Darryl Strawberry & The Producers of “Lt. Dan Band” Film on “Your Book Is Your Hook!” Show

July 19, 2011 - PRLog -- Jonathan and Deborah Flora, the founders of Lamplight Productions and the co-producers of the award-winning film out this summer entitled, "Lt. Dan Band: For The Common Good" which Jonathan directed, and NY Times best-selling author Darryl Strawberry, the four time World Series Champion former Major League Baseball star, will appear as guests on the Your Book Is Your Hook! Show on WomensRadio.com.

Mr. & Mrs. Flora will discuss their attraction to the story of Lt. Dan Band, why storytelling and a penchant for giving back is essential, and what constitutes a good pitch for a book or film. They’ll also share their perspectives of the future of the book publishing and film industries. Mr. Strawberry will talk about his best-selling book, STRAW: FINDING MY WAY, and share how he got published and how he’s using his book as his hook to inspire others. He’ll also discuss The Darryl Strawberry Foundation – Fight for Autism and why it’s important to make a difference for others. He’ll also share advice for athletes who want to write and publish a book in today’s publishing world and use it as a hook for other activities they get involved with like their own foundation.

NEW YORK, NY (July 19th – July 25th, 2011): Jonathan and Deborah Flora, the founders of Lamplight Productions and the co-producers of the award-winning film out this summer entitled, "Lt. Dan Band: For The Common Good" which Jonathan directed, will talk with radio personality and host Jennifer S. Wilkov about why Gary Sinise and the Lt. Dan Band tour caught their eye as a great story for a film, the unique way they’ve chosen to distribute this movie, and why storytelling is the key to your writing and filmmaking success.

Mr. & Mrs. Flora will also discuss what comprises a great pitch for a book or film that would engage them. They’ll also share their perspective of the future of the book publishing and film industries.


New York Times best-selling author, Darryl Strawberry, the four time World Series Champion former Major League Baseball star, will discuss with radio personality and host Jennifer S. Wilkov how and why he wrote his book, STRAW: FINDING MY WAY. He’ll also talk about how he got published and how he’s using his book as his hook to inspire others. Mr. Strawberry will also talk about The Darryl Strawberry Foundation – Fight for Autism, what inspired him to give back to those affected by autism, and the upcoming celebrity golf tournament in New York to benefit his foundation. He’ll also share advice with athletes who want to write and publish a book in today’s publishing world and use it as a hook for other activities they get involved with like their own foundation.

Host Jennifer S. Wilkov will discuss how your book or film may serve a greater purpose by giving back 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), Karin Slaughter (NY Times & #1 Internationally Best-Selling Award-Winning 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), Phil Sexton (Publisher & Community Leader of Writer’s Digest), Heather McCormack (Book Review Editor at Library Journal), Deborah Brody (Executive Editor of Harlequin’s Nonfiction Program), Jane von Mehren (Senior Vice President, Publisher, Trade Paperbacks for the Random House Publishing Group), Aaron Patterson (#1 Amazon Kindle Best-Selling Author & Publisher of Stone House Ink & StoneGate Ink), 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), 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), 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), 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.

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 http://WomensRadio.com, a rich streaming content site; http://WomensCalendar.org, the largest listing of women’s events internationally and nationally; the WR Channel; http://WRMusicReview.com, and http://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.