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So exactly who is Sissy Marlyn? Sissy knows you are dying to know. Naturally, she's going to tell you! First off, Sissy will start out by telling you that Sissy Marlyn is merely her pen name.
How did she come up with the name Sissy Marlyn? My, you sure are curious, but Sissy loves it! Marlyn is just a combination of two names. Sissy, whose real first name is Mary, wrote her first novel with her best friend Lynn, so Mar & Lyn. As to the Sissy, that comes from
Now sit back and relax and let us tell you a little bit more about Mary.
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Mary
Mary was a very imaginative child and always loved to spin stories. Her parents thought Mary was a well-behaved child, because she would sit so quietly in church. Little did they know that sweet, innocent Mary was making up stories (some of them rather wild) about all of their fellow parishioners.
Mary officially began to write when she was eight years old. She discovered an old, manual Royal typewriter in the basement and taught herself to type on it (with the help of her older sister’s typing manual). After this, it was story, story, story! There was no stopping her!
Mary eventually graduated up to a Brother word processor. It was on this gadget that Mary attempted to write her first novel. Her nephew finally convinced her to buy a computer.
Mary’s parents, however, were not supportive of her writing talent. So Mary entered the business world and took a ‘job’ at a large banking institution. She stayed at this job for years. However, Mary’s heart still belonged to writing. In her free time, she would still create many wonderful stories.
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So how did Sissy Marlyn come to be? Drum roll please
The day Mary and Lynn first received Intimacies!
First "Official" Intimacies booksigning at Barnes & Noble. What a great store!
Mary and Lynn met when Lynn came to work at the same, large (boring) banking institution, where Mary was employed. Mary had already worked (slaved) at this bank for years. Mary mentioned to Lynn that she was working on a novel. Lynn shared with Mary that she had always loved to write as well. The ladies struck up an easy friendship.
Their writing collaboration for Intimacies began as a whim; when this wealthy and very attractive man swept one of their fellow employees off her feet.
Mary's imagination got kicked into overdrive and so began the writing of Intimacies. She shared some of her story with Lynn, and Lynn decided to add to the story. This led to them working on it during their bus rides to and from the city to their jobs at this large banking institution. They continued taking turns writing bits and pieces of the story each day. They would also read (and critique) one another’s work during these bus rides.
Then one day Mary pointed out to
She set to the formidable task of editing and splicing together all of the sections of their novel. Mary also had a little outside help from one of her sisters. She read the novel during a
Shortly after publishing Intimacies,Lynn's two boys had become teenagers and having her hands full with her children, Lynn stopped writing with Mary after only a few chapters of Illusions, the second novel in the "I" Series. Mary, now known as Sissy Marlyn (she had appeared solo at all but the first book signing), continued to write and has now produced eight other, much sought after novels.
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Still curious about Sissy Marlyn or have a question for the author? E-mail Sissy Marlyn at 
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