Tom Bradley Jr. ๐Ÿ“š๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ

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#IndieAuthor of the Noelani Lee #Mystery series. #OxfordComma zealot. USNโš“ vet. Also on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/tbradleywrites.bsky.social
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Tom Bradley Jr. ๐Ÿ“š๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆMar 24
Our beautiful Lola Dawg the Basset Hound crossed the Rainbow Bridge last Friday. I'm happy to know Molli and Sadie and Beulah and all our wonderful Katz were there to meet her.
Tom Bradley Jr. ๐Ÿ“š๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆMar 17

Coming Soon: Writing About Writing.

Wherein I rehash some old stuff and come up with new takes on #writing, like I'm some sort of expert.

https://www.authortombradley.com/writing-about-writing

Writing About Writing | tombradleyjr

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Tom Bradley Jr. ๐Ÿ“š๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆMar 15
I'm old enough to remember when US Cabinet secretaries were not cartoon characters.
Tom Bradley Jr. ๐Ÿ“š๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆMar 3

If you're a member of the
@AuthorsGuild and you write your own books (as opposed to letting AI do it), I recommend you take advantage of their Human Authored Certification. It's a free member benefit and costs a mere $10/title for nonmembers.

https://authorsguild.org/human-authored/

#Books #Authors

Human Authored Certification - The Authors Guild

Human Authored is a project of the Authors Guild that allows an author to certify that their book is created by a human. โ€œHuman Authoredโ€ means that the text of the book was written by a human and not generated [โ€ฆ]

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Tom Bradley Jr. ๐Ÿ“š๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆFeb 26

Being a punk in Hawaiสปi is a hard-knock life. Just ask Shawn โ€œSpeedyโ€ Lopes.

https://www.hawaiipublicradio.org/the-conversation/2026-02-24/new-book-looks-into-hawaiis-punk-rock-music-scene?mc_cid=efff36470b&mc_eid=769bc4cc82
#Books & #Authors & #Hawaii via Hawaii Public Radio

New book takes fans into Honolulu's '80s and '90s punk rock scene

Being a punk in Hawaiสปi is a hard-knock life. Just ask Shawn โ€œSpeedyโ€ Lopes. It's been his life and includes getting jumped outside of bars. Now it's the subject of a new book.

Hawai'i Public Radio
Tom Bradley Jr. ๐Ÿ“š๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆFeb 16

I'm still skeptical about whether souls are real.

Then I give them the benefit of the doubt.

I also question the existence of the Devil.

But suppose he/it is real?

This leads me to wonder if selling your soul to the devil can actually happen.

Of course, I doubt it.

Yet thereโ€™s Marco Rubio.

Tom Bradley Jr. ๐Ÿ“š๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆFeb 12

When Presidents Slowly Fall: What Fiction Gets Right About the 25th Amendment

https://lithub.com/when-presidents-slowly-fall-what-fiction-gets-right-about-the-25th-amendment/
via @literaryhub

When Presidents Slowly Fall: What Fiction Gets Right About the 25th Amendment

American political fiction has always been fascinated by loud endings. Assassinations. Coups. Riots in the streets. Helicopters lifting off from rooftops. The drama of collapse tends to arrive withโ€ฆ

Literary Hub
Tom Bradley Jr. ๐Ÿ“š๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆFeb 12

I should be putting more work into my WIP, then I reconsider when I realize the Dow is over 50,000 right now, the S&P at almost 7,000 and the Nasdaq is smashing records.

#Writing #WritingLife

Tom Bradley Jr. ๐Ÿ“š๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆFeb 11

"Denial is why we are doing it again. We have a president who is killing people now. There is blood all over his hands."

James Lee Burke on Chaucer, Violence, and the State of America

https://crimereads.com/james-lee-burke-on-chaucer-violence-and-the-state-of-america/

#AuthorInterview by David Masciotra via Crime Reads

James Lee Burke on Chaucer, Violence, and the State of America

The late Toni Morrison wrote, โ€œThose writers plying their craft near to or far from the throne of raw power, of military power, of empire building and countinghouses, writers who construct meaning โ€ฆ

CrimeReads
Tom Bradley Jr. ๐Ÿ“š๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆFeb 11

"The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary."

H.L. Mencken