anghara

The thing that screams from that blog entry - and I am taking NO account of gender at all - is "I am a prima donna who knows best and furthermore is ENTITLED". I am proud of a few things in my own career, too - not least of which is several editors I have worked with saying that I had been "a joy to work with" when our particular paths diverged. This particular accolade I achieved by (1) listening to what they had to say; (2) doing much of what they asked for, and only digging in heels on points *I* considered too important to mess with - and then making my point about the reasons why I felt that way. Usually I was listened to in return, it was a return of courtesy, and I have yet to get into a major scrap with an editor of any of my novels. I cosnider myself as being privlieged enough to HAVE a gift, I don't think that *I* am a gift and that the editors should jolly well understand that forthwith...