Have I already mentioned how much I despise the editing phase of writing a book?

Really? I have?

Okay, I won’t go into a ten-thousand-word exposition on all the things I find frustrating—which would, most likely, result in most of you hitting that “unsubscribe” button.

And to be fair, it’s not every part of editing . . . It’s just really the first draft . . . and every subsequent second after I send the manuscript off to my editor, Christopher.

Why is this, you might ask?

Well, after complet...