Meredith Sue Willis

Writer and Teacher

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Literature and the Web

 

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Best All Around Resources for Writers: New Pages 

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Princeton Writing Center

 

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Billie of Fish House Lane
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Thunderburst
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Poetry & More

Ingrid Hughes Poetry
Tool for Finding Poems
American Life in Poetry
Poetry Daily
Writers Almanac

 
Blogs I Like
3QuarksDaily
Dory Adams: In this Light
John Birch's Storyboard
Lori Bryant-Wooridge Brooklyn Parrots Blog!
Claudia Carlson
Joy Castro
Sherry Chandler
The Compulsive ReaderBarbara Riddle-Dvorak
Shelley Ettinger: Read Red

Fred First
Hanging Loose Press BlogTricia Idrobo's Power of Story Blog
Lally's Alley (Michael Lally) Save the Papers (Woody Lewis)
Judy Moffett
National Book Critics Circle
Valerie Nieman
Cat Pleska 
Dee Rimbaud
Larissa Shmailo
Diane Simmons
Christopher Vera
David Weinberger
Lisa WIlliams
 

 

Writers' Websites:
Reasonably priced author websites: http://www.webforauthors.com

Deedee Agee
Roberta Allen
Belinda Anderson
Pat Arnow
Ellen Bass
Susan Streeter Carpenter
Ed Davis
Norah Dooley
Barbara Crooker
Jane Ciabattari
Pamela Erens
Carol Emshwiller
Shelley Ettinger

Jane Hicks
Monique Raphel High
Tayari Jones
Nathan Leslie
Phillip Lopate
George Ella Lyon
Jeff Mann
Lee Maynard
Sara Miller
Judith Moffett
Ed Myers
Hilton Obenzinger
Lance Olsen 
Chris Parker Poetry
Cat Pleska
Thaddeus Rutkowski
Larissa Shmailo
Juanita Torrence-
Thompson

Laura Thompson
Rhea Tregebov
Robert W. Walker
BJ Ward
Crystal Wilkinson
 
FamilyOriented Websites
Reading and Traveling with Kids
More
Jeremy Osner
 
Art, Music, Mixed Media, and More!
Dory Adams: n this Light
Linda Adato

Tim Barnwell Appalachian Images
Rachel Burgess
Charlie Cowger
Marian Howard watercolors
at the Davis Project
Alex Kato-Willis improvizinging on piano
More of Alex--
Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 32

Deep Listening
Ann Olson
Dee Rimbaud
Molly Gilman
Rochelle Ratner
Kevin Scanlon
Peter Sciaino
Duane Smith
Slow Poke Comix
Tiny Tim Memorial Web Site

Ella Yang

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


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Columbia U. 1968 Page
Nordic Walking
Weinberger Explains the Web

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Ethical Culture Society
Fiction Matters
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Poetry Daily
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Verse Daily
Poet of the Week from NC
World Wide Words

Writers Almanac

What's New

New Issue of Books for Readers #134:
Daniel Deronda

Praise for Out of the Mountains from Booklist

Review of Ten Strategies

Latest Writing Exercise 

Classic and modern prose to read online

MSW Does Free Book Club Visits

Interview/Review of Ten Strategies to
Write Your Novel

Review of my new 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 available online at
"On the Road with C.T. Savage"

 

 

Books for Readers #133
With a Panel of Guest Editors
and Middle East Material

Sample Story from new book available online at
"On the Road with C.T. Savage"

Check out Howard Zinn's 1960's Piece
"Finishing School for Pickets"

More stuff

More News

 

 

 

Ten Strategies to Write Your Novel

Read more here. The book is available through your favorite book store, online from various stores like Barnes & Noble and Amazon.com or directly from Montemayor Press, e-mail: montepress@aol.com , P.O. Box 526   Millburn, NJ 07041 or go to the website at http://www.montemayorpress.com (click on "catalogue" then "non-fiction for adults").
For a sample from the book, click here.

[For a full list of all of MSW's books, click here.]

 

 

Some of what's available on this site:

- MSW's popular free writing exercises
- Online Writing Classes and manuscript consultations with MSW
- Resources for writers
- MSW's books
- Meredith Sue Willis's activities and publications
- MSW's biography
- Where to Read MSW's work online:
         Fiction
         Nonfiction
- How to order MSW's books
- A list of recommended small presses and small press books

- A newsletter for Readers and Writers.
  Sign up for the email version here.
MSW's Blogs:
    Literature and the Internet
    Blogspot blog that includes the Books for Readers newsletter;
    Journal style blog;
  
- Blogs by others  and more.
- A page for kids
- A page for teens
Bringing MSW  to your school or writing group
- MSW's resumé
Writers' pages;
Obituaries and more about favorite writers and activists.

 

Q & A for Writers

The Gawking Character -- All-purpose editorial and support site

Latest Issue of Books for Readers

Latest Hamilton Stone Review

Articles and Sites for Readers and Writers

Literature and the Internet entry
on the Future of Devices

Article about MSW in Charleston Gazette online.

Wedding Photos!

Interview with MSW by Tricia Idrobo


Trespassers
now available in many e-book formats.

Click here for formats and free sample!
E-book ISBN: 978-1-4524-1669-4
Download for $4.99 !
For paperback edition, version, go to H/s catalog.

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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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MSW's Books

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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 )

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 )