Fiction Daily.
A blog on writing, writers and why we read. Posted most mornings by Marion Blackburn. www.marionblackburn.net
New blog is live
2008-06-12 10:10:46 GMT
Under construction
2008-06-11 11:20:30 GMT
Bugged!!
2008-06-09 11:26:42 GMT
Figuratively Speaking Friday
2008-06-06 13:13:42 GMT
Deadlines today
2008-06-05 12:09:00 GMT
Kerouac in Rocky Mount, N.C.
2008-06-04 12:17:01 GMT
Poison Paris
2008-06-03 11:47:11 GMT
A Beat hero
2008-06-02 19:19:03 GMT
Figuratively Speaking
2008-05-30 12:48:08 GMT
Kerouac in Rocky Mount, N.C. cont'd
2008-05-29 11:46:59 GMT
Kerouac in Rocky Mount, N.C.
2008-05-28 17:02:46 GMT
The R Word
2008-05-27 11:29:05 GMT
Figuratively Speaking
2008-05-23 11:57:58 GMT
Writing: A lost art?
2008-05-22 13:41:03 GMT
Moving targets
2008-05-21 11:42:07 GMT
Road: Plot, or not?
2008-05-20 13:59:32 GMT
Spring Monday
2008-05-19 13:30:46 GMT
Figuratively Speaking
2008-05-16 13:38:24 GMT
On the Road Part 2
2008-05-15 13:26:15 GMT
Across the sea..change
2008-05-14 16:38:00 GMT
Oh, Library!
2008-05-13 12:43:14 GMT
Answered prayers
2008-05-12 20:00:11 GMT
Burma crisis
2008-05-09 12:20:54 GMT
Imperfect creation
2008-05-08 14:11:56 GMT
Who's the monster
2008-05-07 13:34:43 GMT
Primary Day
2008-05-06 14:32:44 GMT
TIBET ALERT
2008-05-03 12:57:38 GMT
FD WILL RETURN MAY 6
2008-05-02 12:42:58 GMT
'On the Road'
2008-04-30 18:24:57 GMT
Escape to writing
2008-04-29 17:52:48 GMT
Suffering man
2008-04-28 12:26:57 GMT
Figuratively speaking
2008-04-25 13:42:34 GMT
Frankenstein continued
2008-04-24 13:27:04 GMT
Frankenstein Part 1
2008-04-23 13:40:19 GMT
Ghost story
2008-04-22 12:06:10 GMT
Monster hike
2008-04-21 13:33:56 GMT
Words gone bad
2008-04-18 12:57:45 GMT
Comic masterpiece
2008-04-17 10:44:57 GMT
Word police
2008-04-16 10:58:14 GMT
Breathing room
2008-04-15 11:08:00 GMT
Wedding weekend
2008-04-14 11:04:41 GMT
In their time
2008-04-11 13:36:20 GMT
Tibet 2, torch 0
2008-04-10 12:04:25 GMT
Scrambled morning
2008-04-09 14:12:57 GMT
Tibet 1, torch 0
2008-04-08 11:54:09 GMT
Message from HH
2008-04-07 11:23:35 GMT
Tibet update
2008-04-04 11:22:59 GMT
Mind games
2008-04-03 10:57:41 GMT
B-Ball seasons
2008-04-02 11:08:28 GMT
Happy Tuesday
2008-04-01 13:32:43 GMT
Remembering Dith Pran
2008-03-31 12:28:47 GMT
Tibet monks under seige
2008-03-28 11:15:09 GMT
Mackerel Sky
2008-03-27 11:32:39 GMT
Daniel Johnston
2008-03-26 12:43:49 GMT
Queen for a day
2008-03-25 13:21:41 GMT
Writer banned
2008-03-24 13:44:44 GMT
Special Saturday post
2008-03-22 11:53:05 GMT
Pelosi in Tibet
2008-03-21 11:04:51 GMT
Untruth & oppression
2008-03-20 12:39:10 GMT
Sadness of the Dalai Lama
2008-03-19 11:49:30 GMT
Tibet protests
2008-03-18 13:35:18 GMT
New project
2008-03-17 10:58:44 GMT
Friday is the Day
2008-03-14 11:27:52 GMT
ACC tournament
2008-03-13 12:25:34 GMT
Clear mind
2008-03-12 11:27:19 GMT
Being a writer
2008-03-11 12:02:26 GMT
Monday ahead
2008-03-10 11:35:28 GMT
The Mythical Scroll
2008-03-07 12:30:28 GMT
Hopeful Buddha
2008-03-06 14:08:58 GMT
A beat writer
2008-03-05 12:36:47 GMT
Artist at work
2008-03-04 13:06:56 GMT
Great American novel
2008-03-03 12:34:57 GMT
Railroad Earth
2008-02-29 12:26:36 GMT
Some Dharma
2008-02-28 12:09:27 GMT
'Road' work
2008-02-27 12:38:43 GMT
Racing times
2008-02-26 18:14:44 GMT
Who was Jack Kerouac?
2008-02-25 12:24:01 GMT
Dinosaurs & the Village
2008-02-22 16:00:57 GMT
Chinatown
2008-02-21 13:03:23 GMT
Dharma Bums
2008-02-20 12:10:43 GMT
White line miles
2008-02-19 12:54:49 GMT
The Mythical Scroll: Pt. Five
2008-02-18 14:43:26 GMT
The Mythical Scroll cont'd
2008-02-15 11:29:39 GMT
The Mythical Scroll cont'd
2008-02-14 12:23:14 GMT
The Mythical Scroll cont'd
2008-02-13 14:53:51 GMT
NYC: The mythical scroll
2008-02-12 00:46:05 GMT
FD takes a break
2008-02-04 12:49:26 GMT
Panic-proof
2008-02-01 11:04:47 GMT
Practicing love
2008-01-31 11:49:01 GMT
A Very Big Read
2008-01-30 12:30:47 GMT
An uncommon voice
2008-01-29 12:12:11 GMT
On a Monday
2008-01-28 12:27:13 GMT
Unwelcome delays
2008-01-25 12:22:55 GMT
Getting to the point
2008-01-24 12:35:09 GMT
Many voices
2008-01-23 14:00:20 GMT
French letters
2008-01-22 13:00:53 GMT
Nonviolence and change
2008-01-21 13:14:15 GMT
Paris days, Part Three
2008-01-18 15:46:54 GMT
Victor Hugo, Part 2
2008-01-17 12:32:23 GMT
Heartbreak in Paris
2008-01-16 13:07:46 GMT
On indolence
2008-01-15 13:39:53 GMT
New week, new focus
2008-01-14 12:32:54 GMT
The sweet spot
2008-01-11 15:35:26 GMT
The naming of cats
2008-01-10 14:49:19 GMT
To the letter
2008-01-09 14:50:36 GMT
Name as meaning
2008-01-08 14:44:40 GMT
Sentenced to a novel
2008-01-07 14:36:39 GMT
Arise, a rose
2008-01-04 12:35:07 GMT
Coming up ... roses
2008-01-03 14:38:28 GMT
Fragmented worlds
2008-01-02 15:14:25 GMT
New Year's Day
2008-01-01 13:05:56 GMT
New Year's Eve
2007-12-31 11:00:16 GMT
Gertrude Stein: Part 1
2007-12-28 13:56:09 GMT
Clear home, mind
2007-12-27 14:59:36 GMT
Boxing Day
2007-12-26 15:18:17 GMT
Christmas Day
2007-12-25 17:04:09 GMT
Christmas Eve
2007-12-24 12:48:58 GMT
Proust's 'Search'
2007-12-22 15:15:57 GMT
Struggle, write, repeat Pt. 3
2007-12-21 12:01:51 GMT
Comments
2007-12-20 15:02:27 GMT
Struggle, write, repeat Pt. 2
2007-12-20 11:54:54 GMT
Struggle, write, repeat
2007-12-19 12:36:57 GMT
Soft on weaklings
2007-12-18 17:33:01 GMT
Inner tempest
2007-12-17 16:29:59 GMT
Not actually better, but
2007-12-15 14:39:56 GMT
Back to you
2007-12-13 14:44:06 GMT
Reeling today
2007-12-12 14:12:03 GMT
Writers Strike Pt. 2
2007-12-11 14:07:54 GMT
Writers strike Pt. 1
2007-12-10 12:51:36 GMT
Reading season
2007-12-08 12:49:08 GMT
Ghost places
2007-12-07 11:24:47 GMT
Lost manuscripts
2007-12-06 14:34:47 GMT
Desk clear, writing today
2007-12-05 14:09:17 GMT
Found manuscript
2007-12-04 14:20:20 GMT
Temporary chaos
2007-12-03 14:04:17 GMT
Attic clear, next up office
2007-12-02 15:36:55 GMT
Cleaning from the top down
2007-12-01 15:34:41 GMT
Fiends and editors
2007-11-30 13:13:27 GMT
The Southern Manor
2007-11-29 12:38:06 GMT
Running down the past
2007-11-28 12:12:31 GMT
Thinking & writing
2007-11-27 12:02:36 GMT
Breaking & fixes
2007-11-26 15:08:18 GMT
Small upheavals-good news for writing?
2007-11-24 12:40:28 GMT
Big issues, little courage
2007-11-23 15:39:23 GMT
T'giving hike
2007-11-22 12:32:19 GMT
Commitments
2007-11-21 14:11:06 GMT
Death of a pretender
2007-11-20 14:27:30 GMT
Peace comes outside
2007-11-19 14:00:19 GMT
When the ordinary is epic
2007-11-18 17:19:11 GMT
The name game
2007-11-16 15:19:37 GMT
Mystical words
2007-11-15 15:12:33 GMT
Quiet frenzy
2007-11-14 17:55:18 GMT
Oil spills
2007-11-13 12:31:24 GMT
Language is the House of Being
2007-11-12 14:29:04 GMT
Rest in Peace, Norman Mailer
2007-11-11 17:55:21 GMT
Running down writing
2007-11-10 12:26:38 GMT
Empty rooms, empty hours
2007-11-08 13:43:59 GMT
Indulgence & politics
2007-11-07 15:50:22 GMT
Election Day
2007-11-06 10:30:41 GMT
Autumn at last
2007-11-05 14:27:29 GMT
What's in a lead?
2007-11-03 13:51:25 GMT
Princess stories
2007-11-02 11:13:20 GMT
The wall came down
2007-10-31 12:34:35 GMT
Hearing voices
2007-10-30 15:25:37 GMT
Zen & writing
2007-10-29 14:35:17 GMT
Writing in space
2007-10-27 15:30:54 GMT
Sticky wicket
2007-10-26 12:18:09 GMT
Rain at last!
2007-10-25 12:00:19 GMT
Greenville again
2007-10-24 15:14:34 GMT
Tibet for a day
2007-10-23 11:58:35 GMT
His Holiness
2007-10-22 09:51:31 GMT
Sacred Music Sacred Dance
2007-10-21 09:29:41 GMT
Leaving 6 a.m.
2007-10-20 08:57:07 GMT
The Saffron Path: Part One
2007-10-19 16:39:53 GMT
Dreams and writing
2007-10-18 13:25:32 GMT
Meeting His Holiness pt. 2
2007-10-17 14:14:42 GMT
Meeting His Holiness the Dalai Lama
2007-10-16 12:28:22 GMT
What is plot, anyway
2007-10-15 10:07:50 GMT
Room to write
2007-10-14 12:15:36 GMT
Writers & politics
2007-10-13 11:41:44 GMT
Nobel to Doris Lessing
2007-10-12 16:22:58 GMT
Welcome to Fiction Daily
2007-10-11 13:03:24 GMT