A force of nature

Do you use weather in your books to create atmosphere or mood? Talk to us about meteorology.

by Dietrich

Weather and the wrath of nature can certainly add realism, heighten a story’s tension, rack up the pace, or act as an ominous character. It makes me think of some favorite novels like John Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath, Charles Dickens’ Bleak House, Wild by Cheryl Strayed, and The Tin Roof Blowdown by James Lee Burke. 

Just for fun (along with a touch of self-promotion), I dug up a few lines f...