Milford House Mysteries: How Important Is Setting?
b'On this episode of Milford House Mysteries, co-hosts Sherry Knowlton and J.M. West explore the importance of settings, especially in suspense fiction. For some books, setting is critical to the story. For, others, less so. When you read reviews, books that offer a distinct connection to the setting are often heralded as having a well-developed \\u201csense of place.\\u201d We discuss some authors and books which fall into these two categories when it comes to setting -- those where sense of place is critical and those where it is less important to the story. And, then Joan and Sherry discuss their own use of a place that exists in the real world as a setting for fiction, offering some tips for consideration if authors go that route.\\n\\nMilford House Mysteries Hosts - Sherry Knowlton is the author of the\\xa0Alexa Williams\\xa0series of murder mysteries including\\xa0Dead of Autumn,\\xa0Dead of Summer,\\xa0Dead of Spring, and Dead of Winter. Joan West is the author of the Carlisle Crime Cases series including\\xa0Dying for Vengeance,\\xa0Courting Doubt and Darkness,\\xa0Darkness at First\\xa0Light, Had a Dying Fall and Things Strangled.'