What they fail to mention is that they receive a referral fee for every writer who decides to hire the editorial service. Take a day to celebrate. Penning the last page of my first was one of the most exhilarating experiences of my life. A few days later I was back working on the second. Step back and assess it, then forget it for a while.
Artistic maturation is a lifelong process.
Oliver Twist is a good novel, but if Charles Dickens had stopped there to eternally pat his own back, we would have never enjoyed A Christmas Carol, David Copperfield, Bleak House and the rest. Likewise, to get to Macbeth, Hamlet and Lear, Shakespeare had to go through A Comedy of Errors and Love's Labour's Lost. I will try to respond promptly. No SASE, no response. If you have your material posted on a website, send me the address.