074I – Add a Little Murder: An Interview with Patricia Bradley

Interviewing the lovely Patricia Bradley was an exercise in paradoxes. Hearing this sweet Christian woman pronounce in her soft, Southern drawl, "Oh, I love to talk about murder. It's just fun" was just the beginning of my mind bending to look at things differently. :-D But I should have expected nothing less after I read the tagline for her website: Where love and faith cross paths...with murder.Patricia writes romantic suspense and says that murdering your characters is a great way to kill off your anxieties. (I think I'm going to try that! :-D ) What follows is a fun conversation about how she writes - an encouraging look at writing for pantsers!My biggest takeaway was when I realized that Patricia writes the scenes with the murderer or psychopath's point of view without knowing who the bad guy is - so it's just "he or she" - and later she'll have an ah-ha moment about who that person is in her story. I can't wait to try this!Patricia has a lot of great stuff on her blog, and she also suggests several other blogs/websites including:Suspense Sisters: https://suspensesisters.blogspot.com/2018/06/hot-new-inspirational-suspense-and.htmlLearn How to Write a Novel: http://learnhowtowriteanovel.com/blog/2018/06/05/getting-into-your-characters-headwhen-the-character-is-a-psychopath/Writers Police Academy: http://www.writerspoliceacademy.com/Alicia Rasley's site: http://www.aliciarasley.comHarlequin Heartwarming blog: http://heartwarmingauthors.blogspot.com/The Crime Scene Writer Yahoo Group: https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/crimescenewriter/infoShe also loves to use James Scott Bell's book, Super Structure, as she writes.You can follow Patricia Bradley on Goodreads, Facebook, and Twitter.