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Helpful, with a sly caveat

Revisado: 03-03-22

Some chapters were more informative, in a general sense, than others. Towards the end, there's some commentary about wealth accumulation following the Great Recession of 2009 that sounds like a left-handed backslap to those who have a less sophisticated idea about money. It goes like this: Between the end of World War Two and the 20-teens, America allowed as many as possible to amass enough to live a middle -class life. Towards the early 1980s, that idea was being replaced by an emerging thought that favored greed. The American middle class shrank; a small but growing number of very rich people emerged.
It sounds as if the author is saying those few folks now holding vast amounts of wealth deserve it and everybody else lost out because they didn't pay attention to how the money game is played.

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Slow down the speed. It helps a lot.

Revisado: 01-05-22

I love the title and the cover art. The author knows his subject matter backwards and forward and he explains it briskly in a native British accent.
As a speaker and writer of American English, I tried to follow along. Things improved once I adjusted the narrating speed.

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Failure to Engage

Revisado: 01-30-21

I bought this book on a friend's recommendation. Except for Chapter 2, I didn't like it. I guess the point the author is trying to make is by setting example after example of success he witnessed throughout his own career.
The book is overly laden with detail that might be interesting to industry insiders, but might go over the heads if those who are not. It doesn't do much to convince this reader why they should care.

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Worth the Time

Revisado: 01-30-21

I''ve made part of a living through writing for several years, but never wanted to write a book. After listening to Excellent Editing, I understand why. I have more respect for those people who have shared copies of the books they've written with me. Most of all, I wanted to better understand the editing process.
Understanding editing gave me a new way to look at my own writing process. Thanks for that, William Bernhardt. I think I'll check out other titles in the Red Sneaker series.

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This helps a lot.

Revisado: 03-28-20

The audiobook was a good choice , even though I didn't know it at the time. For years, I would read, rsread, take notes and never go back and read them over. Maybe once.
I lived with the notion that after doing all of thzt, either I got what I was studying or I didn't. The ideas in "A Mind for Numbers" helped me rethink that.

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