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Mark Fraser: Day Three Hundred and Sixty Five – Insert Sinatra Related My Way Pun Here
As I write this I’ve no idea what I’m going to post for the second last day of 2011, all I know is what I want to say on the final day of 2011. I decided to take part in this one a day posting challenge in order to increase my creative output and I […]
Mark Fraser: Day Three Hundred and Sixty Four – Why Bother?
(This will eventually be published on Daily Dischord, so if it vanishes in a few days you know why!) As 2011 draws to a close we find that many of our favourite music websites or magazines publish their end of year lists, vaguely detailing in less than 100 words per record why these albums deserve […]
Mark Fraser: Day Three Hundred and Sixty Three – Our Dust
Our Dust Every day a piece of ourselves is lost when we move a little, shed a little, dust a little. Dead cells tell a story; our whole lives could be replayed in the dust that fell to the floor when I was down cleaning on hands and knees, and memories of the past came […]
Mark Fraser: Day Three Hundred and Sixty Two – Dice, Part IV
Gradually it dawned on Mr Ivins that the cough was not simply coming from one person but that much of the room were now coughing. Growing slightly anxious about this, Ivins decided to pack up his things and leave. Pushing back his chair to get out from underneath the table, the man behind him also […]
Mark Fraser: Day Three Hundred and Sixty One – Dice, Part III
I totally messed up the formatting on that Ginsberg poem yesterday. Totally unforgivable. I’ve went and sorted it. Part three of Mr Ivins’ story. Enjoy! Nevertheless, he decided to press the girl a little more. For a moment he wondered if she might be attracted to him, the thought made his stomach flutter a little. […]
Mark Fraser: Day Three Hundred and Fifty Nine – Dice, Part II
I’ve scheduled this post for Christmas Day, although I’m not going to post anything particularly festive. Part two of Dice. Enjoy. And Merry Christmas everyone! Edward finished consuming lunch at 13.03 giving him enough time to go over the Edinburgh accounts before heading back to the office. He had noticed that table space in the […]
Mark Fraser: Day Three Hundred and Fifty Eight – Dice, Part I
Lets end the year on a cheery note, eh? Here’s some new fiction. Been working on it a while. I hope you enjoy it. Mr Ivins polished his shoes every morning. He liked things shiny, clean, and presentable. Ivins also liked time or perhaps more specifically he liked to be on time. He liked schedules […]
I’m combining two days here because of dodgy internet. Yeah so we’re nearing the end of 2011 and thus the end of my challenge. More thoughts will follow on that, however I’m actually looking forward to not blogging every day so I can focus more on creative work without a deadline. I think I’ll do […]
Mark Fraser: Day Three Hundred and Fifty Six – Every Day Horror Redux
Here’s a fragment for you about every day horror. And perhaps also about the facelessness of some corporations. Teeth The Industrial Shredding Company placed great pride in their fleet of Hammel 750D Industrial Shredders. Clocking in at a whopping £70,000, the company felt they were an essential part of their business yet did not feel […]
Mark Fraser: Day Three Hundred and Fifty Five – Something Sinister This Way Comes
Just after I finished my Scottish Literature exam at the start of the month I jumped into the uni library and checked out a few books on writing. The Creative Writing Handbook is proving to be particularly useful and through I found this, confusing but also frankly mind blowing short story by Robert Coover called […]
Mark Fraser: Day Three Hundred and Fifty One + Day Three Hundred and Fifty Two – Advice
I’ve been trying to write something substantial for a few days now but sadly nothing of any merit has came out. For a time I used to lambaste myself for failing to write, a practice which was (or perhaps still is) tied to some kind of overarching existential drive for me to leave my mark […]
Mark Fraser: Day Three Hundred and Fifty – The Drive
Is there a difference between people who write blogs about music and actual music journalism? What even is music journalism these days anyway? In just under a fortnight, or with a bit of luck some time before Christmas, Daily Dischord is going to change. To explain how and why it’s going to change is going […]
Mark Fraser: Day Three Hundred and Forty Eight – Stranger Fruit
It’s actually gotten to the stage where I have to look at the post from yesterday to figure out what number of day we’re on. Anyway, some people found yesterday’s post uplifting. That’s good, and I’m actually working on a poem related to yesterdays post which may or may not see the light of day […]
Mark Fraser: Day Three Hundred and Forty Three – It’s Clobberin’ Time
If I took an axe to the telephone exchange do you think they’d fix my phone? As discussed in yesterday’s post the weather played havoc with a lot of services here in Scotland yesterday. For me, I was unable to get my phone line sorted and I remain broadband-less. I wasn’t gonna be pissed off […]
Mark Fraser: Day Three Hundred and Forty One – More Morgan
More studying today. More medieval literature. I won’t bore you with the details. Instead, here’s an Edwin Morgan poem for you. It’s wonderful. All rights belong to his estate etc. I claim no ownership One Cigarette by Edwin Morgan No smoke without you, my fire. After you left, your cigarette glowed on in my ashtray […]
Day 339: Still writing on
Long time ago I wrote a post right here. As I started participating in the One A Day Project I thought about 31 days with 31 posts. Than – I was sure – I’ll fail. But I did 100 and 250. And now a net based friend of mine asked me to give an interview. […]
Mark Fraser: Day Three Hundred and Thirty Five – How to Write a Monologue
Some Irvine Welsh for ya’ll today. This is how to writer in synthetic Scots properly. There’s really no excuse for having not read Irvine Welsh before. He’s utterly electrifying and this is a brilliant monologue. All rights etc lie with the man himself, I lay no claim to this work. Two things to consider before […]
Cancer Research
December 31, 2011 by Mark
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