tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6404036170106001374.post7628251215813065428..comments2024-03-18T04:40:38.214-05:00Comments on Murderous Musings: Using Weather to Enhance SuspenseChester Campbellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07155257451021065218noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6404036170106001374.post-7243742767038869272015-10-05T11:26:00.062-05:002015-10-05T11:26:00.062-05:00Thanks, Jackie. I'm glad you agree.Thanks, Jackie. I'm glad you agree.Jean Henry Meadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08146960738692672013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6404036170106001374.post-53724698691182070462015-10-05T10:12:08.808-05:002015-10-05T10:12:08.808-05:00Great post, and spot on. Weather is often scary ju...Great post, and spot on. Weather is often scary just by itself, but add a murderer on the loose and you've got a dynamite story.<br />Jackie Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16276062715832103428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6404036170106001374.post-9796042678469448042015-10-01T20:37:11.906-05:002015-10-01T20:37:11.906-05:00I'm glad you agree, Bill. As for reviewers, I ...I'm glad you agree, Bill. As for reviewers, I think some of them don't even read the books they review. A reviewer once said there were no descriptions of people or places in one of my mysteries although the previous reviewer complimented me on them. (Still shaking my head.) Jean Henry Meadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08146960738692672013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6404036170106001374.post-56339268964250490362015-10-01T08:08:24.019-05:002015-10-01T08:08:24.019-05:00I'm with you on this, Jean. The 'rule'...I'm with you on this, Jean. The 'rule' never start a novel with weather is one of Elmore Leonard's famous set - but his tongue was in his cheek for some of them. I once had a review which asked why British authors were so obsessed with weather. It rather puzzled me because the only weather mentioned in the book was a hailstorm on an offshore oil rig. It was there to stress that everything about such an environment is potentially violent and dangerous but the review implied that every chapter was about meteorology. If anyone suggests weather doesn't work in novels, I always direct them to the opening of Bleak House and its brilliant use of fog.Bill Kirtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16345949773423764808noreply@blogger.com