Category: News
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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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Recovery
So I was living my life normally and started doing some functional training in the month of December (hard-core workouts targeting the core muscles that include crazy-ass cardio, step-ups, weigh-training and kettle-bell lifting along with a lot of burpees and hopping and stuff like that.) So even though I was doing it under the guidance…
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Max Is Coming Back Home
Okay… so let me start from the beginning… We got 40 days old Max home on 10th April 2019 and everything was going great until, after exactly 13 days, Vishal rescued Whisky, a 10-15 day old kitten that V found outside a bakery on the side of the road while getting some pastries. Because Whisky…
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First Sample Copy Of Deceived
Hello, all. This is a late post, so please forgive, but life’s been extremely busy (particularly this month.) Being the Editor In Cheif at Citrus, I was fortunate enough to get my hands on the first sample copy of Deceived. This is a late post, so please forgive, but life’s been extremely busy (particularly this month.)…
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Month End Updates: February’17
Hello, everyone. This is a monthly post in which I share about my writing, reading and life in general. My month in: WRITING– I wrote 31,225 words for Sinister Town’s 2nd draft. I planned and outlined the entire book again and now have a clearer and a much better understanding of the plot. Made some major…
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Checking In
Due to a really busy month-end, I missed my September Month End Updates post. It was a crazy month end and there was so much to do that I was not able to sit down and pull myself together to write a post. To be really honest, I prepared last month’s Newsletter also on the…
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Month End Updates: August’16
Hello, everyone. This is a monthly post in which I share about my writing, reading and life in general. My month in: WRITING– I’m done with the Developmental Editing of Deceived. We’ll be starting with Substantive Editing in 2 weeks. I finally(!) have a date for when I’ll have my ARCs in my hand –…
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My NEWSLETTER
Hello everyone, This is a quick shout-out post for all my friends, readers and fellow-bloggers (and… strangers) to let you all know that I’ve started my monthly Newsletter (again!) This time around I’ve really worked hard on these Newsletters by improving the quality of content and material on the whole. And keeping everyone’s interests in mind,…
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Month End Updates: July’16 (A Short Post)
Hello, all my lovely readers and friends 🙂 This month was the busiest one so far! I did a lot of exciting things and I finally figured out what was going wrong with the story I was working on, so it was a really good one for me. My month in: WRITING– I’m almost done…
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Month End Updates: June’16
Hello, all my lovely readers and friends 🙂 This month has been one hell of a rollercoaster ride. I wrote like a maniac for some days, but some days I had to struggle to get even a single word out. I managed to read a few books while doing JuNoWriMo and in my off days…
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Month End Updates: May’16
Hello, all my lovely readers and friends 🙂 This month has been the most important one so far this year, yet it was also a lot fun. Read on to get to know about THE BIG NEWS!!! My month in: WRITING– I worked with my editor on the first round of edits for the first…
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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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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.…
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Writing Progress #1
Hey everyone! After successfully writing my first draft in June (JuNoWriMo) with a little more than 50,000 words (you can read about it ), I joined Camp NaNoWriMo for this month (July) with a target of 60,000 words. I’ve been writing non-stop from last one and a half month and I’m going to keep writing till…
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First brief glimpse of Deceived
A girl who’s trying to cope with the murders of her mother and 5 year old brother. A journalist who is chasing the ghost of a long lost serial killer. A teen who murders her parents. And a revenge-driven psychopath who is about to destroy everyone’s life.
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JuNoWriMo 2015 Winner!
And I’m done! Slogged a bit in these past few days but finally I made it! Total word count: 51,284 words I’m done with the first draft of my book with chapters in details and scenes in super details. Now, I’ll be joining Camp NaNo for editing my first draft and simultaneously writing the second…
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My Writing Progress
Hi guys, I hope you all are having a great week-start. As promised I’m here to share about my progress with JuNoWriMo. If you are my friend on Facebook or Twitter, then you might already know about what I’ve been upto, but if not then read along. I participated in JuNo hoping that atleast I’ll…
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A Leap Of Faith!
Hi everyone! I’m so glad to finally get the time to tell you all guys about my book. From last 2 months I’ve been planning to get the outline straight for my debut book. I had a small idea and over the last two months I spent time watching a lot of slasher and horror…
VERBATIK MEDIA by Heena R. Pardeshi 