Miscellany No. 4: Everything Under the Sun

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Black as Sin
Or on writing noir.

Let's start off with this: I have NEVER read nor written noir. I'm in over my head. LithiumLaughter's birthday popped up a bit ago and I offered a one-shot present. Request: Romy in noir.

:headdesk:

So I read the summaries of X-Men Noir (www.uncannyxmen.net) and I read the Wikipedia articles on film noir and The Big Sleep, etc. Still :headdesk:

Anyone with good free reading of noir on the internet recs that doesn't involve bloody bodies, please share. Going nuts.

Got this much figured out: Anna Marie Raven is going to be a private investigator and Remy's going to be totally suspicious. And hot. Yup.

:headdesk:

And while we're on the topic of the excessively profligate muse...

Reflections, Mirages, the Whispering of a Snake Charmer and a Thief
Or on House of Mirrors and the waaaay too many fics fluttering through my head.

Requital beckons. Traiteur calls. I just discovered that Cajun traiteurs pass along the office from female to male and male to female. (Does that match the story idea shockingly or what?) Diable whispers in that insidious voice. And alas! Another one, in which Rogue is raised by Thieves (seeking French translation of Angel of Death) and Remy is raised by Mystique and Destiny, who has seen he will become the Witness.

Oy. Can the muse shut up?

Or at Least Do Something Useful
Like revise Moments to my satisfaction.

I'm ticked off at Moments. I hate every single letter and word of it. (Not quite.) It won't shape for me.

:growls:

But At Least the Pretty Glitters Gold
Or on beautiful art and reading and research.

Added a bunch of stuff to my Bibliography page, but it's woefully behind my tremendous slurp it all up pace. I need to add resources (tons) and issue links (tons) and favorite authors links (tons, plus cleanup), and more pics. :groans:

Having fun though. Gotta admit that.