{"id":29307,"date":"2025-03-14T03:00:34","date_gmt":"2025-03-14T10:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/?p=29307"},"modified":"2025-03-14T03:30:38","modified_gmt":"2025-03-14T10:30:38","slug":"qa-with-benjamin-bradley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/2025\/03\/14\/qa-with-benjamin-bradley\/","title":{"rendered":"Q&#038;A with Benjamin Bradley"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/QA-with-Benjamin-Bradley.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-29308 size-full\" title=\"Q&amp;A with Benjamin Bradley\" src=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/QA-with-Benjamin-Bradley.png\" alt=\"Q&amp;A with Benjamin Bradley\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/QA-with-Benjamin-Bradley.png 300w, https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/QA-with-Benjamin-Bradley-80x80.png 80w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Please welcome Benjamin Bradley to our Featured Author Q&amp;A series at Writer\u2019s Fun Zone. Enjoy!<\/p>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019d like to be considered for an interview, check out our guidelines <a href=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/guest-columnists-welcome\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<h2>About Benjamin Bradley<\/h2>\n<blockquote><p>Benjamin Bradley is a member of both Mystery Writers of America and International Thriller Writers. He&#8217;s the author of the <i>Shepard &amp; Kelly Mystery <\/i>series through Indies United Publishing House and his short fiction has appeared in literary magazines including <i>Reckon Review<\/i> and <i>Flash Fiction Magazine<\/i>. He works in public health and homelessness and lives in Raleigh, North Carolina with his wife, their cat Fox, and their dog Harper.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2>On to Our Interview!<\/h2>\n<h3>Q. Tell us who you are and what inspires you to write!<\/h3>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">A. I&#8217;m a mystery writer and author who is passionate about the human experience and finding ways to make an impact on the world.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">When I&#8217;m not writing or working, I love to be outdoors, particularly running ultramarathons or hiking with my wife and dog.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">I&#8217;m really lucky to call Raleigh, NC home which has tons of great parks and trails to explore (and think of new plot twists!)<\/p>\n<h3>Q. How did you get to this place in your life? Share your story!<\/h3>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">A. I&#8217;ve been an avid reader my whole life, especially in the mystery and thriller genre, but only in the past decade started to consider that I might be able to craft stories of my own.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">As I thought about that, my mom handed me a booklet I wrote as a kid &#8212; which is now officially my first manuscript.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Beyond all of that, I&#8217;ve been super privileged to have a ton of unique experiences traveling across the US and internationally which help inspire new tales!<\/p>\n<h3>Q. What are you most passionate about?<\/h3>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">A. I&#8217;m really passionate about finding ways to make an impact on the world &#8212; and I try to channel that both in my day job and in my writing.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">In my day job, I work with people experiencing homelessness to help connect them to healthcare and public health programs.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">There&#8217;s always work to be done and it&#8217;s equal parts challenging and rewarding.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">In my writing, I think stories hold such great power to help us think differently and escape our worlds &#8212; but most importantly they help deepen empathy for other people.<\/p>\n<h3>Q. Can you tell us a little bit about your writing process, routine, and\/or rituals around your writing?<\/h3>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">A. I work full time, so it&#8217;s always been important to carve out time to write whenever I can.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">A hectic schedule can really put your routines and rituals to the test, but I cherished any block of time when I had dedicated headspace to think and write.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Sometimes that was at 5AM.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Sometimes that was late at night.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Sometimes it was hopping into my manuscript for edits during my lunch break.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Through all of this, my biggest reflection has been a universal one. Writing is a muscle. The more you work it, the stronger it gets. BUT there are days you flat out won&#8217;t have the juice. Muscles get tired. They can&#8217;t work forever.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Just as important as flexing it often is resting it and letting your head settle.<\/p>\n<h3>Q. What are a few challenges you faced in creating, marketing, or publishing your creative work? And your solutions to them.<\/h3>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">A. As with most writers, the challenges here were aplenty. The one that I struggled (and struggle) with the most though, is imposter syndrome.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Writing is an incredibly isolating practice at times and it can be really easy to create an echo chamber in your head. It&#8217;s up to you whether the shouts you hear are positive or negative.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">For me, I held myself to an incredibly high standard. Even with the final product, I lamented small things I should&#8217;ve done differently or changed. I think most writers end up feeling this way.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">One of the biggest pieces of advice that helped with this was: nobody picks up a book looking to hate it.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">In a really tense world, I had worries that I&#8217;d embarass myself or get ridiculed online. The truth of the matter is, that&#8217;s out of my control.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">I&#8217;m still a work in progress around this &#8212; even with my next manuscripts, I spend so much time putting myself through the wringer &#8212; but I love the writing community as a place to learn from one another about things like this!<\/p>\n<h3>Q. What do you wish you had known before you started writing fiction?<\/h3>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">A. The drafting process can really stretch on forever if you let it!<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">From start to finish, I counted 18 drafts of <i>WHAT HE LEFT BEHIND. <\/i>Some were just my own revisions, others were from editors and proofreaders via CamCat.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Every draft was important and worth it, but I did not expect to have that many iterations of the story!<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">When I received the final Advanced Reader Copy last year, I had to read through and take notes to help me remember the final character names and plot twists because I had so many versions running around in my head.<\/p>\n<h3>Q. What&#8217;s next for you in your creative work?<\/h3>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">A. Right now, I&#8217;m fully focused on spreading the word about <i>WHAT HE LEFT BEHIND<\/i> to help it reach as many readers as possible. I&#8217;ve got a few manuscripts drafted that I&#8217;ll work to get into the hands of agents and publishers soon, so stay posted for more!<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/What-Left-Behind-Benjamin-Bradley\/dp\/0744311969\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>What He Left Behind by Benjamin Bradley<\/b><\/a><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/What-Left-Behind-Benjamin-Bradley\/dp\/0744311969\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-29309\" title=\"What He Left Behind by Benjamin Bradley\" src=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/71EktcfWyNL._SL1000_-194x300.jpg\" alt=\"What He Left Behind by Benjamin Bradley\" width=\"129\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/71EktcfWyNL._SL1000_-194x300.jpg 194w, https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/71EktcfWyNL._SL1000_-640x989.jpg 640w, https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/71EktcfWyNL._SL1000_.jpg 647w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 129px) 100vw, 129px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In a sleepy town, a detective must partner with a big city detective who broke her heart and fled the town years prior, to uncover the explosive truth behind the murder of a stranger.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><b>Connect with Benjamin Bradley<\/b><\/h2>\n<p>Site Link <a href=\"http:\/\/www.benjaminbradleywrites.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.benjaminbradleywrites.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Facebook <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/benjaminbradleybooks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/benjaminbradleybooks<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Instagram <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/benjaminbradleywrites\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/benjaminbradleywrites<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Benjamin Bradley talks about the hardest part of writing, the drafting sequence, and more. 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