I’m chipping away, bit by bit, at the 3 writing projects that I’ve currently got on the go. Novel WIP#7 is a supernatural horror set in London. I’m up to 14.1k words on this. Novel WIP#8 is the sequel to The Buddha’s Bone, which I’m drafting because I’ve had enough reader requests to justify writing a follow up, and like the first, it’s psychological literary fiction. Fiction WIP#9 is a short story collection that will also be psychological literary fiction and is a mix of previously published and new stories. That’s enough to keep me busy for pretty much all of 2024, I think!

Do my current WIPs have titles?

Yes, they all have working titles. But for now, like all my other WIPs, I’ll stick to numbers just to keep my projects straight when I’m referring to them in writing updates.

What did all my other numbered WIPs become?

Novel WIP#1 is my still unpublished, experimental literary novel. I’ll publish it at some point. More on why I haven’t already in another post.

Novel WIP#2 became Gods of Avalon Road

Novel WIP#3 became The Buddha’s Bone

Novel WIP#4 became The Blue Man

Novel WIP#5 became The Fairy Lights

Novel WIP#6 became Matthew’s Twin

Why did my poetry collections and short story collection not start as WIPs?

Because they were all previously published individually in literary magazines and anthologies, so I didn’t actually draft anything new.

Is it hard to work on 3 WIPs at the same time?

Not as hard as I thought it might be. The three projects are all distinct enough that I don’t get confused switching between them, especially because they’re all different genres. Also, because #7 is in third person and #8 is in first person, I find this helps me change gears easily.

Where do I get the time to write my current WIPs?

Hmm. Not sure (scratches head). Copious amounts of caffeine sure does help!

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About Leilanie Stewart

Leilanie Stewart is an award-winning author and poet from Belfast, Northern Ireland. She writes ghost and psychological horror, as well as experimental poetry. Her writing confronts the nature of self; her novels feature main characters on a dark psychological journey who have a crisis and create a new sense of identity. She began writing for publication while working as an English teacher in Japan, a career pathway that has influenced themes in her writing. Her former career as an Archaeologist has also inspired her writing and she has incorporated elements of archaeology and mythology into both her fiction and poetry. In addition to promoting her own work, Leilanie runs Bindweed Anthologies, a creative writing publication with her writer husband, Joseph Robert. Aside from publishing pursuits, Leilanie enjoys spending time with her husband and their lively literary lad, a voracious reader of sea monster books.

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