About

SHERLYN ASSAM

As a writer and editor, I love telling stories. Here's some of mine.

My pronouns are she/her and my name is pronounced sher-leen. Aquarius-born and raised in Brampton, Ontario, I moved to Ottawa to study Journalism and Political Science, then followed up with a Master of Philanthropy and Nonprofit Leadership. Now I live in the United Kingdom, working as a freelancer.

My journalism focuses on the philanthropic and charitable sector, social justice, faith and spirituality, entertainment and pop culture. My communications work in the philanthropic sector focuses on women and gender expansive folks, the Black community, the LGBT2S+ community, youth, and sex workers. My work and volunteer experience also includes community engagement, project coordination and mutual aid mobilization.

Currently, I work with people based in Canada, the US, and the UK, but I welcome clients around the world. Whether you need a story investigated or explained, an editorial eye, or a campaign amplified, I can make your visions come to life.

I write so you don't have to.

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– journalism

– copywriting

– copyediting

– managing editor

– strategic and digital communications

– ghostwriting

– research

– features

– Q&As

– news

– profiles

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– blogs

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YOU DIDN'T HEAR THIS FROM ME, BUT...

"In all my time editing, Sherlyn has the cleanest and most organized copy I've ever received. I'm impressed at the great voices and research she brings to her stories."

Sadaf Ahsan, Senior Editor, 3 Magazine

Sailing the unreachable line

About the blog

A few years ago, among the comments of a YouTube video, someone shared a thought that keeps me company to this day.

They wrote, “If I were to sail out to the horizon, from my point of view I would never reach it; but to you, standing on the shore it would look like I had. How shockingly similar that is to life, and work and "success". You never feel like you've made it, but to the people watching you – you're sailing the unreachable line.”

As a competitive, ambitious woman I often forget that I can be my biggest critic. From fitness, to relationships, my education, and career, it's not hard to believe I'm not good enough when too many challenges rally against my confidence. I'm self-aware to see (most of) my faults, but I can struggle to celebrate my strengths when I desperately need encouragement. There may be days, weeks, months and (God forbid) years where I feel like things aren't going my way. But I can't let that make me lose sight of my achievements and the times I felt like all I was doing was winning.

Navigating my writing craft, my new home, my chosen family and everything in between will not come easy right away. Trying to plan for a future and towards it does not mean the universe will fold itself in half to meet my desires. But it will meet me where I am. That's when I will remind myself to stop squinting at the sun ahead of me, and fix my gaze on where I began. I will see the determined person who has just unmoored her vessel. I will smile. Look how far she has come.

I am sailing the unreachable line. Will you join me?

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