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My name is Marian Parisher-Nichols. I have lived in Rocky Mount since my marriage
to Autrey Thomas Nichols in the year of 1964.
I was born in Maury North Carolina, which is no more than a
crossroad. I lived in Pinetops until my
marriage.
I have three sons, but the oldest was killed in a
motorcycle accident in August of 1985.
He was 'Tommy'. I have two living
sons, Ronnie and Kaylon. I have an
adopted daughter, my granddaughter, Lauren.
I have six grandchildren.
I worked most of my married life at different part time
jobs until the year of 2002 after Lauren’s adoption. I have always had a fondness for writing
stories and poems but did not take it up seriously until this stage of my life. Having a word processor and computer with
internet access contributed to me having the time and the tools I needed to
write. However, I did not intend to have
a career in writing this late in life.
Careers take decades to build successfully and I felt this was more of a
hobby than a career to occupy me in my retirement.
I have told stories to my younger siblings since our
childhood, but with marriage, a family and working, all put writing low on my
priorities. My first writings were just
for me, with no intention of publishing, but one manuscript led to another and
I had written three books before I knew it.
When considering publishing, I decided to self-publish, as I only wanted
to see my works as books. Also, sending
manuscripts to different publishing houses meant more waiting and rejections.
My chosen genre is paranormal mysteries. I am fascinated with the subject. Probably like most people, I have had some experiences
that I used in my books. I have even
used dreams as inspiration. Unlike some
authors, I do not lay out a story line before beginning a story. I let the story write itself. My characters often named themselves and they
have been known to change their name given to them by me. Often I am surprised by my characters, as they
will not play as I think they should. In
other words, I begin to write with an idea in mind but it will end up very
different from what I had envisioned.
I have written six books all of which are published. I have completed Ghosts of WinShir . Who doesn’t like a good haunting inside of an
English castle?
The names of my books are Second Event Chronicles and
Millennial Chronicles. These two are
about the second coming of Christ and the thousand-year rule on Earth. The Curse is a murder mystery. House of Riddles has a Cherokee theme, about
a house in Boon NC that has hidden passageways.
Within the Attic deals with a Voodoo curse, a little boy that is drawn
to the Attic. Phantasyland Tales is
three short stories with five sisters that protect the land from the Troll and
the Ditch Witch.
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