I read in another thread that apparently the newest Treklit editor has left again? Who's in charge now and what are the plans for the future? (I'm sure that last part is an unknown, but I had to ask)
Who's in charge of the novel line now?
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I was referring to the newest editor, Jamie Costas.
If you go to Simon & Schuster's page that lists the current staff at Pocket and Gallery, it says that all the editors can commission manuscripts for Pocket/Gallery, so perhaps they aren't putting one editor in charge of the Star Trek license at the moment? (They did lose higher paid "chief editors" across the board in the various reshuffles.) That press release listed Ed Schlesinger, Jaime Costas, Emily Westlake and Megan McKeever were some of the crew at Gallery and that "all of our editors will acquire and edit books for Gallery":
http://www.mediabistro.com/galleycat/files/original/Gallery_Books_9_30_LB.pdf
The last time I was there at the site, Jaime Costas was still listed as one of the editors, although she's since left, but it never specified that only Jaime was looking after Trek. A few of the authors have thanked Jaime and Emilia Pisani in recent books. Ed Schlesinger and Jen Heddle are still there, too, and Ed's worked on numerous Peter David titles, and perhaps more. Jen again has "media tie-ins" listed in her fields of interest. (That one had been dropped in an earlier version, IIRC.)
http://imprints.simonandschuster.biz/gallery
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That doesn't logically follow, since ST is a very, very small slice of Pocket & Gallery's output. Saying that all the editors can commission material for the publisher is not the same thing as saying that any given editor can commission every possible kind of material. They all have their particular specialties.
And those specialties are all listed on the site, but it says "media tie-in". No one has "Star Trek" listed.
Nobody was ever exclusively a Star Trek editor. John Ordover also acquired the UNDERWORLD license and edited the first book in the series. He also edited a number of non-Trek books. Margaret Clarke also edited the 4400 books. Ed Schlesinger edited TO REIGN IN HELL, but also edited my novelizations of GHOST RIDER, DEATH DEFYING ACTS, and the UNDERWORLD sequels. Jen Heddle is editing my WAREHOUSE 13 book.
And those are just the products I was involved with. I believe Margaret also did wrestling books and the novelization of KING KONG, among other projects. All while working on the STAR TREK line.
And those are just the products I was involved with. I believe Margaret also did wrestling books and the novelization of KING KONG, among other projects. All while working on the STAR TREK line.
Hmmmm. Interesting. Thanks for the inside info everybody.
Marco edited my Marvel superhero novels as well as most of my Trek novels, and I know that several other Pocket editors handled Marvel novels as well. I think Margaret edited the novels based on The 4400, though I may be wrong. And I believe John Ordover edited the eight Alien Nation novels that Pocket did between the series and the revival movies.
On a slightly related note, and beg pardon if this has been asked and answered in another thread, but (1) why did Margaret Clark and Marco Palmieri "move on" (or whatever euphemism we should use) and (2) is there any chance of those two coming back to Trek editing in the aftermath of Jaime's departure?
Margaret's leaving took place during my sabbatical from the BBS and so I missed all of the discussion at that time, so all I know is that she is no longer with Pocket, at least in the Trek editorial capacity. I do understand that Marco left on good terms and saw a thread in which he wished the BBSers well, but did not know how or why that took place.
I don't know if the authors are able to speak of such things but even if they are not, certainly some posters must be in the know. Or can direct me to threads in which this topic is discussed in sufficient detail to satisfy my curiosity.
Margaret's leaving took place during my sabbatical from the BBS and so I missed all of the discussion at that time, so all I know is that she is no longer with Pocket, at least in the Trek editorial capacity. I do understand that Marco left on good terms and saw a thread in which he wished the BBSers well, but did not know how or why that took place.
I don't know if the authors are able to speak of such things but even if they are not, certainly some posters must be in the know. Or can direct me to threads in which this topic is discussed in sufficient detail to satisfy my curiosity.
Marco was on a larger Senior Editor salary and was deemed too expensive for Simon & Schuster's massive cost-cutting cull. Every big US publisher was doing the same. Marco's ST workload (and other responsibilities?) passed to Margaret, who was also let go in the next big salary cull.
Her workload then passed on to Jaime Costas who, as well as having just returned from maternity leave, was possibly on a lower salary tier than the previous senior editors (and/or would have had to combine Margaret's workload with her own). Or something like that.
He was terminated just before a Christmas break, IIRC. So "good terms" is relative.
^ Both Marco and Margaret were laid off as a consequence of the economic downturn that hit the global economy starting in 2008.
Marco was laid off first, in December 2008. Margaret was laid off nine months later, in August 2009. In both cases, the layoffs were prompted by economic cutbacks at the publisher and were based on seniority and salaries, not job performance.
Jaime Costas resigned in August 2010, following a three-month maternity leave, to become a full-time stay-at-home mother to her newborn child.
The current editorial assignments regarding Star Trek have not been made public by the publisher, so we authors are not at liberty to discuss any details pertaining to that.
Marco was laid off first, in December 2008. Margaret was laid off nine months later, in August 2009. In both cases, the layoffs were prompted by economic cutbacks at the publisher and were based on seniority and salaries, not job performance.
Jaime Costas resigned in August 2010, following a three-month maternity leave, to become a full-time stay-at-home mother to her newborn child.
The current editorial assignments regarding Star Trek have not been made public by the publisher, so we authors are not at liberty to discuss any details pertaining to that.
That's right. Ed Schlesinger also edited my FANTASTIC FOUR booK. I forgot about that before.
Speaking of Schlesinger, he's the editor for whom "CBS Consumer Products" is listed on the Gallery Publishing website. He's also the only author for whom "Speculative Fiction" is listed as an interest. Whether that means that he's responsible for Star Trek editing isn't clear.
Were I to guess, I would guess that he is, but responsibility for the line might have been allocated elsewhere for some reason, farmed out for external editing, etc.
Were I to guess, I would guess that he is, but responsibility for the line might have been allocated elsewhere for some reason, farmed out for external editing, etc.
Well whoever it is let's hope they keep the current themes running through the books going. After getting sick of Star Trek mushy nonsense (and no I'm not going to debate it so don't bother) and basically going off for about six years I stumbled back into the fold with Destiny Gods of Night and basically burned my way through all the books.
Now I've gone and got me a small list of books to go back and read as well as new ones coming out.
The "Cold War" with the Typhon Pact is ripe with stories. I hope it continues.
Now I've gone and got me a small list of books to go back and read as well as new ones coming out.
The "Cold War" with the Typhon Pact is ripe with stories. I hope it continues.
As I said earlier, Gallery's own webpage lists Ed, Jen and others as editors with a special interest in "media tie-ins".
Does nobody read the credits in Star Trek Magazine's small print...?
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