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Interview on Creative Penn of Maralyn Hill

Wednesday, March 11th, 2009

The Hill Team has been interviewed together and sometimes Brenda and I as the Tandem Tasters. However, I was honored to have Joanna Penn ask to interview me.

I’ve included her interview for those that may want to read it. I believe it belongs here as I think it shows so well how Joanna markets herself by marketing others.

You can read the interview: http://www.thecreativepenn.com/2009/03/10/maralyn-hill/

We think these interviews are so good, we are going to interview other authors.

Let us know what you think.

Maralyn D. Hill, President

International Food, Wine & Travel Writers Association

Books By Hills

Success, Your Path to a Successful Book, Our Love Affairs with Food & Travel, Cooking Secrets the Why and How and Winner and Final Chairman.

Tips-12 Mistakes in Mystery Writing

Thursday, September 25th, 2008

The Hill Team has not written mysteries – we avidly read them. There are certain attributes of the authors that consistently draw us in and certain ones that turn us off.

In the Oct. 2008 issue of The Writer Magazine, on page 26, there is an article called, “The Deadly Dozen.” This article covers the 12 mistakes in mystery writing and it certainly hit our turn offs including:coincidence or act of God; concealed clues; plot-hearding characters; false starts; false finish; superfluity of viewpoints; stereotypical sidekicks;zigzag timeline; fa la la, gathering clues; overstaying your welcome; and the small stuff.

We highly recommend you check out this issue if you are into the mystery genre.

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