Edit . . . then edit again

​When Henschel Haus Publishing offered to give my first two books in the Ian Murphy series, Murphy’s Troubles and Out of Darkness new covers and interior design I was thrilled.  All three books in the series would have the same publisher.
I didn’t plan on doing any work on the content of either book until I received this email from Kira Henschel last week.
“. . .it seems that you could go through it and modify some of the paragraphs so not (almost) everyone starts with "I" -- perhaps vary that a bit. I'm attaching the word doc here.”
I recall having the same issue when I worked with Christine Keleny from CK Books Publishing when the book was first launched.  I thought I had edited quite a few “I” paragraphs before Out of Darkness was launched.
I opened the document Kira attached to the email and was embarrassed.  Especially in the first three chapters nearly every other paragraph began with “I”.  There was improvement as I read through the document.  Yet, in my first pass editing only “I” paragraphs I found 55 paragraphs that had to change.
Out of Darkness was my first book in first person point of view.  I wanted to write in this view point because I wanted the reader to see the world through Ian Murphy’s eyes and to delve deeply into his psyche.  At the time I consulted with several past teachers on the mechanics of writing in first person point of view and completed addition online research.
My problem remained.  I hope I’ve learned a lesson.  One lesson is certain.   Editing never ends.
(How many “I” paragraphs do you count in this 292 word piece?)