tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8849561.post4541551656483596490..comments2024-03-24T12:54:09.148-05:00Comments on Kevin's Corner: Guest Post: Jeanne on "Location, Location, Location: A Very Personal View of the Power of Place—Part 2"Kevin R. Tipplehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04170714419133752724noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8849561.post-83662749496922114282016-04-03T13:05:13.158-05:002016-04-03T13:05:13.158-05:00I agree that a sense of place is crucial to my enj...I agree that a sense of place is crucial to my enjoyment of a mystery. W. H. Auden said that mysteries are most satisfying when they take place against an idyllic setting where crime seems "shockingly out of place." But the setting does not have to be idyllic, it can simply be "home," and crime still shocks us.<br /><br />I have to add, about Florida: The Florida where 60 degrees is stunningly cold is south Florida. I live in northeast Florida, around Jacksonville, and I have seen the temperature plummet in the winter to 11 degrees (around 1984), and have seen snow here (1957, 1965, 1974, 1978 or 79, 1980, 1989). <br /><br />I also agree about dialect. It is best conveyed through idiom and syntax, not garbled spelling! That was one thing about Zora Neal Hurston's Their Eyes Were Watching God that annoyed me: she used such garbled spelling to convey dialect, it took me a day or two just to get into the book to begin to understand what the characters were saying. It is an excellent book, don't get me wrong. But it would have been less difficult reading had she used more syntax and idiom and less unconventional spelling to convey the speech.<br /><br />A very enjoyable post. Thanks to both Jeanne and Kevin.Karen Packard Rhodeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07641711434283636830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8849561.post-56622148663115610022016-04-02T09:53:00.947-05:002016-04-02T09:53:00.947-05:00Wonderful comments. I'm in the desert and I as...Wonderful comments. I'm in the desert and I assure you, sixty degrees is treacherous! We layer up and light a fire.Lala Landhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07556557458644309684noreply@blogger.com