For those who aren't aware, Kayla has an awesome Twitter feed. Where she discusses stuff like this all the time.
If you are looking for more writer pals, her threads and conversations are full of them.
On the editing front have you written an article about various editors? Or what your editor experience was like?
I recently went through a book about Steve Martin and in it he paid an editor to really hold his hand. Almost like he was ghost writing the first short stories he wrote.
And it got me thinking, maybe that'd be a good way to try a handful out to see if you got a good fit.