Leilanie Stewart

Writing that confronts the nature of self
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Category Archives: Writing

  • Exciting news… After one year and two months, draft 1 of novel WIP#6 is finished. This will be book 3 of my Belfast Ghosts trilogy. [...]

    Draft 1 of Belfast Ghosts Book 3 is finished!

    March 25, 2023
  • Everyone has a novel in them. You’ve heard that I’m sure. But there’s a world of difference between having an idea for a story [...]

    Can anyone write a novel?

    March 16, 2023
  • I’ve been writing professionally (defined here by a goal of publication) for 14 years. In that time, I have to say the art of sticking pen [...]

    Getting motivated to write when you aren’t feeling it

    February 21, 2023
  • If you’re an Indie author, then you’ll know that depending on what stage of the publishing process you’re at, you’re [...]

    How to price your books to attract readers

    February 1, 2023
  • I had an interesting conversation with some bookish friends the other day about books we’re currently reading and we got onto the topic of [...]

    Which is best: strong protagonists or flawed characters in fiction?

    January 27, 2023
  • Many thanks to Roisin Gorman at Sunday World for this amazing interview about my Belfast Ghosts Series books 1 and 2, The Blue Man and The Fairy [...]

    In the News! Interview in Sunday World

    January 15, 2023
  • I’m writing this as a follow up to my blog post in February 2021 about my experience of traditional, hybrid and self-publishing. Back then, [...]

    Which do I recommend? Traditional, hybrid or self-publishing?

    January 12, 2023
  • Happy New Year! 2023 is upon us and a fresh new year is a blank writing pad, or a blank first page in a Word document, to a writer. As I always [...]

    Writers write – stories are no good stuck in an author’s head

    January 8, 2023
  • Wow, is it really Old Year’s Night? What a year it has been. Overall I’d say it was a good one for me, in literary terms, if not the [...]

    A New Year’s Eve literary reflection of 2022

    December 31, 2022
  • As a writer who has been traditionally published (publisher incurs all expenses), hybrid published (author contributes some money towards [...]

    Why going Indie has been the best decision for my writing career

    December 23, 2022

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