Cherrilynn is an award-winning writer in fiction and non-fiction. She offers coaching, editing, and ghostwriting services at Mind to Manuscript™ Coaching. She loves to help writers achieve their publishing dream. Cherrilynn is an expert at book proposals and memoirs. As a submissions reader and junior literary agent, Cherrilynn learned the importance of a professional book proposal, editing, marketing, and many other aspects of the literary world.
As managing editor of Almost an Author, she helped the website earn the #6 spot on the Top 100 best writing websites for 2018 by The Write Life and Top 101 Websites for writers with Writers Digest.
She was the host of Genre Chat where she was privileged to interview expert writers like Cecil Murphy, Jerry Jenkins, DiAnn Mills, Edie Melson, Steven James, Lynette Eason, Doug Peterson, Bob Hostetler, Michelle Adams, Tim Shoemaker, and more.
Cherrilynn has been teaching for twenty-five years and is a speaker with Women Speakers. Her topics include leadership, prayer, book proposals, and the Bible.
She is a monthly contributor to Blue Ridge Conference blog, VineWords, and Arise Daily.She considers it an honor to be published twice in Chicken Soup for the Soul; Award-winning books Heart Reno, Breaking the Chains, and Get to the Margins Author’s Anthology.
Her book Shine Don’t Whine- won the Writer to Writer publishing contract and was published in 2020. Her newest release, Experience Immanuel Daily, ignites a desire for readers to draw close to God.
Cherrilynn teaches writing as Christian Leaders Institute, and has an associates degree in communications. She is also certified as a Christian Spiritual Coach, and is earning her Chaplain certification.
Cherrilynn proudly served in the military for twenty years, earning the John Levitow Military leadership award. She lives with her twenty-two-year-old son, Michael, Jr., and husband of 25 years, Michael, Sr. she fondly calls her M&M’s.