by Tj | Feb 26, 2017 | Black Opal Books, dogs in fiction, Gumshoe Ghost, historical fiction, Midnight Ink, murder mystery, mystery, New Sins for Old Scores, osteosarcoma, Paranormal Mystery, Richard Jax, Tj O'Connor, Trick McCall
by Tj O’Connor Cancer should be spelled with an F. That’s the way I spell it—F—ing Cancer. Cancer took my girl. Fast. Painfully. Heartlessly. First it took her by surprise. Then it took her leg. Then it took her dignity. Then, it forced me to …...
by Tj | Nov 2, 2016 | Black Opal, Dying for the Past, Dying to Know, Dying to Tell, Kill your darlings, Midnight Ink, Monster mania, Monstermania, murder mystery, mystery, Tj O'Connor, William Faulkner
Kill ’em! Kill ’em all! Die my darlings, die!Phew, now that I got that out. Let me explain.William Faulkner—you know, that slouch author—is famed for many things like his 1949 Nobel for Literature and The Sound and the Fury not least among them. He is also noted for...
by Tj | Oct 5, 2016 | Black Opal, Dying for the Past, Dying to Know, Dying to Tell, Midnight Ink, Monster mania, Monstermania, murder mystery, mystery, Tj O'Connor
Taking Tuck and my books on the road is many things for me. It’s book signings, speaking gigs, being Master of Ceremonies for book events and charities … fairs, author panels … highways, hotels, airports … And of all things, it’s also one big con. Conventions, not a...
by Tj | Aug 31, 2016 | Black Opal Books, Dying for the Past, Dying to Know, Dying to Tell, Love affair, Midnight Ink, murder mysteries, mystery novels, New Sins for Old Scores, politics, Tj O'Connor, whodunit
My hands are shaking. My breath tightens in my chest. My thoughts are swirling with images of the time we spent together. Now she’s gone—out of my reach and nothing but silence remains. The emptiness is back. Yet, deep down, I know it has never left. Not since early...
by Tj | Aug 2, 2016 | asteroid, Black Opal Books, Dying for the Past, Dying to Know, Dying to Tell, election, Midnight Ink, murder mysteries, mystery novels, New Sins for Old Scores, politics, Tj O'Connor, whodunit
Oh, Dear God … when will it end? When will my television return to zombies and murder mysteries and documentaries about ancient astronauts and how the Martians built the pyramids? Sure, sure, all those things could still describe politics today—the zombies in...
by Tj | Mar 30, 2016 | Black Opal Books, Dying for the Past, Dying to Know, Dying to Tell, Gumshoe Ghost, Midnight Ink, mystery novels, Paranormal Mystery, Tj O'Connor, writing.
What a month. Holy crap on a peanut butter sandwich what a month. I’ve had more ups and downs and twists and turns than in my novels. But when you write those twists and turns, you can control them, right? Well, no, my characters control all that. But they let me have...
