Y esterday I had to confront the Substack reality check.

It’s just over a year since I was last beset by crippling doubts. At that time, I was just coming up to the main arc in my story and felt the weight of historic responsibility to get the facts right. Now my novel is complete, but once again those doubts are besieging me.

This time, I blame Substack.

F or months, Jack has been telling me I need to set up a Substack from which to promote my now self-pu...