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Meredith Sue Willis will be reading as part of the Women of Appalachia Project

by Zoom
Thursday, February 12, 2026
7:00 p.m.

MSW will read a short piece from an in-process novel
called The Return of Roy Critchfield .

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Writing as a Practice Why write when making a living by writing is so unlikely?

More news:

--My latest substack post, Writing as a Practice (meredithsuewillis.substack.com/p/writing-as...).

My news!

I'm teaching Novel Writing at NYU by Zoom: Spring 2026 Novel Writing WRIT1-CE9357 (www.sps.nyu.edu/courses/WRIT...) by Zoom at NYU's School of Professional Studies. Wednesdays, February 4 - April 15, 2026 6:30p.m. to 8:50 p.m.

New Issue!

Meredith Sue Willis's
Books for Readers #242
December 18, 2025

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Meredith Sue Willis's Books for Readers #241 is now available:: meredithsuewillis.com/bfrarchive24...
Reviews of books by Kelly Watt, E. Jean Carroll, Frances Burney, Penelope Fitzgerald, Denton Loving, Nicole Krauss, Elmore Leonard, Joanna Miller, and more.

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My son lives in Los Angeles a little west of the demonstrations. It is my opinion that we are once again witnessing Mr. Trump trying to accumulate more power--and get dramatic headlines in the news.

Half Day Workshop
Build Your Book With Scenes

Meredith Sue Willis
Saturday, July 12, 2025
10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. by Zoom
$125 includes critique of 1500 words

For Information, Click here: www.meredithsuewillis.com/MSW%20Classe...

Just read Min Jin Lee's Pachinko and Thomas Hardy's Mayor of Casterbridge. Both highly worthwhile.

Meredith Sue Willis's
Books for Readers #239
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Reviews of Jane Austen, Octavia Butler, Charles W. Chestnutt, Emma Cline, J.M. Coetzee, Melody Gee, Nnedi Okorafor, Stephen Spotswoord, Bryan Stevenson, Laura Tillman, Amor Towels, Yu Miri.

My latest news: "Karinwritesdangerously" BLOG features
ME! karinwritesdangerously.com/2025/04/09/s...

MSW short-short story "Recessional" now up at The Raven's Perch. theravensperch.com/recessional-...

MSW very short story "Recessional" is now up at Raven's Perch at theravensperch.com/recessional-...

I have a new issue of my newsletter for readers and writers up:

www.meredithsuewillis.com/bfrarchive23...

Reviews of books by Diane Simmons, Percival Everett, Edith Wharton, Shirley Jackson and lots more!

Reinstate Black History Month, Pride Month, and other cultural events! Google’s quiet removal of cultural events from their calendars last year is part of a broader trend of tech companies and businesses catering to far-right and extreme groups by rolling back inclusivit...

This cause is close to my heart - please sign: sign.moveon.org/petitions/re...

To Defend Religious Freedom from the Trump Administration, We Need to Fight Book Bans: Book Censorship News, February 14, 2025 Book bans are not only real, they're a threat to religious freedom. That, plus this week's roundup of book censorship news.

The latest roundup of book censorship news courtesy of Book Riot.

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Meredith Sue Willis

I'm redesigning my website with lots of links for writers and readers: www.meredithsuewillis.com .

Last call for my NYU spring Zoom Novel wwriting class--https://www.sps.nyu.edu/professional-pathways/courses/WRIT1-CE9357-novel-writing.html

Please check out my web-based book review at www.meredithsuewillis.com/bfrarchive23.... I'm looking for reviews and announcements.

Do you have a website?

Is everybody on Bluesky liberal or left of? Clay Shirky seems to think so in the NYTimes.

Private Writing classes with Meredith Sue Willis

Housekeeping for Prose Narrative:
Polishing and Organizing with Meredith Sue Willis
Saturday, 1-18-25
10:00 AM till 1:00 PM
By Zoom
For Novels, Short Stories, Memoir,
Personal Narrative, and more

Registration closes when the class fills.
Learn More at www.meredithsuewillis.com/mswclasses.html

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