Tanya Wright, “Butterfly Rising” & Operation Virtual Agent on “Your Book Is Your Hook!” Show

Feb. 21, 2011 - PRLog -- Tanya Wright, a premiere actress of HBO’s “True Blood” and new fiction author of “Butterfly Rising,” and Bree Odgen, a literary agent at Martin Literary Management, will appear as guests on the Your Book Is Your Hook! Show on WomensRadio.com. Ms. Ogden will discuss steps for getting an agent and her new Operation Virtual Agent project to support writers with their quest. Ms. Wright will talk about her debut novel, “Butterfly Rising,” and the independent film by the same name that she wrote, produced, directed and will star in. She will also share insights about extending her talents as an author and give great tips to new writers.

NEW YORK, NY (February 22ndh – February 28th, 2011): Bree Ogden, a literary agent  at Martin Literary Management, will talk with radio personality and host Jennifer S. Wilkov about her new Operation Virtual Agent project and how she is leveraging tools online to provide writers with interactive feedback for their agent questions.

Ms. Ogden will also discuss the difference between a literary manager and a literary agent and she’ll reveal how she finds her clients in the graphic novel, children’s books and young adult (YA) categories. She’ll also provide great advice and insights for writers who are looking to get published in today’s industry and what the future holds for book publishing as a whole.


Popular actress Tanya Wright of HBO’s “True Blood” series will discuss with radio personality and host Jennifer S. Wilkov how she wrote her new debut novel entitled “Butterfly Rising” and why she also wrote the screenplay for the independent film of the same name.

Ms. Wright will also talk about the experience of extending her craft from television and film to writing books. She will also reveal why she chose to publish her book using Amazon’s CreateSpace service and how she intends to use her book as her hook in conjunction with the independent film that she has written, produced, directed and will star in.

Host Jennifer S. Wilkov will discuss the keys to your debut in the publishing industry 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 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), 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), Beth Werner (Director of Sales & Marketing at Kirkus Media including Kirkus Reviews and Kirkus Discoveries), 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), Peter Shankman (Author & Founder of Help A Reporter Out), 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 www.yourbookisyourhook.com.

Women’s Online Media and Education Network (W.O.M.E.N.) began with a very large mission: to give women (and other lesser hear voices) the opportunity to have a much larger voice over a great geographic area.  Today, W.O.M.E.N. publishes WomensRadio.com, a rich streaming content site; WomensCalendar.org, the largest listing of women’s events internationally and nationally; the WR Channel; WRMusicReview.com, and AudioAcrobat.com, a sensational tool anyone can use to produce and/or publish streaming audio, video and podcasts anywhere on the web.

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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.