So I had my former, and no longer former teacher, Lori Devoti, critique the first three suffering chapters of my urban fantasy, or maybe it’s a paranormal or a mystery or a mashup (I plan to call it whatever the agent is looking for). I did 90% of what she told me to, which is at least 15% more than I’ve ever done for another teacher, because in my youth when I still had teachers, I thought I was smarter than most of them. I still think so.