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Our $uccess blog will feature writing, marketing, and publishing tips we continue to learn since writing our 2009 INDIE Finalist workbook $uccess, Your Path to a Successful Book keeping our readers abreast of the everchanging skills required to write, publish and sell a successful book. We will also have guest commentators. Achieving your goals as a writer is what matters. Anything we can do to help you get there is our goal. We welcome your comments and hope you will sign up for our bi-monthly (or whenever we have enough material) newsletter.

Archive for October, 2008

SLOG – Where to Find Writers’ Conferences

Monday, October 27th, 2008



This is an excerpt from Success.

There are many well-known writers’ conferences and workshops. However, there are lesser known ones that cost less, and can offer exceptional experiences. Listed are a variety of well-established conferences or workshops—something for everyone. If you want a detailed list with thorough descriptions including dates and cost of more than 800 conferences, visit Shaw Guides …Two other great sources are the magazines, The Writer and Writers Digest. Your own state will generally have several conferences.

Maralyn D. Hill and Brenda C. Hill
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It’s All About Marketing

Sunday, October 26th, 2008


To successfully market your book, you have to keep plugging along. Thinking outside the box helps considerably.

We are taking part in a marketing effort for a political book by displaying the Cotton For President banner. This campaign ends November 4th and we will share the results once we receive them.

It’s quite interesting as it is an unusual creative interactive approach to get people interested in the book. If you have an opportunity, check out the site. Let us know what you think.

Maralyn D. Hill
Books By Hills
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SLOG – The Writer’s Life and Tips

Saturday, October 25th, 2008

This week the two Hill’s have a second printing on their book called Success, Your Path to a Successful Book. Since we obtained endorsements from Dan Poynter and Brian Jud, we felt the book deserved a new cover. We are overjoyed at the positive reviews we’ve received.

In chapter one, we quoted Mark Twain. “Life does not consist mainly, or even largely-of facts and happenings. It consists mainly of the storm of thoughts that is forever blowing through ones head.”

This new column on our blog will offer quick and effective writer’s tips, mainly to jump start your writing day on a positive note.

We receive our incentive from others, some famous like Twain, and other tips we pick up along our writing path from beginning and seasoned authors.

Here is Brenda’s favorite, from Lou Willett Stanek, author of So You Want to Write a Novel. I forgot to include in our book, so here it is.