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Today on Fable and the Verbivore, we’re sharing our latest interview with author, editor, and publisher Anne J. Hill. 

Anne is an active member within the Instagram writing community, and an editor and owner of Twenty Hills Publishing. She’s edited and published seven anthologies (What Darkness Fears, Fool’s Honor, Sharper Than Thorns, Whither and Bloom, Briars and Blood, The Never Tales: Vol. 1, Tales of Many) . Twenty Hills next anthology The Never Tales: Vol. 2 is set to be released in summer ‘23. A self-professed writer of “magic, murder, and mayhem”, Anne is currently working on her debut fantasy Thorn Tower  – which she hopes to release in December of this year. 

Her latest anthology of Beauty and the Beast of retellings and inspired by novellas was released on March 28th, 2023 under the title Briars and Blood and also features stories from authors - Savannah Jezowski, L.A. Thornhill, Julia Skinner, Tasha Kazanjian, and Abigail Falanga.

Throughout this episode, Anne shares about her writing practice, the characters and world of her Thorn Tower series, and her experiences learning to develop her editing skills, take edits and critical feedback, and creating her own independent publishing house.

She also shared a lot of great pieces of advice for writing, taking edits, and approaching something new that you’ve never done before like self-publishing.

Here are just a few of those takeaways:

• Do your homework, before actually trying to do something.

• Be open to suggestions and feedback, and willing to change when it’s right for your project.

• Be teachable and willing to learn from experiences and others.

We hope you enjoy this episode! It was such an encouraging conversation focused around being brave enough to try something for the first time and seeing what happens, while also making sure to do all that you can to make it successful and as good as it can be.

Keep reading, writing, and putting your voice out there!

Into the woods,

Fable & The Verbivore

Notes:

Anne J. Hill is an active member within the Instagram writing community, and an editor and owner of Twenty Hills Publishing. She’s edited and published seven anthologies (What Darkness Fears, Fool’s Honor, Sharper Than Thorns, Whither and Bloom, Briars and Blood, The Never Tales: Vol. 1, Tales of Many) . Twenty Hills next anthology The Never Tales: Vol. 2 is set to be released in summer ‘23. A self-professed writer of “magic, murder, and mayhem”, Anne is currently working on her debut fantasy Thorn Tower – which she hopes to release in December of this year.

Her latest anthology of Beauty and the Beast of retellings and inspired by novellas was released on March 28th, 2023 under the title Briars and Blood and also features stories from authors - Savannah Jezowski, L.A. Thornhill, Julia Skinner, Tasha Kazanjian, and Abigail Falanga.

You can connect with Anne on Instagram at @anne.j.hill.editing and on her website at https://www.annejhill.com/. Anne’s Twenty Hill Publishing website also lists the editing and writing feedback services that she and her staff provide including full edit, reader responses, developmental editing, line editing, copy editing, and proofreading services - as well as her current rates. Information on Twenty Hills Publishing currently open anthologies that are accepting submissions can be found here.

Anne mentions two of her favorite design sites for premade and custom book covers. They are:

• J V Arts - https://www.justventurearts.com/ 

• Fantastical Ink - https://www.fantastical-ink.com/

In this episode, Anne touches on several of her favorite Master Classes on writing. Those are:

• Neil Gaiman Teaches the Art of Storytelling

• Dan Brown Teaches Writing Thrillers

• David Baldacci Teaches Mystery and Thriller Writing

Books and Movies Mentioned:

• Briars and Blood by Anne J Hill, Savannah Jezowski, L.A. Thornhill, Julia Skinner, Tasha Kazanjian, and Abigail Falanga

• Kit Saves The Day (American Girl Collection) by Valerie Tripp and Walter Rane

• Theft of Swords (The Riyria Revelations, 1) by Michael J. Sullivan

• What Darkness Fears: An Anthology (Black and Gold Anthologies) by Anne J. Hill, Lara E. Madden, Savannah Jezowski, Crystal Grant, Beka Gremikova, D.A. Randall, AJ Skelly, Kat Heckenbach, Effie Joe Stock, and Kristiana Sfirlea

• Sharper Than Thorns (Black and Gold Anthologies) by Anne J. Hill, Beka Gremikova, Hannah Carter, Lara E. Madden, Emily Barnett, Julia Skinner, Maseeha Seedat, Crystal Grant, AJ Skelly, and Tasha Kazanjian

• Wither and Bloom: An Anthology (Black and Gold Anthologies) by Anne J. Hill, Lara E. Madden, Hannah Carter, Cassandra Hamm, AJ Skelly, Maseeha Seedat, Crystal Grant, Miriam Wade, Kaitlyn Emery, and Beka Gremikova

• Fool’s Honor: An Anthology (Black and Gold Anthologies) by Anne J. Hill, Lara E. Madden, Beka Gremikova, Hannah Carter, L.A. Thornhill, Savannah Jezowski, AJ Skelly, Crystal Grant, Nathaniel Luscombe, and Anna Augustine

• The Never Tales: Volume One by Hannah Carter, Anne J. Hill, Brittany Eden, AJ Skelly, Cassandra Hamm, Emily Barnett, Kayla E. Green, Maseeha Seedat, Savanna Roberts, and Annie Kay

• Tales of Many: Book One by Anne J. Hill, Crystal Grant, Rachel Lawrence, Hannah Carter, Denica McCall, Cassandra Hamm, AJ Skelly, and Lacey Scott

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