In Praise of Editors

Over the years, I have worked with a lot of editors myself, and watched a lot of my friends work with others. Some have been better than others; some have just been a better fit than others. But they all do pretty much the same thankless, undervalued, and misunderstood job…which is most especially misunderstood by people who have yet to get published.

It's not really surprising. For those who are not yet published, editors are the evil, unappreciative Dark Lords who reject writers' brilliant, ...