Look and Listen

Biography

Marilynn grew up in a solid Christian home, coming to Christ at the age of 7. She has been actively involved in Church life since age 10, including activities such as joining her Mom and sister in singing special numbers, choir, teaching Sunday School, leading Sunday School open session, planning Sunday School lessons, and more. Marilynn attended both public and private schools growing up. She attended North Island Community College on Vancouver Island and Trend College in Kelowna, obtaining certificates in receptionist work and Comptia A+ computer repair. Throughout her life, Marilynn has written poetry and published in the American Poetry Anthology(two issues). She currently does freelance work for a technical blog in Alberta. She's also written numerous unpublished articles on end-time eschatology, written unpublished short stories, word studies and more. Marilynn lives with her two teenagers, cat and gerbil, in Kelowna BC Canada. Her day job sees her fix computers, program cash registers, and engage in multimedia for her church. In the evenings and on weekends she's a soundtech doing various events through the year from funerals to workshops to concerts and weddings. Marilynn sings in the choir and sang on her church's praise teams for several years. Marilynn can be contacted via her author page on Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/Marilynn.Dawson.Author or by email: author@fa-ct.com

Inspiration

For as long as I can remember, I've been writing. As a child my writing was influenced by the story-tellers in my life, namely, my Mother, Sunday School teachers, Mr. Dress-Up and The Friendly Giant, to name a few. At age 12, I sat down at my bedroom desk and asked myself what I truly believed. That would be when I wrote my first Bible Study articles outlining what I believed and why and the Scripture to support it. By the time I reached adulthood, I was writing poetry, short stories that taught Biblical values, and articles regarding a Scriptural outlook at the world around us on a global scale. My writing style has been affected by a crazy imagination around the home, and the Apostle Paul in the New Testament of the Holy Scriptures. It was a challenge in this series to not write an entire paragraph in one long punctuated sentence! I blame my studies in the Pauline Epistles for that style of writing! ha ha.