October 2020
Meredith Sue Willis News
Two new books: A science fiction novel
and a novella set in Southern West Virginia:
Publicity and Fun Online:
Youtube interview of MSW by Carter Seaton about Soledad at
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UqIrgCKE2eg&feature=youtu.be
Discussion of Soledad in the Desert with Tyler Chadwell,
Eddy Pendarvis, Donna Meredith, Phyllis Wilson Moore--and MSW at
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0z-tgU-BPUc&feature=share&fbclid=
IwAR31D10TsUdpz-BmOwNOdet0eZrQnMdBGvWcI0VKtkk2mo7cg64lwOtYPps.
MSW talks about revision on Commaful.com-- Youtube talk on revision at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6yCrTkUrvYc
One Day Writing Workshop with Meredith Sue Willis ONLINE at NYU
Saturday November 14, 2020
1:00 PM to 5:00 PM Online (Zoom) Sign up now!
1:00 PM to 5:00 PM Online (Zoom) Sign up now!
Comments on Saving Tyler Hake:
Meredith Sue Willis figuratively returns home in this unique novella!
~Phyllis Wilson Moore, West Virginia’s literary maven
Saving Tyler Hake is a realistic story told by English teacher Robin Smith about how she and other educators reached out to help a student following a family tragedy. Willis is a master story-teller and honestly reveals the same challenges faced by educators and families in Appalachia today. Great read!
~ Kathy Manley, author of Don’t Tell’em You’re Cold: a Memoir of Poverty and Resilience
Meredith Sue Willis’s vividly drawn characters pull you into their small town in the mountains of southern West Virginia where hurts, jealousies, and secrets won’t lie buried . . .
~ Anna Eagan Smucker, author of Rowing Home
Meredith Sue Willis is a masterful storyteller who never gives too much away, but uncannily gives just enough to keep me always eager for the next page. This novella is superbly nuanced with not a word misplaced. Meredith reveals the inherent selfishness in even the best of people, without judgment, an accomplishment few of her contemporaries can do as well.
~Marc Harshman, Poet Laureate of West Virginia and author of Woman in Red Anorak, Winner of the Blue Lynx Prize.
Comments on Soledad in the Desert:
Reading Soledad in the Desert now, the loss of worlds Willis imagines does not seem entirely of the realm of fantasy, but rather a parable of loss, along with a hope for regeneration, that we should heed.
~ Diane Simmons
The enjoyment of this story is all about a unique style of writing that works. It is the tale of a group of people re-inventing their culture on an alien world, seen through the eyes of one of the children. So, the story starts with simple and childlike writing, which develops as the child matures and society grows.
~ Gordon A. Long (Renaissance Writer)
~ Gordon A. Long (Renaissance Writer)
Both books available from the usual online suspects.
Or, order Soledad in the Desert from the publisher
at Montemayor Press.
at Montemayor Press.
Order Saving Tyler Hake from the publisher
at Mountain State Press.
at Mountain State Press.
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