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editors and writers

I work with two newspaper editors, a magazine editor and currently a book editor.  With the periodicals, I often mark paragraphs I think could be cut if necessary. However,  I cannot recall ever having an article cut or a word changed. 
I think writers can help make the writer-editor relationship a collegial one by recognizing the problems editing involves.
 
The book has been a different and enlightening experience, but definitely not an unpleasant one.  My book editor (with Taylor) is not a gardener so he brings a fresh perspective to the material, reminding me that readers often need terms defined and require information I tend to assume "everyone knows." This has been especially helpful because many of my readers tell me they do not garden, but read my columns anyway. (My goal is to turn them into gardeners.) I also made many time references in the original manuscript that were puzzling so he made me aware of this habit. 
 
His suggestions have been helpful but I have never felt he wanted to change my material into something I did not intend.  (The book is called Earthly Delights: A Glorious Garden the Easy Way and will be published in spring 2004.)  He has been encouraging and supportive and I feel fortunate to be having such a pleasant experience with a first book. Of course, the best thing he has done for me is accept my proposal and give me the opportunity to publish.                                Margot Rochester
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