I was recently interviewed on the Tart Words podcast, where we discussed a wide range of topics on writing, the creative process, and my theater-themed mystery novel Death Troupe.
Here's the link to the audio and the text versions of the podcast:
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International Theater Magazine Scene4 Has Published My Short Story
March 1, 2020
I'm pleased to announce that the international theater magazine Scene4 has published my short mystery story "Reading the Audience" in this month's issue.
Here's the link:
https://scene4.com/0320/vincentoneil0320.html
DEATH TROUPE gets its first official review!
April 1, 2011
The Midwest Book Review’s excellent review of DEATH TROUPE:
It's quite annoying when fiction becomes reality. More so when your fiction is murder. "Death Troupe" follows the theatre group known as the Jerome Barron players who have earned the nickname Death Troupe, surrounding their practice of doing murder mystery plays. But when their Read More
It's quite annoying when fiction becomes reality. More so when your fiction is murder. "Death Troupe" follows the theatre group known as the Jerome Barron players who have earned the nickname Death Troupe, surrounding their practice of doing murder mystery plays. But when their Read More
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Hearing the Music: How composing a song and composing a story can be almost the exact same thing
February 25, 2011
In my latest novel Death Troupe, the play’s gruff director Jerome Barron gives some advice to his playwright, main character Jack Glynn:
“Do me a favor, Jack. Get yourself a nice set of headphones and listen to a few classical tunes. Pick something that really hits you, that gets your blood going or Read More
Getting It Write: When your main character is a writer
February 16, 2011
In my new novel Death Troupe, the main character is a playwright. Creating such a role was a new experience for me, and I was surprised by how much work it turned out to be. I’ve read many novels in which the protagonist was some kind of writer (Stephen King’s The Shining, Read More
Murder, Romance, Suspense, and Theater: My new novel Death Troupe
February 11, 2011
Now available on Amazon:
DEATH TROUPE by Vincent H. O’Neil (394 pages)
The Jerome Barron Players have a problem. Their writer, Ryan Betancourt, has killed himself under mysterious circumstances and they need a replacement right away. The Players, unofficially known as Death Troupe, come together once a year to perform a high-end murder mystery Read More
DEATH TROUPE by Vincent H. O’Neil (394 pages)
The Jerome Barron Players have a problem. Their writer, Ryan Betancourt, has killed himself under mysterious circumstances and they need a replacement right away. The Players, unofficially known as Death Troupe, come together once a year to perform a high-end murder mystery Read More
Starting your mystery novel can be murder
November 27, 2010
One of the great things about being an author is that I get to meet so many talented writers, both published and not-yet-published. We ask each other everything under the sun, but one of the most common questions in the mystery genre is how to begin plotting the story. Murder mysteries aren’t like Read More
Motivating Your Murderer
September 28, 2010
One of the great things about writing murder mysteries is the opportunity to imagine the mind of the villain. After all, no matter how many times we say we’d like to kill someone in real life, most of us thankfully aren’t ever going to get closer to the mindset of an actual Read More
The Mighty Tiny Tim
December 16, 2009
Originally posted on The Stiletto Gang's website on December 16, 2009:
Recently, I had the good fortune to have two short stories included in anthologies. So when The Stiletto Gang (I have to work that name into one of my mystery novels) offered me the chance to guest blog for them, I decided to try and Read More
Recently, I had the good fortune to have two short stories included in anthologies. So when The Stiletto Gang (I have to work that name into one of my mystery novels) offered me the chance to guest blog for them, I decided to try and Read More
Who should play the characters in the "Exile" series?
November 11, 2009
Marshal Zeringue runs a great series of book-related websites, and he recently asked me to write an article about who should play the characters in my "Exile" mystery series for his "My Book-The Movie":
A pair of book reviews first prompted me to think about the possible casting of my "Exile" mystery novels. Both Read More
A pair of book reviews first prompted me to think about the possible casting of my "Exile" mystery novels. Both Read More