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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Pielorinho" data-source="post: 2693128" data-attributes="member: 259">Excellent post, Taky!  This looks like really good feedback.Damiynn, I know you've said that most of the problems were your editor's fault.  I'm not sure how much I buy that.  While an editor can polish a work, I think you'd really benefit by spending some time really studying your grammar and punctuation intensively.  Give your editor less work to do, and she'll love you for it!Especially for a small press, the editor is likely to be swamped.  If you take primary responsibility for your work, turning in a draft as close to flawless as you possibly can, then the editor will be able to work much more efficiently on the remaining flaws.I once tried to edit a book comprising narratives from the Snohomish Indians in Washington state.  Unfortunately, many of the people who transcribed the narratives were barely literate, and the sheer quantity of errors and incoherent passages in the documents overwhelmed me.  While you're not in that situation, your editor may end up overwhelmed if you turn in a draft that's rife with errors, and may end up letting a lot slip through.Daniel</blockquote>