Paul O'Connor 7/21/25 Paul O'Connor 7/21/25

The Silver Surfer Is Silver Age Gold

How the Silver Age Silver Surfer works as a Golden Age … musical?

Paul O'Connor 7/14/25 Paul O'Connor 7/14/25

Join Me At The Book Passage Mystery Writers Conference

Meet me at the Book Passage Mystery Writers Conference!

Paul O'Connor 7/7/25 Paul O'Connor 7/7/25

Son of Satan

Podcast deep dive on one of Marvel’s strangest and most misunderstood comics of the 1970s!

Paul O'Connor 6/30/25 Paul O'Connor 6/30/25

Anna Scotti Interview: It’s Not Even Past

Interview with author Anna Scotti upon release of “It’s Not Even Past,” collecting her “Librarian on the Run” mystery series.

Paul O'Connor 5/12/25 Paul O'Connor 5/12/25

Buster By The Numbers

Numbers and notes behind creation of “Shamus & Buster,” my third story for Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine.

Paul O'Connor 4/21/25 Paul O'Connor 4/21/25

The Bride of Frankenstein

A deep dive on the greatest movie sequel in Hollywood history.

Paul O'Connor 4/14/25 Paul O'Connor 4/14/25

Shamus & Buster

A beat-up alley cat teams with a hardboiled police lieutenant to solve his master's murder in my third story for Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine.

Paul O'Connor 4/7/25 Paul O'Connor 4/7/25

Frankenstein Speaks!

Podcast discussion of the classic 1931 version of Frankenstein.

Paul O'Connor 3/24/25 Paul O'Connor 3/24/25

Tech For Writing

The tech I use for writing (with hardly a mention of A.I.).

Paul O'Connor 3/10/25 Paul O'Connor 3/10/25

First Cut

The first cut is the deepest.

Paul O'Connor 2/17/25 Paul O'Connor 2/17/25

Fantasma By The Numbers

Years of wandering in the desert strike gold at last.

Paul O'Connor 2/3/25 Paul O'Connor 2/3/25

Agua Fantasma

There's a secret treasure in the desert, but the treasure's not the secret.

Paul O'Connor 1/20/25 Paul O'Connor 1/20/25

2024 By The Numbers

All the numbers from a full year of crime writing — hours spent and money earned.

Paul O'Connor 1/6/25 Paul O'Connor 1/6/25

Hourglass Year In Review 2024

Numbers from inside the first full year of The Hourglass.

Paul O'Connor 12/23/24 Paul O'Connor 12/23/24

The World By The Numbers

Numbers, notes, and measurements behind creation of my second story for Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine.

Paul O'Connor 12/9/24 Paul O'Connor 12/9/24

As You See The World

“As You See The World” is my second story for Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, a story of obsession, taking risks, fresh starts, and how you look at life.

Paul O'Connor 11/18/24 Paul O'Connor 11/18/24

Lost Cats & Orphans In The Storm

Where a story goes when it leaves your home.

Paul O'Connor 11/4/24 Paul O'Connor 11/4/24

Gumshoe Frankenstein Wins Speculative Literature Foundation Grant

Vital recognition for my unpublished first novel.

Paul O'Connor 10/21/24 Paul O'Connor 10/21/24

You Become What You Measure

Make sure you're measuring the right things.

Paul O'Connor 10/7/24 Paul O'Connor 10/7/24

Viewpoint Shifts In The Thin Red Line

The great ones make it look easy.