On Tue, Feb 18, 2003 at 12:43:01PM -0600, David Dyer-Bennet <dd-b at dd-b.net> wrote: > "Andrew Lias" <anrwlias at hotmail.com> writes: > > > I think that's brutally unfair to editors. They're not miracle > > > workers, you know and turning a 900-page doorstop into a tightly > > > plotted story a third that size in the time frame that most editors > > > have isn't bloody likely. > > I take a middle stance. A lot of books that do reach the public sufer > > for a lack of rigorous editing. However, you are correct, editors do > > suffer limitations. A bigger limitation is that authors who are > > successful can become 600 lb. gorillas. What editor is going to stand > > his ground when confronting a defiant Steven King, for instance? I > > think this is one reason why many authors have earlier works that seem > > tighter and better focused than their latter works. > Yep. Steven King is more important to a publisher than *any* editor. > Even Robert Jordan would be, I'd think. As evidence for the latter, I submit the last three books. Unfortunately, Jordan's editor is his wife. This makes things... awkward. -- Matthew Hunter (matthew at infodancer.org) Public Key: http://matthew.infodancer.org/public_key.txt Homepage: http://matthew.infodancer.org/index.jsp Politics: http://www.triggerfinger.org/index.jsp