I Write because it Relaxes Me - Cindy Freland

 

Cindy Freland

Maryland Secretarial Services, Inc. began in 1997 after Founder, Cindy Freland, completed a successful career developing documents and reports for a major health insurance company in Washington, D.C. With more than 25 years of experience, Ms. Freland saw the need and decided to become proficient in many software programs to offer word processing, data entry, desktop publishing and transcription. Her software skills include Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Publisher, Corel WordPerfect and QuickBooks Pro, the most popular and efficient software products on the market. Over the years she added bookkeeping, business card scanning, Internet research, social networking, marketing services, web site design/hosting, telephone communication and business workshops to her long list of services.

Ms. Freland has been a member of the Greater Bowie Chamber of Commerce since 1998 and serves on the Board of Directors. She is minority certified as a woman-business owner in the Minority Business Enterprise/Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (MBE/DBE) program with the Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT). She is very detail-oriented and is constantly learning new computer software programs and techniques. Ms. Freland is Microsoft Office User Specialist (MOUS) certified for Excel.

She has self-published 14 books that are self-help for business owners and children’s books. She plans to write many more children’s books.

She has won the following three awards: 

2009 Business Woman of the Year award recipient by Another Approach Enterprises
2010 Entrepreneur of the Year award recipient by the Greater Bowie Chamber of Commerce
2010 Top 100 Minority Business Enterprise award recipient by The Center for Business Inclusion and Diversity, Inc. (CBID) and The Pinder Group, LLC

She lives in Bowie, Maryland with her family and enjoys painting, reading, swimming, walking, shopping, beaches, animals, crafts, crocheting and movies.

 

Cindy Freland

1.           What do you write? 

I write self-help business books, including Facebook and self-publishing, and children’s books.

    2.  Why do you write?

 I write because it relaxes me and I enjoy the adventure that I thought I could never afford.

    3. For whom do you write? 

I write for business owners and children ages 3-10.

   4. By whom are you inspired? 

I am inspired by my daughters, Alyssa and Andrea. They are also characters in my new children’s book, Jordan the Jellyfish: A Chesapeake Bay Adventure. I am also inspired by nature as most of my children’s books are based on true events having to do with animals I have observed.

   5 .Can you share your current writing (Any small Story/Poem) or Tell your Future plan About writing? 

I am working on the second book in the Chesapeake Bay Adventure series. I hope to have at least four books in the series about creatures of the Bay.

    6. Give five pieces of advice to a new writer?

 1) read as much as you can about writing a book, 2) talk with authors in your genre, 3) join Facebook groups for authors, 4) check out self-publishing (it is a lot cheaper), 5) try standard publishing just to check it out.

    7. Give five pieces of advice to a reader? 

1) open your mind to the adventure, 2) try writing a story yourself, 3) don’t read every word, it goes a lot faster, 4) buy books in used book stores and on Ebay, 5) friend your favorite authors on Facebook and keep in touch with them.

You will find books written by Cindy Freland on Amazon.com:

 

Pond Adventures with Chippy

Pond Adventures with Aragon

Felix and the Purple Giant

Easy Guide to Your Facebook Business Page

Get a Job! Your Resume and Interview Guide

Monkey Farts: A Guide to Selling Your Handmade Crafts and Direct Sales Products

Easy and Free Self-Publishing: A Guide to Getting Your Book in Print and Kindle on Amazon

An American Virtual Assistant: The “Good, Bad and Ugly of Owning a Business Support Service

You Might Be Surprised: Marketing Ideas to Help Grow Your Business

Who Ate All The Apples? Lessons from my Brother

Mud Pies

No More Excuses: How to start a profitable business from your home on a shoestring budget

Jordan the Jellyfish: A Chesapeake Bay Adventure

Her Facebook - 
www.facebook.com/cindyfrelandauthor AND                            www.facebook.com/jordanthejellyfish

 

Website- www.marylandsecretarial.com