What's in an Editor Relationship?

And the etiquette of working with an editor

Hi to today’s reader, who sent in a load of questions. They’re all in the queue and we’ll tackle them one at a time in a few different columns! Here’s the first:

I read that it's really important for an author to have a good relationship with her editor. I mean, I guess this is obvious. What is the etiquette when working with your editor? What if you di…