
Paul Ryan O'Connor
@LBoxGraveyard
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Mystery writer & blogger. Formerly Longbox Graveyard. Member SMFS @SMFSocy and Mystery Writers of America @EdgarAwards @SoCalMWA https://t.co/2ZgrBobILC
Carlsbad, CA
Joined June 2011
In "No One Will Believe You," a penniless New York gig worker is mugged at gunpoint . by the world's most famous movie star. On sale now -- print, digital, and Kindle Unlimited -- in Mystery Magazine!. @MysteryWeekly. #crimefiction.#mystery.
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Breaking down descriptive text from a crime fiction master. Ross Macdonald's Art of Description. #CrimeFiction #crimewriting #writingcommunity.
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Ross Macdonald doesn’t just tell us what Lew Archer thinks. He tells us how Lew Archer thinks.
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Why my decade-old comic book blog pivoted to crime fiction. Secret Origins.
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Back from the dead. Sort of.
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It's Halloween all-year long at The Hourglass. Top Ten Classic Monster Movies -- Part 1. #HorrorMovies #horror #monsters.
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The Hourglass presents it’s author’s top ten favorite monster movies … with some idiosyncrasies.
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Some crimes are worse than murder. Top Ten Film Noirs . That Aren't About Crime, Part 2. #filmnoir.
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The top film on my list has a distinctly sweet smell …
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RT @PaulPar: Chicago gangster Tony Camonte (Paul.Muni) displays a fervid (creepy) obsession with his sister's love life In "Scarface" (1932….
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My mind map of a Ross Macdonald crime classic. Diagraming Ross Macdonald. #CrimeFiction #crimewriting #writingcommunity.
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Holy crap, Ross!
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"As we fill our hours and days with the work of rewriting, our fictions will not be written by any one self but by the spectrum of selves we're always becoming, even as the novel is becoming alongside us.". Matt Bell, Refuse To Be Done. #WritingCommunity.
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Why we edit.
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Crime is a state of mind. Top Ten Film Noirs . That Aren't About Crime — Part 1. #filmnoir.
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Go beyond the gumshoes with these genre-bending noirs.
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"Thursday Affair" is 700 nasty words about nihilistic lovers throwing away their perfect marriages on a murder-fueled race to the bottom, and it is FREE to read at Shotgun Honey. #crimefiction #mystery.
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Nihilistic lovers throw away their perfect marriages on a murder-fueled race to the bottom.
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No one should be judged by their search history!. Especially mystery writers.
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No one should be judged by their search history! Especially mystery writers.
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"Down these mean streets a man must go who is not himself mean, who is neither tarnished nor afraid." . (Or maybe he's just on a walking tour of Raymond Chandler's La Jolla). #CrimeFiction.
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Stalking the ghost of Raymond Chandler.
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In "No One Will Believe You," a penniless New York gig worker is mugged at gunpoint . by the world's most famous movie star. Published in print, digital, and Kindle Unlimited by Mystery Magazine!. #crimefiction #mystery.
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A broke New York gig worker is robbed at gunpoint by the world's most famous movie star.
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The torturous road from conception to publication of my second story. "When you are bleeding, from the same wounds, day after day . maybe work on something else for awhile instead of piercing your scabs.". #WritingCommunity #crimewriting.
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A short story, but a long (LONG!) road.
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You don't have to wait for Halloween to do a monster movie Top Ten. Top Ten Classic Monster Movies -- Part 2. #HorrorMovies #horror #monsters.
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My classic horror movie countdown continues with genuine terror … but the #1 movie on this list is a gentle flight of fantasy.
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I've joined a secret society! (Well, a mysterious one, at least). #crimewriting #writerscommunity #crimefiction #mystery.
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I’ve joined the Mystery Writers of America!
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It's time for another Longbox Graveyard blast from the past . Judge Dredd, He Is The Law!. #comics.#JudgeDredd.
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Judge Dredd is the law, and don’t you forget it!
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