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Nurture your relationship
with a trusted ally, your editor.
Editors are people, too. So:
1. Be courteous. Editors get enough grief.
2. Be on time. Meeting deadlines will endear you
to your editors, but they also understand that
circumstances arise that may cause delays. The
sooner you can anticipate these and tell your edi-
tor about them, the better.
3. Be open. I repeat: Be open. Editors want your book
to be good, too.
4. Be fi rm if you want to insist on keeping some-
thing. But pick your fi ghts judiciously. You can’t
go to the mat on everything.
5. Be grateful. Thank you notes, a nice gift basket on
occasion—like Christmas or upon publication—
these things are remembered.
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