It’s the fall again. October. Halloween. The feverish run-up to Thanksgiving, Christmas, and all the holidays. It’s also my transition from promoting my last book, Dying for the Past, to promoting my next book, Dying to Tell. Somewhere between is a blur of days and...
Dying for the Past
Dying Is Not Farewell
by Tj O'Connor, author of Dying for the Past, Dying to Know, and the upcoming Dying to Tell. Heroes are not born. Heroes are not created by government or society. They certainly are not sports stars on television or in newspapers. Heroes are made by circumstances...
Dying For The Scares That Care
On the road again … So, the first thing I saw when I walked into the Williamsburg Hilton Double Tree hotel was this: I knew I was in the right place—Scares that Care—a children’s charity convention. According to its web site at www.scaresthatcare.org,...
Dying to Take Dying on the Road …
Tj O'Connor, author of Dying to Know, Dying for the Past, and Dying to Tell Ah, summertime. Warm days sitting in a hammock with my feet up with a nice drink in my hand. Nothing to do but … oh, hell no. That’s not right at all. This summer I’m taking Dying on the...
Dying and Whining … Oh the toils of being an author.
And once again, the calendar tells me I’m late … These days, consulting eight or ten hours a day and writing all my waking hours is starting to take its toll. This morning, I was up late and assailed by my two Labs, two visiting canines—including a 165-pound...
Dying For The Malice In All Of Us
by Tj O'Connor Author of Dying to Know and Dying for the PastThird time’s a charm …Three years ago, I attended my first writer’s conference—Malice Domestic—and spent the entire three days scratching my head and trying to figure out where I belonged in this new world...