Originally Posted by
sheddle
I'm still a beginner with climbing as well, since I lived on almost panflat terrain for most of my life before moving to a hilly city. There are really no tricks to hills, the only pitfall for beginners (it was for me, anyway) is not to attack the bottom of a hill. Maintain speed into it, sure, but otherwise, let the hill come to you.
Attacking comes later--one of the rewards of working out is that it's a lot of fun to do this when you can. Sucks to try it when you're not ready yet, though. Been there, worked out of it.
Do you find that the new hilliness is having any effect on your riding abilities in the flat? I might expect that you're getting stronger.