Meet the Editors: Hill Press

I have an exciting announcement! I have recently joined the team over at Hill Press as an editor and was interviewed on the blog. I would be so thrilled if you would check it out!

Here is a little more about Hill Press:

We are a small press dedicated to empowering independent voices. You write it. We help you present it to the world.

We work toward our mission in several ways:

We offer a range of editorial and publishing support services to empower independent authors to write, self-publish, and market professional-quality books. These authors retain their publishing rights.

Currently by invitation only, we also publish books across a variety of genres through our Hill Press imprint. We look for perspective-shifting work and stories that need to be told.

We are preparing to launch the first annual Hill Press Literary Prize, a contest with a double mission. First, to recognize excellence in writing by already published independent and small-press authors. Second, to raise funds to support a publishing fellowship for authors who have important work to share but are in need of financial support to help cover publication costs.

I have edited two books so far and am currently working on a third. It has been an exciting endeavor and a great change of pace for me. If you or anyone you know is thinking of self-publishing a book and is looking for some support, please be sure to reach out!

A Love Letter to Gale Woods Farm

Note: This post has also been published on the Three Rivers Park District Blog.

My first time at Gale Woods Farm was in March of 2019 on a freezing cold, March day. We saw the new piglets, brushed the Great Pyrenees dogs, and helped tap the trees for maple syrup.

Since that day, we have returned many times on our own and as part of educational offerings at the farm. We have baked pumpkin muffins, made apple cider, fed popcorn to turkeys, apples to cows, and veggies to pigs. We have run over and around hay bales, picnicked in the fields, ridden our bikes on the gravel road, hiked with Spud the cat as our companion, and given the dogs many, many hugs and pats. We mourned the loss of Delilah the Great Pyrenees and cannot wait to meet the new pup, Ursa.

Gale Woods has been one of the few places we have felt safe venturing out to during the pandemic. The farm’s amazing meat and produce made our isolated holiday celebrations still feel special. Most recently, we have been taking an online class about wool that makes us still feel connected to the farm when it feels too cold to venture out there in person. Gale Woods Farm has been such a special part of my children’s childhood, and so for that, I say thank you and we love you, Gale Woods Farm! Happy Valentine’s Day!

Love,

The Melby Family

Gale Woods Farm is located in Minnetrista, Minnesota. It is part of the Three Rivers Park District.

Nothing beats a hug from Orion.

We love to pat the sheep.

Visiting on a cold day pandemic day, January 2021.

Admiring the views from atop the hay bales.