{"id":2277,"date":"2019-09-23T13:08:59","date_gmt":"2019-09-23T17:08:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nhwritersproject.org\/?p=2277"},"modified":"2019-09-26T12:33:27","modified_gmt":"2019-09-26T16:33:27","slug":"dear-agent-amanda-forbes-silva-workshop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nhwritersproject.org\/dear-agent-amanda-forbes-silva-workshop\/","title":{"rendered":"Dear Agent, with Amanda Forbes Silva (Workshop)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Saturday September 28, 2019, 1:30-4:30pm<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-955\" src=\"https:\/\/nhwritersproject.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/silva-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nhwritersproject.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/silva-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/nhwritersproject.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/silva-100x100.png 100w, https:\/\/nhwritersproject.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/silva.png 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>Do you have a query letter ready to send, but would like a professional review before doing so? Attend NHWP&#8217;s <em>Dear Agent<\/em> workshop for a thorough review of your query letter, with suggestions on ways to improve and strengthen it. Even if your letter isn&#8217;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.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Amanda Forbes Silva<\/strong> 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.\u00a0 Her work has been published in bioStories \u2013 later anthologized in bioStories\u2019 Mothers and Other Creatures, Empty Sink, Emrys Journal, The Riding Light Review, Silver Birch Press, and Vine Leaves Literary Journal \u2013 later anthologized in The Best of Vine Leaves Literary Journal 2012.\u00a0 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.\u00a0 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.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WHERE<\/strong>:\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/nhwritersproject.org\/contact-us\/\">The Ford House on SNHU Campus.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>WHEN<\/strong>:\u00a0 Saturday September 28, 2019, 1:30-4:30pm<\/p>\n<p><strong>COST<\/strong>:\u00a0 $65 for NHWP members or $85 for nonmembers<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nhwp.z2systems.com\/eventReg.jsp?event=774&amp;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-70 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/nhwritersproject.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/RegisterNowButton.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"76\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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? 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