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Heather Day Gilbert

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Here’s Lookin’ At You, NaNoWriMo

For those of you just warming up your keyboards, ready to start pounding out your novels for National Novel Writing Month, I wanted to do a little retrospective of my NaNoWriMo novel experience. It was January, 2007. Nope, I didn’t do it in the proper month. Nor did I even register with NaNoWriMo. But I did finish the book in… Read More

Googling Handguns for the Greater Good–by Guest Blogger JANET BERRY

I’m thrilled to present you with my first guest blogger, Janet Berry. If you want to share something from your writing journey on my blog, just comment on here or contact me on FB and I’d love to get something posted! And thank you, Jan, for sharing the ups and downs of writing a book in a month!–Heather JB–When I… Read More

Welcome!

I know you’re new to this blogspot, because so am I! I really wanted to start a blog about the book I wrote in a month. I did this with some Facebook friends for the “NaNoWriteMo” challenge, based on a book about writing books in a month. I actually did complete my entire book of 50,000+ words in the month… Read More

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Hi, I’m Heather…

I write contemporary mysteries and Viking historicals. Born and brought up in the mountains of West Virginia, I enjoy writing about small towns, family relationships, and women who aren't afraid to protect those they love. Read More…

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