The Art of Blogging, with Kate Conway (Webinar)

Wednesday September 25, 2019, 7-8pm Please note this webinar has been moved to Wednesday October 23, 2019, 7-8pm

For many writers, blogging is seen as a necessary evil to maintain an online presence and nothing more.But blogging can also be a fabulous connecting point between you and the world. A robust blog can compel people to follow you and share your words with others. That’s the key – making what you blog about and how you blog accessible and addictive to your followers. Blogs also serve as vehicles to connect other authors together, promote books, and hone your writing craft. Like novels, blogs must be tailored in content and purpose and not just jumbled, random thoughts from writers. This webinar will cover the technicalities of blogging and the nuances of building a blog following with exceptional content.

K.R. (Kate) Conway has been a professional journalist and features writer since 1999. She is best known, however, for her Urban Fantasy series, Undertow, which reads like a mash-up of Jaws and The Goonies. Awards, nominations, and features include Barnes and Noble’s Seven Terrifying Summer Reads for Teens (2015), Teen Ink Magazine’s Best Picks, Girl’s Life Magazine Cool Winter Reads, newspapers,magazines, and radio. Nominations include Indie Recon Live (Best New YA, Best Opening Line, Best Book Boyfriend), YALSA, Cybil, Goodreads, IRDA, and others.

Conway, who is a faculty member of SCBWI, teaches fiction craft at writer conferences, high schools, and libraries. She lives on Cape Cod with her equally weird family and a strange assortment of critters.When not writing, Conway runs Wicked Whale Publishing and Graphics, and is a Realtor with Keller Williams on Cape Cod. www.CapeCodScribe.com.

WHERE:  Online!  You can attend from anywhere.

WHEN:  Wednesday September 25, 2019, 7-8pm Please note this webinar has been moved to Wednesday October 23, 2019, 7-8pm

COST:  $20 for NHWP members or $30 for nonmembers

Promotion and Marketing for the Self Publisher, with Ana E Ross (Workshop)

Saturday September 28, 2019, 10am-1pm

New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Author, Ana E Ross shares the techniques she incorporated on Indie Book Publishing, Marketing, and Promotion to become a successful bestselling author—including, but not limited to free and paid avenues to get your books noticed by a multitude of readers, affiliate accounts with major retailers, newsletters, teasers, Face Book ads, and more. Still skeptical, Ana isn’t shy about sharing her bank statements with you—just to prove her point that with the right know-how, coaching, plan, and determination, you, too, could become a bestseller and begin your journey to financial independence as an Independent Published Author.

Ana E Ross, was born and raised in the Caribbean where she began indulging in romance novels at a very early age.

Ana holds a Bachelor’s degree in English Literature from the University of New Hampshire and a Master’s of Education from Lesley University, Massachusetts. A former Writing and English Literature Middle and High School Teacher, Ana presently teaches Writing Composition at New England College during the day. At nights, she crafts steamy contemporary romances, featuring sexy, alpha heroes and strong, beautiful heroines who fight and love with equal passion.

Her published works include several short stories, five books in her bestselling series, Billionaire Brides of Granite Falls, and three books in the spinoff series, Beyond Granite Falls. She is currently working on her third spinoff series, Billionaire Island Brides, set on a fictitious island in the South Caribbean.

Ana lives in New Hampshire, and loves traveling, tennis, yoga, meditation, everything Italian, and spending valuable time with her daughter.

WHERE:  The Ford House on SNHU Campus.

WHEN:  Saturday September 28, 2019, 10am-1pm

COST:  $65 for NHWP members or $85 for nonmembers

Dear Agent, with Amanda Forbes Silva (Workshop)

Saturday September 28, 2019, 1:30-4:30pm

Do you have a query letter ready to send, but would like a professional review before doing so? Attend NHWP’s Dear Agent workshop for a thorough review of your query letter, with suggestions on ways to improve and strengthen it. Even if your letter isn’t quite ready, come along anyway and learn some helpful tips, including criteria for creating an effective query. Examples of both strong and struggling will be show by way of example and instruction.

Amanda Forbes Silva is a creative nonfiction writer and independent content editor, dedicated to fostering community via the written word and eager to support fellow writers in their own artistic endeavors while also pursuing her own.  Her work has been published in bioStories – later anthologized in bioStories’ Mothers and Other Creatures, Empty Sink, Emrys Journal, The Riding Light Review, Silver Birch Press, and Vine Leaves Literary Journal – later anthologized in The Best of Vine Leaves Literary Journal 2012.  Educated abroad, and later at the University of South Carolina (BA, 2004), Dartmouth College (MA, 2008), and Vermont College of Fine Arts (MFA, 2012), Amanda nurtured a passion for reading and writing and a commitment to lifelong learning. She has broad experience in teaching, freelance consulting, and developmental editing. Her current work focuses specifically on editorial collaboration with authors and their book manuscripts, always with the goal of helping the writers to realize the best version of their work.  As a copywriter at the helm of her own content house, Cast Iron Content, Amanda Silva is personally motivated to provide opportunities for fellow creatives to pursue their passions and talents in a professional setting. Away from her desk, she acts in commercials and reads as often as possible, eager to instill her love of books in her young son.

WHERE:  The Ford House on SNHU Campus.

WHEN:  Saturday September 28, 2019, 1:30-4:30pm

COST:  $65 for NHWP members or $85 for nonmembers