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Archive for October, 2009

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How Many Writing Newsletters Do You Need?

Friday, October 30th, 2009

My Big Blend Magazine column this month is titled: “How Many Writing Newsletters Do you Need?”

As my mailbox fills up with more than I care to say on a daily basis, I discovered many are duplicated content. Good content, but the same as someone else’s a day or two before.
That isn’t so bad as Brenda and I quote others frequently as we certainly don’t have all the answers. But, you might want to consider taking a look at the time spent on reading newsletters, filing to read latter, etc.
Here is the link to that column and I look forward to your feedback.

Maralyn D. Hill, President
International Food Wine & Travel Writers Association
Books By Hills Success Log Global Log

Finalist in the Writing and Publishing category of the 2009 Next Generation Indie Book Awards,
“$uccess, Your Path to a Successful Book,”

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Success-Tip from Peter Drucker on Unexpected Success

Wednesday, October 28th, 2009


I have always been an avid reader of Peter F. Drucker’s thirty five books, one of them co-authored with my father, Russ Colley. Peter Drucker is known as “the original big thinker.”

Drucker said this about unexpected success, “It takes an effort to perceive unexpected success as one’s own best opportunity.”

Unexpected success is a sweet surprise and a fertile source of inspiration. It has happened to our team on a few occasions. I hope we have made the most of it.

Drucker advises us to not neglect this unexpected gift. “Identify it. absorb it, learn from it.”

Brenda C. Hill
International Food Wine & Travel Writers Association
Books By Hills Success Log Global Log


Finalist in the Writing and Publishing category of the 2009 Next Generation Indie Book Awards, “$uccess, Your Path to a Successful Book.”

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Success – Creativity 2

Monday, October 26th, 2009
The following excerpt is from 2009 INDIE Finalist, “Success, Your Path to a Successful Book,” by Maralyn D. Hill and Brenda C. Hill.

We are both strongly committed to creativity. Our first exposure to Creative Problem Solving (CPS) was with the Creative Problem Solving Institute (CPSI). They have a week-long program every June that is sponsored by the Creative Education Foundation. You spend a week using the CPS technique developed by Alex Osborn and Sidney J. Parnes, http://www.cpsiconference.com.

This program has been ongoing for over 50 years. The first time you attend, you learn the basic technique. In following years, you expand your creative knowledge. You will see a variety of attendees that will shock you – FBI, educators, writers, business people, and the list continues on. All segments of society realize the need to improve their creativity. Whereas we don’t attend every year, we sometimes realize we need a creative fix. It encapsulates many avenues of creativity including but not limited to:

  • Thoughts on the nature of creativity
  • Creativity in the workplace
  • Creativity in education
  • Computer-enhanced creativity
  • Creative Dramatics

The six steps for CPS as taught at CPSI are:

  • Fact Finding
  • Idea Finding
  • Rules/Ideas for Brainstorming
  • Criterion Finding
  • Solution Finding
  • Acceptance Finding
  • Action Planning

Maralyn D. Hill & Brenda C. Hill
International Food Wine & Travel Writers Association
Books By Hills Success Log Global Log

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