Michael J. Totten is an award-winning journalist and the author of nine books. His first, The Road to Fatima Gate, won the Washington Institute Book Prize. His fifth, Resurrection, has been optioned for film. He edits books for major publishers, provides the full spectrum of independent publishing services (from editing to paperback and e-book design), coaches beginning and semiprofessional writers, and knows how to write the kinds of book proposals that traditional publishers want. While he used to sneak into police states without authorization and dodge incoming rocket fire as a war correspondent, he now lives quietly in Oregon with his wife and two cats.

SERVICES

• manuscript critique

• developmental editing

• line editing

• copyediting

• book coaching

• agent query review

• book proposal review

Genres

literary fiction, commercial fiction, science fiction & fantasy, horror, mystery, crime fiction, thriller, historical fiction, short stories, young adult, memoir, creative nonfiction, self-help, business & entrepreneurship, science & technology, philosophy & religion, history, politics & current events, environmental writing, academic books, online course materials

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