In the spirit of briefness, all lines are 140 characters or less. It's a Twitter thing! :)

For those unaware, I'm writing a book about my 2008 bike trip across America.

Authoring and publishing a quality book has taken much longer than I thought.

This is a very lonely, maddening and scary process - been tested to learn what I'm capable of.

It was tough working on the book from February thru May - had the time (little work & income)
but it was difficult concentrating thanks to hard times.

Now it's hard to work on the book because I have a full-time job in mental health and summer job on Saturdays. Scarce time & energy!

Despite the obstacles, I sense this book has the potential to be a great one. That keeps me going.

Thank you for asking how my book process is going.

Some of your touching tweets & encouragements have brought me to tears - some are posted on my living room wall.

The book is pretty much written. I'm going through it a second and third time right now.

I'm paying a professional editor $60 per hour to edit, comment and help. She's amazing!

For awhile I had peer editors who helped - told me when I was sounding whiney, arrogant and boring. :p

Never be boring! The reader needs to be interested all the time and feel part of the story.

I'm doing my best to minimize the words "I," "me," and "myself" in the text. :)

Biking across America is much easier than writing a book about biking across America for sure! Ha ha!

Never forget: 4 flats in one day in MS Delta, winds of western New Mexico and small towns
like Blythe CA, Salome AZ, Haskell TX & Midway AL.

Also the first day in San Diego, stolen bike, loose dogs, Alabama & Georgia trucks and seeing many friends.

I want to bike across America again. In time. It's in God's hands. :)

Thanks for reading!

-Steve

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