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Follow on Google News | ![]() NY Times YA Bestseller Gayle Forman & Her Agent Sarah Burnes on “Your Book Is Your Hook!" ShowSarah Burnes, a literary agent at The Gernert Company, and best-selling young adult (YA) author, Gayle Forman, will appear as guests on the Your Book Is Your Hook! Show Tuesday, May 10th, 2011 at 9:00am on WomensRadio.com
NEW YORK, NY (May 10th – May 16th, 2011): Sarah Burnes, a literary agent at The Gernert Company, will talk with radio personality and host Jennifer S. Wilkov about her role as a literary agent during the publishing process. She’ll also reveal the top three mistakes that writers make when approaching and working with agents like her. She’ll also discuss why authors benefit by working with an agent. Ms. Burnes will also share advice for writers about the young adult (YA) market, how to find an agent for their work and her perspective on the future of the publishing industry. New York Times best-selling YA author Gayle Forman will discuss with radio personality and host Jennifer S. Wilkov how and why she wrote her book, "Where She Went," the sequel to her popular book "If I Stay." She’ll also reveal how she’s using her books as her hook and share advice for writers who want to write in the young adult (YA) genre. Host Jennifer S. Wilkov will discuss catching the wave of the popular YA genre during her Education Corner segment during the show. ************************************************************ 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), Gina Roberts-Grey (Chair of the ASJA 2011 40th Annual 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) Women’s Online Media and Education Network (W.O.M.E.N.) # # # 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 and the accompanying show blog at YourBookIsYourHook.com/ 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. End
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