Know Where the Bodies Are Buried: An Interview with Patricia Bradley

EPISODE 232Today's guest is Patricia Bradley, romantic suspense author of the brand new book, Obsession. This is book two in the Natchez Trace Park Rangers series.Patricia shares lots of information about the Natchez Trace area, the kind of law enforcement in the U.S. National Parks, and how she came up with ideas for where the bad guys can bury the bodies there. She's also incredibly encouraging about not quitting, sharing that she wrote for over 30 years before publishing her first book. A great episode to help you keep going in your own writing!Find out more about Patricia and her books at her website https://ptbradley.com/.TRANSCRIPTION[You'll need to add 03:28 -- 3 minutes and 28 seconds -- to the timecode below to account for the episode's introduction.][00:00:01.630] - KittyToday's guest is Patricia Bradley. Patricia is the author of Justice Delayed, Justice Buried, Justice Betrayed and Justice Delivered, as well as the Logan Point series. She's won an inspirational Reader's Choice Award in romantic suspense, a Daphne du Maurier Award and a Touched by Love Award. And she was a Carol Award finalist. She is co-founder of Aiming for Healthy Families, Inc. and she's a member of American Christian Fiction Writers and Sisters in Crime. Patricia makes her home in Mississippi.[00:00:33.910] - KittyWelcome back, Patricia.[00:00:36.960] - PatriciaThanks, I love being here. This is a fun time.[00:00:40.350] - KittyI always love talking to you. I've actually I have thought that we had talked so much more recently, but the last time you were on the show was June 2018.[00:00:51.310] - PatriciaYou're kidding. I was trying to think when I was logging on, I was trying to think of how long ago it was, but I had no idea it was that. I know you hadn't been in Sweden very long.[00:01:00.890] - KittyRight. Yeah, that's right. I had just moved here.[00:01:05.350] - PatriciaYeah. And the window was open and they were having a parade or something.[00:01:08.710] - KittyThat's right.I couldn't remember who I was talking to. It was the graduation parade. Yeah.[00:01:15.530] - PatriciaYeah. That was fun to get to see you get to say a different something different.[00:01:23.080] - KittyYeah. Yeah. Oh well so listen, if you are listening and don't remember talking or hearing Patricia talk before she was on episode 74 in June 2018. And Patricia, I don't know if I told you this, but I ran that episode as an encore episode on January 2nd 2020 because it's just one of my favorite episodes.[00:01:45.400] - PatriciaIt was a lot of fun. I like it. It's just a lot of fun. Yeah. And then I get this Southern accent.[00:01:52.000] - KittyThat's right. And I'm not sure if you were wearing pearls that day, but you have this like just totally put together elegant look. And to hear one of the first things that you say be I just love talking about murder. I was like, I'm going to love this interview.[00:02:09.040] - PatriciaAnd do I do love talking about murder.[00:02:12.130] - KittyWell let's do that some more.[00:02:13.300] - PatriciaAnd justice. Yeah. And justice.[00:02:15.400] - KittyI noticed that with all of your titles of your last series. Yeah. Justice is a big theme for you.[00:02:21.310] - PatriciaIt is.[00:02:22.180] -...