Back in May I reported on how Harcourt slashed their publicity department by 1/2 after their merge with Houghton. So, where are they now? Sarah Melnyk landed a gig as Senior Publicist at Minotaur Books where she was brought in to work on their huge winter list.
Erienne Rojas is now completing her BA in English, concentration in Creative Writing with a minor in Jewish Studies and is a freelance publicist for Sherri Rosen Publicity. She plans to expand as a freelance writer for several up and coming e-zines and looking forward to returning back to Book Publishing as a Publicist. (I wonder if he applied for that senior publicist gig that opened up at Houghton).
And former Harcourt Publicity Director, Michelle Blankenship beat me out for the Publicity Manager gig with Harlequin which is launching a new woman’s non-fiction imprint this fall.