ASJA 2011 40th Annual Writers Conference on “Your Book Is Your Hook!" Show

April 25, 2011 - PRLog -- Gina Roberts-Grey, the chair of the American Society of Journalists & Authors (ASJA) 2011 40th Annual Writers Conference, and acclaimed writer and author Sherry Paprocki, will appear as guests on the Your Book Is Your Hook! Show on WomensRadio.com. Ms. Roberts-Grey will discuss the opportunities for nonfiction writers and freelance journalists to connect with information, insights, editors and agents during this long running writers conference. Ms. Paprocki will talk about her latest book, "The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Branding Yourself," and how she met the editor from Penguin at the ASJA’s writers conference during a Personal Pitch session. She’ll also share advice for writers and reveal how she’s using her book as her hook.

NEW YORK, NY (April 26th – May 2nd, 2011): Gina Roberts-Grey, a member of the Board of Directors of the American Society of Journalists and Authors (ASJA) and the chair of the ASJA’s 40th Annual Writers Conference, will talk with radio personality and host Jennifer S. Wilkov about how the ASJA supports its members, what distinguishes the ASJA from other writers organizations, and what the organization’s role is in the writer’s career.

She’ll also discuss the upcoming ASJA 2011 40th Annual Conference this weekend where members and the general public can experience the benefits provided by the organization as well as advice for how writers can best leverage the ASJA to support their writing careers in today’s publishing industry.


Acclaimed writer and author Sherry Paprocki will discuss with radio personality and host Jennifer S. Wilkov how and why she wrote her latest book, "The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Branding Yourself," after meeting an editor from Penguin during a Personal Pitch session at the ASJA writers conference. She’ll also reveal how she’s using her book as her hook for her professional message and business.

Host Jennifer S. Wilkov will discuss how to find support to further your writing career during her Education Corner segment during the show.

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The “Your Book Is Your Hook!” Radio Show airs weekly on Tuesdays at 9:00am on the WomensRadio Network at WomensRadio.com and is syndicated on Google News and Live365.com. The “Your Book Is Your Hook!” show was created to provide the opportunity to go behind the books and discover the process from thought to sales of how other authors have succeeded in getting published and how they use their book as their hook with someone who is successful in this field and experiencing the same journey herself.  Listeners also find out about industry professionals and resources to help them as a writer and author with their book projects so they can write, market, publish and make money with their books.

Ms. Wilkov is a best-selling, award-winning author, an award-winning freelance writer, a speaker and trainer, the creator of the trademarked “From Thought to Sales In 90 Days” book process and a book business consultant for other authors and writers. Her experience and knowledge of the book business and the people in it as well as her understanding of the author’s experience from conceiving the idea to getting published are vital parts of the experience of the show.  The show has left guests wanting to come back for more.

Some of Ms. Wilkov’s most prominent guests include Dominique Raccah (Publisher of Sourcebooks & Co-Chair of the Book Industry Study Group), Larry Goldbetter (President of the National Writers Union), Julia Cameron (International Bestselling Author), Debbie Macomber (#1 New York Times & USA TODAY Bestselling Author), Marci Shimoff (#1 USA TODAY, Amazon, Barnes and Noble.com and Publishers Weekly Bestseller & a NY Times Bestselling Author), Victoria Moran (Oprah-featured Author of ten books including an international bestseller), Suzy Welch (3-time NY Times Bestselling Author & Keynote Speaker at the WBENC 2010 Annual Conference), Brunonia Barry (NY Times Bestselling Multiple Award-Winning Fiction Novelist), Carla Neggers (NY Times Bestselling Romance Suspense Author), Jason Pinter (International Bestselling Author), Phil Sexton (Publisher & Community Leader of Writer’s Digest), Deborah Brody (Executive Editor of Harlequin’s Nonfiction Program), Katharine Sands (Literary Agent with Sarah Jane Freymann Agency & Author), Peter Rubie (CEO & Literary Agent of Fine Print Literary Management & Author), Jennifer DeChiara (Literary Agent & President of Jennifer DeChiara Literary Agency), Michael Larsen & Elizabeth Pomada (Literary Agents at Larsen-Pomada Literary Agency and hosts of the San Francisco Writers Conference), Mike Sacks (Member of the Vanity Fair Magazine Editorial Team & Author), Joel Comm (4-time NY Times Bestselling Author and new media innovator), Mari Smith (former President of the International Social Media Association, author and dubbed “The Pied Piper of Online Media” by FastCompany.com), Ken Corday (Author and Executive Producer of NBC’s Daytime Drama “Days of Our Lives”), Kathy Kinney (Co-Author, Actress well-known as Mimi Bobeck from the “The Drew Carey Show”), Carley Roney (co-founder of The Knot Inc. and the author of 16 books associated with her websites TheKnot.com, TheNest.com and TheBump.com), Marianne Schnall (Author & co-founder of Feminist.com) Peter Shankman (Author & Founder of Help A Reporter Out), Barbara Henricks (President of Cave Henricks Communications), Nancy Ellen Dodd (Author & Professor of Screenwriting at Pepperdine University), Lisa Catherine Harper (Author & Adjunct Professor in the University of San Francisco’s Master of Fine Arts in Writing Program), Jan McInnis (comedienne, author, professional speaker & humor writer who has written for the Tonight Show monologues) and other industry professionals including Hollywood producers, publicists, ghostwriters, social media experts, authors in various genres and many more. Photos and more information http://www.yourbookisyourhook.com.

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Your Book Is Your Hook! is a full service consulting practice that serves authors, writers & wannabes as well as the entire book publishing industry with its endeavors. Best known for its popular weekly radio show, robust resource blog, trainings & advice.

Through the popular radio show named after her practice, "Your Book Is Your Hook!", which can be heard every Tuesday morning at 9:00am on WomensRadio.com & the accompanying show blog at YourBookIsYourHook.com/blog, Jennifer S. Wilkov brings her experience and knowledge of the book business and the people in it as well as her understanding of the author’s experience from conceiving the idea to getting it published to loyal listeners each week.

Ms. Wilkov is a best-selling, award-winning author, an award-winning freelance writer, a speaker and trainer who focuses on supporting writers with the essentials to become a bestseller: a great project, a strong platform and a well-polished pitch, presentation and hook for their book.