Hello and Welcome to the Fall 2020 YA Scavenger Hunt! I’m Heather Reid Author Of WHEN DARKNESS WHISPERS and OF DARKNESS DROWNING I’ll be your host for this leg of the Blue Team Hunt! This bi-annual event was first organized by author Colleen Houck as a way to give readers a chance to gain access to exclusive bonus…
How I Survived the Pandemic Lockdown: A Love Letter to FitzChivalry Farseer and Robin Hobb
I first read Robin Hobb’s Farseer trilogy in my 20’s (let’s just say that was a very long time ago) and immediately fell in love with FitzChivalry Farseer, Verity, Kettricken, Burich, Chade, Molly, The Fool, and especially Nighteyes. I quickly moved on to The Tawney Man Trilogy, and then to her Live Ship Traders series….
The Little Book That Could
Most of you know that my publishing journey has not been an easy one. There’s been a lot of disappointment and heart ache surrounding my debut novel, PRETTY DARK NOTHING and its sequel. Despite all the bumps in the road, I refuse to quit. Writing is my passion and my calling. To all my artist…
Creative Coaching and The Power of Intuitive Writing
A few months ago, one of my close writing friends introduced me to Lauren Sapala‘s book The INFJ Writer. Thank you, Jill Cox! Jill knew I had been fighting my natural creative process and that conventional writing methods didn’t work for me. They never have, yet I continued to bang away at the keyboard, getting…
YASH When Darkness Whispers Giveaway Winner
Thank you to everyone who participated in the YA Fall Scavenger Hunt. Now to announce the winner of my personal WHEN DARKNESS WHISPERS signed copy giveaway. Congratulations to Anika ‘Pixie’ Crayon! I’ll be contacting you shortly so I can send you your prize. I hope everyone had a wonderful Hunt this year. Happy Reading!
YA Fall Scavenger Hunt 2019
Hello and Welcome to the Fall 2019 YA Scavenger Hunt! I’m Heather Reid. Author of WHEN DARKNESS WHISPERS and your host for this leg of the Purple Team Hunt! This bi-annual event was first organized by author Colleen Houck as a way to give readers a chance to gain access to exclusive bonus material from…
Starting Over: Re-releasing my debut.
I realize it’s been awhile since I’ve blogged. Life has taken a lot of unexpected turns in the last few years. We built a house, adopted another Labrador, moved, been laid off, started a new job, survived my husband’s heart attack, depression, loss, and anxiety. I got my rights back from my publisher. I learned…
Rising From The Ashes: Finding the Way Back From Loss
Yes, I am still alive, though by the dust gathering on this blog, you wouldn’t know it. In truth, I’ve been lost, traveling the dark places, searching for a way out of the valleys of grief and loss, cutting my way through the dense forest of self-doubt, thirsting across the acrid hot desert of anger,…
Writer Unboxed Un-Conference: Through-ness and The Power of Genuine Community
Sunday night. My suitcase yawns open in front of me, empty and waiting. My flight leaves in eight hours. Piles of clean clothes encircle me as I kneel by the case and examine each possible outfit. Where should I start? An unfamiliar question for a seasoned and decisive traveler who usually has her bags packed…
Did I Kill A YA Scream Queen?
Don’t judge and author by her search history. Sure, I have a collection of demonology websites bookmarked. Yes, I’ve done reasearch on how quickly a girl would bleed out if stabbed in the chest. So what? That doesn’t make me a killer. I mean, have you checked Gretchen McNeil’s search history? I’m not the only one…