Thanks for stopping by! I’m Cyndi Perkins, word nerd, story lover, and goldendoodle cuddler. My writing, editing, and communications career is a long, brightly lit hallway with many doors. Whether it’s research news, people profiles, a strategic PR plan, or my next book project, every door opens to the awe, possibility, and delight available to us when we share what inspires. Book club and writing workshop inquiries welcome at cyndiperkinseditor@gmail.com. Find my press bios below:      

Long Bio

Award-winning journalist Cyndi Perkins is associate director of communications at Michigan Technological University, where is a University Marketing and Communications editor and writer for Michigan Tech News along with other digital and print publications. Cyndi leads a team of marketing and communications managers in Tech’s five academic colleges. She also assists with media relations, PR, and social media. For 10 years, she worked at the Houghton, Michigan Daily Mining Gazette as a reporter and editor, where she wrote the popular “Line of Sight” column.

A long-time freelancer for regional and national publications, Perkins has sailed Lake Superior, the Heartland Rivers, and the Eastern Seaboard since 1995. Her debut novel More Than You Think You Know (Beating Windward Press, 2017) was inspired by two 6,000-mile circumnavigations of America’s Great Loop with her husband aboard their 32-foot DownEast sailing vessel Chip Ahoy. Her nautical writing credits include Cruising World, Latitudes & Attitudes, Good Old Boat, PassageMaker, Southwinds, and Northern Breezes magazines. 

Connect on social media @cyndiperkins.

Short Bio

 Award-winning journalist Cyndi Perkins is associate director of communications at Michigan Technological University. She leads a marketing and communications team for the academic colleges, and writes research and news stories for university publications. Cyndi’s debut novel More Than You Think You Know (Beating Windward Press, 2017) was inspired by two 6,000-mile circumnavigations of America’s Great Loop with her husband aboard their 32-foot DownEast sailing vessel Chip Ahoy.

Connect on social media @cyndiperkins.