Heena is the author of the award-winning novel Deceived. She works as the novel critic and the chief editor at a local publishing house in Pune, India. She is an animal lover as well as an animal activist.
She loves books, music and wine. Travelling and learning about new cultures is an integral part of her life.
She is presently learning Piano and French language.
She lives in Pune, India with her beloved husband and 6 cats.
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Happy Republic Day
This country is the reason of our existence, our life and our recognition… Proud to be an Indian. Happy Republic Day <3 Here’s one of my favourite songs on India- Maa Tujhe Salaam: This country is the reason of our existence, our life, our recognition. Proud to be an Indian. Happy Republic Day! pic.twitter.com/NDHplCRdKA…
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Note
Thought I’ll share this update on this blog as well.
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Note
From now on I’ll be posting reviews that’ll be quite short and quick compared to the detailed ones I usually do. I’m glad to tell you that I’m in talks with a publishing firm for the publishing of my first book (a psychological thriller) and hence, I won’t have enough time to write lengthy reviews…
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Word Of The Week (WOW #42)
Hi guys, Word Of the Week (WOW) is a weekly prompt created by Heena Rathore P. (me.) It’s a fun way to improve one’s vocabulary by learning new words every week. If you want to participate then simply do a post with your WORD and leave the link to your post as a comment on one of my WOW…
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The Reading Bud’s Top Ten Books Of 2015
A list of The Reading Bud’s Top Ten Books.
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5th Wedding Anniversary
Happy Wedding Anniversay
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Quote of the Day – January 8, 2016
Here is some awesomeness for all the book lovers…
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A Haunting Lullaby
A Haunting Lullaby, a poem by Heena Rathore P.
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Word Of The Week (WOW #41)
Hi guys, Word Of the Week (WOW) is a weekly meme created by Heena Rathore P. (me.) It’s a fun way to improve one’s vocabulary by learning new words every week. If you want to participate then simply do a post with your WORD and leave the link to your post as a comment on one of my…
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2016 Resolutions
Begin doing what you want to do now. We are not living in eternity. We have only this moment, sparkling like a star in our hand-and melting like a snowflake. – Sir Frances Bacon Last year I made a list of 11 resolutions and I stuck to it till the end (except for the learning…
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Word Of The Week (WOW #40)
Hi guys, Word Of the Week (WOW) is a weekly meme created by Heena Rathore P. (me.) It’s a fun way to improve one’s vocabulary by learning new words every week. If you want to participate then simply do a post with your WORD and leave the link to your post as a comment on one of my…
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Happy New Year-2016!!!
Hello, everyone! A very Happy New Year to each and every one of you. May this new year be filled with loads of happiness and amazing things for you and your loved ones. May all your wishes be granted and may all your wounds be healed… 2016 is going to be an amazing year, but…
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Adios 2015!
2015 has been a marvelously splendid year and I am going to miss it dearly! I’ve learned so many new things (about the world and about myself) and have received so many wonderful things from The Universe that I can’t even count them in one go. This year has been the best one so far…
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WOW 2015 Round-Up
Hello everyone. I hope all of you had a great Christmas with your loved ones. Also, belated Merry Christmas to you all. As this is the last Sunday of 2015, I’d like to take this opportunity to do a quick round-up of all the WOWs I did this year. There were quite a few weeks…
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Word Of The Week (WOW #39)
Hi guys, Word Of the Week (WOW) is a weekly meme created by Heena Rathore P. (me.) It’s a fun way to improve one’s vocabulary by learning new words every week. If you want to participate then simply do a post with your WORD and leave the link to your post as a comment on one of my…
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Yarn Over… Pull Through!
Everyone who follows my Instagram knows my love for crochet, so I thought I’ll share it will all my blog readers as well. I’ve been crocheting from last 2 months (almost) and I absolutely adore it! I learned it from Bella Coco’s tutorial videos. They are the best and she explains each and every step…
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Word Of The Week (WOW #38)
Hi guys, Word Of the Week (WOW) is a weekly meme created by Heena Rathore P. (me.) It’s a fun way to improve one’s vocabulary by learning new words every week. If you want to participate then simply do a post with your WORD and leave the link to your post as a comment on one of my…
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Character Profile Sheets
Characterisation is one of the most important aspects of writing a book. It is one of the 9 most important elements of Novel Writing. Whether you are working on a short story or a long-form fiction project, you need characters, and that too strong ones. They are the building blocks of your story because they…
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NaNoWriMo 2015
Hello, guy! I’m here for a quick update on my writing (and also because I forgot to mention it before.) Last month I participated in NaNoWriMo 2015 and successfully completed it with a just-barely-there 52K. 😀 I was planning to write the first draft for my second novel, Sinister Town, for this year’s NaNo, but…
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Word Of The Week (WOW #37)
Hi guys, Word Of the Week (WOW) is a weekly meme created by Heena Rathore P. (me.) It’s a fun way to improve one’s vocabulary by learning new words every week. If you want to participate then simply do a post with your WORD and leave the link to your post as a comment on one of my…
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Good News!
Hello everyone, Happy Thanksgiving! I have a good news for those who haven’t read my recent tweets or Instagram. So here it goes, In October, I sent out a handful e-mails to some of the best literary agents in India. The e-mail was regarding the submission of the first 4 chapters of Deceived, my first book. (You…
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The Book Courtship Book Tag
Thank you, Marje, for tagging me for the Book Courtship Book Tag. Marje is one of my really close (and favourite) blogger buddies and is an amazing writer. Do visit her blog, Kyrosmagica, if you want to befriend an insightful and talented author. Here’s a link to Marje’s blog post about the tag: https://kyrosmagica.wordpress.com/2015/10/27/the-book-courtship-book-tag/ Phase 1…
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#MondayBlogs Writing Rituals: All You Need To Know
Read my guest article on Writing Rituals at Shannon Thompson’s blog…
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Word Of The Week (WOW #36)
Hi guys, Word Of the Week (WOW) is a weekly meme created by Heena Rathore P. (me.) It’s a fun way to improve one’s vocabulary by learning new words every week. If you want to participate then simply do a post with your WORD and leave the link to your post as a comment on one of my…
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Festival Of Lights: Happy Diwali!
Hello, everyone, I hope you guys are having a great week. Finally, I’m back from another one of those short… ahem… not so short break and this time I do have a valid reason for it: DIWALI 🙂 Belated Happy Diwali to all my lovely readers and subscribers. I hope that all your wishes come…
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5 Keys To Writing 50K Words In 30 Days
To help other writers who are struggling to get those dreaded 50K words done this NaNoWriMo, I’ve come up with 5 keys that are the most important factors for cracking NaNoWriMo and even to write a good amount of words daily even after NaNo.