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Noir is not an acquired taste

2/20/2015

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I love noir. I love the hardboiled cheesiness, the grit, the grime, and the dark sexual energy. The first short story I ever wrote was in the noir genre and now I'm working on a novel. It's a crime thriller I started  several years ago and then put away after I shared the first few pages with some writer friends. The reactions weren't exactly positive.

"Were you on crack when you wrote this?"

"That's a whole lotta cussing."

"Your protagonist is a terrible person."


At the time I was a newbie writer and this feedback discouraged me. Years later I understand that noir is like cilantro. You either love it, or it tastes like soap.

So...I'm back to work on a grim story where even the good guys are foul-mouthed reprobates and I'm having so much fun.







 


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Jude Dillon link
2/20/2015 10:07:16 am

Great start Sarah, looking forward to follow. i've been accused of noir but outside of Raymond Chandler i don't think i really am well acquainted....

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Sarah
2/20/2015 12:28:21 pm

Thank you, Jude. I appreciate that. Noir tends to sneak into a lot of my work. I once even wrote a bit of hardboiled noir about a moth, for Christ's sake.

http://nabokolia.com/post/37050755818/letters-from-the-larvarium-noir-edition

I think I have a problem.

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sdmac
3/17/2015 02:54:07 am

I hate cilantro. I love your writing.

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Sarah
3/17/2015 03:28:42 am

Why thank you, ever so. Cilantro is the devil.

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    Sarah L. Johnson

    I mostly talk about books, writing, and running. Other topics of blogworthy interest include pie making, alcohol consumption, and things that terrify me, like owls.

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