I need a professional editor. I have had work professionally critiqued before and whilst these have been helpful in some ways I am always being steered towards mainstream women's fiction in a typical romantic scenario - which to be honest bores the pants off me! These agencies simple don't understand my objectives which is not writing what sells because that's what publishers want but what satisfies me as a writer. I write comedy too so that is also an issue. ("You can't write comedy that's far too ambitious!") I'm interested in writing a book which is emotionally and creatively satisfying - I'm not worried if it doesn't have mainstream appeal - but that doesn't mean I don't want it to be the very best it can be and therefore I need help with structure and perhaps identifying exactly where I go over the top with my humour. (It's fairly gregarious.)
I am 60,000 words into a second novel (first in drawer) and have had a lot of stuff published on the net. My writing, I'm told, is fine - my problems are with structure etc. I am thinking a male editor with broader horizons might be better suited for me. Does anyone have any connections? Any help or advice would be appreciated:) Thanks:)