Today I finished amending the parts of Pseudologia Fantastica with red pen comments from my editor, and I ordered another proof copy for one more round of checks. The changes were significant enough to merit another hard copy. My eyes definitely catch mistakes when I read them as paperback proof copies rather than e-proof versions.

Another proof in the post

I’m also in the midst of editing both the ebook and paperback versions of Midsummer Madness 2024: Bindweed Anthology. Running a creative writing publication is a lot of work, in addition to writing and publishing my own work (and having a day job, as well as young-child-wrangling) but helping other writers by giving them a platform for their writing is important to me.

Speaking of working on my own writing – my various WIPs have taken a slight backseat because of my forthcoming book and Bindweed, but I’m trying to keep chipping away where possible. Progress is slow though, but at least it hasn’t totally stalled. Quite the feat especially in the midst of GCSE exam season.

That’s all for now. Short, and sweet, as I’m saving my brain power for all of the above. Whew!

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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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