This. Absolutely this.

Well, today is pub day. 2 1/2 years, 720 interviews, 10,000 (or so) pages of notes. 'The Last Folk Hero: The Life and Myth of Bo Jackson' is available everywhere. amazon.com/Last-Folk-Hero…

California is about to become the world’s 4th largest economy. Here’s how and when sacbee.com/news/politics-…

An exec order from Pres. Biden aims to bolster U.S. #DataPrivacy protections to ensures data transfers comply with #EU laws, thus theoretically streamlining the flow of that data across the Atlantic to the U.S. The new LexisNexis State Net Deep Dive bit.ly/3gFuoAW

In LA today with the great Dan Morain to talk to former CA state Sen. Richard Polanco for a new Capitol Weekly oral history.

I concur.

Wow - this is disappointing. sfchronicle.com/opinion/openfo…

I hate the Astros but love Dusty. Am I happy with how things are? Sad? Resigned to fate? I’m so confused.

Liz Truss no longer lead singer of the Drifters.

Hey CA privacy folks - can you help him out?

YOU get to decide who you are as a writer. Don’t let yourself be defined by someone else’s opinion. #writingtips

NEWS: Office of the Governor of California Gavin Newsom announced that the COVID-19 State of Emergency will end on February 28, 2023, charting the path to phasing out one of the most effective and necessary tools that California has used to combat COVID-19.

In spite of spending over $400 million, polls show both of CA's #sportsbetting propositions are going into the muck. So what happens now? Check out my conversation with Ari Plachta of the The Sacramento Bee on this week's LexisNexis State Net Deep Dive podcast bit.ly/3SblGax

Even after all these years, it’s still surreal to see my name on the ballot. Something I never take for granted. Our system is predicated on average citizens stepping up to serve our communities. Proud to cast my vote today. Make a plan to vote on or before Nov. 8th.🗳 #mepolitics

More than 60% of California’s groundwater wells are operating at below-normal levels, endangering much of the Golden State’s population that relies on the precious resource. Liam Gravvat in CapWkly. capitolweekly.net/as-drought-per… #caleg

So while you can be grateful you found early readers, don't be so grateful you take their comments blindly. Make sure they fit into your vision and you can make them work in a way that works for you. In the end, it is going to be your name on the cover! #WritingCommmunity

Ask yourself these question first: do you agree with it? Does it fit with your vision? If not, can you make it fit? Do you even want to? When I edit, I make it clear my notes are to help authors implement their vision - but not every reader can or does read that way.

Too many cooks in the kitchen! That's the biggest problem I see with so many manuscripts. Here's the thing: you do not need to implement every single note you receive on your manuscript from every single reader.