Leilanie Stewart

Writing that confronts the nature of self
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Author Archives: Leilanie Stewart

  • A few days ago, a reader began to binge-read Diabolical Dreamscapes. They found my book through sponsored ads, which I was able to see through [...]

    Getting bad book reviews and ratings – keeping a level head

    September 17, 2024
  • Happy Friday the 13th! Apart from Halloween, this is my second favourite themed time of year. What horror lover wouldn’t want to ritually [...]

    Friday the 13th – superstitions and book recs

    September 13, 2024
  • Usually when an author starts out on their publishing journey, they might begin with self-publishing their book to build up a few reviews and [...]

    Traditional, Indie and hybrid publishing – how do they compare?

    September 10, 2024
  • Fifteen years ago when I published my first short story, The Woman and the Stiff, in an online magazine called Blood Moon Rising, I remember the [...]

    Why is there a stigma about writing horror?

    September 6, 2024
  • We’ve all heard it: the best thing to recover from a hectic lifestyle is taking some ‘me-time’ to reset. That can be many [...]

    Why writing time is me time

    September 2, 2024
  • 2024 has been a slow literary year for me. After the time pressure I put myself under in 2022 and 2023 to complete my Belfast Ghosts trilogy, I [...]

    Motivation to finish my ghost horror novel first draft

    August 29, 2024
  • A new school term has begun, which means the summer holiday is over for me. I can’t complain. If I worked in any other job, I’d have [...]

    Back to the day-job: a summer summary

    August 25, 2024
  • I’m currently in week seven of my holiday from work, while school is closed for summer. In theory, that should mean more time for reading, [...]

    Summer reading update

    August 21, 2024
  • The summer isn’t over yet, and the weather has been decent enough over here in Northern Ireland. The wildflowers that we planted in the [...]

    Lughnasadh sale. Celebrating summer with an eBook discount

    August 17, 2024
  • Three years ago, just after I made the decision to move away from traditional publishing and launch my indie author career, I did lots of [...]

    Are author newsletters worth it? Why I’ve stopped mine

    August 13, 2024

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