Cedar Writes

Tag: noir fiction

  • Review: Minis

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    Today I am going to do a… Hmmm, not sure what to call this. A bunch of mini-reviews, I guess. I’m up to my elbows in writing Dragon Noir, 1200 words already this morning, when I looked at the clock and realized I’d better stop a moment and do the blog. I’d planned to review…

  • Shifting Gears

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    That funny grinding noise you hear is my brain trying to shift from school speed to writing, full steam ahead.  Last night I felt rather lost, thinking: I’ve got homework, I am sure… wait, no.  So I stepped away from the computer, and picked up a stack of books to study beginnings, before starting Dragon…

  • Beautiful America: Pulp Fiction

    Beautiful America: Pulp Fiction

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    Cedar Sanderson
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    I love used book stores. I have never really been attracted to new book stores, for a couple of reasons. As a child and teen, I couldn’t afford to pay cover price for a book. I think the only books I ever had brand new was the complete LM Montgomery set in paperback that was…

  • Reading Noir

    Reading Noir

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    I’m beginning to write Trickster Noir, the sequel to Pixie Noir. To get into the mood, I’m reading noir fiction. I’ve been looking for recommendations, and was given a nice list by friends. For Pixie, I was reading Spillane and Louis L’Amour’s detective stories. I’d been reading Hammett a few months before I started writing…

  • The Marinated Writer

    The Marinated Writer

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    Cedar Sanderson
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    I know what you are thinking, and no, that’s not what I was marinating in. We did have a beer with dinner last night, and that’s as much as I’ve drunk in a week, so I’m not *that* kind of writer. What I am is one gathering flavor for my writing by reading. In this…