Brandi Bradley is an indie author who cannot stop talking. She writes crime fiction about secret and scandals, but in her regular life she&#39;s teaching, baking, and driving around Atlanta in her favorite cowgirl boots. Each episode is a mini essay about how she navigates being an indie writer, a parent, and an urban cowgirl.Read Books. Wear Boots.

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I&#39;m am known to being good to travel with. I started to investigate why. In this episode, I relay what I discovered and my tips for being the best travel companion to make sure everyone has a good time.

I&#39;m am known to being good to travel with. I started to investigate why. In this episode, I relay what I discovered and my tips for being the best travel companion to make sure everyone has a good time.

Road Dawgs

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It&#39;s difficult when you recognize your former self in your students, but it&#39;s helped me identify perfectionist, self-sabotaging, and even arrogant behaviors that keep me from writing and improving my writing skills.

It&#39;s difficult when you recognize your former self in your students, but it&#39;s helped me identify perfectionist, self-sabotaging, and even arrogant behaviors that keep me from writing and improving my writing skills.

Teaching Makes Me A Better Writer

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Woolf said writers need a room of one&#39;s own, but sometimes that room is a laundry room, a walk in closet, or even a car. Writers sometimes need to make space wherever they can.

Creating Writing Space

Woolf said writers need a room of one&#39;s own, but sometimes that room is a laundry room, a walk in closet, or even a car. 

Writers sometimes need to make space wherever they can.

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This week, I&#39;m telling stories about how it is possible to get in trouble for reading. Also, Cowgirl Bookworms has received it&#39;s first piece of listener mail! If you have a question for the Cowgirl Bookworm, be sure to go to brandibradley.com/cowgirlbookworms and fill out the form. I will read your question on the air.

This week, I&#39;m telling stories about how it is possible to get in trouble for reading. 

Also, Cowgirl Bookworms has received it&#39;s first piece of listener mail! 

If you have a question for the Cowgirl Bookworm, be sure to go to brandibradley.com/cowgirlbookworms and fill out the form. I will read your question on the air.

Got Caught Reading

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An intimate look at what motivates a writer.

An intimate look at what motivates a writer.

A Story for the Lonely

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On Saturday mornings, we didn&#39;t open the store, we had to build the store. This week I am telling the story of how my mother and I brought in the dough every weekend at flea markets all over the tri-state area.Be sure to check out more stories like this at brandibradley.com/blog or brandibradley.com/shortstories.

On Saturday mornings, we didn&#39;t open the store, we had to build the store.  

This week I am telling the story of how my mother and I brought in the dough every weekend at flea markets all over the tri-state area.

Be sure to check out more stories like this at brandibradley.com/blog or brandibradley.com/shortstories.

Cowgirl Queens of the Flea Market

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This week I&#39;m reading a true story about old cowboys. Years after my parents died, I wrote a pair of companion pieces about them. One was about flea markets and getting ahead by telling lies. The other -- the one featured today -- is about the dilemma of not knowing what to do when good ole boys fall apart. This essay was originally published in the Winter 2019 issue of Carve magazine.

This week I&#39;m reading a true story about old cowboys. 

Years after my parents died, I wrote a pair of companion pieces about them. One was about flea markets and getting ahead by telling lies. The other -- the one featured today -- is about the dilemma of not knowing what to do when good ole boys fall apart. 

This essay was originally published in the Winter 2019 issue of Carve magazine.

Good Ole Boys Like Me

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When I was too shy to celebrate myself, Behr stepped in for me. Who needs a publicity team when my kid is happy to do the work.Also, I am celebrating my Book-iversary this month. One year since the release of Mothers of the Missing Mermaid.Learn more at brandibradley.com/newreleaseOr check out my other posts at brandibradley.com/blog

When I was too shy to celebrate myself, Behr stepped in for me. Who needs a publicity team when my kid is happy to do the work. 

Also, I am celebrating my Book-iversary this month. One year since the release of Mothers of the Missing Mermaid. 

Learn more at brandibradley.com/newrelease

Or check out my other posts at brandibradley.com/blog

Mini Hype Man

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My BFF is opening a flower shop and it is triggering a lot of childhood drama. A flower shop is not an easy breezy business to run!

My BFF is opening a flower shop and it is triggering a lot of childhood drama. A flower shop is not an easy breezy business to run!

The Flower Shop

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When I hit my burnout point and got stuck with my writing, I turned it into a party, and that changed everything.

When I hit my burnout point and got stuck with my writing, I turned it into a party, and that changed everything

Process Parties

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When the thing I loved turned into the thing I dreaded, I needed to get out of my funk and embrace The Process.

When the thing I loved turned into the thing I dreaded, I needed to get out of my funk and embrace The Process.

Be sure to check out my weekly blog posts at brandibradley.com/blog

The Process

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Listen to how my country-ass rodeo-riding, flea-market-selling upbringing gave me the tools to become an indie author.

Listen to how my country-ass rodeo-riding, flea-market-selling upbringing gave me the tools to become an indie author.

Welcome to Cowgirl Bookworms!

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Get a taste of the podcast for Books and Boots on the go. Listen to stories about life as an indie author, as a crime and mystery writer, as an educator, and a person in the great city of Atlanta.

Get a taste of the podcast for Books and Boots on the go. Listen to stories about life as an indie author, as a crime and mystery writer, as an educator, and a person in the great city of Atlanta.

Cowgirl Bookworms Trailer

Brandi Bradley is an indie author who cannot stop talking. 

She writes crime fiction about secret and scandals, but in her regular life she's teaching, baking, and driving around Atlanta in her favorite cowgirl boots. 

Each episode is a mini essay about how she navigates being an indie writer, a parent, and an urban cowgirl.

Read Books. Wear Boots.