Rendezvous With A Writer Podcast

Cozy Mystery Writer JEANNE COONEY joins hosts Jim and Bobbi Jean Bell for a second helping of IT'S MURDER, her fun cozy mystery series. We chat about her newest title, IT'S MURDER, YOU BETCHA!  A QUIRKY MURDER MYSTERY WITH RECIPES. Set in Northwest Minnesota in February, sisters Doris and Grace return to solve the murder of Lars Carlson - the so-called boyfriend of their good friend ninety-years young, Rose. As expected, the story ...

Award-winning author CANDACE SIMAR joins hosts Jim and Bobbi Jean Bell for an engaging conversation about her historical fiction novel SISTER LUMBERJACK. We follow a cast of unforgettable characters in a Minnesota logging camp during the winter of 1893. Obstacles abound. Will they survive the harsh and dangerous winter? 

Episode #76 Aired March 7, 2024 Guest Host TOM SWEARINGEN chats with Cowboy Poet MARK MUNZERT. Tune in for an entertaining and informative conversation about the roots of cowboy poetry and what inspires the poems of both these talented poets. MARK recites several of his favorite poems.  Guest Host - Tom Swearingen Hosts -Jim and Bobbi Jean Bell  Opening and Closing Music - Hot Texas courtesy of Hot Texas Swing Band  Sponsored by O...

Episode #75 Aired February 29, 2024 AWARD-WINNING JIM JONES JOINS US! Hosts Jim and Bobbi Jean Bell chat with the award-winning Jim Jones! Jim joins us to share insights into just three of the ways he tells stories - the written word, original music, and now film. A Western/Folk Singer/Songwriter, Author and a native Texan who hangs his hat in New Mexico, Jim's songs and books are about the West … cowboys, horses & cattle, cat...

Episode #73 - Aired February 15, 2024 WE MET CHARLIE AND SUSAN IN BOOK #1 - WHAT'S NEXT? Hosts Jim and Bobbi Jean Bell chat with Featured Guest - Returning Author E. Joe Brown. In this episode they chat about Joe's second book in the KELLY CAN SAGA - A COWBOY'S FORTUNE.

Episode #72 - Aired February 8, 2024 Hosts Jim and Bobbi Jean Bell enjoy chatting with Featured Guest - Author, Screenwriter, Filmmaker and Film and TV Editor for True West Magazine, HENRY C. PARKE.  We have a lively conversation about his newly released (February 6, 2024) book THE GREATEST WESTERNS EVER MADE AND THE PEOPLE WHO MADE THEM. If you like Western films, and TV, you will relish and savor every word of this book. Your me...

Episode #71 - Aired February 1, 2024 Hosts Jim and Bobbi Jean Bell enjoy chatting with HENRY C. PARKE, Film Editor for True West Magazine, kicks off the show with his monthly "Henry's Western Round-up" report of all things happening on the Western Film Frontier. Returning guest, award-winning author MANUELA SCHNEIDER, joins us to talk about her newest projects - MUSIC, FILM and TWO new books THE MEMOIRS OF MADAME MOUSTACHE: GROWING...

Episode #70 - Aired January 18, 2024 Hosts Jim and Bobbi Jean Bell enjoy a lively and animated conversation with award-winning author DEBORAH SWENSON about the first two books in her DESERT HILLS TRILOGY. Jim read Book #1 - TILL MY LAST BREATH and Bobbi Jean read TILL MY LAST DAY. Question - What are these stories...Thriller? Mystery? Time Travel Adventure? Romance? Historical Fiction? Answer - Read them both and decide for yoursel...

Episode #69, Aired January 11, 2024. Author GENCY BROWN joins hosts Jim and Bobbi Jean Bell to chat about her newly released book A RIGHT FINE LIFE! Written in the tradition of a memorable country ballad, but with a twist, A RIGHT FINE LIFE takes the reader into the dreams and daily life of a talented yet struggling country musician, Randy Walters. GENCY knows her way around a touring musician's life and captures singer/songwriter ...

Episode #68. Aired January 4, 2024. Returning guests, True West Magazine Film Editor, HENRY C. PARKE and award-winning author MIKE TORREANO, kick off 2024! Hosts Jim and Bobbi Jean Bell catch up with them both. HENRY recaps what's happening in the world of Western Film. MIKE shares the backstory and author insights into his newly released historical fiction title FIREFLIES AT DUSK, already an award winner. This coming-of-age story,...

Episode #67 What happens when two award-winning word wranglers share an hour of conversation? Magic! Poet TOM SWEARINGEN steps in to guest host this broadcast with his special guest author, singer, songwriter, and musician MICKI FUHRMAN. Together, they explore the mysteries of how lyrics and songs are created, (when is it similar to writing poetry - if it ever is) what inspires great songwriting - and storytelling. Along the way, M...

Episode #66 Featured Guest Author ANN PARKER joins hosts Jim and Bobbi Jean Bell to discuss her latest title, the multi-award winning THE SECRET IN THE WALL, Book #8 of her popular SILVER RUSH MYSTERY SERIES. The year is 1882 and the location is "The Paris of the West" - San Francisco. What happens when a typical remodeling job - breaking through a wall to connect two adjacent boarding houses - reveals a skeleton with a glass eye a...

Episode #65 Featured Guest Author ERIN PRINGLE joined hosts Jim and Bobbi Jean Bell for an engaging conversation about her newly released book of stories, UNEXPECTED WEATHER EVENTS. Each story takes place against a wintery background with characters deeply involved in life changing experiences. Trust author ERIN PRINGLE to take your heart and soul into unknown territory and bring you out on the other side with a deeper understandin...