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Literature & Fiction, Short Stories, Mystery & Thrillers

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A.J. O'Connell is a writer of literary adventure stories who enjoys using fancy words and making people laugh.

"Beware the Hawk," which was published in 2012 by Vagabondage Press, is her first book. The sequel, "The Eagle and the Arrow," will be released in June of 2013. She's also published short stories in Independent Ink Magazine, on NPR's website and in several anthologies.

She's always loved to read, which engendered a love of writing, and she's pursued writing in many different forms: as a teenager she was a bad poet, after college, she was a reporter, and after that, she obtained her MFA at a low-residency program, which taught her how to use strong verbs and also how to live for 10 days on an island with 100 other writers.

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	Beware the Hawk (Resistance, #1) by A.J. O'Connell (Goodreads Author), N. Apythia Morges (Editor) 4.16 avg rating — 37 ratings — published 2012 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Now What? The Creative Writer's Guide to Success After the MFA by Ashley C. Andersen Zantop (editor), Michael Bayer (editor), A.J. O'Connell (Goodreads Author) (editor) 4.12 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 2014 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Perfect Facebook Life: Micro-Memoirs, Poems, and Very, Very Short Plays 4.93 avg rating — 14 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Eagle & The Arrow (Resistance #2) 3.81 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2013 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ripple Effect: A Collection of Fiction and Art by N. Apythia Morges (Editor), Tamila J. Ritter (Editor), Charie D. La Marr (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.44 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2008 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Undertow it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2014	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Final Statements it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2014	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Running Wild Press: Best of 2017: AWP Special Edition by A.J. O'Connell (Goodreads Author), Christa Miller (Goodreads Author), Keith R. Fentonmiller (Goodreads Author) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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I have a new book coming out!

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I’ve been posting a lot about “my new project” lately. What is it? I have a book coming out next year with Woodhall Press!

You know how in The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Midge does private parties instead of taking her comedy out into the world? That’s kind of what I’ve been doing on Facebook. I post a lot of short pieces about my life, and lot of jokes, and even some poems, online.