November 19, 2024 at 11:08 AM
Looking forward to this!
Full line-up on the website:
www.caithnessbookfestival.co.uk
#booksky #bookfestival #author #crimewriting
Full line-up on the website:
www.caithnessbookfestival.co.uk
#booksky #bookfestival #author #crimewriting
September 17, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Looking forward to this!
Full line-up on the website:
www.caithnessbookfestival.co.uk
#booksky #bookfestival #author #crimewriting
Full line-up on the website:
www.caithnessbookfestival.co.uk
#booksky #bookfestival #author #crimewriting
My mind map of a Ross Macdonald crime classic.
Diagraming Ross Macdonald
#CrimeFiction #crimewriting #writingcommunity
Diagraming Ross Macdonald
#CrimeFiction #crimewriting #writingcommunity
Diagraming Ross Macdonald — Paul O'Connor
Holy crap, Ross!
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March 16, 2026 at 4:45 PM
My mind map of a Ross Macdonald crime classic.
Diagraming Ross Macdonald
#CrimeFiction #crimewriting #writingcommunity
Diagraming Ross Macdonald
#CrimeFiction #crimewriting #writingcommunity
Happy Halloween. #cozymysteriesaremyjam #MrsSidhuInvestigates #JustDesserts #cozynoir #crimethrillerfiction #booksky #mystery #crimethrillerfiction #crimewriting #mrssidhusjustdesserts
October 31, 2025 at 9:53 AM
One finds the most spectacular people in Oxford!
(My long-time friend and sister in crime, Val McDermid.)
#oxford #crimewriting @valmcdermid
(My long-time friend and sister in crime, Val McDermid.)
#oxford #crimewriting @valmcdermid
May 2, 2026 at 1:00 PM
One finds the most spectacular people in Oxford!
(My long-time friend and sister in crime, Val McDermid.)
#oxford #crimewriting @valmcdermid
(My long-time friend and sister in crime, Val McDermid.)
#oxford #crimewriting @valmcdermid
@aaacousmatic.bsky.social quiet walk down to the river again. Wonderful weather … now for an afternoon of research and writing! #amwriting #author #crimewriting #mystery #histfic
March 1, 2025 at 11:32 AM
@aaacousmatic.bsky.social quiet walk down to the river again. Wonderful weather … now for an afternoon of research and writing! #amwriting #author #crimewriting #mystery #histfic
Fantastic panel at @bloodyscotland.bsky.social with @tmloganauthor.bsky.social @sharilapena3k.bsky.social and @niccifrench.bsky.social expertly chaired by @teddyjamieson.bsky.social
#BloodyScotland2025 #crimewriting
#BloodyScotland2025 #crimewriting
September 13, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Fantastic panel at @bloodyscotland.bsky.social with @tmloganauthor.bsky.social @sharilapena3k.bsky.social and @niccifrench.bsky.social expertly chaired by @teddyjamieson.bsky.social
#BloodyScotland2025 #crimewriting
#BloodyScotland2025 #crimewriting
I've joined a secret society! (Well, a mysterious one, at least).
#crimewriting #writingcommunity #crimefiction #mystery
#crimewriting #writingcommunity #crimefiction #mystery
Secret Society — Paul O'Connor
I’ve joined the Mystery Writers of America!
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February 25, 2026 at 1:26 AM
I've joined a secret society! (Well, a mysterious one, at least).
#crimewriting #writingcommunity #crimefiction #mystery
#crimewriting #writingcommunity #crimefiction #mystery
I don't normally read reviews, but I'm writing Lombard 3 and was looking to see how the character is being received...
Ah, that's all gooseoil, I'm showing off.
#author #reviews #crimewriting
Ah, that's all gooseoil, I'm showing off.
#author #reviews #crimewriting
January 19, 2025 at 9:43 AM
I don't normally read reviews, but I'm writing Lombard 3 and was looking to see how the character is being received...
Ah, that's all gooseoil, I'm showing off.
#author #reviews #crimewriting
Ah, that's all gooseoil, I'm showing off.
#author #reviews #crimewriting
Massively missed being at #theakstonscrime this year.
So here's a needy post to remind myself I exist!
#folletvalleymysteries #crimewriting
So here's a needy post to remind myself I exist!
#folletvalleymysteries #crimewriting
July 20, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Massively missed being at #theakstonscrime this year.
So here's a needy post to remind myself I exist!
#folletvalleymysteries #crimewriting
So here's a needy post to remind myself I exist!
#folletvalleymysteries #crimewriting
Delighted to have made the shortlist for the Crime Writers’ Association's Emerging Authors Dagger! #CWA_Daggers
#Daggers_2025 #booksky #crimewriting
#Daggers_2025 #booksky #crimewriting
Announcing the shortlist for the 2025 Emerging Author Dagger, sponsored by Fiction Feedback!
May 29, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Delighted to have made the shortlist for the Crime Writers’ Association's Emerging Authors Dagger! #CWA_Daggers
#Daggers_2025 #booksky #crimewriting
#Daggers_2025 #booksky #crimewriting
Smart, practical, and just a little wicked, this book will help you write stories that feel inevitable in hindsight—and impossible to forget. www.amazon.com/dp/B0GWRD2XG5 #writing #crimewriting #humorwriting #authorlife #writersofinstagram #writingtips
April 13, 2026 at 3:36 PM
Smart, practical, and just a little wicked, this book will help you write stories that feel inevitable in hindsight—and impossible to forget. www.amazon.com/dp/B0GWRD2XG5 #writing #crimewriting #humorwriting #authorlife #writersofinstagram #writingtips
This arrived in the post today. The flights are booked, the visa arranged, the suit ready and waiting. Noo Yoik, here I come.
#crimewriting #CozyCrime #mysterywriter
#awards #nominee
#crimewriting #CozyCrime #mysterywriter
#awards #nominee
March 19, 2025 at 5:20 PM
This arrived in the post today. The flights are booked, the visa arranged, the suit ready and waiting. Noo Yoik, here I come.
#crimewriting #CozyCrime #mysterywriter
#awards #nominee
#crimewriting #CozyCrime #mysterywriter
#awards #nominee
CS2, Coffee (and later) Crimewriting.
Der Tag startete schon früh.
Good Morning ✨
Der Tag startete schon früh.
Good Morning ✨
October 15, 2025 at 5:20 AM
CS2, Coffee (and later) Crimewriting.
Der Tag startete schon früh.
Good Morning ✨
Der Tag startete schon früh.
Good Morning ✨
Amazingly, after four years, Death & Croissants is still in the charts. Death in Le Jardin is the latest and out now in paperback, audio and ebook.
#bestsellers #crimewriting #cosycrime
#bestsellers #crimewriting #cosycrime
April 20, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Amazingly, after four years, Death & Croissants is still in the charts. Death in Le Jardin is the latest and out now in paperback, audio and ebook.
#bestsellers #crimewriting #cosycrime
#bestsellers #crimewriting #cosycrime
Writing my new crime mystery in York university library and a lovely walk around the lake.
#writing
#crimewriting
#crimefiction
#writing
#crimewriting
#crimefiction
April 5, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Writing my new crime mystery in York university library and a lovely walk around the lake.
#writing
#crimewriting
#crimefiction
#writing
#crimewriting
#crimefiction
📖 HAPPY PUBLICATION DAY to Lyn Squire with ‘Fatally Inferior’! #crimewriting #crimewriter #crimewriters #mystery #thriller #thecwa #crimewritersassociation #bookstagram #booksky #mysterylovers #mystery
December 12, 2024 at 8:00 AM
📖 HAPPY PUBLICATION DAY to Lyn Squire with ‘Fatally Inferior’! #crimewriting #crimewriter #crimewriters #mystery #thriller #thecwa #crimewritersassociation #bookstagram #booksky #mysterylovers #mystery
Join Matt Wesolowski and I on an immersive writing retreat at Moniack Mhor in the Scottish highlands this September! #finishthatbook #crimewriting
August 28, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Join Matt Wesolowski and I on an immersive writing retreat at Moniack Mhor in the Scottish highlands this September! #finishthatbook #crimewriting
Read her book 'A Bad, Bad Place' in practically one night! It's a great story, deeply connected to 1970s #Glasgow. And so lovely to experience two female voices from two generations, both caring for, and trying to understand, the other in hard circumstances #TartanNoir #CrimeWriting #SidVicious
Congratulations to UofG Creative Writing graduate Frances Crawford on winning both the debut novel prize and the McIlvanney prize for the best Scottish crime book at the Bloody Scotland festival.
Frances is the first double winner in the history of the prize! 📚
Frances is the first double winner in the history of the prize! 📚
Novel 'full of Glasgow wit and deep humanity' is first Bloody Scotland double winner
Frances Crawford is the first double winner in the history of the prize
www.scotsman.com
October 1, 2026 at 3:13 PM
Read her book 'A Bad, Bad Place' in practically one night! It's a great story, deeply connected to 1970s #Glasgow. And so lovely to experience two female voices from two generations, both caring for, and trying to understand, the other in hard circumstances #TartanNoir #CrimeWriting #SidVicious
Working through copy edits for DI Andy Horton #20 for its November 2026 publication. Not my favourite part of writing, but every edit helps make the novel stronger for readers
#WritingCommunity #BehindTheScenes #RoadToPublication #CrimeWriting #BritishCrime #AuthorLife #WritingJourney
#WritingCommunity #BehindTheScenes #RoadToPublication #CrimeWriting #BritishCrime #AuthorLife #WritingJourney
July 19, 2026 at 5:08 PM
Working through copy edits for DI Andy Horton #20 for its November 2026 publication. Not my favourite part of writing, but every edit helps make the novel stronger for readers
#WritingCommunity #BehindTheScenes #RoadToPublication #CrimeWriting #BritishCrime #AuthorLife #WritingJourney
#WritingCommunity #BehindTheScenes #RoadToPublication #CrimeWriting #BritishCrime #AuthorLife #WritingJourney
The latest news from the world of crime writing. Subscribe and read back issues at: buff.ly/Grg2ii3
#crimereading #crimewriting #crimefiction #authornews #thecrimewritersassociation #thecwa
#crimereading #crimewriting #crimefiction #authornews #thecrimewritersassociation #thecwa
April 24, 2026 at 8:30 AM
The latest news from the world of crime writing. Subscribe and read back issues at: buff.ly/Grg2ii3
#crimereading #crimewriting #crimefiction #authornews #thecrimewritersassociation #thecwa
#crimereading #crimewriting #crimefiction #authornews #thecrimewritersassociation #thecwa
It's pub day, so here's a message from your champagne on a dog walk sponsor.
#books #reading #thriller #champagne #france #crimewriting l
#books #reading #thriller #champagne #france #crimewriting l
November 7, 2024 at 9:51 AM
It's pub day, so here's a message from your champagne on a dog walk sponsor.
#books #reading #thriller #champagne #france #crimewriting l
#books #reading #thriller #champagne #france #crimewriting l
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Breaking down character viewpoint changes in an Elmore Leonard crime classic.
#CrimeFiction #crimewriting #writingcommunity
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#CrimeFiction #crimewriting #writingcommunity
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Maximizing Bob — Paul O'Connor
Breaking down the character viewpoint structure of Elmore Leonard’s Maximum Bob .
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June 29, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Breaking down character viewpoint changes in an Elmore Leonard crime classic.
#CrimeFiction #crimewriting #writingcommunity
www.paulryanoconnor.com/blog/maximiz...
#CrimeFiction #crimewriting #writingcommunity
www.paulryanoconnor.com/blog/maximiz...