@gjkendall The first half of The Ritual is one of the finest pieces of horror writing ever committed to paper. House of Small Shadows is very weird but I got a kick out of it.
That awkward moment when you venture back onto Tweeterer and find you've been followed by a load of bots wearing scantily clad ladies as profile pictures...
I often get down about how any celebrity seems to be able to stroll into a publishing deal these days. Then I remember how readable Richard Osman's books are and I feel a bit better.
@adamfgodfrey Unsettled, yes. Quite often. But not scared. Paul Tremblay has occasionally managed it, C.J. Tudor too in the Taking of Annie Thorne, but it's hard to do.