Testimonials

Amanda Silva makes every manuscript she touches better. She demonstrates respect for voice and style while thoughtfully and skillfully guiding authors through the process of revising and polishing their work.

~ Joan Leggitt, Founding Editor, Twisted Road Publications

Amanda Silva is a surgeon-like editor who uses a tender scalpel to improve writers’ work. She, unlike so many, never imposes herself upon the art, but does what is necessary to bring out an author’s voice and actualize a writer’s potential.

~ Mathieu Cailler, Author of Loss Angeles

Amanda is a stunning writer of creative nonfiction. Her essay “Doll Baby” is about sisterhood, childhood, life. Check out her newest work and more about Amanda at her website. (I’m a particular fan of “Trouper,” her essay about childhood, control, and learning from her mama, in biostories).

~ Katherine Scott Crawford, Author of Keowee Valley

Amanda Silva is a pleasure to work with. She is the consummate professional editor: skilled, talented, and committed to excellence.

~ Pat Spears, author of It’s Not Like I Knew Her and Dream Chaser

Amanda Forbes Silva is an enormously talented writer, a razor-sharp editor and a gifted teacher, all talents she has shared with me along my personal journey as a writer.  Even more importantly, she carries her impressive portfolio with a sly humor, a gentle humility, and a generous heart.  She has been nothing less than the essential “go to” in my career.

~ John MacIlroy, Co-Author, Not Exactly Rocket Scientists and Other Stories