Re: What to look for in a technical editor

[Jean Hollis Weber <jean -at- jeanweber -dot- com>]

Dick Margulis gave an excellent example that expands on the point I always 
make (and Janice Gelb, among others, mentioned), that no one way of working 
suits all situations. I think too many of us forget that many editors work 
with writers who have poor writing skills, for a variety of reasons, and 
therefore the editor may, in fact, need to have the final say. Another 
common situation, from my own experience, is editing the work done by a 
writer who has left the company; there _is_ no one else responsible for 
finishing the document.

Dick said,