Meredith Sue Willis

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MSW's Biography

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Latest News about Meredith Sue Willis

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Meredith Sue Willis's Resumé

MSW's Books

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News about Meredith Sue Willis

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New Review of Ten Strategies to Write Your Novel

Interview/Review of Ten Strategies to Write Your Novel

First review of short story collection, Out of the Mountains

Available for Pre-Order:

“Meredith Sue Willis writes sparkling, masterful stories, grounded in the wisdom of place, musical in their voices and cadences, and truly joyful in their understanding of the power of words. Reader, enter in!”

                                 -- Jayne Anne Phillips

Sample Story now available online at
"On the Road with C.T. Savage"

Article about MSW in Charleston WV Gazette online.

MSW on She Writes

Interview with MSW by Tricia Idrobo

Commentary on MSW's Marco novesl for Children on Tricia Idrobo's "The Power of Story" Blog

MSW visited the Write! group at Montclair Library, Montclair, New Jersey Thursday, May 6, 2010.

Meredith Sue Willis's novel Trespassers is Hamilton Stone Editions'
First e-book!   E-book ISBN: 978-1-4524-1669-4
Download for $4.99!
Click here for formats and free sample!

(For the paperback edition, go to Hamilton Stone's catalog.)

Article "Apply Film Techniques to Fiction Writing" is in the April 2010 print issue ofThe Writer Magazine. A sample from the article is free online here. You may have to register for the site, but there is no charge.

MSW's article "Seduced Into Consciousness: the Art of Jayne Anne Phillips" has received the 2009 Appalachian Heritage Magazine Plattner Award in non-fiction.

MSW and Alice Robinson-Gilman presented a platform about Mountaintop Removal in Appalachia at the Ethical Culture Society of Essex County on February 28, 2010, 11:00 a.m. See article on Patch.

MSW read at Luna Stage on February 28, 2010

New Commentary on Trespassers

Fall 2009: "Tara White" nominated for a Pushcart Prize

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

Short Story "My Most Embarrassing" now online at Two Hawks Quarterly

June 13, 2009 MSW was part of the The SOMe Book Fest, a celebration of local authors and illustrators. SOMe Book Nook is located at 15 Scotland Road inside Sparkhouse Kids, South Orange, NJ 07079. Call 973-821-5227

A new edition of Quilt Piece with a sequence of poems by Jane Wilson Joyce and MSW's story “Family Knots.” It has been out of print for some time, and this new edition is really lovely. Order dirctly from the publisher for $12.50 plus $2.00 to help with postage:GNOMON PRESS, P.O. Box 475 , Frankfort, KY 40602-0475

MSW is a listed contributor in a beautiful hardover book from A& C Black, London, The Bloomsbury Guide to Illustrated Children's Books. She wrote the sections on "Writing Dialogue" and "Avoiding Patronizing the Reader."

MSW's article "Seduced Into Consciousness: the Art of Jayne Anne Phillips" is available online in the Winter 2009 issue of Appalachian Heritage.

Prose Narrative class with MSW was featured in Madison/Chatham This Week

MSW story "Tara White was published by Bloodroot Literary Magazine . Read an excerpt here.

Meredith Sue Willis read "My Boy Elroy" from In the Mountains of America at the “Apples for Appalachia” Festival at the Ardsley United Methodist Church, Ardsley, New York on October 17, 2008.

MSW did worshops on "Narration in the Novel" and "Finding Material for Short Stories" at the West Virginia Literary Arts Program in Morgantown, WV on June 21, 2008 in Morgantown, WV. See http://www.wvwriters.org/blog.html (scroll down to entry for June 10).

MSW presented "Writing the Chapter Book for Children" at the North Wildwood Beach Writers Conference, June 5, 2008. See article.

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MSW's Fiction Online

"1969," in Salt River River

"Big Boss is Back" online at Appalachian Heritage, Danny Platner award.

Oradell at Sea, Chapter 3 in Big City Lit

Oradell at Sea, Chapter 9 in Big City Lit

Dwight's House excerpt at Hamilton Stone Review

"Elvissa Did Not Become a Rabbi," in Kimera.

"Evenings With Dotson", short story from In the Mountains of America.

Higher Ground, excerpt.

"How She Chose the Day," in BigCityLit

"My Boy Elroy" short story from In the Mountains of America.

"My Most Embarrassing" short short at Two Hawks Quarterly

Only Great Changes, excerpt.

"On the Road with C.T. Savage" from Appalachian Heritage, Fall 2009

"On the Road with C.T. Savage" as sample from Out of the Mountains available from Ohio University Press.

"Recessional " at Coelacanth Online Magazine, Fall 2003

"Scheherezade and Dunzyad," April 2005 issue of The Pedestal Magazine

"Tales of the Abstract Expressionists" at Tatlin's Tower.

"Tara White," (excerpt), in Bloodroot Literary Magazine 2009.

"Tara White," (full version as published in Bloodroot Literary Magazine 2009 Read here)

"The Two Lindas" from The Chaffin Journal', 2001 Fiction award.

""Triangulation" from The Saranac Review

Trespassers, excerpt.

MSW's Nonfiction Online:

MSW's article "Seduced Into Consciousness: the Art of Jayne Anne Phillips" is available in the Winter 2009 issue of Appalachian Heritage.

Article on MSW's relationship to the Sit-ins at Columbia University in 1968.

Lessons to use in the classroom with children.

Improve Your Fiction With Film Techniques from The Writer April 2010.

Online article for writers On Cutting.

Article about writing dialogue called Dialogue: The Spine of Fiction

More on Writing Dialogue

On Cutting

Lessons (a series for use in the classroom)

Luis, A True Story (A memoir of teaching)

On WIlliam Styron

Why Public Schools?

Book reviews on various topics, mostly from the Ethical Culture Review of Books and The New York Times Book Review.

MSW's online newsletter on books and reading is Books For Readers. To subscribe, click here.

More MSW Nonfiction Online

Articles and Information About MSW ONline

There is an interview by Nathan Leslie of Meredith Sue Willis in the Spring 2006 Main Street Rag magazine.

Meredith Sue Willis sends out an occasional newsletter with commentary on old, new, and rediscovered books called Books For Readers. To get the free newsletter, send a blank email to  Readerbooks-subscribe@topica.com   To unsubscribe, send a blank email to Readerbooks-unsubscribe@topica.com. You may also read the newsletter online at Books For Readers.

For reviews of recent MSW books, go to her book page. For a review of MSW's recent short story collection Dwight's House and Other Stories, click here.   Another review from the American Book Review can be read here.

From my archives:
About Literature and the Web
The Heroic Novelists
My Glowing Career

Obituaries, Favorite Writers, and Other Activists

Interesting and humorous insights into the 'Web: The Journal of Hyperlinked Organization

Upcoming Classes, Publications, Appearances

Fall 2010: MSW teaches Novel Writing 1 and Fiction 1 at NYU SCPS.

Friday, September 24, 2010, 7:00 PM: MSW reads at Words Bookstore in Maplewood, New Jersey.

October 16 & 17, 2010 MSW will be at the 10th West Virginia Book Festival inCharleston, WV.

Article at http://blogs.wvgazette.com/wvbookfestival/2010/05/27/wv-author-willis-to-conduct-workshop-at-west-virginia-book-festival/

November 13, 2010 MSW will be at the Kentucky Book Fair in Frankfort, Kentucky.

New Books:

Ten Strategies to Start Your Novel,
from Montemayor Press.

Out of the Mountains: Appalachian Stories,
from Ohio University Press (Pre order-- 20% off!)

Coming Winter 2011: Revisions: Stories from Stories
from Hamilton Stone Editions

Today's Deal

Buy one of Meredith Sue Willis's new books by mail from the order page (Ten Strategies to Write Your Novel or Out of the MountainsI) and get a second book of your choosingat half prioce. For information on books, see Commentary. To order by mail with special deal discount, go to Orders.

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This Page has Information about Writer and Teacher Meredith Sue Willis, her publications, and her activities:

MSW's Biography

Photos of MSW for publicity use

Latest News about Meredith Sue Willis

Meredith Sue Willis's upcoming appearances, classes, and publications.

Meredith Sue Willis's Resumé

MSW's Books

.

(Click on image to learn more about the book)

News about Meredith Sue Willis

New Review of Ten Strategies to Write Your Novel

Interview/Review of Ten Strategies to Write Your Novel

First review of short story collection, Out of the Mountains

Available for Pre-Order:

Article about MSW in Charleston WV Gazette online. MSW on She Writes

Interview with MSW by Tricia Idrobo

Commentary on MSW's Marco novesl for Children on Tricia Idrobo's "The Power of Story" Blog

MSW visited the Write! group at Montclair Library, Montclair, New Jersey Thursday, May 6, 2010.

Meredith Sue Willis's novel Trespassers is Hamilton Stone Editions' First e-book! E-book ISBN: 978-1-4524-1669-4 Download for $4.99! Click here for formats and free sample!

(For the paperback edition, go to Hamilton Stone's catalog.)

Article "Apply Film Techniques to Fiction Writing" is in the April 2010 print issue ofThe Writer Magazine. A sample from the article is free online here. You may have to register for the site, but there is no charge.

MSW read at Luna Stage on February 28, 2010

Fall 2009: "Tara White" nominated for a Pushcart Prize

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

Short Story "My Most Embarrassing" now online at Two Hawks Quarterly

June 13, 2009 MSW was part of the The SOMe Book Fest, a celebration of local authors and illustrators. SOMe Book Nook is located at 15 Scotland Road inside Sparkhouse Kids, South Orange, NJ 07079. Call 973-821-5227

MSW's article "Seduced Into Consciousness: the Art of Jayne Anne Phillips" is available online in the Winter 2009 issue of Appalachian Heritage.

Prose Narrative class with MSW was featured in Madison/Chatham This Week

MSW story "Tara White was published by Bloodroot Literary Magazine . Read an excerpt here.

Meredith Sue Willis read "My Boy Elroy" from In the Mountains of America at the “Apples for Appalachia” Festival at the Ardsley United Methodist Church, Ardsley, New York on October 17, 2008.

MSW did worshops on "Narration in the Novel" and "Finding Material for Short Stories" at the West Virginia Literary Arts Program in Morgantown, WV on June 21, 2008 in Morgantown, WV. See http://www.wvwriters.org/blog.html (scroll down to entry for June 10).

MSW presented "Writing the Chapter Book for Children" at the North Wildwood Beach Writers Conference, June 5, 2008. See article.

For More News Click Here

MSW's Fiction Online

"1969," in Salt River River

"Big Boss is Back" online at Appalachian Heritage, Danny Platner award.

Oradell at Sea, Chapter 3 in Big City Lit

Oradell at Sea, Chapter 9 in Big City Lit

Dwight's House excerpt at Hamilton Stone Review

"Elvissa Did Not Become a Rabbi," in Kimera.

"Evenings With Dotson", short story from In the Mountains of America.

Higher Ground, excerpt.

"How She Chose the Day," in BigCityLit

"My Boy Elroy" short story from In the Mountains of America.

"My Most Embarrassing" short short at Two Hawks Quarterly

Only Great Changes, excerpt.

"On the Road with C.T. Savage" from Appalachian Heritage, Fall 2009 "On the Road with C.T. Savage" as sample from Out of the Mountains available from Ohio University Press.

"Recessional " at Coelacanth Online Magazine, Fall 2003

"Scheherezade and Dunzyad," April 2005 issue of The Pedestal Magazine

"Tales of the Abstract Expressionists" at Tatlin's Tower.

"Tara White," (excerpt), in Bloodroot Literary Magazine 2009.

"Tara White," (full version as published in Bloodroot Literary Magazine 2009 Read here)

"The Two Lindas" from The Chaffin Journal', 2001 Fiction award.

""Triangulation" from The Saranac Review

Trespassers, excerpt.

MSW's Nonfiction Online:

MSW's article "Seduced Into Consciousness: the Art of Jayne Anne Phillips" is available in the Winter 2009 issue of Appalachian Heritage.

Article on MSW's relationship to the Sit-ins at Columbia University in 1968.

Lessons to use in the classroom with children.

Improve Your Fiction With Film Techniques from The Writer April 2010.

Online article for writers On Cutting.

2009 Blog
2008 Blog
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Blog Archives 1st half 2006
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Blog archives 2005
Blog Archives 2004

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

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
Quotations about Writing
Resources for writers
Thunderburst
Edwards Bros. Printers

FamilyOriented Websites
Reading and Traveling with Kids

More
Jeremy Osner

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

This Page has Information about Writer and Teacher
Meredith Sue Willis, her publications, and her activities:

Meredith Sue Willis's upcoming
appearances, classes, and publications.

Article about MSW in Charleston WV Gazette online.

MSW on She Writes

Meredith Sue Willis's novel Trespassers is Hamilton Stone Editions'
First e-book! E-book ISBN: 978-1-4524-1669-4
Download for $4.99!
Click here for formats and free sample!

"On the Road with C.T. Savage" from Appalachian Heritage, Fall 2009

"On the Road with C.T. Savage" as sample from Out of the Mountains available from Ohio University Press.

Article about writing dialogue called Dialogue: The Spine of Fiction

More on Writing Dialogue

From my archives:
About Literature and the Web
The Heroic Novelists
My Glowing Career

Ten Strategies to Start Your Novel,
from Montemayor Press.

Out of the Mountains: Appalachian Stories,
from Ohio University Press (Pre order-- 20% off!)