tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7872819010848426693.post219025393191092369..comments2024-03-28T02:46:03.227-04:00Comments on The Historical Society: Editors . . . Editing?Randallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16755286304057000048noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7872819010848426693.post-2438931385749014812011-03-02T18:14:43.873-05:002011-03-02T18:14:43.873-05:00You're dead right that in-house editors rarely...You're dead right that in-house editors rarely do much anymore. Anyone lucky enough to have a good editor should stick to her like superglue. <br /><br />Ditto for good readers.<br /><br />That being said, I actually enjoy reading manuscripts for people, especially if they're in a field in which I don't usually work. When else am I going to read a cutting-edge scholarly book on the Taiping Rebellion, or on modernity in Brazil? Reading someone else's manuscript broadens my own ideas, and also reminds me that books don't spring perfect from the head of their author. I often look at the crap I'm writing and despair of turning it into a book. Seeing other people's tangents and infelicities reminds me that all of our manuscripts need pruning and polishing.hcrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07334093881332383848noreply@blogger.com