Don't Embarrass Yourself, You Need a Good Editor
I don't care if you're planning on publishing the traditional route or self-publishing, you need a good editor for both venues. You might ask why, if you're publishing traditionally, you should hire an editor for your manuscript if the big publishing house will already rake its editorial fingers through your piece. You're hunting for an agent, aren't you? Or are you lucky enough to know of a few publishing houses that will look at unrepresented manuscripts? You'll want to put