Most authors have publishers who spend thousands on the editing and rewriting process and some have a ghostwriter. Today you have software tools to help you with the editing process. But the rewriting still is up to the author and if you are not prepared or have writer's block and can't fix the problems that reviewers or publishers point out. It will be hard to grow as a writer if you just go onto your next book. If you have a traditional publisher they are not going to spend additional money to fix a book that they already spent money on its a win-lose or draw situation. I'm blessed because GoodReads seemed like the worst situation came out for the best for me. I paid $15,000 for Agent Zero and I ended having to do everything for myself. The technology didn't exist when I first started writing my story now it does. Looking at my work closely what I learned is to keep my own counsel if someone said it's good or bad look at it analyze it why is it good or bad? I've come to the conclusion for me no one can do my work better or tell my story better than I. It takes patience to wait for the Universe to download the answers that are missing in my book. Ask and I shall receive. I have all the time in the world to just fix it whereas before I was working on several projects at once. So if one thing fell through the others won't. At one point you are going to have to ask yourself what fell through and why? I've learned one thing that I have to have everything right before I take it to a big publisher or studio. I know my market is 18 to 45 I know what is missing and what needs to be added or what questions to ask the Universe to get the answers. I am a boss and I have to know the answers before I discharge responsibilities to my subordinates and independent contractors. This will be my 20th time rewriting Agent Zero it is not easy I am doing it because it's hard and it forces me to grow as a writer-creator and visionary. I ask myself what would a world be like without love? Where love becomes the most precious commodity? I've seen what that is like on GoodReads which is a reflection of Agent Zero which turned out to be a blessing in disguise for me I can inject balance and some light into my story and not go from one extreme to the other and replace mediocrity with the perfection that supersedes the original concept.