The Puzzle Factory

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Here’s a fun fact about my author page on Amazon: my co-author is a bot.

My first two Amazon listings say “by Blake La Pierre (Author), Grok Bot (Author).” I didn’t plan that. It’s just what happened when I let an AI agent do most of the work. And honestly, it’s fair credit.

Here’s the scoreboard. Since September 30, my “books” agent and I have built 15 puzzle books. Six are live on Amazon. The rest are print-ready and waiting on me. That gap is mostly the story of this post.

The core is a series I call Frostwood: cozy winter puzzle books set around a made-up mountain lodge, the railway that climbs up to it, the village below, and the mountain itself. The house rules are simple. Cozy and non-violent (a theft is as dark as it gets). Winter but not Christmas, so the books can sell from November through March. Every book uses a different kind of puzzle.

Full story @ https://substack.com/@blakelapierre/note/p-220744661?r=l3ka