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My passion and a common theme in my writing is my Icelandic heritage. I started with children's books and folklore, and enjoy adding a little taste of Iceland in my contemporary novels. My newest book is a motivational work called On with the Butter! Spread More Living onto Everyday Life

I spent thirty years in the telecommunications industry, which was rewarding and challenging, and had a thread of writing. When my father passed away in 2015, I reassessed my priorities, opted for early retirement, and indulged my passion for writing.

After several children’s folklore books honoring my mother’s Icelandic heritage, I took on a greater challenge. My first novel, Her Viking Heart, is set in the contemporary American west, blending together some ...more

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	The Guardians of Iceland and Other Icelandic Folk Tales by Heidi Herman (Goodreads Author), Michael di Gesu (Illustrator) 3.96 avg rating — 94 ratings — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	The Legend of the Icelandic Yule Lads 4.22 avg rating — 58 ratings — published 2015 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Yule Lads Legend: Iceland's Jolasveinar 4.46 avg rating — 13 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Homestyle Icelandic Cooking for American Kitchens 3.92 avg rating — 13 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	The Guardians of Iceland and other Icelandic Folk Tales 3.80 avg rating — 5 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Yule Lads Legend: Iceland's Jólasveinar by Heidi Herman (Goodreads Author), Jessica Krumlauf (Illustrator) 4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Sportswriter Walter Wellesley “Red” Smith was asked during a 1949 interview if it was difficult writing a daily column. He said, “Why, no. You simply sit down at the typewriter, open your veins, and bleed.”

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“It starts with this: put your desk in the corner, and every time you sit down there to write, remind yourself why it isn't in the middle of the room. Life isn't a support system for art. It's the other way around.”
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“I like to get ten pages a day, which amounts to 2,000 words. That’s 180,000 words over a three-month span, a goodish length for a book — something in which the reader can get happily lost, if the tale is done well and stays fresh.”
― Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

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“I am far too busy enjoying life to be limited by acting my age”
― Íeda Jónasdóttir Herman, Happiness in Living Color

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“Attitude is everything - choose to believe”
― Íeda Jónasdóttir Herman, Happiness in Living Color

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“Choose a different perspective to change how you see things - the word "NO" turned upside-down becomes "ON”
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