From editor LB at Snow Country magazine, to fellow editors RT and KJR, regarding a story manuscript I had submitted: "All too often, you tell writers--don't tell me, show me; I want to see, hear, taste, and feel your experience, but what you receive is a report in the form of a sleeping pill ... [but] Michael did an admirable job of bringing the reader along on his road trip. I can picture the scenery perfectly and feel how alone he is."

From freelance copy editor JC, who edited my book Cycling the Great Divide for The Mountaineers: "I must tell you it's been a pleasure to work with your manuscript. In my 20-plus years of copy editing (mainly for DeLorme Publishing, Ragged Mountain Press, The Mountaineers, International Marine, and WoodenBoat) I don't think I've ever come across a manuscript that was so well written, succinct, friendly yet factual, and, well ... together.