From: mumble@nomail.invalid   
      
   On 06/08/2014 05:40 AM, Jacey Bedford wrote:   
   > On 08/06/2014 11:13, mumble wrote:   
   >>   
   >> I think that I would tend to "self-publish", mainly because I don't want   
   >> some halfwit editor changing words that change meaning,   
   >   
   > You see, this kind of statement worries me. Editors are an essential   
   > part of the publishing process. I know you can get editors who are not   
   > in tune with what you do, especially if you're nor dealing directly with   
   > your commissioning editor and have been passed on to a copy editor who   
   > doesn't quite 'get it' but by an large an editor can make a fgood book   
   > great or a basic book passable.   
   >   
   > My editor is worth her weight in gold. (And she's up for a Higo this   
   > year for 'best editor - long form')   
   >   
   > Part of the problem with self-published work is that it's not always   
   > been edited professionally.   
   >   
   > Jacey   
   >   
      
   A good editor would be worth his/her weight in gold, but a bad editor   
   could create a mess.  How do you know upfront what you're going to be   
   dealing with?   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)