WHEN PEOPLE CAN'T BELIEVE THEIR EYES - THEY USUALLY DON'T! 1950s, London, England. A baby girl was born - that was me. My parents had no inkling I was different. Naturally, neither did I, and it was quite a while before it dawned on me that nobody else saw and heard as I did.
Luckily, my family were on the paranoid side , and as they came to understand more about what I was and what I could do, paranoia proved politic.
Taking everything into account, I think we managed well, and it wasn’t anybody’s fault that things took a turn for the dangerous before heading for life-threatening. After all, you have to learn to take the rough with the smooth. * * * If you like Stephen Kind & Dean Koontz! * * * * * *
Marilyn was a regular feature and fiction writer for national magazines when her children were small. She set up her first business from home, selling toys, books and party goods, before opening first one shop then another. When she sold both shops, she moved into the world of travel, focusing on B & B’s and Country Inns in New England, USA. Her advisory, planning and booking service flourished and she concurrently launched a publishing company, producing annual, full-colour accommodation guides to the areas.
In 2007 she set up a copywriting consultancy, to help businesses shape their messages to optimum effect. She’s blogged for The Telegraph online; published the Vintage Ladies Collection; written four Business Books and four Paranormal Thrillers.
She’s been married to her very patient husband for more years than he deserves, and they have two children, five grandchildren and, somewhat to their surprise, several granddogs.