Shardless Posted February 10, 2015 Posted February 10, 2015 Sorry if this is answered somewhere else. I did a forum search and a web search but nothing came up. Twice now Brandon has mentioned his assistant Adam in a blog post. I didn't notice where Adam came from. I though Peter was Brandon's assistant. Does Brandon have two assistants now, or did Peter move onto a different job?
WeiryWriter he/him Posted February 10, 2015 Posted February 10, 2015 Sorry if this is answered somewhere else. I did a forum search and a web search but nothing came up. Twice now Brandon has mentioned his assistant Adam in a blog post. I didn't notice where Adam came from. I though Peter was Brandon's assistant. Does Brandon have two assistants now, or did Peter move onto a different job? Peter still works for Brandon. He works more as an Editorial Assistant whereas Adam is an Executive Assistant. Brandon introduced him in the January newsletter: Welcoming Adam to the team We’ve added another employee here at Dragonsteel, Adam Horne. It’s kind of ridiculous that a guy writing books needs so many employees, but we like to do weird things like release con-exclusive books and have die-cut figures to give away. I’ve kept Isaac and Peter so busy working on things like the Writing Excuses anthology and promotional material, that I felt it was time to hire someone whose entire job was to be my executive assistant. (Or, as my wife calls it, “executive minion.”) Adam was someone we met through my sister, and he’s always impressed me with his “go do it” attitude. So far, he’s been awesome. You might see him joining me at conventions or on tours in the future, making certain I don’t get lost writing a book in my hotel when I’m supposed to be going to a signing or some such. Just a quick rundown, then, here is “Team Sanderson” as it stands right now: Brandon Sanderson: Yours truly, and writer of all the things. Emily Sanderson: Business Manager and executive president in charge of making Brandon get his hair cut. Peter Ahlstrom: Vice President and Editorial Manager. He does things like maintain continuity for my books, run beta and gamma reads, and edit stuff like this here newsletter. He also watches my social media, where you might see him responding to people’s questions when I can’t get to them. Kara Stewart: CFO/Shipping Manager. Kara runs the store on our website, and comes up with most of the promotions and many of items we put up for sale. If your order wanders off, she’s the one to talk to. Isaac Stewart: Art Director. Isaac is the brilliant cartographer who did the maps for Mistborn and The Stormlight Archive, and he also manages the other art projects we do. (Which are multitude these days.) Adam Horne: Brandon’s Executive Assistant. He basically does whatever we need him to. (And does it very well.) A big operation, all things considered, particularly when you add Peter’s wife Karen (who keeps my internal wiki sorted part-time) or Emily’s assistant Kathy. The whole idea is that anything I don’t have to do we give to someone else, so I can be writing. I think this is a good team, though, and I feel we’ve settled into the number of people we’re going to have for the near future. But who knows? 7
Shardless Posted February 19, 2015 Author Posted February 19, 2015 Thanks for the information. That was interesting to read.
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