With Apologies to Jeff Foxworthy…You Might be a writer if…

Patricia Bradley Writing 9 Comments

This is one of my all-time favorite posts. It first appeared on my blog in April of 2012. I came to writing rather late in life–at the age of thirty-five. That’s when these people moved into my head and wouldn’t go away until I wrote their stories. And I remember wondering when I could call myself a writer. Have you …

Happy Tuesday!

Patricia Bradley Uncategorized 6 Comments

Today I’m just sharing a photo of my sister and me when I was about 8 and she was 4. Note the matching dresses in different colors. 🙂 And note she got the cowboy boots and I got saddle oxfords! And if you’d like to read about the year Santa brought the doll…here’s a link to a post I did at Suzanne …

And the winner is…

Patricia Bradley Mystery Question 14 Comments

Things have gotten so crazy at my house, this will be my last original post for 2017…but I’m planning on rerunning one of my favorite blogs next week. Now for last week’s Mystery Question, answer, and winner! Blotter Reports. Three statements are actual blotter reports and one I made up. A Maine police department is warning residents to steer clear of black market …

Kidnapped!

Patricia Bradley Mystery Question 28 Comments

Can you believe it’s the first of December? I love Christmas time. I’ve noticed people are usually kinder and more thoughtful toward others during this season and wish it were so all year round. Now on to last week’s Mystery Question. It’s 1951 in Cleveland, Ohio, and a police officer spots a Lincoln with California tags going the wrong direction on …

Reader Friday – Ten Seconds ‘Til

Patricia Bradley Reader Friday 21 Comments

A few weeks ago I mentioned I’d read a couple of novellas and would write a review the next week…well, here’s the first one, only a few weeks late. 🙂 The first story is  TEN SECONDS TIL… A New MedAir Series Crime Thriller from Critically-acclaimed Author Braxton DeGarmo A serial-bombing vigilante is on the loose, and when an explosion kills three well-known …

How durable are fingerprints?

Patricia Bradley Mystery Question 25 Comments

The year is 1880. English scientist Sir Francis Galton established that fingerprints are not inherited and that even identical twins had different ridge patterns. Two years later, Galton published a book from his studies, Finger Prints. From this book, a police officer in India established five basic patterns and instructed his forces to start using dactyloscopy — the term used …