{"id":1301,"date":"2014-04-10T08:09:54","date_gmt":"2014-04-10T12:09:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/crafting-a-life.com\/shop\/?page_id=1301"},"modified":"2014-09-26T15:40:46","modified_gmt":"2014-09-26T19:40:46","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/crafting-a-life.com\/shop\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Author, podcaster, designer, mother, speaker, and founder of Crafting-a-Life, Inc. and its imprint Crafting-a-Life Books, Heather\u2019s company specializes in media and Audiobooks-With-Benefits\u2122\u2014<strong><em>treating literature and history with a light touch and serious enthusiasm<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Heather has centered the wheel of her work-life around a simple hub\u2014helping you craft a good life by finding and sharing knowledge and fun:<\/p>\n<p>With her new <a href=\"http:\/\/groundedseries.com\"><em>Grounded: The Seven<\/em><\/a> series (<a href=\"http:\/\/groundedseries.com\/updates\/category\/socks\/\">seen in Vogue Knitting, Winter 2013-14<\/a>), she brings young adult literature a set of teen protagonists who are smart, independent, and unique\u2014yet aren\u2019t estranged from the adult world. Reviews from adults\u2014and gratifyingly, from teens\u2014have noted the difference from other main-stream teen fare and have become devoted fans of Rosie (and her socks). (<a href=\"http:\/\/groundedseries.com\">GroundedSeries.com<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/GroundedSeries.com\/updates\/category\/socks\/\">GroundedSeries.com\/updates\/category\/socks\/<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>With her podcast, <a href=\"http:\/\/CraftLit.com\"><em>CraftLit<\/em><\/a><sup>\u00ae<\/sup> she has been bringing <a href=\"http:\/\/Audiobooks-with-Benefits.com\">Audiobooks-with-Benefits<\/a><sup>\u2122<\/sup> to listeners every week since 2006, giving commuters, SAHMs, and busy people of all stripes a chance to enjoy the books they know they should have read\u2014but haven\u2019t (yet)\u2014in a homespun, friendly format. (CraftLit.com, Audiobooks-with-Benefits.com)<\/p>\n<p>With her research into <a href=\"http:\/\/CognitiveAnchoring.com\">Cognitive Anchoring<\/a> and the benefits to attention and memory derived from engaging in simple, automatic behaviors like knitting and doodling, she has traveled around the country, inspiring meeting-goers, conference-call-zombies, students, military veterans, and families of ADD children to pick up the needles, hook, or pen, and improve their memory and happiness. (CognitiveAnchoring.com)<\/p>\n<p>With the <a href=\"http:\/\/WWMDfK.com\"><em>What Would Madame Defarge Knit?<\/em><\/a> series, she brought together a team of ascendant designers who\u2014with their engaging essays and clever, beautifully wrought knit and crochet patterns\u2014have given joy and inspiration to a devoted cross-section of the crafting world. Along with her publisher, <a href=\"http:\/\/CooperativePress.com\">Cooperative Press<\/a>, she has found a way to pay her designers royalties while still managing to print in the United States. Two things that are unique in the world of craft publishing. 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