Here’s a short-list of successful book projects we’re proud of…
Author: Sean Platt
Our role: Editor
Words: In development
Sean Platt is an accomplished ghostwriter, author and entrepreneur. In partnership with co-writer David Wright, Sean’s latest indie book project is the post-apocalyptic thriller Yesterday’s Gone.
Yesterday’s Gone is a riveting serialized story that follows the lives of six survivors of some catastrophic event. On October 15 at 2:15 AM everyone on Earth vanished. These survivors must navigate this now-alien world and overcome the unexpected to remain alive.
Matt is joining the Yesterday’s Gone team in season two as editor. Further, other book projects beyond Yesterday’s Gone are in the works between Sean and Matt.
Learn more about Sean Platt on Amazon.com.
Editors are indispensable to self-publishers. Everyone’s looking to shoot holes in a self-published novel. Matt Gartland bulletproofs your book. — Sean Platt
“Cover bands don’t change the world” is the Accidental Creative (AC) guiding motto. It illustrates in clear terms the right and responsibility to do great work that matters and makes big impacts. AC exists to provide inspiration and know-how to creative professionals pursuing brilliance in our create-on-demand world.
We had no involvement in AC founder Todd Henry’s book, The Accidental Creative, which was published by Portfolio in July 2011.
Instead, Matt serves as Editorial Director for Todd’s AC.com author platform. In this role, Matt leads content curation from writers, governs the publishing schedule, contributes to AC “shareability” strategy, facilitates the new content development process, ensures AC style consistency and more.
Visit Accidental Creative.
Author: Todd Henry
Our role: Editorial Director
Matt is thorough, imaginative and a joy to work with. He’s infused fresh energy into our site’s content and editorial approach, and is always at-the-ready with ideas to take it to a new level. — Todd Henry
Author: Monica Leonelle
Our role: Editor
Words: 125,000+
Silver Smoke is the first book in the Seven Halos series, a saga about seven humans who are descendants of archangels & archdemons. Each of them must uncover the chilling (and sometimes sinister) mysteries of their lineage in order to save two races of superbeings from an all out war that no one can win.
This young adult thriller is a story of love, death, heartbreak, betrayal, and the one thing that matters most – allegiance.
Read reviews about Silver Smoke.
Matt’s methodical approach to editing and his intense, detailed feedback will whip your manuscript into shape in no time. — Monica Leonelle
18 Months, 2 Blogs, Six Figures is the story of how Corbett Barr built a six-figure small business writing about what he loves in a year-and-a-half during a monster recession from the beaches of Mexico.
His business, Insanely Useful Media, includes several successful online properties such as ThinkTraffic.net and ExpertEnough.com.
And as an accomplished web designer and sought-after online marketing strategist, Corbett has a thing or three to teach about architecting online small businesses that work in the digital age.
Learn more about Corbett’s manifesto.
Author: Corbett Barr
Our role: Editor
Words: 13,000+
Matt really knows how to get his point across, and even more importantly he knows how to help you get your point across more effectively. — Corbett Barr
Author: Sibyl Chavis
Our role: Editor
Words: 11,000+
How to Stop Complaining & Start Living calls out the inner gremlins of our minds – complaints – as the destructive forces they are in our everyday lives. Complete with a 30-day complaint-free challenge, this free ebook includes a close examination of the two stages of complaining: the verbal and non-verbal.
Backed by experience and research, Sibyl teaches us how to approach eliminating the negative gravity of complaining. Her detailed instructions are supported by intimate journal notes from her personal complaint-free experiment.
Ultimately, to seize the possibilities of today we must first remove the complaints that chain us down.
Learn more about living complaint-free.
I am now addicted to Matt’s advice and feedback.
Focus is about finding simplicity in this Age of Distraction. It’s about finding the focus you need to create, to work on what’s important, to reflect, to find peace.
The free version is the complete book; 27 chapters that you can download for free. It’s uncopyrighted, meaning you can share it with as many people as you like. The full version contains the book plus how-to videos, bonus chapters from Leo, bonus chapters from other writers, audio interviews, and bonus guides.
Matt was proud to be chosen as one of several contributing editors. Further, this was our first “open source” book project – one that we immensely enjoyed for both the author and fellow editor engagement and collaboration.
Learn more about Focus.
Author: Leo Babauta
Our role: Contributing Editor
Words: 25,000+
After you write, edit, and remove the noise. — Leo Babauta
Author: Adam Baker
Our role: Editor
Words: 55,000+
Sell Your Crap is an insanely thorough ebook describing in detail both the “why” and “how” of selling off your clutter to earn a life free of materialism. It’s a subject near-and-dear to Adam Baker’s heart, whose passion bursts through in this product.
The full package comes complete with the definitive, step-by-step guides to selling your crap on eBay, Amazon, and Craigslist. And everything is backed by a $100 effectiveness guarantee.
Learn more about Sell Your Crap.
There are editors, and there is Matt Gartland. He has a true gift for taking projects from good to great. I will never launch another book or product without first paying Matt for his expertise and input. — Adam Baker