Leilanie Stewart

Writing that confronts the nature of self
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Category Archives: Writing

  • Creative writing is hard. It isn’t easy to make time every day, or week, or whenever you can to pour words onto a computer screen, [...]

    Wanting to write a book? Don’t give up

    December 5, 2023
  • Really exciting news to share as I found out on November 15th that my yuletide ghost novel, The Fairy Lights, is through to phase 2 of the Author [...]

    Author Shout Awards – exciting news about phase 2

    December 1, 2023
  • Is it necessary to have a degree, or a master’s degree, in creative writing in order to become a published author? No – I certainly [...]

    How to become an author – my thoughts on writing qualifications

    November 19, 2023
  • It’s the one year bookiversary for The Fairy Lights. Hurray! Book 2 in my Belfast Ghosts series is actually my fourth published novel, and [...]

    The Fairy Lights one year bookiversary! What I’ve learned

    November 10, 2023
  • It’s the penultimate month of the year and you know what? I’m feeling it. Ibiza seems like it was a million years ago. Work (my day [...]

    Managing literary burnout

    November 7, 2023
  • Recently an old friend of mine lamented on Facebook that if people want to say things about her, they should say any such comments to her face. [...]

    Is having haters a sign of success?

    September 29, 2023
  • As a follow up to my previous blog post, I thought I’d look at all the benefits of having other full-time work instead of writing. Given my [...]

    When writing isn’t your day job: benefits of having other full-time work

    September 25, 2023
  • I didn’t get any writing done last weekend, as I was away with my family on a staycation up to Portrush, on the north coast of Northern [...]

    Why don’t writers get paid a living wage?

    September 20, 2023
  • I’m chipping away, bit by bit, at the 3 writing projects that I’ve currently got on the go. Novel WIP#7 is a supernatural horror set [...]

    Update on my current writing projects

    September 12, 2023
  • Term time has started, so that means as of last week, I’ve been back into the full swing of work in secondary education. When I was [...]

    How to manage writing time with a busy day job

    September 9, 2023

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