I’d like you to hire me on a complete leap of faith that I can do what I say I can do—I’m an editor. I can tell you what works, what doesn’t, whether to sign on an author or not, what verbs don’t cooperate with the subject, when you’ve jumped tenses, and when you’ve misspelled “separate.” I will show you why your characters are flat, your tone inconsistent, and your plot and setting weak and ill researched. I know lots of strange, random information. Did you know that the balding gene comes from your mom’s side, not your dad’s?