Kurt may be the smartest person I know. And the best editor I’ve ever worked with. Maybe it’s because he loves language so much. It’s his idea of fun. He gets as excited about a rewrite as anything. He knows all the secrets. He lives it. When to flesh it out. And when to pare it down. How to lose those superfluous words. Plus he’s an ace at spelling, punctuation, grammar, and all the other nuts and bolts that add up quick. I’ve lost track of the times he effortlessly phrased something much more succinctly than what I gave him. Hard to put into words, but he cares. He cares deeply about this stuff. So if you care about your writing, you’ll make a good pair.