Today’s blog post is really just an update about my writer’s block, which I wrote about last month. Since then, I’ve decided to prioritise one manuscript over the other – and it’s working. Any guesses which one I decided to go ahead with, between the ghost novel manuscript and the psychological fiction sequel?

Maybe you guessed that, as a horror fan, I’d prioritise the ghost novel I’ve been chipping away on? Or maybe, since I mentioned that I’m writing the sequel to The Buddha’s Bone because of reader requests, I’d go ahead with that?

Did you guess right?

Yep, my readers matter. They keep me motivated, after all. I’ve decided to keep going with the sequel to the psychological literary fiction story set in Japan that I published in 2021. Focusing on the final third of this story without the distraction of the other novel wip has allowed the ideas to flow. No more writer’s block, hurray.

Hopefully I’ll get the draft finished soon and have something more substantial to say about the manuscript than progress updates. In the meantime, it’s business as usual.

Posted by on March 13, 2025 in Writing and tagged , , , .

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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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  1. Caleb Cheruiyot's avatar Caleb Cheruiyot says:
    March 13, 2025 at 5:09 PM

    Wonderful ♥️

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