You are missing the point, almost deliberately, it seems.
> You're not editing at this point, you're asking for official approval, which is a whole other thing.
Official approval would almost certainly require changes, hence the need for an editor after starting any sort of negotiation. The editor is part of any deal going through. No one expects that there's even the slightest chance that MoR would be approved with no changes; there is a tiny iota of a chance that after appropriate changes are made. What is 'appropriate'? No idea. So hiring an editor before is not nearly as useful as hiring after.
> But also - it's simply stupid (and irrational) to think that JKR is going to approve of political comments about immigration, or a rape scene.
You're very opinionated for an ignorant fool. I never said it was a rape scene, and I doubt Rowling would object to the immigration part.
> You're not editing at this point, you're asking for official approval, which is a whole other thing.
Official approval would almost certainly require changes, hence the need for an editor after starting any sort of negotiation. The editor is part of any deal going through. No one expects that there's even the slightest chance that MoR would be approved with no changes; there is a tiny iota of a chance that after appropriate changes are made. What is 'appropriate'? No idea. So hiring an editor before is not nearly as useful as hiring after.
> But also - it's simply stupid (and irrational) to think that JKR is going to approve of political comments about immigration, or a rape scene.
You're very opinionated for an ignorant fool. I never said it was a rape scene, and I doubt Rowling would object to the immigration part.