When Do You Quit?

Patricia Bradley Uncategorized 14 Comments

The Winner of Beth Vogt’s book, Wish You Were Here goes to Melissa Isaksen! I’ve been writing for years now. Not going to say how many, just suffice it to say, A LOT. And so far, I haven’t had a book published. I did have several short stories published in Woman’s World and a few articles in national publications, but …

Interview with Wish You Were Here author, Beth Vogt

Patricia Bradley Inspirational Fiction, Writing 54 Comments

Today I’m honored to have friend and fellow writer Beth Vogt on my blog. I first met Beth on-line then at a Deep Thinkers Retreat in Melbourne, Florida. I’ll never forget walking back from dinner and talking with her about writing fiction. A published, non-fiction writer, she wasn’t sure about coming over to the dark side of writing. But let …

You Might be a Writer…with apologies to Jeff Foxworthy

Patricia Bradley Inspirational Fiction, Uncategorized, Writing 62 Comments

This post first appeared on the MBT Ponderers Blog February 4, 2011 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 ever thought about how writers really …

Five Reasons To Enter The Frasier Writing Contest

Patricia Bradley Writing, Writing Contest 14 Comments

Number One: The Feedback I received from my Frasier entry was the most in-depth I’ve ever received from contest judges. I’m going to share a comment from one of the judges: SHOW us her emotional response to that (an event in the story) in disjointed sentences, and repetitive gestures, and other body language that would convey how rattled she is. …

My Guest today is Susan Sleeman

Patricia Bradley Inspirational Fiction, Writing 14 Comments

I’m excited to bring a great author to you today. I just finished Nipped in the Bud and can’t wait until the next one comes out February 23rd. But I’m going to let her tell you all about the new series. A NEW LINE OF MYSTERIES FOR YOUR E-READER Susan Sleeman here. Do you have an e-reader or maybe an iPad? …

The Desires of Your Heart

Patricia Bradley Uncategorized 16 Comments

The tagline for my website is Delight yourself in the Lord, and He will give you the desires of your heart. Psalm 37:4 Delight yourself in the Lord…what does that really mean? For me, it means drinking in His word, talking to Him, listening to Him…trusting Him enough to give Him my desires. That’s now, but when I first claimed …

Build My Own Website? Am I crazy?

Patricia Bradley Building your website, Writing 11 Comments

After 48 hair-pulling hours, I’m finally halfway happy with the look of my redesigned website. I do want to thank Google for making it so easy to find help with their WordPress designs. And I’ve even learned html code. Don’t fall down laughing… I did learn to use a great Windows 07 option: Snipping tool. Before I changed anything in …