Editing Police

Do you really have to accept all of my editing suggestions?

Of course not. There are no Editing Poilice.

It’s your manuscript. And it’s not your only hardcopy, right? Right?

I don’t live with you (and before you ask, yes, my husband does have to accept my edits, every single one, and he has to make it snappy). There’s nothing to stop you from using my suggestions to paper the bottom of your birdcage, although I can guarantee you’re not going to get any closer to publication that way. You use whatever is helpful and return the rest.

I’m kidding, of course—please don’t try to return any unused suggestions. I don’t have a birdcage.