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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Copyright For Writers – Everything You Need To Know
Everything you need to know about copyrighting your work as a writer.
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Vlog: Green Tea Haul
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Vlog: 2022 Goals
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An Ode To Winter
I am a hopeless winter person – you know, when a person goes overboard with sweaters, hoodies and hauling around shawls everywhere they go even when it’s just chilly, wearing socks while sleeping and using a heater at night to warm my cold feet. I know I am not the only one so I decided…
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Do These 5 Things Before Selling Your Home
Even in a hot market, before you put your home on the market among real estate for sale in Whistler or anywhere else, there’s some work you’ll need to do first. Selling a home requires a lot more than simply putting up a “For Sale” sign in the yard or placing an ad on Craigslist,…
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5 Most Terrifying Classic Horror Books
End of October is here and, although 2020 was nothing less than a long horror spell, it is only natural for a horror reader and writer to share some of my favourite books in the genre that truly terrifying me. If you are new to this genre, these books would be a great starting point…
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Cancel Culture = Online Toxicity
So I was on Goodreas (as I am always there scrolling through my friend’s TBRs and current reads and reviews) and I came across a book called Christmas Pig. When I dug deeper and read the blurb I quite liked what I read and decided that I will give it a go. I was on…
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5 Ways To Use Credit Cards Responsibly
Credit Cards are one of those things in life that everyone wants but only few can have and even fewer can keep. But have you ever wondered why is that so? Why are Credit Cards so lucrative yet so difficult to hold on to without destroying your credit credibility? Well, it is not the card…
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WOW #49 – Word Of The Week
WOW – Word Of The Week is a weekly feature that I came up with in the year 2015 in order to learn new words and their meaning in the English language and improve my vocabulary. If you wish to participate and post about WOW then, by all means, feel free to do so. A…
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Okay Or Not Okay?
People always want to know, especially the ones who care or at least think they care for you if you are okay or not. But what about what lies in between those two words. Most people don’t realise that they’re a whole world between those two ends and that more than half of the time…
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WOW #48 – Word Of The Week
WOW – Word Of The Week is a weekly feature that I came up with in the year 2015 in order to learn new words and their meaning in the English language and improve my vocabulary. If you wish to participate and post about WOW then, by all means, feel free to do so. A…
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10 Best Advice On Writing By Stephen King
Stephen King, for me, is the God of writing. He knows how to create believable characters that will make you feel all kinds of emotions (a wide, wide range of emotions at that), he creates genre-defining works and his stories are simply incomparable to any other on the planet (though I do know a couple…
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WOW #47 – Word Of The Week
WOW – Word Of The Week is a weekly feature that I came up with in the year 2015 in order to learn new words and their meaning in the English language and improve my vocabulary. If you wish to participate and post about WOW then, by all means, feel free to do so. A…
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WOW #46 – Word Of The Week
WOW – Word Of The Week is a weekly feature that I came up with in the year 2015 in order to learn new words and their meaning in the English language and improve my vocabulary. If you wish to participate and post about WOW then, by all means, feel free to do so. A…
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CCW Flash Fiction #3: Music In Nature by Vanshika Sahu
Crazy Cat Writers’ Flash Fiction is a Monthly Flash Fiction Challenge, where we share 2 topics every month for writers to write stories upto 1500 words. We pick one winner on each topic and publish the winners for each topic on the Crazy Cat Writer blog on the 15th and the 30th of each month.…
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WOW #45 – Word Of The Week
WOW – Word Of The Week is a weekly feature that I came up with in the year 2015 in order to learn new words and their meaning in the English language and improve my vocabulary. If you wish to participate and post about WOW then, by all means, feel free to do so. A…
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CCW Flash Fiction #2: A Short Poem by Ramcharan Modumpally
Crazy Cat Writers’ Flash Fiction is a Monthly Flash Fiction Challenge, where we share 2 topics every month for writers to write stories upto 1500 words. We pick one winner on each topic and publish the winners for each topic on the Crazy Cat Writer blog on the 15th and the 30th of each month.…
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5 Tips To Write Great Sentences
Everyone wants to write great prose, but most fo the times they ignore the very thing that makes up the prose itself – sentences! In order to write great prose, you need to be able to write great sentences and in order to write great sentences, first you need to know what kind of sentences…
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3 Types Of Sentences That All Fiction Writers Must Know
Most of the writers, especially ESL Writers – English as Second Language Writers, face the problems of creative effective, sentences with great flow while writing a fictional story. On the surface it may not seem like a big problem, but when you really think about it, a sentence is practically the most basic unit in…
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Workshop Alert: Introduction To Fiction Writing (June 2021) 5-Day Workshop – India
Hello guys, I am back with another workshop as some students wanted me to have a morning batch for the last workshop. So here it is: Details of the course: Fees: Rs.1000 per studentDate: 1st June to 5th JuneTime: 11:00 am to 1:00 pmPlatform: ZoomSession recordings: Available on RequestCertification: by Citrus Publishers (upon completion of…
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Guided Writing Groups – Write With Me
I present to you Guided Writing Groups – 3 Tiers of Exclusive Writing Groups! In all the workshops I’ve conducted and having spoken to over a 100 budding writers, the main problem with each and everyone’s writing, that I have been able to identify so far are two: lack of motivation (or simply not knowing…
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CCW Flash Fiction #1: Mother’s Day Poem by Simran Hirani
Crazy Cat Writers’ Flash Fiction is a Monthly Flash Fiction Challenge, where we share 2 topics every month for writers to write stories upto 1500 words. We pick one winner on each topic and publish the winners for each topic on the Crazy Cat Writer blog on the 15th and the 30th of each month.…
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CCW Flash Fiction Writing
Crazy Cat Writers’ (CCW) Flash Fiction is a Monthly Flash Fiction Challenge, where we share 2 topics every month for writers to write stories upto 1500 words. We pick one winner on each topic and publish the winners for each topic on the Crazy Cat Writer blog on the 15th and the 30th of each…
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3-Day Free Workshop With Skill India, MESC and Vidya Daan
Hello guys, I am thrilled and elated to announce my 3-day workshop in association with Skill India, MESC India and Vidya Daan program. Here are the details of this workshop: Media & Entertainment Skills Council invites you for *Creative Warriors* online workshop, powered by *Vidyadaan* , on “Introduction to Fiction Writing” by *Ms. Heena R.…
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10 Basic Punctuations For Writers
Let’s face it, as writers, we have all been in a situation where we have written something really good (maybe even out-of-this-world amazing) and have asked a friend, colleague or a family member to read it only to find out that you’ve messed up in punctuations! It is not that you don’t know which punctuations…
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Do’s And Don’ts Of Online Workshops or Classes For Students
Since the pandemic hit the world in early 2020, we all have been too dependent on the online learning system that is now a part of our daily routine. People of all ages and sex take up online classes and workshops to learn new skills, crafts, languages and to obtain some kind of education. But…
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8 Tips For Renting A House
Renting a house is not that easy a task as it may seem on the surface. For someone like me who’s moved in and out of a fair share of rented apartments as well as bungalows, I know that renting a house does not only take careful consideration of more than a dozen things but…
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Fiction Writing Basics – 5-Day Online Workshop
Hello dear readers and writers, after some exhausting and mentally strenuous months, I am back with another workshop. Fiction Writing Basics – 5-Day Workshop Last year I conducted multiple batches of Fiction Writing Masterclass and Creative Writing workshops and the one thing I noticed in all of the students was that most of them did…
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What Is Camp NaNo WriMoWriMo?
If you are writer who’s even mildly active on social media then you might have heard about the NaNoWriMo – National Novel Writing Month. But what about Camp NaNoWriMo? Camp NaNoWriMo is a spinoff of NaNoWriMo which you can customise as per your own needs. In their own words: Camp NaNoWriMo is your next, great…