This issue, I have decided to take an admittedly casual look at editors - those much loved and much despised creatures that sit between writers and their destiny, their audience.
Editors are strange creatures of fantasy, much like the chimera or one of Tolkien's elves.
But behind the myth, inside the ivory tower, there are probably as many editorial personalities and personal styles of editing as there are styles of writing. I'm an editor. Instead of me giving you my opinion, I thought I would include a few pieces from writers dealing with their experiences with writing and their perceptions of editors. Of course, this is not an exhaustive study, and I would say that my experience as an editor has been that most editors struggle over submissions as they decide how to shape them, whether to accept them, or how best to reject them. That said, let's see what Ink Blotter contributors have to say.