Meredith Sue Willis

We All Live Downstream has my story “The Roy Critchfield Scandals.”We All Live Downstream: Writings About Mountaintop Removal is edited by Jason Howard and published by Motes Books.

Various Articles and Web Sites

Check out a literary agent's survey on readers anad e-readers.

Frequently Asked Questions about Writing

Management for Writers

Articles That Might Interest You: Should you hire a book doctor? And many more...

Recent Publication: Short Story
"My Most Embarrassing"
Online at Two Hawks Quarterly

Bloodroot Literary Magazine has a reading series for people they publish.

MSW's article on Jayne Anne Phillips in Appalachian Heritage

Book List: Books and Articles about Columbia University and the Late Nineteen-Sixties

Fiction Matters website

On the Google book scanning project

A literary agent's advice: Should You Hire a Book Doctor?

Lucy Writes a Novel: Classic T.V. from I Love Lucy

Raymond Carver's Grave; Chuck Kinder as a Teacher-- Dory Adams' blog

Dory Adams on Walker Evans and Maggie Anderson

Do you have a young friend who needs help writing college essays? Check out this article.

Hemingway's last book

"Transparency is the new Objectivity"

Self-editing

Kate Long interviews Irene McKinney, West Virginia's poet laureate, on Youtube.

Article on What Young Agents Want from Poets & Writers Magazine

Obituary of George Scheeman, who did the covers of two of my books:

More obituaries

There are many excellent small literary magazines to read in hard copy and online. Bloodroot Literary Magazine , for example, has my story "Tara White." Read an excerpt here.

More things to Read

What is a Kindle? My brother-in-law explains on NPR

How to Mark a Book by Mortimer J. Adler, Ph.D.

Worst Query Letter Ever

Resources for Writers

Page for Teens

Articles. essays & web sites on books and writers

News about MSW and upcoming appearances

The Ethical Culture Review of Books

The Hamilton Stone Review All-West Virginia Issue

Special Book Deal!

Buy any book by Meredith Sue Willis by mail order and get 10% off your entire order (exclusive of tax, shipping and handling). For information on books (or to order online--no discount), see Commentary. To order by mail with discount, go to Orders.

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Meredith Sue Willis

Author and Teacher

Best All Around Resources for Writers: New Pages

Send Mail to MSW

2008 Blog (Blog archives, click here) Blog Archives 1st half 2006 Blog Archives 2nd half 2006 Blog archives 2005 Blog Archives 2004

New Book for Kids Billie of Fish House Lane From Montemayor Press Read a chapter: Click on Catalogue, Literature for Children

About MSW

A literary Map of West Virginia!

Literary/Book Review Blogs Reading Red Maud Newton Tayari Jones Lit mob Lux Lotus MediaBistro/Galleycat My newsletter: Books for Readers

Writers' Links & Resources

Resources for writers How Artists Get Paid Int. Women's Writing Guild New Publishing Paradigm Quotations about Writing Resources for writers Thunderburst Edwards Bros. Printers Things for Writers to Read

Poetry & More

Writing by MSW

Blogs I Like

Writers' Websites:

FamilyOriented Websites Ellen Kahaner's Mural class Reading and Traveling with Kids

More Jeremy Osner

Want some great graphics? http://ann-s-thesia.com/

More Links I Like

New Writing Exercise 2-7-10

Issue #20 of The Hamilton Stone Review just up: Poetry! Creative nonfiction! Stories and novel excerpts!

Latest from the Authors' Guild on the Google Book Scan Issue

Books for Readers #128-- Commemoration of the Greensboro Lunch Counter Sit-ins

Ezell A. Blair, Jr. (now Jibreel Khazan), Franklin E. McCain, Joseph A. McNeil, and David L. Richmond leave the Woolworth store after the first sit-in on February 1, 1960.

See Shelley Ettinger's comments on Zinn at Workers World.

My New Blog

I've Just started a new blog about literature and the web, and the rest of the digital world. Please take a look at it here.

Photo from "Up on the Hill" in Shinnston, by Charlie Cowger, looking northeast.

We've had some deaths: Howard Zinn J.D. Salinger

From my archives: About Literature and the Web Latest Writing Exercise

A Selection of classic and contemporary short stories to read on the web

Latest news about MSW-- commentary on her work and more

Upcoming MSW Appearances and Announcements

Read More Small Press Books !

"Tara White" was nominated for a Pushcart Prize

Various Articles and Web Sites

Check out a literary agent's survey on readers anad e-readers.

Frequently Asked Questions about Writing

Management for Writers

Articles That Might Interest You: Should you hire a book doctor? And many more...

Recent Publication: Short Story "My Most Embarrassing" Online at Two Hawks Quarterly

Bloodroot Literary Magazine has a reading series for people they publish.

MSW's article on Jayne Anne Phillips in Appalachian Heritage

Book List: Books and Articles about Columbia University and the Late Nineteen-Sixties

Fiction Matters website

On the Google book scanning project

A literary agent's advice: Should You Hire a Book Doctor?

Lucy Writes a Novel: Classic T.V. from I Love Lucy

Raymond Carver's Grave; Chuck Kinder as a Teacher-- Dory Adams' blog

Dory Adams on Walker Evans and Maggie Anderson

Do you have a young friend who needs help writing college essays? Check out this article.

"Transparency is the new Objectivity"

Kate Long interviews Irene McKinney, West Virginia's poet laureate, on Youtube.

Article on What Young Agents Want from Poets & Writers Magazine

Obituary of George Scheeman, who did the covers of two of my books:

More obituaries

There are many excellent small literary magazines to read in hard copy and online. Bloodroot Literary Magazine , for example, has my story "Tara White." Read an excerpt here.

What is a Kindle? My brother-in-law explains on NPR

How to Mark a Book by Mortimer J. Adler, Ph.D.

Resources for Writers

Page for Teens

Articles. essays & web sites on books and writers

News about MSW and upcoming appearances

The Hamilton Stone Review All-West Virginia Issue

Special Book Deal!

Buy any book by Meredith Sue Willis by mail order and get 10% off your entire order (exclusive of tax, shipping and handling). For information on books (or to order online--no discount), see Commentary. To order by mail with discount, go to Orders.

Subscribe to Meredith Sue Willis's Free Newsletter for Readers and Writers:

Subscribe! Enter your email to join ReaderBooks today!

Photos found on the various pages of this web site may be used by anyone, but please attribute the source when it is specified.

In the Mountains of America (Appalachian Short Stories )

Dwight's House and Other Stories (Short Stories)

Oradell at Sea (Novel)

The City Built of Starships (Science Fiction)

Quilt Pieces (chapbook)

Higher Ground (Novel-- First book of the Blair Morgan Trilogy)

Only Great Changes (Novel-- Second book of the Blair Morgan Trilogy)

Trespassers (Novel-- Final book of the Blair Morgan Trilogy)

A Space Apart (MSW's First Novel-- reprint edition)

Billie of Fish House Lane (Novel for Children )

The Secret Super Powers of Marco (Novel for Children )

2008 Blog
(Blog archives, click here)
Blog Archives 1st half 2006
Blog Archives 2nd half 2006
Blog archives 2005
Blog Archives 2004

New Book for Kids
Billie of Fish House Lane
From Montemayor Press
Read a chapter:
Click on Catalogue,
Literature for Children

A literary Map of
West Virginia!

Literary/Book Review Blogs
Reading Red
Maud Newton
Tayari Jones
Lit mob
Lux Lotus
MediaBistro/Galleycat
My newsletter: Books for Readers

Writers' Links
& Resources

Resources for writers
How Artists Get Paid
Int. Women's Writing Guild
New Publishing Paradigm
Quotations about Writing
Resources for writers
Thunderburst
Edwards Bros. Printers
Things for Writers to Read

FamilyOriented Websites
Ellen Kahaner's Mural class
Reading and Traveling with Kids

More
Jeremy Osner

Want some great graphics?
http://ann-s-thesia.com/

Ezell A. Blair, Jr. (now Jibreel Khazan), Franklin E. McCain, Joseph A. McNeil, and David L. Richmond leave the Woolworth store
after the first sit-in on February 1, 1960.

Photo from "Up on the Hill" in Shinnston,
by Charlie Cowger, looking northeast.

We've had some deaths:
Howard Zinn
J.D. Salinger

From my archives:
About Literature and the Web

Latest Writing Exercise

A Selection of classic and contemporary
short stories to read on the web

Latest news about MSW--
commentary on her work and more

Recent Publication: Short Story
"My Most Embarrassing"
Online at Two Hawks Quarterly

Subscribe to Meredith Sue Willis's Free Newsletter
for Readers and Writers:

Subscribe!

Enter your email to join ReaderBooks today!

Dwight's House and Other Stories
(Short Stories)

Oradell at Sea
(Novel)

The City Built of Starships
(Science Fiction)

Higher Ground
(Novel-- First book of the Blair Morgan Trilogy)

Only Great Changes
(Novel-- Second book of the Blair Morgan Trilogy)

Trespassers
(Novel-- Final book of the Blair Morgan Trilogy)

A Space Apart
(MSW's First Novel-- reprint edition)

Billie of Fish
House Lane
(Novel for Children )

The Secret Super
Powers of Marco
(Novel for Children )

Marco's Monster
(Novel for Children )

Blazing Pencils
(How-to-Write
Book for Students )

Personal Fiction Writing
(How-to-Write for Teachers & Writers )

Deep Revision
(How-to-Write for Teachers & Writers )