Leilanie Stewart

Writing that confronts the nature of self
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Category Archives: Opinion

  • A couple of days ago, I received a number of phone calls from a mobile number I didn’t recognise. As someone who hates speaking on the [...]

    Managing privacy as an author with a public profile

    July 28, 2024
  • My goals for 2024 are different. I want to focus much more on having a positive mindset this year rather than having X number of books published, [...]

    The importance of having a positive mindset

    January 12, 2024
  • Merry Christmas…if you celebrate it, that is. The date falls within the 12 days of yuletide, so it’s one of the days in our household [...]

    Seasonal storytelling and the truth about Santa

    December 25, 2023
  • The shortest day of the year falls between 3-4am this year on December 22nd, and that means it’s officially winter here in the northern [...]

    Yuletide greetings!

    December 22, 2023
  • I read an article a few days ago on The Guardian about a mainstream author who is refusing to sell her next book on Amazon in order to support [...]

    Choosing which bookstores should sell your books

    April 30, 2023
  • I’m currently on a two week winter holiday from my day work in a grammar school. Seasonal festivities aside, my primary goal of this [...]

    Literary life: on winding down in the winter break

    December 27, 2022
  • A couple of months ago, a writer connection of mine released her debut novel, which was speculative fiction. She had amassed a couple of dozen [...]

    Are book reviews for readers or authors?

    June 24, 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
  • Today is International Women’s Day. Since I’ve been at a low point lately, I thought I’d cheer myself up by focusing on my [...]

    Happy International Women’s Day 2022

    March 8, 2022
  • I’ve had a few interesting conversations recently with fellow poet and novelist connections, after I wrote my recent post on Author [...]

    Selling poetry versus selling fiction – a world of difference

    January 26, 2022

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