Looking for a freelance editor?

And, no, it is not me.

I would like to introduce all of you to the editor behind THE STOLEN MOON OF LONDOR: Michael Carr, editor and all around good guy. Feel free to contact him at Mjcarrink @ aol.com.

If you need a great editor who is firm, but fair and you don’t mind paying 5 to 6 cents per word, shoot him an email. You will be glad you did.

Here is his backstory and credits:

Michael Carr is an editor, copy editor, and writer—some 300 titles and counting, for major publishers including Time Warner Books, Penguin Putnam, Kensington, Regnery, Holcomb Hathaway, Globo Libros, and many others. His fiction editing and copyediting credits include hardback literary and historical, crime/mystery, adult and young adult drama, romance, fantasy, and science fiction. Representative crime fiction titles include New York Times Notable Book of the Year winner Archer Mayor’s Gatekeeper and The Surrogate Thief, Brad Meltzer’s political thriller The Zero Game (#3 NY Times best-seller), Robert Greer’s Heat Shock, and Patricia Smiley’s Cover Your Assets (L.A. Times best-seller). Fantasy and science fiction works include Beyond Infinity, by Gregory Benford (who has cowritten with Arthur C. Clarke), Stewart and Cohen’s Heaven, and Michael Moorcock’s The White Wolf’s Son, to name but a few. Nonfiction titles run the gamut: from scholarly to self-help, business, and motivation; from health and psychology to history, politics, world affairs, and popular culture, with a little forensic science and true crime thrown in. Representative nonfiction titles include Bernard Goldberg’s Arrogance (NY Times best-seller), CNN Crossfire host Tucker Carlson’s Politicians, Partisans, and Parasites, the Reverend Al Sharpton’s Al on America, and CNN host Lou Dobbs’s Exporting America. Michael’s own published work includes narrative nonfiction, short fiction, and poetry, as well as mainstream articles on everything from adventure travel to martial arts. Michael has an MA in English and has taught creative writing and poetry at the University of Colorado at Boulder.

Every day terrific manuscripts get tossed because of avoidable problems with grammar and punctuation, factual or logical oversights, or an inelegant transition or turn of phrase—things that a professional edit could have fixed. A good editor, like a good doctor, knows what to fix and what to leave alone, and remembers always, “First, do no harm.”

Partial list from some 350 titles edited (developmental, substantive, or copyediting)

Crime/mystery
Will Adams, The Alexander Cipher
Leslie Banks, Betrayal of Trust
Leslie Banks, Dark Dreams
James Scott Bell, Try Darkness
Marc Blatte (as Goodman Brody) Humpty Dumpty Was Pushed
James Cobb, Robert Ludlum’s The Arctic Event
Mark Cohen, Bluetick Revenge
Jeffrey Cruikshank, Murder at the B-School
Robert Dugoni, The Jury Master
Robert Greer, Heat Shock
Archer Mayor, Chat
Archer Mayor, Gatekeeper
Archer Mayor, The Second Mouse
Archer Mayor, The Surrogate Thief
*Brad Meltzer, The Zero Game
Marcia Muller, Cape Perdition
Marcia Muller, Cyanide Wells
Marcia Muller, Dangerous Hour
Gary Phillips, Bangers
David Rosenfelt, Play Dead
Patricia Smiley, False Profits
Patricia Smiley, Cover Your Assets
Jeff Stetson, Justice
Donald Westlake, The Road to Ruin
Donald Westlake, Thieves’ Dozen
Donald Westlake, Watch Your Back
Donald Westlake (as Richard Stark), Nobody Runs Forever

Fantasy
Ashok Banker, Prince of Ayodhya
Gregory Benford, Beyond Infinity
David & Leigh Eddings, The Elder Gods
Michael Moorcock, The White Wolf’s Son
Ian Stewart & Jack Cohen, Heaven

Drama, romance
Wendy Alec, The Fall of Lucifer
Wendy Alec, Messiah
Cheri Paris Edwards, Plenty Good Room
Aisha Ford, Flippin’ the Script
Dorothy Garlock, Song of the Road
Nancy Lieberman, Admissions
Lauren Lipton, It’s about Your Husband
Jane Porter, The Frog Prince
Robin Schwarz, Night Swimming
R. D. Snowcroft, The Blanchard Brothers Film Company
David Soos, The Gilded Cage
Michelle Stimpson, Boaz Brown
Michelle Stimpson, Divas of Damascus Road
Caroline Upcher, Falling for Mr. Wrong

Spanish-language romance
Luz Borges, Deuda de amor
Lourdes Carvajal, Bésame mucho
Diana Escalera, Jugando con candela
Berta Platas Fuller, Todo de mí
Diana García, Aviso oportuno
Leticia Gómez, Dulce destino
Yvette González, Canto de amor
Victoria Márquez, Cortejo cálido
Sylvia Mendoza, Olas de pasión
Liliana Monteil-Doucette, Conquista
Reyna Ríos, Destino amor
Hebby Roman, La mejor apuesta
Lynda Sandoval, Solo tú
Lynda Sandoval, Soñando contigo
Caridad Scordato, Con todo mi corazón
Dalia Vargas, Blue Moon (translation to English)
Consuelo Vázquez, Estrella

Psychology/self-help/religion
Leigh Broadhurst, Natural Asthma Relief
Brendon Burchard, Life’s Golden Ticket
Brendon Burchard, The Monkey Bar Mind-set
Brendon Burchard, The Student Leadership Guide
Carlene Cross, Fleeing Fundamentalism
David Dempsey, Better to Best: How to Speak for Extraordinary Results &Every Time!
Ken Futch, Take Your Best Shot
Dra. Isabel Gómez-Bassols, Dónde están las instrucciones? (Spanish)
James & Beth Hood, Where’s the Map? Create Your Own Guide to Life after Graduation
*Russ Harris, MD, The Happiness Trap
Harold Levinson, MD, Smart but Feeling Dumb: New Research on Dyslexia
Laurie Martin, Smile across Your Heart
David ben Moshe, The Secret of the Jews: Letters to Nietzsche
Will Patterson, The Baron Son
Alexandra Robbins and Abby Wilner, Quarter-life Crisis: The Unique Challenges of Life in Your Twenties
Dan Thurmon, Success in Action

Political/documentary/memoir
Robert Ankony, LURPS: A Ranger’s Diary of Khe Sanh, A Shau, and Quang Tri
Tucker Carlson, Politicians, Partisans, and Parasites
Lou Dobbs, Exporting America: Why Corporate Greed Is Shipping American Jobs Overseas
Rusty Fleming, Drug Wars: The Colombianization of Mexico
Samantha Glen, Best Friends: The True Story of the World’s Most Beloved Animal Sanctuary
*Bernard Goldberg, Arrogance: Rescuing America from the Media Elite
Steve Jackson, No Stone Unturned: The Story of NecroSearch International
Joan Potter, African American Firsts: Famous Little-Known and Unsung Triumphs of Blacks in America
Reverend Al Sharpton, Al on America
Jewel Woods, Don’t Blame It on Rio

* (denotes NY Times or international best-seller)