For those of you puzzled by what the fuss with Harlequin is about: it means that Harlequin offers critique services for a fee. A writer may submit a manuscript that's rejected by Harlequin editors, who then recommend that the author purchase H's critique service for a fee with hopes of being published. This practice is severely frowned upon as less than ethical. About on the level of charging reading fees simply to look at someone's manuscript. DC Deborah Chester John Crain Presidential Professor Gaylord College of Journalism & Mass Communication 395 W. Lindsey Street Norman, OK 73019 (405) 325-4192 [log in to unmask]