by Tj | Apr 6, 2017 | Black Opal Books, cozy, Dying for the Past, Dying to Know, Dying to Tell, Gumshoe Ghost, Historical murder mystery, mystery novels, New Sins for Old Scores, Paranormal Mystery, Tj O'Connor
Nighttime belongs to mystery and intrigue—evil, too. I could say it belongs to love, but I write mysteries and thrillers, not romance novels. For me, I do my best thinking around midnight. I also do my best panicking and second-guessing. Don’t we all? It’s not...
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 | 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...
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...
by Tj | Mar 4, 2016 | Cherokee High School, Dying for the Past, Dying to Know, Dying to Tell, Gumshoe Ghost, Marlton Middle School, murder mystery, mystery, mystery author, Oliver Tucker, Paranormal Mystery
Oh, to be a real author … No, I haven’t lost my mind (much) or forgotten that I am an author of tiny repute and small fanbase. I’m talking about the real world of being an author vs. what I thought it would be. Some of it surprises and scares me. Other parts of this...
by Tj | Jan 23, 2016 | cozy, Gumshoe Ghost, Kimberley Cameron, Midnight Ink, murder mystery, mystery, mystery novels, Oliver Tucker, Paranormal Mystery, Tj O'Connor, Tuck Tucker
Launch! Friday, January 8th, Dying to Tell launches into the bookstores. Tuck is on his third murder case with a paranormal twist—it’s the dead of winter in Winchester while reclusive dead bankers, suave executives, sneaky accountants, exotic archaeologists, and the...
