Like you have no idea why. But I will repeat it, nonetheless. Again, and again, and again. (You are welcome to beat me up later.) If you're looking into self-publishing, you must MUST MUST have an editor, even if it's just a friend who is good at catching things and is willing to lend you an extra pair of eyes. Scooped out, on ice, in a glass container. No, really. Editors catch things you would never catch in a million years because you're blind to them. I have had the fortune and the luck to work with amazing editors, my former editor Colleen M. Albert who very gently taught me to de-confuse my writing (there were many run-ons and repetitions), and my current editor Sarah Grace Liu who has seen things I typically struggle with, like the following: