From Becky Scoggins of BresslerScoggins Literary Management
As the Managing Partner of BresslerScoggins, I would like to personally clear up any miscommunications on behalf of our company.
I am unsure which author that I previously represented stated that I have left the company or are no longer associated with BresslerScoggins, but I want to state on the record two things:
1. I own the company. I am definitely still with BresslerScoggins. If I wasn't, it would be because we are no longer in business. Business with our company is great and growing rapidly and we are in no danger of going out of business.
2. It is privilege of agents to let represented authors go for any number of reasons. BresslerScoggins also operates as a publicity and marketing firm for authors (our website includes this information). Due to the fast and immense growth of this division, our firm decided to cut back on the agency side of BresslerScoggins. Unfortunately, this meant cancelling contracts with some of our currently represented authors. What this particular author failed to mention was that we did indeed refer them to another agency to pick up representation for them, so that they wouldn't be left out in the cold, so to speak. This in fact is something that many agencies, most to be specific, would never bother with doing. I treasure the relationships I have built with my authors and am beyond upset that rumors have begun circulating regarding a business that took me years to build with integrity and honor.
Jordan Bressler is a silent partner and has been actively involved with submissions since the beginning. He is still with the company as well, along with our 15 employees. Let me reiterate that we are doing well and are not out of business. Our business model has simply shifted to focus on our publicity and marketing division more exclusively. I could not in good conscience keep all of our signed authors and allow our client service to diminish because we could not give it due attention. It's not fair to the author and it can be detrimental to their career. Rather, I connected with another agency and pitched them on every single author we were letting go. They agreed to consider each and every one. I would ask that if there are every questions about the company or its doings, that you would contact us directly at
[email protected] before posting threads. I am always happy answer questions about BresslerScoggins, our mission and vision and our upcoming events.
BresslerScoggins will be relaunching our website in the next 2 months to reflect our focus on the publicity division. Check back with us and we hope it will clear up any confusion! Thank you for your understanding.
Becky Scoggiins
Managing Partner/Senior Publicist
BresslerScoggins Literary Management