Cheyenne Truth is a newly created facebook group created by a woman by the name of Jenny Pipe.  Jenny is a true warrior.  She's a person who has seen what's been going on on the reservation and has said enough is enough, it's time to act.  She wants to see a change and she's doing something about it.  She created the facebook group and does live feeds which she calls 'The Jenny Shitshow" to start the conversation in her community that needs to be started.  A conversation to get people engaged in stopping the corruption, the drug use, the abuse, and all things bad on the northern Cheyenne Reservation.  Jenny is speaking the truth and Jenny is making a call to action.  This has the bad guys on the defensive and Jenny has paid a price for speaking out. 

A couple weeks ago, Jenny was ambushed by a group of people that were taking some heat for their actions that Jenny helped shed some light upon.  They kicked her, gave her two black eyes, a very scratched up face, and one of the people beating her up tried to bite her thumb off and required stitches to mend.  The police were called to the altercation, and guess who was arrested?  Jenny... the victim.  The victim of a crime was the only one who was arrested.  

But Jenny came out smiling.  She doesn't label herself as a victim.  Jenny is tough.  Jenny is a true warrior.   So many people on the reservations are afraid to come forward and name the names of their predators or perpetrators because they are afraid what happened to Jenny for speaking out will happen to them.  Many are not willing to risk their lives or the lives of their loved ones for speaking out.  

This isn't something that's happening in the movies or back in the areas that John Gotti controlled.  This is happening in tiny little Lame Deer, Montana.  

I am pleased to announced that my manuscript is complete.  The editing process is always interesting and challenging. It usually involves over thinking and reading the same sentence out loud in different ways at least six times. Thoughtful and careful sentence reframing is not for the faint of heart.  It's always fun to compare the first draft, to the second draft, to the third draft, and sometimes even more in order to have the best version for you, the reader. The manuscript evolution is fascinating. I always have to remind myself that I'm not writing a book for myself to read, but for others. To edit this book I turned to an expert in the writing field.  He gave me some great advice for writing for today's reader. He told me to channel my inner Hemmingway.  Hemmingway's writing is classic and has withstood the test of time.  My first round of edits were ones my high school literature teachers would have been proud of, but long gone are the days of long thought provoking complex compound sentences (well not completely, but for the most part).  I now have a completed manuscript that I think Hemmginway would approve of, and I certainly hope you do too.