My book, A White Guy Confronting Racism: An Invitation to Reflect and Act, is now officially 100% edited.
Two months of thought partnership with my fabulous editor Richard Tardif.
Every Friday morning. Smoothing out the flow, wordsmithing, correcting errors, eliminating words and sentences and paragraphs and sometimes entire vignettes. Re-ordering things, establishing a consistent tone throughout, being more concise, more clear, more compelling.
Lots of stories and reflections and perspectives for folks to mull over, adopt, implement, run with.
Dialed in the reference section, acknowledgments, table of contents, author bio, the afterword.
And, got a kick-ass foreword from Madison Butler 🏳️🌈🦄. Powerful point of view, vulnerable, challenging people to step up, aligned with everything I'm saying throughout the book, perfect way to kick it off.
Now the book is off to the proofreader.
Meanwhile, I start working on the exterior and interior design. The front cover, the back cover, the back cover blurb, the font, the book size – imagining what it will look like on the shelves.
Excited to be a first time author. Sharing my wisdom with the world. Influencing people. Inviting people to do better. Challenging people to be better.
Disrupting the status quo.
Stay tuned for more coming soon.