Marion Blackburn

Fiction Daily

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

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Greenville, NC
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WELCOME. You are visiting Marion Blackburn's writing site. Visit www.MarionBlackburn. com for City Council-District 3.

FICTION DAILY

After more than two years of daily columns, I've yet to resume Fiction Daily posts in the New Year. To everyone who has requested them, thanks for your thoughts ... and I do intend to continue posting. The novel and regular freelance work have kept me busy for several weeks, and I am adapting to my duties on City Council, as well. Writing is my first love & I will have new posts, short stories and possibly novel excerpts this spring. THANK YOU!

MAYBERRY

Here's Mayberry, a genu-wine Tennessee Treeing Walker Hound, last summer on his first trip to the beach. My newest dog, he is a noble, gentle fella who loves children -- and is loved by them. He was rescued (starving) by Friends of the Pitt County Animal Shelter, treated for heartworms and placed for adoption. For one full year he waited ... every weekend at PetsMart, gazing hopefully at passers by, who 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

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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 -- Seeing His Holiness the Dalai Lama brings hope

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.

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A special section on Jack Kerouac

A special section on His Holiness the Dalai Lama

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