@MLClark Right there with ya on "grouchy." I'm watching a March 2010 "space forum" here in Brevard County where a certain politician lied over and over about Obama and NASA. I'm calling him out in my book for his lies that whipped up the locals, but I'm trying to be objective and not "grouchy."
OTOH ... He deserves "grouchy." π€
@MLClark Yeah, we have to be our own editors. I've taken out more than a few adjectives and adverbs that could be construed as opinion.
OTOH, I think it's fair to argue that the publisher and the reader expect our opinion. I reserve that for the conclusion at the end of each chapter. By that point, I think I've laid out my evidence to justify my conclusion.
The good thing is that I'm near the book's end and so far haven't found anything to contradict my basic thesis.
@WordsmithFL
From the sounds of it, objective grounds for grouch-itude exist!
(This is also why we edit - because our first draft is probably going to be our most furious!)