My blog post today is more of a random rambling than a focused topic, but sometimes life calls for random topics; or at least, I think so. The past week has been a bit of a blur. Storm Chandra at the start of the week, a hospital appointment at the end of the week and all the while, trying to carry on with life as normal.
Even when my writing life is on pause, my imagination always rumbles along, churning out ideas. Some are good, and I save them as tidbits for my writing and others are just nothing more than interesting thoughts as a byproduct of an overactive imagination.
The picture above shows one such byproduct of my imagination. While doing one of my 24 hour intermittent fasting sessions a couple of days ago, I made myself a Himalayan salt tea; it staves off leg cramps and headaches during ketosis by replacing electrolytes. Anyway, after I sprinkled the salt in my mug, I then added the boiled water and watched the salt disperse in the strangest pattern. As a horror fan, it seemed to me to form a rather intense eye staring up at me from the bottom of the mug. Creepy.
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Leilanie Stewart 
Apologies to some readers and followers of my blog
Today’s post is a message of apology to some readers and followers of my blog. I only just realised yesterday of a mishap, where a number of comments had been left unanswered and pending approval on my website, and I hadn’t been aware of this. Some of the comments had been posted as far back as half a year ago.
The fault is my own; I had set notifications for my website on my phone, and was perhaps relying on this feature too much without actually checking for comments via my email notifications instead. It turned out I had missed many comments by folks who weren’t regular followers; a couple of these included invites to author events and I’m especially regretful about not only those missed opportunities, but the unprofessional impression that some people might have of me after receiving no response to their comments.
As an author, I’m also a business person, and I aim to respond to all legitimate comments on my website and social media accounts as a general rule. Rest assured I am working hard to get back to everyone who commented; I value your messages and I appreciate that you took the time to leave comments for me.
This blog post isn’t an excuse, it’s simply an explanation; what can I say other than offer my humble apology. Sorry.
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Posted by Leilanie Stewart on January 14, 2026 in Random stuff and tagged author followers, blog followers, blog update, reaching new readers, reader comments.
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