Why is this dated? Well, I’m not an editor any more. I happily retired from that job in 1997. I am a writer first and foremost, and I was even in those days. Only people forgot that. They liked my editing and wanted me to edit more. They wanted me to spend all my free time on someone else’s work instead of my own. So I escaped—just barely, I think. This essay was written while I still edited, and its content is still very accurate today. Once again, my haphazard nonfiction records fail me. I believe I first published this in the Report as well. There is a sidebar. I will post that tomorrow. Confessions of an Editor Kristine Kathryn Rusch I write these things … Read entire article »