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Originally Posted by HarryT
Of course I appreciate that not everyone can afford to employ a professional editor for their first book. There are alternatives. You could go down the traditional publishing route, in which case the publisher will pay for the book to be edited. You could do it "on the cheap" and get a friend (preferably one with good literary skills) to look over the book for you. But whatever you do, don't publish your book without it having been looked at by someone else first.
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At the absolute least, put the manuscript away and don't look at it at all for a few months, then read it. That way you'll have a little bit of distance and objectivity.