There but for the grace of the editor . . . by Catriona

Do you work with a professional editor? Why/why not? What would you look for if you hired a professional editor?

I do but that's because I'm traditionally published and there's no alternative but to submit to the process. Which shouldn't be taken to mean that I would swerve the structural edit, copy edit, line edit OR proofing if it was up to me. Oh my God no. I shudder to think what I might have put out into the world if my books had only ever had my eyes on them.

I'm doing a structural edit righ...