Michael Stearns
michael(at)firebrandliterary (dot)com
Michael Stearns brings nearly twenty years’ publishing experience to Firebrand Literary. Formerly editorial director and foreign acquisitions manager for HarperCollins Children's Books, and Senior Editor, Director of Paperback Publishing for Harcourt Children’s Books, he has worked on hundreds of books for children and adults.
Among the many bestselling and award-winning books he’s published are A Northern Light by Jennifer Donnelly; Tangerine by Edward Bloor, The Secret Order of the Gumm Street Girls by Elise Primavera, Whales on Stilts by M.T. Anderson, Fly By Night by Frances Hardinge, the Young Wizards series by Diane Duane, and the Chet Gecko Mysteries by Bruce Hale.
He has taught a dozen classes on writing, edited three anthologies of original stories, and published a half dozen pieces of his own fiction for both adults and children. He received his B.A. from the USC School of Cinema-Television, and his M.A. from Hollins University, where he also won the Andrew James Purdy Short Fiction Prize.
(bio from Firebrand Literary website)
Learn more about Michael Stearns on the Firebrand Blog, HERE
Or, follow him on Twitter, HERE
Nadia Cornier
nadia(at)firebrandliterary(dot)com
Nadia Cornier is the founder and co-owner of Firebrand Literary. Firebrand means “instigator” or “bringer of change” – and Nadia thinks that is the perfect word to illustrate this agency and its client list. Firebranders (as they call themselves) aren’t afraid to try things a little differently: Firebrand creates full campaigns for each of their client’s projects in conjunction with the client, partnering from the editorial process to marketing the books after they hit the shelves.
Prior to founding Firebrand, Nadia worked with CMA and before that with authors, marketing and promoting their works. She’s currently looking for really astounding YA fiction, women's fiction, and pop-culture or business non-fiction. (bio from Firebrand website)
Learn more about Nadia on her website, HERE,
or on her blogs, HERE and HERE.
Or, follow her on Twitter, HERE.
Saturday, March 21, 2009
Thursday, March 19, 2009
Literary Agent Trading Cards - Point System
In case anyone was wondering, this is the system I devised for determining how many points is on the agent card. If anyone has a suggestion, please let me know now before anymore are finished. You can email me- jimsissy at yahoo dot com, or leave a comment. Can anyone think of a way to show some kind of power points for years they spent as an editor?
Top Publishers Marketplace Deal
50 “nice deal” $1 - $49,000
100 “very nice deal” $50,000 - $99,000
150 “good deal” $100,000 - $250,000
200 “significant deal” $251,000 - $499,000
250 “major deal” $500,000 and up
AAR Membership - 200
Years as an Agent - 25 points per year
Publicity Points
Website 50
Blog 50
Facebook 50
Twitter 50
Predators and Editors
$ red 25
$ black 50
Recommended 100
Highly Recommended 150
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
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