Marion Blackburn

Fiction Daily

The secret of writing is the rhythm of urgency. - Jack Kerouac

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Greenville, NC
ph: 252.931.0728

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WELCOME. Marion Blackburn is a freelance and creative writer. Some of her work can be found on this site. She is presently working on a novel, The Curing Season, along with short stories.

The Curing Season

A first section of my novel in progress has been posted as a pdf. You may email comments to info@marionblackburn.net.

FICTION DAILY. The excerpt also appears on my blog.

MAYBERRY

Here's Mayberry, a genuine Tennessee Treeing Walker Hound. He is a noble, gentle fella who loves children -- and is loved by them. He was rescued by Friends of the Pitt County Animal Shelter, treated for heart worms and for one full year waited for someone to take him home. But until I came along, most passersby never gave him a second glance ...

Atamasco lily at Medoc

Hiking at Medoc Mountain...

KRZYSZTOF KIESLOWSKI

This Polish director's works probe human nature, give us sadness and joy, always shadowed by melancholy ...

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Visit His Holiness the Dalai Lama online

www.dalailama.com

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Audio Postcard from Public Radio East: Marion and her sister run in the Komen Race for the Cure

COMMENTARY: Strangers in the Night

A feature profile on the late writer David Foster Wallace examines the complexity of this serious writing talent for our times.

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JACK KEROUAC: THE MYTHICAL SCROLL

The 120-foot long manuscript of Jack Kerouac's "On the Road" was on view in New York, along with notebooks, novel outlines, notes, paintings and sketches that show Kerouac's complexity as a writer and artist. U-Tex Austin exhibit here.

MYTHIC MILES Part One & Part Two

PUBLIC RADIO EAST diary of Kerouac in New York

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ON THE SAFFRON PATH Special section A three-part audio diary of Marion's journey to see the Dalai Lama in Atlanta, which aired on Public Radio East. Download here.

A blossom, a man a promise -- I will post a pdf of the article, "A Blossom, a Man, a Promise - Seeing His Holiness the Dalai Lama Brings Hope" very soon.

Audio from His Holiness, 14th Dalai Lama

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My mother, the stripper

Raising a Cannon from Queen Anne's Revenge

Former blog is here

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Marion Blackburn is a writer whose creative projects include short stories, essays and a novel in progress. Professional projects include magazine and feature writing, brochures, marketing and narratives. She serves as a member of the Greenville, N.C. City Council

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