tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post6556844584067422081..comments2023-11-22T06:35:25.251-05:00Comments on POE'S DEADLY DAUGHTERS: So Much BloodJulia Buckleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10270211923343731659noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-82535183583682345492010-06-17T23:03:44.824-04:002010-06-17T23:03:44.824-04:00It is interesting how Liz often raises these inter...It is interesting how Liz often raises these interesting issues. Blood is fraught meaning, symbolically, and personally. someone should write a book, or probably some one has. And I don't think that you all are an odd bunch. More really creative, and original thinkers. It's a good thing many of us can't get enough of murder mysteries, and you keep writing them, although I've givenlil Glucksternhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09288522126331817172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-10615795799520990472010-06-17T11:52:13.231-04:002010-06-17T11:52:13.231-04:00Sheila - I think that was one of the advantages of...Sheila - I think that was one of the advantages of the old days, when everything was in black and white!<br /><br />I'm now researching blood for a WIP. I just came home from the gym with the wild desire to use the line "He was dead before he hit the ground." But I want to make sure that, if he was, his blood behaves appropriately. FUn to read more about blood today.<br /><br />(I Clea Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10810838253598050028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-35956733867149073362010-06-17T10:20:09.865-04:002010-06-17T10:20:09.865-04:00"Out, damned spot!" "All the perfu..."Out, damned spot!" "All the perfumes of Arabia cannot sweeten this little hand." et Macbeth cetera.<br /><br />One of my favorite books is Dorothy Sayers' HAVE HIS CARCASE, which contains a very bloody crime, and in which the blood itself becomes a major clue.<br /><br />And as a mother of two sons, I can attest to the fact that head wounds bleed copiously. Even lip Julia Buckleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10270211923343731659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-65016104066271046942010-06-17T09:32:04.245-04:002010-06-17T09:32:04.245-04:00I'm always annoyed at TV shows and movies that...I'm always annoyed at TV shows and movies that show a victim who's been dead for a while liberally soaked in bright red blood. It turns dark very quickly, right? But apparently people only recognize blood if it's fresh (what do they think that dark stuff is, molasses?).<br /><br />On a barely related note, in Hitchcock's move Marnie, the title character was said to be completelySheila Connollyhttp://www.sheilaconnolly.comnoreply@blogger.com