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I've been a professional writer for >20 years. I've published >30 books, and hundreds of whitepapers. In those 20+ years, I've learned to be a better writer, and one who is viewed by editors as an author who only requires a "light edit". And I'm proud of that reputation. BUT -- that is NOT the same as saying I don't need any edit, or that I can be my own editor. Wrong. I'd be lost without my editors. I've been blessed with some of the very best in the technical writing field, and I would never pretend that they weren't needed or that I could do their job.
Proofreading is yet again a different skill from writer or editor. And again, one that I would not attempt to pretend to do on my own work. I always read my "proofs" or "galleys" to try to catch mistakes, and I do sometimes find them. But the proorfreader always finds way more than I do.
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