Only 6,000? Seems low. I know it can be frustrating to work on a text and then have someone (professor, editor, wife, friend) almost tear it apart. The difference is that editors worth their salt (here comes the salt block analogy, and trust me the block on my desk is bigger than yours) have only your best interest in mind. I belief that collaboration is better than isolation, so let's keep working together for the common goal: stories that are all yours in the final printing.