Rendezvous With A Writer Podcast

#82 Guest Author C.M. Wendelboe

APRIL GOES OUT WITH A BANG!
Hosts Jim and Bobbi Jean Bell dodge bullets and crashing waves of water in DEATH UNDER THE DELUGE written by their talented guest, author C.M. WENDLEBOE.  The author of several book series, we talk about his 'Spirit Road Mystery Series' and the newest title Death Under the Deluge. Tune in to find out what inspired this story and its title, what role did two Lakota Code Talkers play in the action, and what are some tips for other authors writing mysteries? 
ABOUT THE BOOK:
A corpse is found lashed to a submerged cabin under the Missouri River just south of a Sioux Indian reservation… A corpse tied there perhaps seventy years ago… A corpse shot and tied there just before the river was flooded over a resort island first discovered by the Lewis and Clark Expedition…
FBI Agent Manny Tanno is assigned to assist local law enforcement in the decades-old homicide. Suspects abound, including the owner of a trucking company and a long-dead Lakota Code Talker for the Army in World War Two.
And dangers abound as a deputy sheriff also investigating the case is murdered. Manny’s life is threatened as he’s repeatedly attacked, barely escaping death himself. Will he survive to solve the cold case and the killing of the young deputy sheriff? Is there a chance he can find the killer of the deputy? Or any chance the murderer of the floating man is still among the living? Manny must dodge bullets as he works to stay alive long enough to catch the killers.Hosts - Jim and Bobbi Jean Bell Opening and Closing Music - Hot Texas courtesy of Hot Texas Swing Band Sponsored by OutWest Shop Shop ALL Rendezvous With A Writer book titles HERE Aired April 25, 2024

#81 Guest Alex Dormont - Leader - Hot Texas Swing Band

WE ARE TAPPIN' OUR TOES AND SNAPPIN' OUR FINGERS!
ALEX DORMONT, leader of the award-winning HOT TEXAS SWING BAND joins hosts Jim and Bobbi Jean Bell. Enjoy great music and hear about the history of Western Swing, the backstory of the band and songs, and Alex's songwriting process. Check out their New Album - GOTTA MOVE.
Alex Dormont is the Band Leader, Songwriter, Arranger, and Bass & Vocals of the Hot Texas Swing Band. You'll recognize their song, "Hot Texas," as it opens and closes every Rendezvous With A Writer broadcast. About The Band:
With one boot in Cowboy music and the other in Swing, the Hot Texas Swing Band is riding the trail previously blazed by artists such as Bob Wills and Asleep at the Wheel. Backed by a passion for traditional Western Swing, the Hot Texas Swing Band pushes the genre forward with Rockabilly, Latin beats and original material for high-energy shows that have critics and fans raving.Hosts - Jim and Bobbi Jean Bell Opening and Closing Music - Hot Texas courtesy of Hot Texas Swing Band Playlist: Gotta Move, Tex-Mex Song, Rio Grande, Castle Walls, Devil On My Tail, Ain't Dead Yet - courtesy of Hot Texas Swing BandSponsored by OutWest Shop Shop ALL Rendezvous With A Writer book titles HERE Aired April 11, 2024

#80 Guest Western Film Editor Henry Parke and Author Sherry Monahan

WE READ, WE COOK, WE EAT, and WE TALK!HENRY PARKE - Film Editor for True West Magazine and Culinary Historian SHERRY MONAHAN joined hosts Jim and Bobbi Jean Bell. Sherry's True West column, "Frontier Fare" always covers a taste of the West. We chatted about her newest book SIGNATURE DISHES OF AMERICA and her earlier one, THE TOMBSTONE COOKBOOK. (We created dinner from three recipes in this fun cookbook.) These are cookbooks...and so much more! Think of each recipe like a book's character...learn the backstory, what made the recipe popular in its time, and its legacy today. Then...get cookin' or as Sherry Monahan suggests, "Forks Up!"Hosts - Jim and Bobbi Jean Bell Opening and Closing Music - Hot Texas courtesy of Hot Texas Swing Band Sponsored by OutWest Shop Shop ALL Rendezvous With A Writer book titles HERE Aired April 4, 2024

#79 Guest Author Brian Andrews

WHAT WOULD YOU DO WITH FOUR MINUTES?BRIAN ANDREWS from the writing team of ANDREWS & WILSON returned for a second visit with hosts Jim and Bobbi Jean Bell. On this visit, we talked about FOUR MINUTES -the new release by Andrews & Wilson available April 2, 2024.
FOUR MINUTES is the latest brilliant techno-thriller from the #1 internationally bestselling duo behind the SONS OF VALOR series. It is said that no plan survives first contact with the enemy, but what if you remove the one thing no one can control: Uncertainty about the future?Hosts - Jim and Bobbi Jean Bell Opening and Closing Music - Hot Texas courtesy of Hot Texas Swing Band Sponsored by OutWest Shop Shop ALL Rendezvous With A Writer book titles HERE Aired March 28, 2024

#78 Guest Author Jeanne Cooney

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 is filled with good humor, twists and turns...and the three major food groups served at all community functions including funerals and baby reveal parties - hot dish, Jell-O, and bars (with a few M&Ms)! This title releases April 16, 2024 and is available to pre-order now.Hosts - Jim and Bobbi Jean Bell Opening and Closing Music - Hot Texas courtesy of Hot Texas Swing Band Sponsored by OutWest Shop Shop ALL Rendezvous With A Writer book titles HERE Aired March 21, 2024
 
 

#77 Guest Author Candace Simar

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? 
Three lives intersect at Starkweather Timber, a haywire logging camp, where everything goes wrong. Their unique friendship turns their lives in unexpected directions. What a cast of characters!Trouble follows SISTER MAGDALENA, a jolly nun who struggles with rules. A giant of a woman, she is sent to sell hospital tickets to lumberjacks working the forests of Minnesota. It is dangerous work. She travels alone to isolated logging camps in the dead of winter, sometimes by snowshoes. The jacks call her SISTER LUMBERJACK.
Widow SOLVEIGH ROGNALDSON is left alone with heartache and a mortgage. Though she feels too old, she musters courage to strike out on her own. She has to save the farm by herself. She has no one else.
Bottle fever has NELS JENSEN by the throat. Swindled out of his summer’s pay, he heads to the logging camps of Northern Minnesota, only to discover he is blacklisted at reputable operations. He is neither a thief nor a liar, but he cannot prove his innocence.  
Hosts - Jim and Bobbi Jean Bell Opening and Closing Music - Hot Texas courtesy of Hot Texas Swing Band Sponsored by OutWest Shop Shop ALL Rendezvous With A Writer book titles HERE Aired March 14, 2024

#76 Host Tom Swearingen and Guest Mark Munzert

Episode #76 Aired March 7, 2024Guest 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 SwearingenHosts -Jim and Bobbi Jean Bell Opening and Closing Music - Hot Texas courtesy of Hot Texas Swing Band Sponsored by OutWest Shop Shop ALL Rendezvous With A Writer book titles HERE Aired March 7, 2024

#75 Guest Songwriter, Author, and Performer Jim Jones

Episode #75 Aired February 29, 2024AWARD-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, cattle rustlers, the people and land, rivers and mountains, and the beauty of the Western sky. Jim has produced twelve Western/Folk albums as well as six Western novels, a novella and a Children’s Book Series in the Western genre.Storyteller Jim Jones has this to say about himself: Sitting around a campfire, at a table in a bar, or standing in front of an auditorium full of fans, my friends and I spin yarns. Some are true, some are fabricated, many are a combination of the two but all are Western. I hope my stories make you think and feel but more than anything, I hope they entertain you.Hosts - Jim and Bobbi Jean Bell Opening and Closing Music - Hot Texas courtesy of Hot Texas Swing Band Sponsored by OutWest Shop Shop ALL Rendezvous With A Writer book titles HERE Aired February 29, 2024

#74 Guest Author Martha Burns

Episode #74 Aired February 22, 2024AUTHOR MARTHA BURNS JOINS US!
Hosts Jim and Bobbi Jean Bell chat with award-winning author Martha Burns. She returns with her new book, ACROSS THE NARROWS. Releasing February 27, what a privilege it was to read it in advance! Martha's storytelling has been called "addictive," "poignant," and "engaging." We agree!
ABOUT THE BOOK:
ACROSS THE NARROWS unravels as a sweeping family saga, centered around a tragedy that shapes the del Palacio family's destiny and leaves little room for forgiveness. With themes of love, loss, and resilience, this poignant novel explores the transformative power of forgiveness and the pursuit of one's own identity in the face of adversity.Hosts - Jim and Bobbi Jean Bell Opening and Closing Music - Hot Texas courtesy of Hot Texas Swing Band Sponsored by OutWest Shop Shop ALL Rendezvous With A Writer book titles HERE Aired February 22, 2024

#73 Guest Author E. Joe Brown

Episode #73 - Aired February 15, 2024WE 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.
"The cutthroat world of big oil is very different from the life of a humble cowboy, but if anyone can succeed among all the treachery and danger, KELLY CAN!
It's 1919 and Charlie Kelly has married the love of his life, Susan Kramer, and together the newlyweds hope to grow the business empire that Susan's father, Walter Kramer, built. Charlie's dream of starting his own oil company becomes a reality, and Susan takes over the leadership of the Kramer Group, but tragedy soon follows triumph. Charlie discovers that the trail to becoming the best oil man in Oklahoma is not as easy as becoming a top hand at the 101 Ranch." Hosts - Jim and Bobbi Jean Bell Opening and Closing Music - Hot Texas courtesy of Hot Texas Swing Band Sponsored by OutWest Shop Shop ALL Rendezvous With A Writer book titles HERE Aired February 15, 2024