oh lord.. do i know that!! @mollyhousemouse is excellent at catching what all of us who read the work before her, miss.
Editors are invaluable. AC read The Searcher, even asked me to hurry up and send the chapters... He said i love it.. it's a great story. Now ... here's what needs doing to improve it. Sure, I had the moment of being human and thinking .. Damn! It's not perfect!! But i listened and i did the work..and He was right and the extra things i did were worth the effort.
Thanks for your thoughts, Kitt.