The art of blogging & epistolary literature

Now that I've created a blog purposed for contemplation and discussion of fiction, I have to mention a faux-blog that I read once about a woman's dating experiences. It was called "Single in the Suburbs". It is presented as her actual experiences, but some of the content seems contrived. I mean, it could very well be about her actual experiences, perhaps with enhancements made for the purpose of creating interest for the reader. I have no doubt at least some augmentation took place, because Sara Susannah Katz appears to be a very competent writer, perfectly capable of such a fictional venture.

The mystery remains, but the concept is one I am fascinated with. It's like reading a journal or diary (which is sort of what a blog is!) where you gradually learn about a person's life. It's very similar to the concept of a novel constructed of letters- first person point of view, written in increments with time/date stamps. This, I learned, is called an "Epistolary Novel".

Daddy Long Legs is such a novel, one that I've read numerous times. It's an interesting way to write a first person story; it has to be written in chronological order, and the reader can refer back to certain dates. I loved Daddy Long legs for reasons other than its being an epistolary novel. For one, I find it interesting to read letters someone is writing only on one side, without reply. You have to wonder what the other character- the fictitious recipient thinks of the letter. We then read these letters with that awareness. With a diary or a blog, however, the assumption is that we are getting an inside peek at private thoughts without necessary concern for what another character would read into it.

I wonder if there's a name for that... for a fake blog/journal story. What do you call one that is completely made up? I think a creative twist on the fictitious blog technique would be to present it as if someone was reading a blog that had years of writing in it already- and when that happens, how do you read it? Backward, of course! How did this person get so angry? What was so tragic in his or her life to make them depressed? The assumption I'm making is that the most interesting blogs are riddled with drama!