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Latest Issue of Meredith Sue Willis's Books for Readers #230

The latest issue of Meredith Sue Willis's Books for Readers #230 (https://www.meredithsuewillis.com/bfr...) is now available.  

Books by Henry Adams, Tsitsi Dangarembga, Jonathan Lethem, Magda Teter, Mary Jennings Hegar, Chandra Prasad, Timothy Russell, Carter Taylor Seaton, Edna O'Brien, Martha Wells, Thomas Mann, Arnold Bennett, and more. Reviews by Mary Lucille DeBerry, Joe Chuman, John Loonam, Suzanne McConnell, and Edwina Pendarvis. 

New Issue of Meredith Sue Willis's Books for Readers Newsletter #229 Now Available!

 

A New Issue of
Books for Readers # 229
Now online!Reviews of books by Douglas Stuart, J. Nozipo Maraire, Camille Perri, William Makepeace Thackery, Larry Schardt, Rex Stout, Martha Wells and more! Diane Simmons reviews Erik Larson's book on Churchill; there's a poem by Dreama Frisk; and a special list of books to introduce us to Africa from Tinashe Chiura!

BILLIE OF FISH HOUSE LANE by MSW published in Iran!

 The Iran Book News Agency (IBNA) has just announced that "Juvenile fiction book Billie of Fish House Lane by American author Meredith Sue Willis has been published in Persian and is available to Iranian Children."

See announcement here: https://www.ibna.ir/.../billie-of-fish-house-lane...




What the??? News to me and my publisher! I once had a short story translated and published in Arabic, also without anyone telling me in advance. In this case, I heard about it from a friend in alumnae relations at Barnard College.Just think how we might share our work and ideas if all the nations spoke to each other directly....Or maybe even (fantasy time) concentrated on sharing books for young people rather than threatening each other militarily and financially. Forgive the childish dreaming!More information about Billie of Fish House Lane: (https://meredithsuewillis.com/commentary.html#billie)

Meredith Sue WillisFall 2023 TeachesNovel Writing at NYU...

 

Meredith Sue Willis
Fall 2023 Teaches
Novel Writing at NYU

 

ONLINE

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New York University
School of Professional Studies
10 Wednesdays at 6:30 p.m. - 8:50 p.m.September 13, 2023 - November 15, 2023.
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Meredith Sue Willis's BOOKS FOR READERS NEWSLETTER #228 now online!

Meredith Sue Willis's BOOKS FOR READERS NEWSLETTER #228 now online at Books for Readers #228 !

Reviews of Books by Edward P. Jones, Denton Loving, Honorée Fanonne Jeffers. Lee Martin, Jesmyn Ward, Michelle Zauner, Valérie Perrin, Philip K. Dick, Burt Kimmelman. Reviewes by Ernie Brill, Joe Chuman, Eddy Pendarvis, Diane Simmons, & Danny Williams. Also special links for writers, things to read online, and more

 

MSW's Books for Readers # 227 Available Now!

New Issue of Books for Readers # 227!

Reviews of Books by Cheryl Denise, Larissa Shmailo, Eddy Pendarvis, Alice McDermott, Kelly Watt, Elmore Leonard, Frances Hodgson Burnett, Suzy McKee Charnas, and more. Also special links for writers, things to read online, etc. etc.

 

New Issue of Meredith Sue Willis's Books for Readers #226

 New Issue of Meredith Sue Willis's Books for Readers #226   (https://www.meredithsuewillis.com/bfrarchive225-229.html#issue226)   with reviews of books by Jim Minick, Gore Vidal, Valeria Luiselli, Richard Wright, Kage Baker, Suzy McKee Charnas, Victor Depta, Walter Mosley. David Hollinger reviewed by Joe Chuman, and more.

Spring 2023 Novel Writing Class with Meredith Sue Willis

 Private Classes with Meredith Sue Willis

New Class with Meredith Sue Willis

Spring 2023!!

Starting March 1st!!

Starting and Sustaining Your Novel Part II

This is a six session Novel Writing class appropriate for beginners and for those who want to restart or continue working on novels. The teacher will critique up to 50 pages per student during the six weeks. The sessions will be 6 Wednesdays from March 1 - April 5, 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. The cost is $360 dollars, payable in advance by check, money order, PayPal or Venmo.

For information about how to sign up and other questions, please look at MSW's online Classes page and/or  e-mail msw@meredithsuewillis.com (This is the business e-mail).

Online Writing Classes with Meredith Sue Willis are creative writing classes taught by Meredith Sue Willis through e-mail and the Internet, usually by Zoom. (To get a free Zoom account, go to Zoom). The classes include short lectures, online readings, writing & reading assignments in class and out, oral discussions and peer critiques for live (Zoom) classes, and one-on-one responses to homework from the teacher.

New Issue of Meredith Sue Willis's Books for Readers #225...

New Issue of Meredith Sue Willis's Books for Readers #225!

Reviews of Demon Copperhead, Thomas Hardy, Miriam Toews, Kate Chopin, Alberto Moravia, Elizabeth Strout, Carson McCullers, Garry Wills, Valerie Nieman, and Cora Harrison. Troy Hill on Isaac Babel; Belinda Anderson on books for children; Joe Chuman on Eric Alterman; Molly Gilman on Kage Baker; and l more.

 

 

For Writers and Everyone Interested in Good Writing!

For writers and those who like to think about the process of writers, take a look at some of these articles on everything from writing using Artificial Intelligence to learning how to write about war--even if you aren't a veteran.                           Above all, enjoy the winter and have a healthy, productive, and hopeful 2023!                                                                                      Meredith Sue Willis                                                                     -- Nikolas Kozloff sends us another article on writing by AI--a pretty even-handed piece-- an interview of indie para-normal cozy writer Jennifer Lepp who sees the bad and the good.     -- "What I Learned from 90 Queries!" by Eva Langston via Jane Friedman's blog. -- Also, one of the best ways to learn writing is by reading. As always, I and others have lots of suggestions at Books for Readers, and Emily Temple has a good list of books she read in 2022--from the past! -- Learn from the Victorians and their children: I just read Thomas Hardy's Far from the Madding Crowd. And if you haven't read it, maybe now is the time to read it or Henry James' The Portrait of a Lady. Or Virginia Woolf's To the Lighthouse. So many big old books from the end of the nineteenth, early twentieth centuries. -- Yiun Li in Lithub on what writers can learn from War and Peace. -- Philip Klay on how to write about war. -- An article with Writing Tips from young, British writers: Andrew O'Hagan, Esquire editor-at-large and author of books including Mayflies, The Illuminations and Our Fathers offers these: 1.    Look past your first idea.
2.    Your first thought is never your best thought. It's just your first.
3.    Most of your ideas are banal. Dig deeper.
4.    Go and find things out. Make a fetish of research. Most of the things worth hearing aren't already sitting in your head.
5.    Stop bothering people with your early drafts. Bother yourself with your early drafts.
6.    Work every day. It's not an amateur's game.  --Various types of third person in fiction.  -- Check out my big collection of random Articles for Writers!