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I know that many authors say editors don't edit anymore, but that's not been true in my experience.

In my experience, with very few exceptions - I am, as it happens, one of the exceptions - the one thing that most editors don't want to do is edit. It's not nearly as conducive to a successful career as having lunch out with important agents or going to meetings where you get noticed.

Editing requires you to be always open, always responding. It is very important, for example, not to allow yourself to want the writer to write a certain kind of book. Sometimes that's hard.

I'm really happy to have the chance to talk about the editing process. It's something that I think doesn't get the weight it deserves, especially with the rise of self-publishing.

I'm a big fan of editing and keeping only the interesting bits in.

My self-editing process is intense.

Edits are very important to me - they're the way in which I work on everything.

Truth is, every writer has to be a good editor, and you have to edit yourself. It's a skill every writer has to acquire.

People need to be edited; life needs to be edited. I need to be edited.