I'm not sure JKR is the go to source for great editors. It's perfectly clear from reading the series that as soon as she had the clout, she stopped listening. H

I'm not sure JKR is the go to source for great editors. It's perfectly clear from reading the series that as soon as she had the clout, she stopped listening. Hence the ever longer books. It's quite common for authors that achieve critical success. Stephan King even went back and published one of his older books with the material the big bad editors and publishers made him take out. Let's not even talk about Robert Jordan.