Did you edit your book yourself?

Q: You’re a professional editor as well as the author of Blue Mountain Rose. Did you edit the book yourself?

A: I worked with my early drafts the way any writer does, revising scenes and text as my understanding of the characters and plot improved.

Some people might define what I was doing after the first draft as editing, but I would call it revising or rewriting. All writers do it, or should.

About a year into my process, I sent the book out to a professional copy editor. Merlina McGo...