Alright recruits! Line up! Who do you think you are boasting you are ready? HA! HA! HA! (Joker laugh) I’ll show you who is ready! I’m the only one ready in this room. Now, I dare you to talk back. Let me show you how it’s done …

Yeah, you might think I’m taking this role play a little too seriously, but in fact, I’m not! I had to reframe my thinking when it came to my own editing. I will tell you that I was so weak in this area that I’m shamefaced about it. Let me just tell you one thing – we can learn! That means you, too!

But sometimes it takes a visualization technique. So, put up your sweet, Sunday school hat that matches those shoes. Switch it now and in a hurry. Your book depends on it.

In honor of my father who served 21…