pretty”…………………………………………………………………….	Vol. 28, No. 2	pg. 50
Every Day with Poetry—“Folk Poetry—No Joke”…………..…….…………………………………………………………	Vol. 29, No. 1	pg. 51
Every Day with Poetry—“Frost Heaves: The Art of Plying Parody”……………….………………………………………	Vol. 27, No. 4	pg. 50
Every Day with Poetry—“In the Network of Stars”………………….………………………………………………………	Vol. 24, No. 6	pg. 43
Every Day with Poetry—“Inspiration: Can You Trust It? Perspiration: Does It Work?”………………..…….………..	Vol. 26, No. 1	pg. 52
Every Day with Poetry—“Intricate Song: H.D. and I”……………….………………………………………………………	Vol. 29, No. 2	pg. 47
Every Day with Poetry—“J.R. Rolly: A Man for All Reasons”……………………………………………………………..	Vol. 25, No. 2	pg. 45
Every Day with Poetry—“Kaleidoscopes—or Falling Short”……..………………………………………………………	Vol. 26, No. 4	pg. 52
Every Day with Poetry—“Lunar Tunes”………………………………….………………………………………………….	Vol. 25, No. 4	pg. 50
Every Day with Poetry—“Me, Myself, or I: Whose Voice Rules”….…….………………………………………………..	Vol. 30, No. 3	pg. 50
Every Day with Poetry—“Message Poems—Hi-De-Ho, or Ho-Hum Humbug”……………………………………….	Vol. 27, No. 5	pg. 51
Every Day with Poetry—“Of Bugs and Bolts”……..………………….…………………………………………………….	Vol. 27, No. 3	pg. 48
Every Day with Poetry—“Out on a Limerick”………………………….…………………………………………………….	Vol. 25, No. 1	pg. 50
Every Day with Poetry—“Petrafied: The Burgon of Fame”…….………………………………………………………….	Vol. 25, No. 5	pg. 52
Every Day with Poetry—“Poetry by Design”………………………………….........................................................................	Vol. 29, No. 3	pg. 50
Every Day with Poetry—“Repent, Repeat, Revise”………..……………………………………………………………….	Vol. 28, No. 3	pg. 51
Every Day with Poetry—“Rumbled Layers of Breen Tweet”……..……………………………………………………….	Vol. 26, No. 3	pg. 51
Every Day with Poetry—“Seasons of the Sea”…………………………..…………………………………………………	Vol. 27, No. 1	pg. 51
Every Day with Poetry—“Sestinas—Say What?”………..…..………………………………………………………………	Vol. 28, No. 5	pg. 50
Every Day with Poetry—“Sonnet—Song Net or Not? Or What?”………………………………………………………..	Vol. 25, No. 3	pg. 48
Every Day with Poetry—“So, You Want to Do a Picture Book?..........................................................................................	Vol. 29, No. 4	pg. 48
Every Day with Poetry—“The American Sonnet—Plus Much Much Moore”……………….………..….…..…………...	Vol. 30, No. 1	pg. 50
Every Day with Poetry—“The Christmas Moose” and “A Christmas Event”………..…..………………………………..	Vol. 28, No. 6	pg. 47
Every Day with Poetry—“The Forms of Time”……………………………………………………………………………...	Vol. 27, No. 6	pg. 48
Every Day with Poetry—“The Ode Less Traveled”……………….….…..………………………………………………...	Vol. 30, No. 4	pg. 50
Every Day with Poetry—“The Uncanny Valley”…………………………………………………………………………….	Vol. 27, No. 2	pg 51
Every Day with Poetry—“Time: Milestone or Millstone”…..……………...............................................................................	Vol. 29, No. 6	pg. 47
Every Day with Poetry—“What about Free Verse, Part 1”………………………………………………………………...	Vol. 26, No. 5	pg. 53
Every Day with Poetry—“What about the New Formalism, Pt. 2”………………………………………………………..	Vol. 26, No. 6	pg. 46
Every Day with Poetry—“What Makes a Poet?”……………………………..........................................................................	Vol. 29, No. 5	pg. 51
Every Day with Poetry—“Writers Need Readers”………………..….…..….........................................................................	Vol. 30, No. 2	pg. 48
“Let’s Get It Started—Choosing a Title”……………………………………….......................................................................	Vol. 29, No. 4	pg. 16
“Making Every Word Count”……….…..……………………………………………………………………………………..	Vol. 27, No. 2	pg. 46
Massaging the Muse—“Light the Way to Writing Tight with a Lantern Poem”………….………………..…………….	Vol. 26, No. 5	pg. 5
“Poetic Recycling”……..…………………………………………………………….…………………………………………	Vol. 28, No. 5	pg. 42
“Poetry Immersion”………..……………………………………………………….……………………………………...….	Vol. 28, No. 6	pg. 19
“Poetry, the Scheme of Things—Poetry for Children”.………….………………………………………………………..	Vol. 28, No. 5	pg. 14
“The Charm of Haiku”…………………………………………..………………….………………………………………….	Vol. 27, No. 3	pg. 44
“The Short-Shorties”……………………….……………………………………….…………………………………………	Vol. 28, No. 3	pg. 44
“The Villanelle”……….…..……………………………………………………………………………………………………	Vol. 26, No. 3	pg. 46
Vocabulary Review—“Alliteration”……………………………………………...............................................................…….	Vol. 29, No. 4	pg. 7
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Point of View

“Quit Typecasting My Narrator”……………….………………………….…………. ………………………………………...	Vol. 30, No. 3	pg. 46
“Seven Bad Habits of Highly Unsuccessful Writers”…………..…….…. ………. ………………………………………..	Vol. 30, No. 2	pg. 44
“The Long and Short View”………………………………………………….………. ………………………………………..	Vol. 30, No. 2	pg. 15
Words…Tools of Our Trade—“Rules Are Made to Be Broken”……………………………………………………………	Vol. 27, No. 5	pg. 59
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Print-On–Demand

“New Rule on Works-in-Progress: Manuscripts Are Over”…………………………………………………………...….	Vol. 28, No. 1	pg. 23
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Profiles

“Author: Ad Hudler”…….…………………………………………………………………………………………………….	Vol. 25, No. 5	pg. 41
“Impressing the Press, Book Buzz on Television”……………..…………………………………………………………	Vol. 26, No. 1	pg. 15
“Interview with Bill Meyers”……………………………………………….………. ………………………………………...	Vol. 30, No. 4	pg. 15
“Interview with Jerry B. Jenkins”……………………………………….……………………………………………………	Vol. 28, No. 1	pg. 48
“Selling Originality—Interview, Stephen Coonts”………………….……………………………………………………..	Vol. 28, No. 4	pg. 15
“Talking Turkey with Diana Jenkins, Children’s Author”……….……………………………………………………….	Vol. 28, No. 6	pg. 21
“When Authors Visit Schools”……….………………………………………………………………………………………	Vol. 26, No. 1	pg. 44
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Proposals

“…And the Beat Goes On”…………………….…………………………………………………………………………..…	Vol. 26, No. 2	pg. 16
“How to Pitch Your Book”…………………………………………………….……………………………………………....	Vol. 30, No. 1	pg. 23
“Presenting the Professional Writer”………………………………………………..............................................................	Vol. 29, No. 6	pg. 19
“Various Questions—Answered”……..…………………………………………………………………………………….	Vol. 25, No. 6	pg. 15
“Write What You Know”…………………………………………………………………..........................................................	Vol. 29, No. 6	pg. 22
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Public Relations

“Impressing the Press”……….………………………………………………………………………………………………	Vol. 26, No. 1	pg. 15
“Why News Releases Fail”………………………………….………..………….………………………………………….	Vol. 26, No. 4	pg. 13
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Public Speaking

“The Public Face of Writing”…..…….……………………………………………………………………………………….	Vol. 26, No. 1	pg. 45
“When Authors Visit Schools”……….……………………………………………………………………………………….	Vol. 26, No. 1	pg. 44
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Punctuation

“Harnessing the Power of the Period”……….……….……………….…….……………………………………………..	Vol. 26, No. 4	pg. 41
“Seven Bad Habits of Highly Unsuccessful Writers”…………..…….…….……………………………………………..	Vol. 30, No. 2	pg. 44
Words…Tools of Our Trade—“A Surplus of Ellipses”……………………………………………………………….......	Vol. 27, No. 3	pg. 57
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Querying


“Caveat Scripter”……………………………………………………………………..……………………………………….	Vol. 25, No. 1	pg. 47
“E-mail or Snail Mail an Agent?”………………………………………………….................................................................	Vol. 29, No. 4	pg. 41
“Helpareporter”………………………………………………………………………………..................................................	Vol. 29, No. 5	pg. 42
“How to Get an Agent with Your Very First Query”………………………………………………………………………...	Vol. 27, No. 4	pg. 22
“How to Pitch Your Book”…………………………………………………….………………………………………………	Vol. 30, No. 1	pg. 23
“Pitcher Perfect, Ten Tips to Target Your Sales”……………………..…………………………………………………..	Vol. 25, No. 5	pg. 45
“Short vs. Long Queries”…………….…….………………..………….………….…………………………………………	Vol. 28, No. 1	pg. 15
“The Query Letter”……….……………………………………………………….……………………………………………	Vol. 26, No. 1	pg. 22
“Questions and Answers”………………………………………………………..………………………………………….	Vol. 25, No. 4	pg. 16
“Various Questions—Answered”……..…………………………………………………………………………………….	Vol. 25, No. 6	pg. 15
“You’ve Got to Accentuate the Positive”………………………………….…………………………………………………	Vol. 28, No. 4	pg. 19
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Quotes

Words…Tools of Our Trade “One-liners”……….………………….………………………………………………………	Vol. 25, No. 1	pg. 59
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Readings

“The Public Face of Writing”…..…….……………………………………………………………………………………….	Vol. 26, No. 1	pg. 45
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Rejections

“If and When”………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….	Vol. 28, No. 2	pg. 42
“Rejection or Refusal? ”……….…………………………………………………….………………………………………..	Vol. 26, No. 1	pg. 41
“Rethinking Rejections”……………………………………………………………………………………………………....	Vol. 24, No. 6	pg. 14
“Though You Reject Me, Still I Write”……………………………..….……………………………………………………..	Vol. 27, No. 5	pg. 42
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Research

“The Internet for Writers”………….………………………..………………….………………………………………………	Vol. 27, No. 3	pg. 42
“The Library’s Hidden Treasures”……….…..……………………………………………………………………………..	Vol. 26, No. 3	pg. 22
"How to Be a Time Traveler via Historical Research”……………….….………………………………………………..	Vol. 30, No. 2	pg. 23
“Internet Journalism”………………………………………………………….……….……………………………………..	Vol. 30, No. 2	pg. 22
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Reviewing

“Critical Points to Book Reviewing”……………………………………..….……………………………………………….	Vol. 28, No. 5	pg. 46
“Extra Money for Freelancers—Book Manuscript and Proposal Reviewing”………………………….……………….	Vol. 25, No. 4	pg. 43
“Writing Book Reviews”………………..……………………..………………….…………………………………………..	Vol. 27, No. 3	pg. 46
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Rewriting and Revision

For Beginners Only—“Making the Word Count”……………….….…………………………………………………….…	Vol. 29, No. 2	pg. 56
For Beginners Only “Practicing the Art of Observation”…………………………………………………………………..	Vol. 26, No. 3	pg. 57
For Beginners Only—“The First Cut is the Deepest”……………………............... .............................................................	Vol. 29, No. 5	pg. 58
“New Rule on Works-in-Progress: Manuscripts Are Over”………………………………………………………………	Vol. 28, No. 1	pg. 23
“Rewriting: The Prescription for Ailing Manuscripts”……………………………………………………………………..	Vol. 25, No. 1	pg. 13
“The Art of the Rough Draft”……………………………………………..…….…………………………………………......	Vol. 26, No. 5	pg. 43
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Romance Writing

“Why Romance Is Hot”……………………………………………………….………………………………………….…….	Vol. 28, No. 1	pg. 41
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Science Fiction Writing

“Fabricating Reality”…………………………………………………………….………. .........................................................	Vol. 30, No. 1	pg. 48
“From Otherwhere to Otherwhen”…………………………………….……..…….................................................................	Vol. 29, No. 5	pg. 16
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Screenwriting (Scriptwriting)

“Apples and Oranges”…………………………………………………………………………………………………….….	Vol. 29, No. 1	pg. 43
Effective Screenwriting—“Are You a Scriptwriter?”……….…………..…………………………………………………...	Vol. 25, No. 1	pg. 6
Effective Screenwriting—“Are You Ready for Hollywood”…….….……………………………………………………….	Vol. 26, No. 4	pg. 6
Effective Screenwriting—“Baring All for the Spotlight”…..……….……………………………………………………….	Vol. 29, No. 1	pg. 8
Effective Screenwriting—“Beware the Artful Dodgers”…….….….……………………………………………………….	Vol. 26, No. 5	pg. 7
Effective Screenwriting—“Careful! Is Your Script Protected?”…..……………………………………………………….	Vol. 25, No. 6	pg. 7
Effective Screenwriting—“Dead Celebrity Rights”……….……………………………………………………………….	Vol. 27, No. 5	pg. 7
Effective Screenwriting—“Everything I Needed to Know about Screenwriting I Learned in My Kitchen”……………	Vol. 28, No. 2	pg. 8
Effective Screenwriting—“Fifty Ways to Annoy Actors”………….............................................................................………	Vol. 29, No. 3	pg. 8
Effective Screenwriting—“Follow That Cab”……….……………………………………………………………………….	Vol. 24, No. 6	pg. 6
Effective Screenwriting—“Foreign Exchange, or Will It Wow ’Em in Machu Picchu?”…………………………………	Vol. 30, No.	pg. 8
Effective Screenwriting—“Getting To Hollywood via Your Keyboard”………………................................................…….	Vol. 29, No. 4	pg. 8
Effective Screenwriting—“Happily Ever Hereafter”…..……….…….………………………………………………………	Vol. 28, No. 1	pg. 8
Effective Screenwriting—“Horrors! It’s a Screenplay”……….……....................…….............................................. ...........	Vol. 29, No. 5	pg. 8
Effective Screenwriting—“How to Improve Your Odds in Screenwriting Contests”……………………… ………….	Vol. 26, No. 6	pg. 6
Effective Screenwriting—“I’d Like to See More of Your Script”…………………………………………………………..	Vol. 28, No. 4	pg. 8
Effective Screenwriting—“Is Your Script Ready for Its Close-up”…………………………………………………………	Vol. 28, No. 6	pg. 8
Effective Screenwriting—“Making the Most of Professional Script Consultations”…………………………………….	Vol. 27, No. 3	pg. 7
Effective Screenwriting—“Problem Solving”……………..……….…….…………………………………………………...	Vol. 26, No. 2	pg. 7
Effective Screenwriting—“Scene Descriptions”………………….…….………………………………………………….	Vol. 26, No. 1	pg. 8
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Effective Screenwriting—“Spec Scripts: Your Calling Card to Hollywood’s Front Door”………………………….…	Vol. 27, No. 6	pg. 8
Effective Screenwriting—“Splat! Hitting the Wall with Writer’s Block”……………..……….…….…………………….	Vol. 27, No. 4	pg. 7
Effective Screenwriting—“The Best of Times?”……….………………….………………………………………………..	Vol. 25, No. 2	pg. 6
Effective Screenwriting—“The ‘Hollywood’ Script Format”……….………………………………………………………	Vol. 25, No. 4	pg. 8
Effective Screenwriting—“The Name Game: Not Every Character Needs One”………………………………...........	Vol. 27, No. 1	pg. 6
Effective Screenwriting—“The Plot That Goes Like This”……………...……………….…………………………..........	Vol. 30, No. 4	pg. 8
Effective Screenwriting—“Thinking (and Writing) Inside the Box”…………………….…………………………...........	Vol. 30, No. 3	pg. 8
Effective Screenwriting—“Through a Lens Darkly: From “Real” to “Reel” with The Last King of Scotland”……….	Vol. 28, No. 3	pg. 8
Effective Screenwriting—“Time As We Know It”…………………………………………………………………………..	Vol. 29, No. 2	pg. 7
Effective Screenwriting—“Timing Your Script”………………………..….………………………………………………..	Vol. 25, No. 5	pg. 6
Effective Screenwriting—“Timing is Everything”…………..….….….…………………………………………………….	Vol. 27, No. 2	pg. 7
Effective Screenwriting—“What Chekhov Knew about Sitcoms”….…………………………………………………….	Vol. 30, No. 1	pg. 7
Effective Screenwriting—“When Eels Go Bad, What’s Their Motivation?”………..................................................…..…	Vol. 29, No. 6	pg. 7
Effective Screenwriting—“Widening Your Mental Margins”…..………………………………………………………….	Vol. 28, No. 5	pg. 8
Effective Screenwriting—“Working with Film Committees”…….……………………………………………………….	Vol. 26, No. 3	pg. 7
“Improving Your Screenplay Dialogue”…………………………….….……………………………………………………	Vol. 25, No. 6	pg. 20
“Sitcom Writing: Getting Your Foot in the Door”…………………………………………………………………………..	Vol. 25, No. 1	pg. 14
“Ten Tips to Help You Write Good Screen Dialogue”…………………………………………………………………….	Vol. 25, No. 5	pg. 22
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Self-Motivation
“Excuses”………………………………………….…………………………………………………………………………..	Vol. 29, No. 1	pg. 16
“I Am a Writer”………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….	Vol. 25, No. 3	pg. 44
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Self-Publishing

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“Bitter Fruit”……………………….……………………………………………………………………………………………	Vol. 28, No. 2	pg. 44
“Confessions of a Self-Publisher”…………………………………………….…………………………………………….	Vol. 28, No. 4	pg. 47
“I Don’t Think We’re in Kansas Anymore”………………..………………………………………………………………..	Vol. 29, No. 2	pg. 19
“Self-Published Author Sells 1700 Copies to Waldenbooks”……..……………………………………………………	Vol. 28, No. 1	pg. 43
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Setting

“Finding the ‘Where’”………………………………………………………………………………………………………….	Vol. 29, No. 1	pg. 44
“Immortality in the Details”…………………………………………………………………………………………………..	Vol. 28, No. 2	pg. 41
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Submitting
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“Beating the Literary Lottery…………………………….……………………………………………………………………	Vol. 30, No. 4	pg. 47
“Don’t Cap Your Writing Wellheads”…………………………………….………. ……………………………………….	Vol. 30, No. 3	pg. 41
“E-Subbing, Are You Doing It Right?”……….…..………………………………………………………………………….	Vol. 26, No. 3	pg. 45
For Beginners Only—“Beat the Submission Blues”……………………………………………………………………..	Vol. 30, No. 1	pg. 56
For Beginners Only—“Submission Block”………………………….……...……………………………………………..	Vol. 28, No. 5	pg. 57
For Beginners Only—“Trust: The Unspoken Element in Selling Your Writing—Help Your Editor to Trust You”…	Vol. 27, No. 2	pg. 58
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“Pitcher Perfect, Ten Tips to Target Your Sales”………………………………………………………………………….	Vol. 25, No. 5	pg. 45
“Questions and Answers”………………………………………………………..…………………………………………..	Vol. 25, No. 4	pg. 16
“The Care and Feeding of Editorial Assistants”……………………….………………………………………………….	Vol. 28, No. 5	pg. 45
“Various Questions—Answered”……..…………………………………………………………………………………….	Vol. 25, No. 6	pg. 15
“Who Will Publish My Short Story?”……………………………………….………………………………………………..	Vol. 28, No. 6	pg. 23
“You’ve Got to Accentuate the Positive”………………………………….…………………………………………………	Vol. 28, No. 4	pg. 19
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Technical Writing

“Technical Writing ABCs”…………………………………………………………….……………………………………....	Vol. 27, No. 1	pg. 41
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Television

“Impressing the Press”……….……………………………………………………………………………………………..	Vol. 26, No. 1	pg. 15
“Sitcom Writing: Getting Your Foot in the Door”…………………………………………………………………………..	Vol. 25, No. 1	pg. 14
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Time Management

“Confession Is Good for the Soul. Therefore…”………………………..………………………………………………..	Vol. 25, No. 4	pg. 59
“Excuses”……………………………………….………………………………………...……………………………………	Vol. 29, No. 1	pg. 16
For Beginners Only—“Make Your Talent Work for You”……….…….. .………………...……………………….............	Vol. 30, No. 2	pg. 57
“Is Life Getting in the Way of Your Writing Career?”………………………………………………………………………	Vol. 28, No. 1	pg. 21
“The Perfect Time Schedule”…………………………………………….….………………………………………..……..	Vol. 29, No. 1	pg. 41
“The Ten-Minute Writer”…………………………………….………………………………………………………………...	Vol. 26, No. 1	pg. 19
“Writing Around Little Ones”…………………………………………………………………………………………………	Vol. 25, No. 4	pg. 19
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Travel Writing

“Becoming a Travel Writer”…………………………………………………………………………………………………..	Vol. 28, No. 2	pg. 16
Photography Techniques—“The Secrets of Taking Better Vacation Photos”……………….…………………………	Vol. 26, No. 6	pg. 9
“Ten Essential Tips for Profitable Travel Writing”………….……………………………………………………………..	Vol. 27, No. 4	pg. 13
“There’s Still Gold in Them Hills”…………………………………….……………………………………………………..	Vol. 26, No. 1	pg. 21
“Travel Articles”………………………………….……….……….……………….…….…………………………………….	Vol. 26, No. 4	pg. 24
“Travel Right to Write Travel—How to Turn Trips into Type”…………………………………………………………….	Vol. 25, No. 4	pg. 45
“Travel Writing—Get the Inside Edge on Special Events”……………………………………………………………….	Vol. 27, No. 6	pg. 41
“Travel Writing—How to Organize Sponsored Travel”……………………………………………………………………	Vol. 25, No. 6	pg. 44
“Travel Writing Without the Travel”……………………….……………….…………………………………………………	Vol. 28, No. 5	pg. 21
“Travel Writing Questions and Answers”……………………………….………………………………………………….	Vol. 28, No. 3	pg. 16
“Writing Opportunities on the Road”…………….………….…….………….……………………………………………..	Vol. 26, No. 2	pg. 43
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Uncategorized

“A Cuppa Consideration”………………………………………………………………. .............................................................	Vol. 29, No. 5	pg. 46
“Beckett’s Inspiring Example”………………………………………………….……………………………………………	Vol. 28, No. 3	pg. 43

“Help Books Live—Recycle Them”……………………………………………..…………………………………………..	Vol. 27, No. 4	pg. 43
“The Sensual Scribbler”………………………………………………………………………………………………………	Vol. 27, No. 4	pg. 16
“To Kill A Goat”…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………	Vol. 27, No. 1	pg. 45
“What’s Your Genre”………………………………………………………..……….……………………………………….	Vol. 26, No. 5	pg. 22
Words…Tools of our Trade “Acknowledging the End of Another Part of WJ’s Past” …………….…………………..	Vol. 29, No. 1	pg. 59
Words…Tools of Our Trade—“Are They Really ‘New Mental Hospitals’?”…….………………………………………	Vol.30, No. 1	pg. 59
Words…Tools of our Trade “Books as Bridges”………………………………………………………………………….	Vol. 28, No. 2	pg. 59
Words…Tools of our Trade “Do You Relate Better to Life by Seeing, Hearing, or Feeling?”………………………..	Vol. 29, No. 2	pg. 59
Words…Tools of our Trade “Is Logic the Missing Ingredient in Your Writing?”………………………………………	Vol. 28, No. 1	pg. 60
Words…Tools of our Trade “Marvel and Mystery of Memory”……………………………………………………………	Vol. 28, No. 4	pg. 60
Words…Tools of our Trade “You Don’t Have to Be Crazy—But It Helps”………………….………………………….	Vol. 26, No. 3	pg. 58
Words…Tools of Our Trade—“What Influenced You to Become a Writer”…………............................................……	Vol. 29, No. 3	pg. 57
Words…Tools of Our Trade—“Words for the Wordless—When Words Fail”………….…...........…………………..…	Vol. 29, No. 5	pg. 60
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Vocabulary

“A Few Kind Words about Passive Voice”…….…………………….………. .…………………………………………..	Vol. 30, No. 1	pg. 44
“Demystifying Metaphor”…………………………………………..…………….…………………………………………..	Vol. 28, No. 4	pg. 44
“Expletive Deleted…or Not?”…………………………………………………...……………………………………………	Vol. 28, No. 4	pg. 12
“Figures of Speech”………………..…………………………………………………………………………………………	Vol. 28, No. 2	pg. 46
For Beginners Only—“Fog Index: Is the Reading Comfort Zone of Your Writing on Target?”………...…………….	Vol. 27, No. 4	pg. 58
For Beginners Only—“Targeting Enemy Words, How to Spot Wasted Words”………...……………………………..	Vol. 26, No. 5	pg. 59
“From Writing Tools”……….……….……………….……………………………….……………………………………….	Vol. 27, No. 5	pg. 12
“Improve Your Writing by Improving Your Vocabulary”….………………………………………………………………..	Vol. 25, No. 5	pg. 44
“Gremlins in Your Writing”…………………………….……………………….…………………………………………….	Vol. 25, No. 5	pg. 57
“He Is Not They”……………………………………………………………………………………………………………….	Vol. 25, No. 6	pg. 42
“Mark Twain, Adverbs, and You”…………….………………………………….……………………………………………	Vol. 26, No. 2	pg. 20
“Say Something Concrete”………………………………..............................................................………………………….	Vol. 29, No. 5	pg. 22
“Seven Bad Habits of Highly Unsuccessful Writers”…………..…….…....................................………………………….	Vol. 30, No. 2	pg. 44
“Variety Is the Spice of Writing”…………………………………………….………………………………………………..	Vol. 28, No. 4	pg. 50
Vocabulary Review—“Alliteration”……………………………………….............................................................………….	Vol. 29, No. 4	pg. 7
Vocabulary Review—“Aphorisms”…………………………………………...............................................................……….	Vol. 29, No. 5	pg. 7
Vocabulary Review—“Asyndeton”………………….……………………….………………………………………………	Vol. 28, No. 6	pg. 7
Vocabulary Review—“Chapbook”………………….……………………….………………………………………………	Vol. 28, No. 5	pg. 7
Vocabulary Review—“Decks”………………………….……………………….……………………………………………	Vol. 28, No. 3	pg. 7
Vocabulary Review—“Folk Etymology”……………………………………………………………………………………..	Vol. 27, No. 6	pg. 7
Vocabulary Review—“Metaphor and Symbol”………………………….………………………………………………….	Vol. 29, No. 2	pg. 6
Vocabulary Review—“Nyms”…………………………………………………………………………………………………	Vol. 28, No. 1	pg. 7
Vocabulary Review—“Semantic Narrowing”…………………………….………………………………………………..	Vol. 28, No. 2	pg. 7
Vocabulary Review—“Stress”………………………………………………….……………………………………………	Vol. 29, No. 1	pg. 7
Vocabulary Review—“Synecdoche”………………………………………….……………………………………………..	Vol. 28, No. 4	pg. 7
Vocabulary Review—“The Dreaded Adverb”………………….……....................................................................…………	Vol. 29, No. 3	pg. 7
“What We Found While Editing WJ”……………………………………….……………………………………………….	Vol. 28, No. 3	pg. 42
Words…Tools of Our Trade—“Don’t Use Ill-Fitting Pronouns”…………………………………………………………	Vol. 25, No. 5	pg. 59
Words…Tools of Our Trade—“Get It Right and I’ll Stop Harping”………………………………………………………	Vol. 25, No. 2	pg. 59
Words…Tools of Our Trade—“Spell Checker Won’t Help Here”……………………………………………………….	Vol. 26, No. 4	pg. 60
Words…Tools of Our Trade—“You Wrote These, So Listen Up”……………………………………………………….	Vol. 26, No. 2	pg. 59
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Voice

For Beginners Only—“The Writer’s Voice(s)”……….……………………………………………………………………..	Vol. 27, No. 6	pg. 57
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Workshops

“Ten Workshop Mistakes”……………………………………………………………………………………………………	Vol. 27, No. 3	pg. 19
“Lonely? Hold a Workshop”…………………………………………………………………………………………………...	Vol. 25, No. 5	pg. 16
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Writer’s Block

“Beating Procrastination, Part 1”……….…………………………………...………………………………………………	Vol. 27, No. 1	pg. 14
“Beating Procrastination, Part 2”……….……………………………..…….……………………………………………….	Vol. 27, No. 2	pg. 15
“Beating Procrastination, Part 3”……….……………………………..…….………………………………………………	Vol. 27, No. 3	pg. 13
Effective Screenwriting—“Splat! Hitting the Wall with Writer’s Block”……………..……….…….…………………….	Vol. 27, No. 4	pg. 7
“Familiar Inspiration”……………..………….………………..………….………….……………………………………….	Vol. 28, No. 1	pg. 19
“Five Power Tools for Smashing Mini-Blocks”………………..…….…….……………………………………………….	Vol. 26, No. 1	pg. 50
“Morning Pages, Day and Night”……………………………………………….……………………………………………	Vol. 25, No. 2	pg. 21
“Story Construction”…………………………………………………….………….………………………………………….	Vol. 26, No. 6	pg. 14
“Storybase V2.0”………………………………………………………………………….……………………………………	Vol. 25, No. 2	pg. 43
“The Myth of Being “In the Mood” to Write”………………………..….……………………………………………………..	Vol. 26, No. 5	pg. 46
“Thirteen Tricks to Tease Yourself into Work”……………………………………………………………………………..	Vol. 25, No. 5	pg. 19
“Waiting for Words”……………………………………………..........................................................………………………….	Vol. 29, No. 5	pg. 47
“What to Do When the Writing Motivation Waivers”……………………………………………………………………….	Vol. 27, No. 3	pg. 22
“What Writer’s Block Isn’t”………………………….………………….……….............................................................…….	Vol. 29, No. 6	pg. 46
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Writer’s Groups

“Critique Groups”…………………..………………………………………..…….…………………………………………	Vol. 26, No. 5	pg. 45
“Establishing a Writer’s Group”……………………………………….…………………………………………………….	Vol. 28, No. 6	pg. 45
“Goal-Oriented Writing Groups”………………………………..….…….…………………………………………………	Vol. 26, No. 3	pg. 41
Marketing Helps—“I Hereby Resolve”……………………………………….…..…………………………………………	Vol. 30, No. 1	pg. 6
“My Biggest Mistake as a Beginning Writer”………………………….....................................................................………	Vol. 29, No. 3	pg. 19
“Ten Reasons Why Writing Groups Flounder, Fizzle, or Fail”…………………………………………………………..	Vol. 25, No. 2	pg. 44
“Two Important Lessons from the “Inklings””……….……………………………………………………………………..	Vol. 26, No. 6	pg. 23
“Understanding, Dedication, and Ferrets”…………………………………………………………………………………	Vol. 24, No. 6	pg. 21
“Writing Groups”……………………………………………………………………………………………………………….	Vol. 27, No. 4	pg. 44
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Writing Contests

Effective Screenwriting “How to Improve Your Odds in Screenwriting Contests”……………………………………..	Vol. 26, No. 6	pg. 6
Words…Tools of Our Trade—“Did Your Contest Entry Contain Some of These Goofs”……….….........................…	Vol. 28, No. 5	pg. 58
Words…Tools of Our Trade—“How Does Your Story Measure Up?”…………………..………….…...........................	Vol. 30, No. 4	pg. 59
Words…Tools of Our Trade—“How Would You Solve This Problem?”…………………..……….….........................…	Vol. 30, No. 2	pg. 59
Words…Tools of Our Trade—“Plan to Be a Winner”……………………………………………………………...…..…	Vol. 26, No. 6	pg. 57
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Writing Exercises

Massaging the Muse—“And a Partridge in a Poet-Tree”……….…….………………………………………………….	Vol. 24, No. 6	pg. 5
Massaging the Muse—“Animal Instincts”………………………......................................................................………….….	Vol. 29, No. 3	pg. 5
Massaging the Muse—“Be a Writer”……………..…………………………………………………………………………	Vol. 27, No. 4	pg. 5
Massaging the Muse—“Creativity Calendar”………………………………………………………………………………	Vol. 25, No. 4	pg. 5
Massaging the Muse—“Creativity Calisthenics”………………...……….……………………………………………….	Vol. 25, No. 3	pg. 5
Massaging the Muse—“Creativity Starters”………………..……..……….……………………………………………….	Vol. 25, No. 5	pg. 5
Massaging the Muse—“Economy”……………..………………………….……………………………………………….	Vol. 30, No. 4	pg. 7
Massaging the Muse—“Fishing Expedition…….……………….………………………………………………………..	Vol. 28, No. 4	pg. 5
Massaging the Muse—“Fishing for Ideas”……………………….…….………………………………………………….	Vol. 26, No. 3	pg. 5
Massaging the Muse—“Fresh Starts”…………..………………….…….………………………………………………..	Vol. 27, No. 1	pg. 5
Massaging the Muse—“Good Sports”………………………….………................................................................…….….	Vol. 29, No. 6	pg. 5
Massaging the Muse—“Idea Inventory”……………………….…….……….…………………………………………….	Vol. 26, No. 2	pg. 5
Massaging the Muse—“Join the Club”……………………………………................................................................….….	Vol. 29, No. 4	pg. 5
Massaging the Muse—“Keep Your Eye on the Goal”…………..………………………………………………………..	Vol. 28, No. 1	pg. 5
Massaging the Muse—“Light the Way to Writing Tight with a Lantern Poem”……………………….…..……………	Vol. 26, No. 5	pg. 5
Massaging the Muse—“Lionish Lamb”…………..………………….…..…………………………………………………	Vol. 27, No. 2	pg. 5
Massaging the Muse—“My Spin on David Letterman’s Top Ten”………………………………………………………	Vol. 28, No. 5	pg. 5
Massaging the Muse—“Operation Revision”………………..…….……….…………………………………………….	Vol. 26, No. 1	pg. 7
Massaging the Muse—“Opposites Attract”………………………………………………………………………………..	Vol. 28, No. 6	pg. 5
Massaging the Muse—“Pack Your Character’s Suitcase”………………………………………………………………	Vol. 27, No. 3	pg. 5
Massaging the Muse—“Powerful, Magical Three”……..………..………………………………………………………..	Vol. 28, No. 2	pg. 5
Massaging the Muse—“Run with the Ball”…………..…..………..……………………………………………………….	Vol. 29, No. 2	pg. 5
Massaging the Muse—“Shoot for the Goal”……………….……………….……………………………………………..	Vol. 25, No. 1	pg. 5
Massaging the Muse—“Skeletons in the Closet”…………………......................................................................…….….	Vol. 29, No. 5	pg. 5
Massaging the Muse—“Slight or Not”………………………….………………………………………………………..…	Vol. 25, No. 2	pg. 5
Massaging the Muse—“Snapshot”……………..…………………………….…….……………………………………..	Vol. 30, No. 1	pg. 5
Massaging the Muse—“Spring Brings…Renewal, Recycling, and Weather”……………..…………………............	Vol. 30, No. 2	pg. 7
Massaging the Muse—“Supersize Your Heroes”………….……………………………………………………………..	Vol. 27, No. 6	pg. 5
Massaging the Muse—“Three’s Company”…………………..……..…………………………………………………….	Vol. 28, No. 3	pg. 5
Massaging the Muse—“Through a Door: Portal Fantasies”……….……………………………………………………	Vol. 30, No. 3	pg. 7
Massaging the Muse—“’Tis the Season”…………………….…………………………………………………………….	Vol. 25, No. 6	pg. 5
Massaging the Muse—“Tongue Twisters for Turkey Day and Other Holidays”……………..………..………………	Vol. 26, No. 6	pg. 5
Massaging the Muse—“Visit an Exotic Destination from Your Armchair”………………….…..………..…………….	Vol. 27, No. 5	pg. 5
Massaging the Muse—“World-Building from the Ground Up”…...…………………………………………………….	Vol. 29, No. 1	pg. 5
Massaging the Muse—“Writing Rebuses”…………………………….…..………………………………………………	Vol. 26, No. 4	pg. 5
“Word Excursions”………………………………………………..….…………………………………………………...…..	Vol. 27, No. 6	pg. 46
“Using Both Sides of the Brain to Create Fiction”—Part One…….……………………………………………………..	Vol. 25, No. 2	pg. 12
“Using Both Sides of the Brain to Create Fiction”—Part Two…….……………………………………………………..	Vol. 25, No. 3	pg. 12

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