I disappeared for weeks at a timeWrote most of this while caring for my dad in his last year. Team never made me feel like an inconvenience when I disappeared for weeks at a time. Editor picked up right where we left off without making me re-explain everything. Small kindness that meant a lot during a hard year
The edits were toughMy book takes a controversial position and I braced for it to be watered down. The edits were tough but focused on evidence and clarity, not softening the argument. Legal review flagged three passages we discussed carefully and I kept two of them. That kind of intellectual honesty is what I wanted.