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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2015 Resolutions
“Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow where they lead.” ― Louisa May Alcott Hi guys… It’s been 13 days since the new year started and I am totally aware that…
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Word Of The Week (WOW #4)
Hi dear readers, Word Of The Week is a meme that I started around 2 months back on my book-blog, The Reading Bud. The readers of TRB really liked it, but somewhere I felt that this meme belongs to this blog, as here I post articles related to writing. SO from now on I’ll be…
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THANK YOU!
Hi, all my dear readers! Happy New Year to you and your family. I’d like to begin this new year in gratitude by thanking you for always being there to support me. I am where I am today because of your love, support and blessings. I sincerely thank you for being there for me! Have…
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RMFAO 2015 MY Bookshelf Challenge
We all buy a lot of books but more than half of the time the books end up sitting unread on our shelves. But not anymore… gear up to read each and every book on your bookshelf in order to clear your conscience 😉 To participate in this challenge, write an announcement post with the logo…
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RMFAO 2015 Genre Challenge
Hello dear readers, I’m very excited to announce that I’ve created a reading-challenge: 2015 RMFAO Genre Challenge. Every year we all think of reading atleast one book from all the genres but as the year progresses everything changes. This challenge will help you make sure that you read all the major genres in 2015.
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Merry Christmas!
Hello dear readers, I’ve been MIA from last two weeks as I was busy with V’s birthday preps,and now I’m gonna be busy with my own b’day! So please be patient and hold your horses for another week as soon I’ll be back with a lot of great stuff and some amazingly helpful posts once…
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Word Of The Week #3
Word Of the Week (WOW) is a weekly meme created by Heena Rathore P. It’s a fun way to improve your 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 my WOW post…
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My Father
I know what you all might be thinking… ‘well, this is new!’ Yes, this is indeed new. This is actually the first time ever I’ve written a poem. I don’t know anything about writing a poem, so please don’t start sending me hate letters! I wasn’t able to sleep yesterday night (because it was my dad’s…
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Word Of the Week #2
Word Of the Week (WOW) is a weekly meme created by Heena Rathore P. It’s a fun way to improve your 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 my WOW post…
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Guest Post: SUPPORT By R. M. Ridley
Guest post by R. M. Ridley, the author of Tomorrow Wendell.
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a snippet from NaNoville…
A fantastic Chapter by the lovely and extremely talented Sue Bahr…
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Save that IDEA!
Most of the times we just keep the ideas in our mind and think that we don’t have enough ideas to start writing, but guess what, all you’re doing is killing all those ideas that your mind already has! Trust me, you’ll never really have enough ideas to make you get up and start writing…
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Word Of The Week #1
Word Of the Week (WOW) is a weekly meme created by Heena Rathore P. It’s a fun way to improve your 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 my WOW post…
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The first post!
My Author Blog
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The first post!
Hi guys! My name is Heena Rathore P. and I’m a writer in progress. This is my 3rd blog and I hope that all the readers of my other two blogs as well as the new readers have a great time browsing though this blog. I blog at The Reading Bud, which is a book…
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Word Of The Week Meme… by me!
Hi folks! Like most of the bloggers, I love participating in memes and prompts related to books and blogging. My favorite one being Top Ten Tuesdays! I’ve also decided to create a small weekly meme named Word Of The Week. I know how much vocabulary means to each and everyone in the blogosphere. Whether you…
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What Do Stories Mean to You – HEENA RATHORE P. (The Reading Bud)
My Guest-Post on Chesapeake Films about How Stories Changed My Life.
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Free Writing: The Best Exercise For Writers!
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Ten Books I Want To Reread
Top Ten Tuesday is an original feature/weekly meme created by the awesome authors of The Broke and the Bookish. Today’s topic is: Ten Books/Series I Want To Reread: The Hobbit Lord Of The Ring Series A Song Of Ice And Fire Series Hunger Games Series Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy Series Twilight Series The Clifton Chronicles Da…
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New Review Format
Whenever I sit down to review a book, all the things that I wanna say about the book instantly floods my mind and sometimes I see that I’ve mistakenly forgotten to write about 1-2 points. That’s the reason I broke my review in 3 categories- Positives, Negatives and Conclusion. But from last month or so…
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NaNoWriMo
Finally after giving it a lot of thought, I’ve decided to participate in NaNoWriMo, after all it’s about having fun and interacting with other authors, and yea… writing (a lot!) This will be my first time participating in a writing competition, except for a few I took part in when I was in school. I’m…
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A Wish Come True!
Hey guys… I have a very happy post to share with all you lovely people today! I’ve got my Note-4, Charcoal Black! Since the time I got my first Note, I’ve been a huge fan of Samsung phones (yes, I like them even more than iPhones!) I love the easy interface of Notes and the unlimited…
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RMFAO Buddy-Read #1: Pet Sematary
Hi guys! I hope you all had a great weekend! As most of you know that I’ve created a group on Goodreads, RMFAO (if not, then read about it here or visit the group on Goodreads here.) In November we’ll be having our first buddy-read. Being a huge Stephen King’s fan I wanted to begin…
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Guest-Post: How to Conquer Writer’s Block!
My guest post on Thoughtful Minds United. How to Conquer Writer’s Block!
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J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye
“What really knocks me out is a book that, when you’re all done reading it, you wish the author that wrote it was a terrific friend of yours and you could call him up on the phone whenever you felt like it. That doesn’t happen much, though.”
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L’ORÉAL’s Medium-Brown it is!
Hey guys! I’ve been planning on getting a very particular look for my hair in terms of colour, and finally I’ve figured out (on my own!) how to get it. My natural hair colour is Dark-Brown, something like chocolate-fudge, with just the tinniest hints of a lighter shade of brown. Awesome right! But as always I’m…
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It Really Is “All About the Books”
You’ve gotta watch this! PS: I guess the video won’t play for some reason! Please visit the original post and watch it over there. It’s really awesome!