#branshott

By a guy who now knows the Amazon dashboard far more intimately than any human being should A few days have passed since Hidden Alignment wandered nervously onto Amazon wearing its little paperback suit and pretending not to panic. And I’ll be honest with you. Being a first-time author is psychologically fascinating because every tiny event suddenly feels enormous. One sale?Magnificent.A…

By a guy who refreshes his Amazon page like a raccoon checking a vending machine There’s a strange little moment that happens after you publish a book. You imagine fireworks. Trumpets. Crowds storming the gates of Amazon like it’s Black Friday and you’re handing out free televisions and rotisserie chickens. Instead, what actually happens is this: You sit there refreshing the page like a…

By a man who thought he was writing a simple story and instead built something that refuses to sit quietly There are, broadly speaking, two types of people in this world. Those who go for a quiet walk in the countryside and return with fresh air, mild satisfaction, and perhaps a slightly damp shoe. And those who go for a quiet walk in the countryside and accidentally uncover a Victorian system…

By a man who should have stopped editing three years ago but didn’t, because he thought he knew better. There comes a point—usually sometime after your fifteen-hundredth unnecessary edit and your tenth cup of tea that’s gone cold because you were busy rearranging a perfectly good sentence—when you realise something deeply troubling. The book is finished. And the tinkerer is the problem. I have…