Some of M. Bradley McCauley's early childhood memories are imagining scenes and playing different characters in her fantasy day-dreaming world. Saturday matinees fueled her acting ambition, eventually replaced by an insatiable need to put pen to paper, and later fingers to keyboard and let the voices of her characters tell their stories.
While fiction is the main outlet for the words flowing from her imagination, in high school she was drawn to the writings of Emerson, Thoreau, and other historic legends including philosophers, writers, statesmen, inventors, and poets. She sensed their voices when reading Elbert Hubbard's, Little Journeys into the Homes of the Greats. His 1928 Memorial Edition is one of her cherished possessions. Imagining what each of 14 Greats would say if writing to us today, she created, A Little Bit About: Mini-bios of Historic Greats.
Ms. McCauley's first published novel, Annon's Secret Something Within, takes us to the spacious mansion of Annon where characters come to learn how to change their lives.
Janice Smith, popular Amazon reviewer wrote,
Janice Smith, popular Amazon reviewer wrote,
"Once or twice in a lifetime, we read a book that is life-changing. Annon's Secret Something Within is just such a book. This book speaks to the soul of each reader in an unforgettable way..."
The author insists the hardest part of writing the book was writing 'The End'. Annon and the eight characters are embedded in her writer's imagination and heart.
Ms. McCauley's next adventure is an eBook mystery with a little bit of romance. International Intrigue - An Irene Devlin Mystery, follows retired schoolteacher Irene Devlin on her last covert operation for SIP, Systems Intelligence Program. Danger, mystery, and intrigue follow her from London to Paris and the South of France where she finally encounters her unknown enemy.
Recently she returned to romantic fiction publishing, A Little Bit of Romance on Amazon. Currently, she is preparing, "A Little Bit More Romance, a series of longer romantic short stories for Amazon Kindle publication.
Ms McCauley lived a life of travel and adventure. From 15 years in a small town in PA, she lived in Germany first as a military brat in an American High School where she traveled to Rome and Paris on school trips, to being a military wife and mother of six in the late 60's and numerous homes in the states.
Her husband's military retirement did not halt her traveling nature. As a group tour travel agent on Florida's Gulf Coast, she took groups of senior citizens on cruises and tours. From ice fishing in the Bering sea in Nome, Alaska to cruising the Fjords of Norway, she became a veteran International traveler. A trip to Australia and New Zealand was a dream come true as was her final travel agent's adventure cruising the Mediterranean and returning to Rome after 45 years.
Now retired and indulging in her love of writing, her adventures are enjoying time with her 13 grandchildren who live in 5 states and DC. It's travel time again and this time, it is for family time.
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If you're not reading Mary Bradley McCauley, start now! You won't be disappointed. Insider hint: Get to know Annon!
ReplyDeleteThanks Jan, you are one of the best Amazon reviewers ever. Blessings on all you do.
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