Heena R. Pardeshi
Heena R. Pardeshi
@heenarathore@verbatikmedia.com

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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  • Featured Reviewer At NetGalley (NetGalley Blogger Spotlight: The Reading Bud)

  • Featured Reviewer At NetGalley (NetGalley Blogger Spotlight: The Reading Bud)

    I’m the featured reviewer at NetGalley for my book blog, The Reading Bud, for their monthly series, Blogger Spotlight, for Mystery & Thriller edition.

  • Word Of The Week (WOW#34)

    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…

  • Converting Files to E-Books

    I know firsthand how irritating it can be after you’ve finished your MS and you don’t know how to convert it into a readable e-book format. It is really annoying to not be able to read your precious book on your e-reader after all the handwork you’ve put in it. After months (or years) of…

  • Word Of The Week (WOW #33)

    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…

  • 10 Essential Tools For Writers

    Every writer needs a certain set of tools in order to write. And, trust me, it’s not as simple as to just pick up a notebook and write. It might be for some writers (mostly intuitive writers,) but for most of us, there is a need for much more than just a pen and paper. If you wish…

  • I dare you to watch this alone!

    Vishal sent me this video and I still can’t sleep alone…

  • Autumn (Jessie #4)

    Jessie is a Contemporary Fiction short-story series about a girl named Jessie. This series is written on photo-prompts and includes emotional themes of love, family, support, getting over fears, etc.

  • A Cup Of Tea

    This short piece is written for Describli’s photo prompt – Afternoon Tea.

  • Word Of The Week (WOW #32)

    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.

  • Wrong Turn

    This short-story (1,000 words) is written for the photo-prompts at Describli.

  • Featured Writer At Describli (Yay!)

    I’m the featured writer at Describli this week. I was completely stoked when I read the email, while sipping on tea early in the morning and literally jumped up and down when I saw that Laura (the founder and CEO of Describli) herself congratulated me for it.

  • Book Review: Smokescreen

    It starts in Washington when a lone gunman enters a busy burger chain and opens fire killing twenty-five people. It continues in Paris, London, Sydney and Beijing. Authorities, including FBI agent Jack Rossi find no motive or any connection between the shootings causing fear and panic in the world’s major cities.

  • Word Of The Week (WOW #31)

    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…

  • The Sting (Jessie #3)

    Jessie is a Contemporary Fiction short-story series about a girl named Jessie. I’m still not sure where I’m going to go with this series, but I’m sure to include emotional themes of love, family, support, getting over fears, etc. Each part of this story is written for the photo-prompts at Describli. You can read the other parts of…

  • Ruined Dreams (Jessie #2)

    Jessie: Story About A Girl is a contemporary fiction short story series based on the theme of love and family. Each part of this story is written for the photo prompts at Describli. Ruined Dreams Genre: Contemporary Fiction   “I love someone else,” one sentence that changed everything – my dreams, my expectations and, most of all, my…

  • Novella Review: Dyad

    Evi is forced to leave her life behind as she flees from threatening consequences. Hoping the stories of hating humans are wrong, she seeks the land of fairies for refuge.

  • Baking A Pie (Jessie #1)

    Jessie: Story About A Girl is a contemporary fiction short story series based on the theme of love and family. Each part of this story is written for the photo prompts at Describli. Baking a Pie Genre: Contemporary Fiction   I’m drenched in sweat, trying to figure out this new recipe mom e-mailed me yesterday and keeping…

  • 10 Things That Are Stopping You From Writing

    Every writer, whether they are big or small, experienced or newbie, published or unpublished, old or young, face the same fears and feel jittered before putting their work in front of the public (books, articles or any other content.) What are these fears? What are the reasons that demotivate writers from writing? And finally, how…

  • Word Of The Week (WOW #30)

    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…

  • Word Of The Week (WOW #29)

    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…

  • Almost There!!! (Writing Progress #3)

    Hello my dear readers, fellow bloggers and writers… Finally I’ve written the last chapter of Deceived and now all I want to do is… get back to posting on my precious blogs!!! It’s been so long that I’ve written any post other than WOWs (and in that too I’ve missed a few.) I’m done with…

  • Word Of The Week (WOW #28)

    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…

  • Book Review: Delilah Dusticle’s Transylvanian Adventure

    Author: A.J. York Release Date: June 1st 2014 Series: Delilah Dusticle Genre: Children’s Fantasy Edition: mobi Pages: 122 Source: Author Publisher: Self-Published Buy it here: Amazon Blurb Delilah Dusticle is back with an action packed mission. In this illustrated instalment, Delilah and the Dustbusters are invited to Transylvania, to cater for the Hallow Eve Ball.…

  • Book Review: Shackleton’s Folly (The Lost Wonder #1)

    In a galaxy, ripped apart by feuding factions, one man emerges to save his people from ‘Human Hunts’ and the rancorous horde lead by a traitor to the human race, Wolfgang Gray. That man is Alec Shackleton. His mission is spurred on by a legend, a theory, his father taught him as a small lad:…

  • Writing Progress #2

    Hello dear readers, It’s been one hell of a month! I’ve been crazily busy – as you all know very well – from last 3 months and finally I’m close to getting done with everything. I’ve completed the second draft and revised it as well and presently I’m doing the third and the final draft.…

  • Book Review: Delilah Dusticle

    Delilah Dusticle has special powers. She can completely eradicate dust. With her quiver pouch of special dusters, Delilah can run up walls, reaching places others just can’t. As a maid in the Fenchurch-Whittington house, Delilah’s unusual skills soon lead to her being promoted to Chief Dust Eradicator and Remover. Until one day, when a broken…

  • Book Review: The Watchtower

    His first day of work wasn’t what Martin Cunningham expected. A sultry boss, a classy receptionist, the drama-queen foreigner, and a painfully shy techie who prefers hiding to human interaction, was the oddest group of characters he’d ever met. When an assassination attempt is made against his new boss, Martin comes face to face with…

  • Word Of The Week (WOW #27)

    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…