My Kickstarter drive beat its goal and, as promised, I'm happy to say we've tracked down two editors to help me polish my book.

The first, Charley Erwin, is a graduate from Texas A & M and actually was a "beta reader" for my first book, An Illustrated Guide to Soccer & Spanish. In exchange for eternal fame and an advanced copy, he screened the text and sent me valuable feedback on errors and awkward sentences. Based on this track record, I asked him to act as historical fact-checker for the forthcoming book. He has graciously accepted. He's also engaged - congrats Charley!

The second, Chris Mann, needs no introduction. He ran the wonderful Equaliser blog and did his senior thesis at university on a great topic: Barcelona & Real Madrid as political entities. He's agreed to edit "big picture" issues. I'm seriously stoked to bounce ideas off his big brain.

I'm honored to have both on board and, of course, be sure to blame all errors on them. If you need their emails, let me know. It is their fault. I repeat, all errors may be attributed to them. I'm just the author, after all.