Leilanie Stewart

Writing that confronts the nature of self
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Category Archives: Writing

  • 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
  • Our family holiday abroad is over for another year, but that doesn’t mean I’m back to the day job yet. I still have another 6 weeks [...]

    Holiday over – back to the writing desk

    July 20, 2024
  • Now that we are on the other side of the solstice here in the northern hemisphere, it’s officially summer. Hooray! I’m not going to [...]

    Summer writing update

    June 24, 2024
  • Imagination is key to creative writing. Of course, that goes without saying. You can’t write a short story, poem, or novel without creative [...]

    What sort of people are creative writers?

    June 16, 2024
  • Today I finished amending the parts of Pseudologia Fantastica with red pen comments from my editor, and I ordered another proof copy for one more [...]

    Business as usual: still writing, still editing

    May 17, 2024
  • Finally, some warmer weather here in Northern Ireland! It was 18°C today, practically balmy for this country. I love spring and summer, so my [...]

    May update: work life balance

    May 8, 2024
  • I’m writing today’s post for all my Indie author friends out there in the writing community who have ever wavered, or given up on [...]

    Selling books in an oversaturated publishing market

    April 24, 2024
  • Lately I have been finding it very hard to focus on my writing. My brain is too flighty and my attention span nonexistent. Can anyone relate? [...]

    Things that distract me from writing

    April 12, 2024
  • Books are important. Reading and literacy are important. According to one source on Statistica, 83% of adults in the US read at least one book in [...]

    Why working class characters in horror fiction is important

    April 8, 2024

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