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Today is Updated 10-28-26
Meredith Sue Willis--Writer and Teacher
Early Voting has Begun:
If you encounter any problems at the polls in New Jersey,
contact the NJ Voter Protection Hotline at 833-NJ-VOTES.
Meredith Sue Willis substack on "Revising the Middle in a Novel"
Check out The Guardian on how AI and literary language are interacting.
Just opened: Registration at NYU's School of Professional Studies. MSW is teaching Novel Writing by Zoom 2-3-27 - 4-7-27.
10-26-26Feral Grandmothers
by Meredith Sue Willis
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A collection of Meredith Sue Willis's stories about all kinds of grandmothers: Some are from the Appalachian mountains; some are fairy tale characters or spin-offs from literature. Among the titles are "My Boy Elroy;" "Little Red's Grandmother;" and "Grandma Shiksa."
Feral Grandmothers Book Page.
The Hamilton Stone Review #55 is open for submissions! Poetry submissions are now open. Prose submissions are now open. Click here for information on how to submit.
Submissions will close by 10-31-26 or when the issue fills.
An article from The Cut on Fanfic that includes an interview with a fan-fic writer friend of mine!
Did you know you can have documents notarized online? The always-practical and brilliant Jane Friedman says you can. Try Notarize.com.
Rediscovered review of Their Houses byJess Walker
Retrieved from reviews of Out of the Mountains:a discusson among adult students, all members of the 1199 union, about MSW's short story "Tara White" in which a young woman who has been trafficked looks for a family.
This page is about Meredith Sue Willis --general announcements about her activities, books and other writing, her teaching, and projects. Her books include novels and short fiction for adults; stories for children; and nonfiction on writing and the writing process. For a full list, click here. Click here for information about MSW's upcoming appearances, teaching and workshops. There is also information for writers (resources for writers and A Journal of Practical Writing) along with reviews of all kinds of books and excellent things to watch, listen to, and read online in her online book review Books for Readers. If you discover broken links or typographical errors, please send them here.
Books by Meredith Sue Willis Currently Available
Latest Issue of the Hamilton Stone Review
Now Available! Spring 2026 Issue #54Poetry by Tony Beyer, Abbie Mulvihill, Jan Mordenski, Henry Wilson, McLord Selasi, Claudia Buckholts, Richard Jones, Stephen Gibson, Loretta Tobin, Cameron Mount, Barry Seiler, Rick Adang, John Schloss,Mark DeCarteret, J.R. Solonche, Claire Scott, Michael Hettich, Phillip Sterling, James Finnegan, and Kenneth Pobo. Prose by Shruti Goel, Christine Heriat, Jurijs Jalutins, CR Srikanth, Eli Valore-Caplan, and Scott Wheatley.
Things to Read
Summer issue of Danny Williams' Adventures in Editingnow available online for free and fun!
Check out Jane Ciabattari's deep dive into the works of Colson Whitehead at Lit Hub.
An alphabetical file of writers reviewed in Books for Readers-- all the issues! (This is still being edited and checked, so errors may abound.) Thank you Claude.ai!!
New issue of Deceleration, a journal of environmental justice growing solutions to an overheating world, guest-edited by Shelley Ettiinger.
Listen to Marc Harshman's poem "The Village" read by Maggie Smith. (The introduction to the poem starts at 136 in the sound track).
Interesting post by Jordan M. Poss on John Gardner, the Fictive Dream, and More
Article on "Why I'm Not Chasing 100 Rejections a Year."
MSW's list of Top Appalachian Novels has moved to BookDNA.
Latest Issue of Books for Readers-- Click here!
Latest MSW substack entry: Claude Helps Me Write
Read Human Authored books certified by the Authors Guild!
More Things to Read
Harvey Robins' latest article in City Limits evaluating New York City's Mayor Mamdani. Learn how it looks to someone who actually understands how cities work! also see the earlier installment in City Limits on how Mayor Mamdani in New York City can have a real impact fast.
Books for Readers #245: Click here. Reviews of books by Charles Dickens, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Gabrielle Korn, Judith Moffett, Javier Marias, Mordechi Richler, Karin Slaughter, M. Lynne Squires, Suzanne McConnell, Rexx Stout, review by Joe Chuman and more.
Short essay by NancyKay Shapiro on I Have That on Vinyl.
Latest MSW substack.
Notes on Wuthering Heightst
Fatima Shaik's essay about New Orleans on the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina--at Oprah Daily.
Latest issue of Books for Readers
Prose Poem in Parcham by Shelley Ettinger
A selection from MSW's novel-in-process, The Return of Roy Critchfield, is just out in the Women of AppalachiaProject's Women Speak, Volume Eleven edited by Kari Gunter-Seymour. (Visit the publisher's site).
Suzanne McConnell's If You Think Your Heart Can Take It and Other Stories is now available from Serving House Press.
Norman Danzig's newest story has just been published in The Blue Lake Review: "The Whore and the Fire Eater."
Issue #53 of The Hamilton Stone Review now up! Poetry by Claire Scott, Veronica Tucker, Mary Ann Cain, George Kalamaras, Ken Anderson, Stephen Gibson, Aiden Sweeney, Priscilla Atkins, Christine Yurick, Michael Hettich, Elaine Schear, Hedy Habra, John Bradley, Chris Goldsmith, Irene Mitchell, Andy Oram, Howie Good, Carole Greenfield, Valerie Smith, Chris Abbate, Carolyn Steinhoff, Erin Wilson. Prose by Suzanne Dottino, Anoop Judge, Mark Spencer, Giovanni Trovato.
MSW had the pleasure of giving the Local Hero Award to her friend Lorraine Graves at the Ethical Culture Society of Essex County, NJ. (10-5-25)
Fatima Shaik's Economy Hall is recommended by The New York Times!
Especially For Writers
Jordan M. Poss on John Gardner, the Fictive Dream, and More
Article Called "About Blurbs" by Rachel King
Adventures in the Written Word with Danny Williams
About the experience of fake praise by AI for my work
Ben Shepherd's author lists of recommended books (including my list) are now part of BookDNA.
Using the Past Habitual Tense in Fiction Writing
Dialogue punctuation: Reedsy's six "unbreakable" rules for dialogue punctuation.
Master Class on Writing a novel in the Present Tense
Various types of third person in fiction
"Stunning Sentences" a blog about--you guessed it--writing great sentences. (thanks to Norm Danzig)
Allison Louise Hubbard: How I Got My Book Published
MSW Reviews, Appearances, & More
Full list of MSW's latest appearances and publications
Blog to help writers with motivation "Karinwritesdangerously" features MSW on Sharing Stories.
5-16-26 MSW read in Johnstown, PA with the "Women Speak" Group:
5-10-26 MSW and Esther Barcun led a program at the Ethical Culture Society of Essex County on "The Anti-War Story of Mother's Day and How to Talk with and Learn From People we Disagree With.
3-30-26 MSW was a visiting writer at New Jersey Institute of Technology where she listened to a class presentation on her short story "Tara White" by Mohammad Murtuza and Vrund Patel, then answered questions from the class, The Pulse of Short Fiction Today (HSS 404 Spring 2026).
A selection from MSW's novel-in-process, The Return of Roy Critchfield , is just out in the Women of Appalachia Project's Women Speak, Volume Eleven edited by Kari Gunter-Seymour. (Visit the publisher's site)
January 2026: MSW makes a Visiting Writer appearance at Pressman Academy in Los Angeles.
MSW short-short story "Recessional" at The Raven's Perch.
"The Craft of Story Telling" Video with Meredith Sue Willis
Rediscovered: Libraries Today: West Virginia Library Commission Interview with Meredith Sue Willis about Their House
Using a MSW Novel as a Teaching tool for Writers
Samples of MSW's novels. Please be patient--the page loads slowly.
Audio recording of MSW reading "The Sweetest Man Who Ever Lived" from the Cold Mountain Review
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