Sentences with phrase «manuscript leaves their desks»

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I leave dubious «stand - alone» developmental edits such as these to the thousands of copyeditors out there who lay - out their placards and offer «professional editing services», even though they have never assessed the publication worthiness of a single manuscript submission; or sat behind a real desk, in a real office, at a real book publishing company, or a real literary agency, in their lives.