When Writing your Substack is easier than your novel

And when, in turn, lurking in Notes feels easier than writing (and reading) longform...

Hello, friends!

I’m writing this post from the last cosy corner in an over-stuffed Edinburgh, which can be found (shhh…) adjacent to the bar at Summerhall. It’s the second weekend of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and the final Saturday of the school holidays. Presciently, I find myself back where my summer began. We were here on the solstice for the pre…