St. Martin’s Press & Bestseller Michael Palmer on the “Your Book Is Your Hook!” Show

April 10, 2012 - PRLog -- Jennifer Enderlin, Vice President and Associate Publisher at St. Martin’s Press, and New York Times best-selling author and medical thriller writer Michael Palmer will appear as guests on the Your Book Is Your Hook! Show on WomensRadio.com.

Ms. Enderlin will discuss how she finds the authors she publishes and why she feels that, “Voice is the author’s fingerprint.” She’ll also share her perspective of the future of the publishing industry and advice for writers who want to get published. Dr. Palmer will discuss his new novel, OATH OF OFFICE, and share how and why he wrote it and how he originally got published. He’ll also share how he’s using his books as his hook and share advice for other writers who want to write and publish a thriller novel in today’s publishing world.


To listen to the show: http://www.womensradio.com/2012/04/st-martins-press-bestseller-michael-palmer/

NEW YORK, NY (April 10th – April 16th, 2012): Jennifer Enderlin, Vice President and Associate Publisher at St. Martin’s Press, will talk with radio personality and host Jennifer S. Wilkov about the mandate at St. Martin’s Press for a well-written book and how she finds her authors to publish.

She’ll also discuss what she means when she says, “Voice is the author’s fingerprint,” and provide advice for writers who want to get published. She’ll also share her perspective of digital books and the future of the book publishing industry.


New York Times best-selling author and medical thriller writer, Michael Palmer will discuss with radio personality and host Jennifer S. Wilkov his new book, OATH OF OFFICE, how and why he wrote it, and how he originally got published. He’ll also talk about how he’s using his books as his hook and how he creates his plot twists. He’ll also share advice for writers who want to write and publish a thriller novel in today’s publishing world.

Host Jennifer S. Wilkov will discuss why doctors, lawyers and dentists can also write fiction 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), Aaron Rosenstein (Senior Marketing Manager at Createspace), 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), Karin Slaughter (NY Times & #1 Internationally Best-Selling Award-Winning Author), Linwood Barclay (Internationally #1 Best-Selling Author), John Gilstrap (International Best-Selling Thriller Author), Brunonia Barry (NY Times Bestselling Multiple Award-Winning Fiction Novelist), Carla Neggers (NY Times Bestselling Romance Suspense Author), Gayle Forman (NY Time Bestselling Author), Darryl Strawberry (NY Times Bestselling Author), Tom Wilson (the author of the cartoon strip Ziggy), Libba Bray (Best-Selling Young Adult (YA) Novelist ), Vincent Zandri (International Best-Selling Thriller Author), Phil Sexton (Publisher & Community Leader of Writer’s Digest), Heather McCormack (Book Review Editor at Library Journal), Margaret Marbury (Editorial Director at Harlequin Books & Executive Editor at MIRA Books), Deborah Brody (Executive Editor of Harlequin’s Nonfiction Program), Michaela Hamilton (Executive Editor of Kensington Publishing), Jane von Mehren (Senior Vice President, Publisher, Trade Paperbacks for the Random House Publishing Group), Angela James (Executive Editor of Carina Press, Harlequin's Digital-First Imprint), Alvina Ling (Editorial Director at Little, Brown Books for Young Readers), Mark Coker (Founder of Smashwords), Aaron Patterson (#1 Amazon Kindle Best-Selling Author & Publisher of Stone House Ink & StoneGate Ink), Robert Reid (Lonely Planet’s US Travel Editor and spokesperson),  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), Ted Weinstein (Literary Agent & President of Ted Weinstein Literary Management), Michael Larsen & Elizabeth Pomada (Literary Agents at Larsen-Pomada Literary Agency and hosts of the San Francisco Writers Conference), Janet Kobobel Grant (Literary Agent & Founder of Books & Such Literary Agency), Sarah Burnes (Literary Agent at The Gernert Company), Mike Sacks (Member of the Vanity Fair Magazine Editorial Team & Author), Larry Light (Executive Vice-President of Mystery Writers of America), 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), Anita Katzen (Partner at Schulman Wolfson & Abruzzo CPAs), Kathy Eldon (Author, Co-Founder of Creative Visions Foundation), 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 and 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.