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After spending several years in a corporate setting, Yvonne Perry decided to make a brave move and start her own
freelance writing company. Leaving her full-time position as an administrative assistant in the sales and marketing
division of a Fortune 500 company, she started her new career in 2003 with very little business experience. Today,
she is the owner of Writers in the Sky Creative Writing Services where she serves as a freelance ghostwriter and editor for individuals and businesses.
Long gone are the early days of struggling to find writing assignments as a solo writer. By aligning herself and her company with other
writers and experts in the field, Perry has networked her company to the top as a premier ghostwriter and editor in Nashville, Tennessee.
She and her team stay busy on client projects such as writing media releases, ghostwriting and editing books, article writing, creating ad copy,
and producing business documents. The team provides writing and editing services to individuals while offering a logical way for large
corporations to outsource their writing needs. Thanks to the Internet, the company’s reputation has reached international status.
With her wide variety of writing experience that includes impressive résumés, personal and professional bios, high-quality press
releases and articles, as well as case studies, proposals and marketing pieces, Yvonne is ready to work with you on your next project.
Under her own name, Perry has authored a humorous book titled Email Episodes about a woman experiencing an identity crisis as she
faces divorce and approaches mid-life with teenagers who are raising reptiles in the basement.
Perry has authored six children’s eBooks known as
The Sid Series. This collection of stories builds self-esteem and
empowers young ones to follow their inner guidance and overcome fear. Inspired by her grandson, these stories offer
valuable messages that support the whole child—body, soul and spirit—and teach environmental responsibility.
In April 2005, Yvonne released
More Than Meets the Eye: True Stories about Death, Dying and Afterlife,
a book that address topics that many people are not comfortable talking about such as suicide, the near-death experience, end of life
decisions, and euthanasia. The book is designed to help people release their fear of death, learn to communicate with those on the
other side, and to comfort someone who is grieving the loss of a loved one.
Right to Recover Winning the Political and Religious Wars over Stem Cell Research in America,
is a well-researched, educational book that addresses all types of stem cell research and challenges political and religious opinions regarding blastocystic
(embryonic) stem cell biology. The book was published by Nightengale Press in October 2007.
Yvonne's latest book Book Marketing in the Digital Age,
Online Promotion Make Easy was released as an e-book to help authors
who need assistance with online book promotion. All Yvonne’s books are available at
Amazon.com.
Born and raised in the deep south, Yvonne Perry is an author who
brings offbeat southern humor to both her writing and public speaking.
Perry began her journey with Toastmasters in January 2002 and has
held several officer roles within the club and at Division level.
While completing all the program requirements of Toastmasters
International she also won several awards for competing as a speaker
in District 63. As a Distinguished Toastmaster (DTM), she has gained
experience and is confident in front of audiences of all sizes on a
number of topics. See a
list of speaking
engagements where she has utilized her speaker's training.
Yvonne also puts her skills to good use through her own podcast. An extension of her writing company,
Writers in the Sky Podcast
is a weekly podcast about the craft and business of writing in which Yvonne
and her team members interview guest authors, publishers, and book
marketing experts. Each Friday a new show is uploaded to iTunes.com and is also available as audio
links on the company’s
resource-rich blog of information for writers. A list of shows
for the current month and a subscription link to the RSS Feed is available on her
writing company’s Web site.
Yvonne is also an active member of
Tennessee Writers Alliance.
While serving as the Executive Assistant to the Mayor, Yvonne
handled all media relationships and mayoral correspondence, and
released articles for The Nolensville Dispatch. She wrote a proposal
to U.S. Department of Justice for Edward Byrne Memorial Grant and
administrated the funds secured by the grant to operate Nolensville
Drug Task Force and Nolensville Police Department. She served as a
member of a Fortune 500 company's communications team, and a staff
writer and editor for their company newsletter. Her short stories,
poetry, book, and essays are published online through several sources.
Administrator
With eight years experience as an administrative assistant providing support to company owners, managers, and department heads, and as the former
executive assistant to the mayor of Nolensville, Yvonne knows the protocol for working in a professional office environment. She is Microsoft
savvy-guru on Excel, Word, Access, PowerPoint, and Outlook.
Toastmasters
Competent Toastmaster Award (December 2002)
President, Right Impression Club (2002-2003)
President, First Class Flyers Club (2003-2004)
First Place winner Division E Evaluators Contest (October 2003)
Division E Governor (2003-2004)
Advanced Toastmaster Award Bronze (2003)
Advanced Toastmaster Award Silver (April 2004)
VP of Education, First Class Flyers Club (2004-2005)
Competent Leader Award (July 2005)
Area 55 Governor (2005-2006)
Advanced Leadership Award (July 2006)
Advanced Toastmaster Award Gold (June 2007)
Distinguished Toastmaster Award (June 2007)
VP Public Relations, First Class Flyers Club (2007- 2008)
American League of Citizens
Provisional Director (2003-2004)
Chair, Youth Education Committee (2003-2004)
Chair, Davidson County High School Essay Contest (2003)
Community Work
Campaign Manager, Sarah Moore for 14th District Council (2003)
Writer for TABOR Committee (2003)
Member of Donelson-Hermitage Chamber of Commerce (2004)
Nashville CABLE Member (Civic and Business Leadership Enterprising) since 2005
Member of Nashville Writers Meetup Group
Member of Lieurance Writing Co-op
Notable Accomplishments
Cambridge Who's Who Among Professional Women in Writing and Publishing "Honors Edition" 2007
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Yvonne Perry is a freelance writer and editor, award-winning Amazon.com