Bio and Services

Cheryl C. Malandrinos is a freelance writer, children’s author, and editor. A 2005 graduate of Long Ridge Writers Group, Cheryl began her career focusing on article writing. She specializes in time management and organization, but has also written about everyday life in the 1800s, gardening, parenting, and women’s health issues.

In 2008, she changed her focus to fiction writing for children. She is the author of Little Shepherd (Guardian Angel Publishing, 2010), A Christmas Kindness (First edition, 4RV Publishing, 2012) & (Second edition 4RV Publishing, 2020), Macaroni and Cheese for Thanksgiving (Guardian Angel Publishing, 2016), and Amos Faces His Bully (Guardian Angel Publishing, 2018). Her fifth children’s book, Clever Tom, has already been contracted by 4RV Publishing.

Ms. Malandrinos has edited numerous manuscripts in a variety of genres and ghostwritten a Christian chapter book. She is an acquisitions editor for 4RV Publishing and also a member of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators. A book reviewer and blogger, Cheryl lives in Massachusetts with her husband and three adult children.

 

SERVICES

Press Release Service

Creation of a press release to promote your book, video trailer, or DVD. Email me.

Rate: $50 per press release (includes first draft and one round of suggested changes).*

Copy Editing Service

Proofing for spelling mistakes, typographical errors, punctuation, and capitalization errors.  Will also note inconsistencies in plot. Email me.

Rate: $9.00 per thousand words.  Minimum $25. Terms: 50% up front and balance due upon delivery. *

Developmental Editing Service

Analysis of plot, character development, dialogue, spelling, grammar, and punctuation. Email me.

Rate: $11.00 per thousand words. Minimum $50. Terms: 50% up front and balance due on delivery.*

References available upon request.

* Additional fees apply for rush jobs.


ENDORSEMENTS

“Cheryl C. Malandrinos edited one of my books and I’m pleased to recommend her as she has a sharp eye and is particularly good at finding inconsistencies.”

F. M. Meredith, author of the Rocky Bluff P.D. series, latest An Axe to Grind

“I have found Cheryl Malandrinos to be a talented and knowledgeable copy editor. Her edits for me are electronic within MS Word, they are complete, and her comments are meaningful and easy to implement. She will tighten and improve the flow of your prose.”
–Jerry Hunsinger, author of the Axe of Iron series, The Settlers and Confrontation

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