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Marilynn Dawson

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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 a few of them in the American Poetry Anthology(two issues). She currently does freelance work for a technical blog in Alberta ...more

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Average rating: 4.13 · 84 ratings · 29 reviews · 27 distinct works

	Becoming the Bride of Christ: A Personal Journey Volume One 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mom's Little Black Book: Godly Advice for the High School Graduate 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2013 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	30 Days of Advent Colouring Journal it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Welcome to the February 2016 Newsletter!

Welcome to the End of February! Can you believe we're already two months into 2016??? Time flies! On top of that, Spring came early to the West Coast of Canada! Some cities already have blossoming cherry trees while crocuses are blooming and trees are budding in the Okanagan Valley.

A tiny book gave birth as well this month. "Mom's Little Black Book: Godly Advice for the High School Graduate" now h Read more of this blog post »

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“Be careful who you call crazy. Some of us think it's a compliment.”
― Marilynn Dawson, Mom's Little Black Book: Godly Advice for the High School Graduate

tags: advice, godly-advice, graduated, graduation, high-school

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“We must be so heavenly minded that we are compelled to be of earthly good!”
― Marilynn Dawson, Becoming the Bride of Christ: A Personal Journey Volume One

tags: bride-of-christ, christian-living, divorce, faith, faith-journey, faith-walk, healing, restoration

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“Great imaginations are the breeding ground for great accomplishments!

Great imaginations are like horses, they need guidance and proper nurturing, only then do they offer the world of adventure they promise.”
― Marilynn Dawson

tags: imagination, mind-of-a-creative, mind-of-a-writer, over-active-imagination

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“Be careful who you call crazy. Some of us think it's a compliment.”
― Marilynn Dawson, Mom's Little Black Book: Godly Advice for the High School Graduate

tags: advice, godly-advice, graduated, graduation, high-school

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“We must be so heavenly minded that we are compelled to be of earthly good!”
― Marilynn Dawson, Becoming the Bride of Christ: A Personal Journey Volume One

tags: bride-of-christ, christian-living, divorce, faith, faith-journey, faith-walk, healing, restoration

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tags: imagination, mind-of-a-creative, mind-of-a-writer, over-active-imagination

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This is a group of Christians or people who are willing to review books from authors or writers from many different genres of Christian literature (MA This is a group of Christians or people who are willing to review books from authors or writers from many different genres of Christian literature (MAINLY, NEW AUTHORS AND STRUGGLING AUTHORS WHO NEED EXPOSURE ) If you are willing to review a book for a struggling or up and coming author please join the group. “AUTHORS” post your work on the book shelf, (Please don’t post any books, unless you are the author of that book) and want a review done of your work “AND” you are willing to send the willing reviewer a free copy of your book to be reviewed. After you post your book, leave a comment in the discussion board with info about yourself, so that the willing reviewer who has interest in reviewing your book can contact you, letting you know that they are interested and willing to review your book……. "WILLING" reviewers, please place your review here on Goodreads . “AUTHORS” Don’t worry if you get more than one person willing to review your work; that's a plus! The more exposure you get the better for your book, especially if you get good reviews. This will be up to you “the author” about how many reviewers you decide to send your book to. This is good for reviewers too; they can get overloaded with books and the work becomes tedious, so this way even a reviewer can limit how many books they are willing to review. I encourage authors and reviewers to join this group, because there are authors who also review. “AUTHORS” UNFORTUNATELY, even though you place your book on the bookshelf and post info about your book in the discussion board, does not guarantee you will get someone to review your work; all you can do is display your works here, and ask if anyone is willing to review your book. Every so often, I will send out a message to all the members, informing them of authors who are interested in a book review, so potential reviewers can look on the bookshelf and in the discussion board, to see if there are any books that they are willing to review. Let’s have fun! Thank You and God Bless. ...more

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May 31, 2014 09:08PM

https://www.goodreads.com/author_blog... Looking for a promo crew to help get the word out about this course. Text, links, a promo graphic, and 14 tweets all available to help spread the word.

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May 24, 2014 07:44PM

This month's newsletter Announces the e-Course based on my tiny ebook "Practical Thoughts on Becoming an Author" This is a 19-day course that arrives via your inbox once per day. Most of the sessions are short, with a daily task to be completed at the end of each session. The cost of the course is only $15. The purchase/sign-up link for this course is: http://gum.co/eCPTBA The little giftbox icon beside your name box after clicking “I want this”, lets you purchase for a friend as well. Check out the newsletter to learn more.

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message 5: by Marilynn (last edited Jan 14, 2014 11:15PM)

Jan 14, 2014 11:13PM

I've added PDF samples to Volume One of "Becoming the Bride of Christ: A Personal Journey", "Mom's Little Black Book: Godly Advice for the High School Graduate", "Practical Thoughts on Becoming an Author" and my latest book, "Dressed for Eternity" which officially launches Feb 8th.