Hello, I’m Heena.

I am an award-winning author, developmental editor of Amazon best-selling titles, and book writing coach.

I have been working in the publishing industry for over 9 years (in 2024) and have been writing fiction and creative non-fiction for almost a decade now. My speciality is full-length manuscripts, fiction as well as non-fiction, and I have developed my skills and honed my craft by completing courses in English language and literature from some of the best Universities in the world (including Harvard, Yale and Uni of Queensland.)

My life is dedicated to writing, specifically fiction, and spreading awareness about literature, writing and reading. I am a voracious reader, reading anywhere between 100-120 books every year – and I am very particular about the books I read (you can find my videos on books I read on Instagram – heenarpardeshi)

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Books

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Editing

Developmental Editing
(If you do not know how stories work, what plot structuring is, what tension and pacing graphs are and their correlation, then this is for you; let me, the expert, help you develop your book correctly.)

Substantive Editing
(If you are worried about the flow of your narrative and plot linearity issues, then this type of editing is for you.)

Line Editing

(If you’ve written a book before and want me to work on your language, grammar and narrative flow, then this one is what you need.)

Copy Editing

(Want your book perfectly aligned with current international and national style guides and enhance the reading experience for the readers, go for this service and you’d be sorted.)

Mentoring

12-Week Book Writing Bootcamp
(An intense 12-week program to help you not only begin but also finish your book in 12 weeks.)

Customised Writing Sessions
(This is a 120-minute writing session in which I will be teaching you the elements that you are struggling with.)

Manuscript Critique/Assessment
(A detailed critique/assessment of your manuscript and feedback on improving, developing and making it perfect.)

Online Writing Consultation
(45 minute consultation to help you develop your plot/characters/story idea/figure out a strategy to complete your book.)


What people are saying

Rating: 5 out of 5.

“What I most appreciate about the work Heena did for my book as the developmental editor was sharing her brilliant ideas for developing the book, making it complete and enjoyable to read. For me, the best change implemented by her in my project is the improvement of sentences and other grammatical corrections throughout the manuscript. Heena adds big value to the project by advising substantial improvements to the story. During discussions, she helped me to make valuable changes in my decisions over certain points.
Working with Heena will enhance the quality of anyone’s project/manuscript in terms of even the most fundamental ideas in addition to the grammatical, linguistic and syntactical corrections. I wish Heena Rathore-Pardeshi a brilliant future and career ahead.”

Bhaskar A Reddy
Retd IRS & Intelligence officer (RAW)
Author of Banapuram to Burma
(Autobiography, Memoir, Inspirational)

Rating: 5 out of 5.

“When I first wrote the manuscript it was very raw and I felt the need to take the services of a developmental editor. It was then I got in touch with Heena. She helped me give a proper shape to the manuscript by not only correcting the grammatical mistakes but also suggesting how to build the characters in the story.
She also suggested to me how to add more emotions in various scenes and that greatly improved the story narrative.
Overall, I am very happy that I took Heena’s editing services and thus created a very much loved book that is doing so well and has received a lot of appreciation among the book readers
I am looking forward to working with her on my future projects/ manuscripts.”

Bibhuti Shankar Das
Graduate from IIT and Post-Graduate from Texas
Author of Saptarishi
(Science-Fiction, Mythological Retelling, Futuristic)

Rating: 5 out of 5.

“The great aspect of working with Heena was the comfort, professionalism, and confidence she brought with her editing. From the first interaction to the completion of the editing process, the collaboration to create a high-quality book was a seamless and rewarding one. In fact, I see her as a partner in my book journey and not just an editor. 
I was really impressed with her integrity, transparency, clarity, and at the same time her caring touch. She always came up with unique perspectives, had a great eye for detail, and respected my views and thoughts as an author.
It was always about the quality and enrichment of the book while keeping the author’s flair and thoughts intact. In the entire journey, I felt very comfortable that she was balancing all these aspects brilliantly with her skills and experience.
I wish Heena a lot of success and happiness. Will surely be looking forward to working with her in the future for my next book.

Prateek Shrivastav
Managing Director at Accenture, CTIO Accenture Adobe Business Group India
Author of Devri 
(Indian Contemporary Fiction)

Rating: 5 out of 5.

“I came across Heena from a website…
I finally chose Heena from amongst many, and then I put in place a strict time line since I had made contractual commitments for the book and story. It was a very punishing editing and writing schedule, like you would not believe for a 65,000 word story that eventually reached 92300 words in print.
We had our highs and our lows; Heena was free with her criticism and suggestions; and I was open with my comments when I felt the book was not going okay. She obviously worked many long hours. It was a deeply emotional process, as my book is a deeply emotional rollercoaster story of my life and its many tragedies, but it is times like these that you want a developmental editor, who is invested in your process and in your book, as Heena obviously was.
Even after the edit was done and the final version was ready, I leaned on her for her input on the cover choices and also the photo choices in the book. She was fully immersed in it until date of release and beyond.
The end result justifies the process we went through, and my book was released to a tumultuous response, and people have loved it. I am thankful for Heena’s editing, rewrites, and inputs; she has really gone through the wringer on this one. I would gladly recommend Heena’s services to anyone writing their book; she’s very good.”

Sanjay Lazar 
Lawyer, leadership coach and retired Aviation professional (AICCA president for 20+ unbroken years)
Author of Amazon-bestseller On Angels’ Wings – Beyond the Bombing of Air India 182
(Autobiography, Historial (fact-based), Inspitational

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