Rendezvous With A Writer Podcast

Rendezvous With A Writer Podcast

Hosts OutWest Shop’s Bobbi Jean Bell and Jim Bell chat LIVE with creators of the written word including authors, songwriters, and poets. Unscripted. Entertaining. Informative. Tune in to enjoy live conversation with their guests about their latest project and their creative process. Supporters of the wordsmith are included too like literary agents, publicists, publishers and more. To inquire about appearing on the broadcast: bobbijeanbell@gmail.com

Episodes

December 6, 2024 50 mins

THE SANTA CLAUS BANK ROBBERY Hosts Jim Bell and Bobbi Jean Bell welcome two guests to the show!  The opening segment, IN THE LIMELIGHT, features True West Film Editor Henry C. Parke reporting on the latest Western movie and TV films and projects.  Taking CENTER STAGE is award-winning author THOMAS GOODMAN. Goodman shares the backstory to his award-winning title THE LAST MAN: A NOVEL OF THE 1927 SANTA CLAUS BANK ROBBERY.  Yes - it...

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IT'S ALL ABOUT JOY AND FOOD  HostsJim Bell and Bobbi Jean Bell welcome two guests to the show!  On Thanksgiving Day, JOY and FOOD take center stage.  In The Limelight guest, JANICE E. KIRK, shares the backstory of her book DRAWING CLOSE, ENCOUNTERING JOY: AN ARTIST'S PSALMS AND PRAYERS FOR THE EARTH. Through the eyes of an artist, poet, and writer Kirk discovers nature's abiding witness to the "wondrous Mystery wrapped in beauty."...

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IT'S ALL ABOUT TODAY'S WESTERN Hosts Jim Bell and Bobbi Jean Bell welcome two guests to the show!  Two of the biggest names in the Western literature genre join us. We welcome MIKE BRAY, CEO of WOLFPACK PUBLISHING, and author PETER BRANDVOLD.   Wolfpack Publishing is home to an all-star stable of award-winning legends and developing superstars in the western fiction, action-adventure, men's adventure, crime fiction, mystery, thri...

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A THRILLER & PINTSIZED PIONEERS & CAT TALES Hosts Jim Bell and Bobbi Jean Bell welcome three guests to the show!  The opening segment,  IN THE LIMELIGHT, features author JAN D. PAYNE talking about her new book, the mystery thriller RABBIT MOON. Taking CENTER STAGE are PRESTON LEWIS and HARRIET KOCHER LEWIS, authors of the newly released book, PINTSIZED PIONEERS: TAMING THE FRONTIER, ONE CHORE AT AT TIME.  Curious about ...

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TOOTH AND CLAW - PRE-ORDER NOW! Hosts Jim Bell and Bobbi Jean Bell welcome two guests to the show!  The opening segment, IN THE LIMELIGHT, features True West Film Editor Henry C. Parke reporting on the latest Western movie and TV films and projects.  Taking CENTER STAGE is award-winning author CRAIG JOHNSON, creator of the popular Longmire Series. Craig shares the backstory to his riveting new thriller (yes, it reads like a thril...

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Hosts Jim Bell and Bobbi Jean Bell welcome two guests to the show! The opening segment, IN THE LIMELIGHT, features award-winning author and podcast host KATHRYN BROWN RAMSPERGER. We chat about her newest title, A THOUSAND FLYING THINGS.  Gorgeously written, thought provoking, and emotionally captivating nnce you begin this story you will not be able to put it down. Taking CENTER STAGE is singer, songwriter and recording artist CL...

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Hosts Jim Bell and Bobbi Jean Bell welcome two authors to the show! The opening segment, IN THE LIMELIGHT,  features returning guest VINCE PINKERTON with his new book LEGACY. Is it a ghost story? Thriller? Mystery? YES! Can a Civil War surgical kit "come to life?" YES! And what happens when it does? Read LEGACY to find out!  Taking CENTER STAGE is author KEN LA SALLE We chat about his many book titles and his newest work, his ne...

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Hosts Jim Bell and Bobbi Jean Bell welcome two authors to the show! The opening segment, IN THE LIMELIGHT,  features guest Cozy Mystery author LAURA HERN to talk about her fun and engaging series Lainey Maynard Mysteries. Taking CENTER STAGE author BARRY M. PUTT, JR shares his insights into how any writer can turn their story into an audio drama. His excellent book, Stories Through Sound: The Craft Of Writing Audio Dramas For Pod...

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WHAT DO THESE TWO BILLS HAVE IN COMMON? Hosts Jim Bell and Bobbi Jean Bell welcome October 2024 with True West Film Editor Henry C. Parke and award-winning non-fiction author Bill Markley. The opening segment, IN THE LIMELIGHT,  features returning guest HENRY C. PARKE shares the latest news of what's happening on the Western frontier of movies and TV. As the Film Editor for True West Magazine, Henry always has the latest news! IN...

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TWO WILL ROGERS MEDALLION WINNERS  Hosts Jim Bell and Bobbi Jean Bell continue September's theme MAYHEM, MEMOIR, MURDER, and MEDALLION WINNER with Will Rogers Medallion  award-winning authors W. Michael Farmer and Joni Franks. A new segment, IN THE LIMELIGHT, kicks off the show and features returning guest W. Michael Farmer. He catches us up on new publications recently released, new books coming out in 2025, and recently won awar...

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September 20, 2024 50 mins
EVIL HIDES IN THE DARK Hosts Jim Bell and Bobbi Jean Bell continue September's theme MAYHEM, MEMOIR, MURDER, and MEDALLION WINNER continues with thriller writer  J. David Bethel.  Author J. David Bethel joins us for an in-depth discussion about his riveting psychological thriller MAPPING THE NIGHT. We read it on the "edge of our seats!" The evil that hides in the dark is not always what it seems. About The Book: FBI Special A...
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September 13, 2024 48 mins

"EL PASO - YOU'RE LOOKING GOOD" Hosts Jim Bell and Bobbi Jean Bell continue September's theme MAYHEM, MEMOIR, MURDER, and MEDALLION WINNER with memoir author Jane Little Botkin.   THE PINK DRESS: A MEMOIR OF A RELUCTANT BEAUTY QUEEN Jane Little Botkin, former Miss El Paso Texas beauty queen and Guyrex Girl, reveals the realities of becoming the first protégé of “Kings of Beauty” Richard Guy and Rex Holt amid the 1970s countercultu...

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MAYHEM, MEMOIR, MURDER, and MEDALLION WINNER! Hosts Jim Bell and Bobbi Jean Bell kick it off September with Mayhem!  Join us as we talk with C Courtney Joyner and Henry Parke about books and movies. Henry is an author and film editor for True West Magazine and he catches us up with his monthly "Henry's Western Roundup" of film and TV news. Courtney is an award-winning writer of fiction, comics and screen plays who will share the ba...

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August 30, 2024 51 mins
MURDER, FLOOD, CORVETTE: 3 WORDS TO GET YOUR HEART RACING! We are so excited for our 100th broadcast! Join us!  Hosts Jim Bell and Bobbi Jean Bell celebrate the 100th episode with Kevin Wolf Storyteller, and his riveting mystery set in the Rocky Mountain National Park, TRAILRIDGE: A GUY HOGAN MYSTERY.  Kevin shares the backstory to the book, its cover, and the inspiration for the storyline. Set over a couple of days in July, 1982 ...
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AT THE HEART OF THE GAME Hosts Jim Bell and Bobbi Jean Bell welcome two authors, Peggy Chambers with her special guest Paula Benge. 

There is something "magic" when 2 authors chat about a book and the writing process - and we, the readers, get to listen in! Once again, author Peggy Chambers, takes the lead for an engaging conversation between two authors - Peggy and her guest Paula Benge  We've been reading Paula's newly relea...
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August 17, 2024 49 mins

Hosts Jim Bell and Bobbi Jean Bell welcome KATY MCQUAID!

HUMBLE YET FIERCE: MY LIFE BEHIND THE CURTAIN OF THE CIA is an inspiring memoir by Katy McQuaid. We couldn't put it down! Katy's personal stories of her years with the CIA reminds us of this saying "A Lion Doesn't Need To Roar." About The Book: Often, we want to speak up, but we don’t, gripped by fear and the need to get along. The reality is, it’s hard to find our voice...
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August 10, 2024 48 mins

WE READ A POLITICAL THRILLER! JOIN US! KAPLAN IS UP THERE WITH THE BEST - CLIVE CUSSLER Hosts Jim Bell and Bobbi Jean Bell are eager to introduce to you HOWARD KAPLAN, the author of THE SYRIAN SUNSET.  A sweeping novel of international intrigue about the Syrian Civil War, the failure of the West to save the Syrian people, and how that inaction against the Russian incursion of Syria emboldened Vladmir Putin to attack Ukraine. Ba...

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THE DOCTOR WAS A WOMAN  Hosts Bobbi Jean and Jim Bell rendezvous with multi-award winning author and historian Chris Enss and True West Magazine Film Editor Henry C. Parke. So much to talk about! This broadcast marks our Second Anniversary and the beginning of our third year.  Henry catches us up with the latest news from the Western Film and TV front with his monthly "Henry's Western Round-up Report." Executive Director of the Wi...

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August 2, 2024 48 mins

THE BOX M GANG  Hosts Bobbi Jean and Jim Bell rendezvous with author Mark L. Redmond about his passion for the West and his success creating three series for middle grade readers. We'll be taking an in-depth at the first book of his new series, The Box M Gang. 

ABOUT THE BOOK The year is 1875. The Arizona Territory is a wild, sparsely settled place. The Martin family's Box M Ranch is ten miles from their nearest neighbor and twent...
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July 18, 2024 49 mins
GARDENS, GRANDMOTHERS, AND GREAT STORYTELLING! Hosts Bobbi Jean and Jim Bell rendezvous with author Gina L. Carroll.  Once we read page one, we couldn't put down this wonderful newly released title, The Grandest Garden. The storyline, the characters, the gardens, and the relationships captured my full attention and wouldn't let me go. What's Bella going to do next? Will she have her first art photography exhibition at the Herman G...
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