music and media is great by me!

Gee...I'd tell you if there are any typos, 'cept...I DON'T HAVE A BOOK YET! Sorry, just whining a bit. hehehe.

media to me covers all forms of media. Music is music, tv is tv etc. ...weighing in from the young un's area :)

Maaattt. I wrote something wrong in my letter :(

I haven't got the book so this is based on amazon but I think I wrote.. (can't say for certain because page isn't available to view now..) What I hate about this journey/healing/being a survivor (cannot remember which analogy i was using). Then the next paragraph was supposed to read What I _love_ about (rest of sentence plus something about philosophers)

But no, now I have 2 paragraphs of hate and it doesn't make sense. Can you make me make sense please??

Of course!

Actually, I just re-read your letter's last paragraphs and I think it does make sense. It comes across well. You're worried that you forgot to change tone from "I hate..." to "what I love...", but I think the reader can follow that transition without any hitch. You change the tone by starting with "my one bit of advice would be..."

I did notice that you used the sentence "The thing I hate about being on this journey is that we have to ask the big questions" in both paragraphs, but it seems like you're just reiterating the point. If I were to omit the second instance, though, it does help further change the tone from "what I hate..." to the more victoriously-sounding, "we are the warriors, the great historical philosphers," etc. Would you like me to strike the second refrain of that sentence, then?

erm...sorry either my brain is fuddled with something or i'm slow today.

Back then I was in a place of love and hate towards the healing process. I was doing a lot of work that involved looking deep into myself. I hated what that meant but i was also really liking how that was changing my view of the world.

I've read your second paragraph eight times..it makes no sense to me; i am officially stupid this eve. can you please ask me with small words? *blush*

Yes. You wrote two paragraphs in a row that both start with the exact same sentence: "The thing I hate about being on this journey is that we have to ask the big questions." Here are the paragraphs you wrote:

"The thing I hate about being on this journey is that we have to ask the big questions. We have to go into battle to face our demons. I hate that. I wish I could just hand that part off to my therapist…believe me, I have tried to more than once!
"The thing I hate about being on this journey is that we have to ask the big questions. We are the warriors, the great historical philosophers, the ones who won’t be told by someone else what reality is. We search for the truth. We seek out the pains of life and then we sheet them down. And we do so at our most vulnerable times. It is very easy to philosophize at times of peace, but to do this in a time of turmoil is a sign of our great strength."

Notice how you start both paragraphs with the same sentence. But the second paragraph is actually better off without it, because it's not a paragraph about frustration, it's about heroism. What I'm suggesting is that if you allow me to simply remove the first sentence of the second paragraph, it A) solves the problem of repeating yourself, B) makes better sense in context, and C) achieves the contract you want between the parts you hate and the positive stuff you love.

Yes. You wrote two paragraphs in a row that both start with the exact same sentence: "The thing I hate about being on this journey is that we have to ask the big questions." Here are the paragraphs you wrote:

. "The thing I hate about being on this journey is that we have to ask the big questions. We have to go into battle to face our demons. I hate that. I wish I could just hand that part off to my therapist…believe me, I have tried to more than once!
. "The thing I hate about being on this journey is that we have to ask the big questions. We are the warriors, the great historical philosophers, the ones who won’t be told by someone else what reality is. We search for the truth. We seek out the pains of life and then we sheet them down. And we do so at our most vulnerable times. It is very easy to philosophize at times of peace, but to do this in a time of turmoil is a sign of our great strength."

Notice how you start both paragraphs with the same sentence. But the second paragraph is actually better off without it, because it's not a paragraph about frustration, it's about heroism. What I'm suggesting is that if you allow me to simply remove the first sentence of the second paragraph, it A) solves the problem of repeating yourself, B) makes better sense in context, and C) achieves the contrast you want between the parts you hate and the positive stuff you love.

It is better off without it. I had meant to talk about heroism :) Oh..and if that's my typo..i'd meant shoot them down.

I'm wise when I write properly ;)

Thank you for changing it for me.

No problem! It's still the same for now, but I can submit a revision of all these details at once, and all future printings will be corrected.

that's okay..i think it'll make the first edition more special :)

Oh and i havent forgot about messaging you the rar typo...it has just decided to run away from me. Maybe I imagined it :)