Leilanie Stewart

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

  • I’m up to 40k words on my current novel WIP#5. It’s turning out to be another psychological horror, and quite metaphysical too. I [...]

    Update on current novel work in progress

    June 8, 2022
  • Cover reveal! My third novel, The Blue Man, is now available for pre-order. It’s a psychological horror – here’s the back cover [...]

    Exciting news! My third novel, The Blue Man, is available for pre-order

    June 5, 2022
  • Finding ways to promote your work as an author with a book in an endless sea of new books is rather like getting caught in the swash and backwash [...]

    Entering novel competitions

    June 1, 2022
  • What constitutes supporting an Indie author? Let’s ponder a few scenarios, shall we? 1. If you buy a book by an Indie author you know, but [...]

    How can you support an author without spending money?

    May 28, 2022
  • About a decade ago, I was working in a secondary school in London and running a creative writing group for gifted and talented young people. The [...]

    Is talent or skills more important for writing novels?

    May 25, 2022
  • Since 25th April, I’ve been back on a strict low carb eating plan. It’s clearly working as I’m having no cravings at all for [...]

    My tips for sticking to a low carb lifestyle

    May 22, 2022
  • Do you want to know the first thing that people say when I tell them I’m a writer? “I hope you make lots of money”. Is that [...]

    Motivation to write when it’s not about the money

    May 17, 2022
  • In my experience, writing a novel is the literary equivalent of acting: an actor has to do research to prepare for a role, in order to become the [...]

    Getting ideas and doing research for novels

    May 12, 2022
  • During the dozen years my work has been published in magazines and by book publishers, I’ve become accustomed to receiving beta reader [...]

    Trigger warnings and sensitivity readers for controversial fiction

    May 8, 2022
  • Creative writing is a skill. It’s a craft that takes time and effort to learn a set of skills and to hone those skills. Some folks choose [...]

    Learning how to write creatively

    May 4, 2022

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