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Originally Posted by simplyparticular
I think this is most obvious when a big name genre author switches editors, for whatever reason. When the next editor works on their work, it is rarely as good, because the new editor usually has a case of Author Awe and doesn't edit as effectively/ruthlessly as the editor who was there from the beginning. Early fans complain that the author has jumped the shark, but odds are the writer was always this weak - their first editor pushed it beyond those weaknesses.
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That's a fascinating way of looking at it. I'll have to start watching the dynamics of author/editor swaps. I suspect that the author/agent relationship also plays a role. Some authors rely heavily on their agents for early story feedback.