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Tells how to become a writer, discusses techniques for fiction, nonfiction, poetry and plays, and lists agents, editors and publishers
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A handbook for free-lance writers. Part I offers 110 chapters of how-to information by successful fiction and nonfiction writers, poets, playwrights, and children's authors, including Erica Jong, Joan Aiken, and Madeleine L'Engle, plus interviews with writers. Part II describes resources for writers, with listings of 3,200 markets for all types of writing, 168 cash prizes, 124 literary and drama agents, 40 writers' colonies, and 169 writers' conferences taking place around the country in 1998. Includes information on the State Arts Council for every state, and a glossary. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
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