Everyones favourite. We sweat, swear, swoon from dehydration and malnutrition to get a book ready. We read through it, count the words and realise it is not what we thought we were writing.
Editing isnt an easy task even with the new fangled word processing software etc. checking spelling, grammar etc. An entire novel means a lot of red pen.
How do you go about it and how many times do you and your editor go through it before submitting for publishing?