On Sunday we had a lovely end to the family summer fun at the Belfast Mela. I meant to post this yesterday, but I forgot. Too much sea, sand and sun makes an idle brain.

As you (might!) know, Japan is close to my heart. I taught English over there for four years and I met my lovely hubby and fellow English teacher there too. My psychological literary fiction books that are set in Japan are: The Buddha’s Bone and The Wabi-sabi Doll.

This week it’s back to the day job at the grammar school where I work. I’ll be gearing up to teach creative writing to another fresh batch of sixth form students and get into the swing of my library work too. Busy, busy. Somewhere along the line, I’m hoping that getting back into a routine will help me structure my writing schedule. It really could do with it; I’ve slacked off for coming up to a fortnight now. Tut tut! Detention is a suitable sanction, I think!

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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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