by Tj | Jul 20, 2017 | Black Opal, cozy, cozy mysteries, Dogs, Dying for the Past, Dying to Know, Dying to Tell, Ghost Gumshoe, great escape blog, Gumshoe Ghost, murder mystery, New Sins for Old Scores
Since publishing my first paranormal mystery, Dying to Know, I’ve published three more. Two in the Oliver Tucker Gumshoe Ghost series (I loathe that moniker), and recently with New Sins for Old Scores. Both these series include a lead character that has some unusual...
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 | Jan 4, 2017 | Black Opal Books, Gumshoe Ghost, historical fiction, historical mystery, murder mystery, mystery, New Sins for Old Scores, Paranormal Murder Mystery, Richard Jax, Tj O'Connor, Trick McCall
by Tj O’ConnorTemporary Cover ArtMy sins are surfacing. They’re on the horizon, inching ever closer, and it’s time I dealt with them head-on. Like many a wild and crazy-guy, my sins come with scores to settle, too. There’s nothing better than a good battle of...
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 | Jun 1, 2016 | Black Opal Books, Dying for the Past, Dying to Know, Dying to Tell, murder mystery, New Sins for Old Scores, Paranormal Mystery, Wally Fetterolf., writing mysteries, writing thrillers
Voilá. Poof. Presto Chango … I’m not a mystery writer—I’m a thriller writer. Well, I’m both really. The difference is a combination of nuance and delivery—at least to me it is—and after three edits and rewrites, I hope I delivered the right set of genre...
