Completed Manuscript

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.