Bell Cow Podcasts: Field Notes

Hosts Rob Jung and Michael David MacBride head into the wilds of story with The Bell Cow Field Notes Podcast, a conversation series that brings together expert guests and a panel of authors to explore the real-world material behind great fiction. Built from the Bell Cow network of Author Round-Up, StoryLab, the Cattle-log, and the wider literary world, Field Notes is where research meets imagination, and where writers get to ask smarter questions in very good company.

Each episode puts authors in conversation with someone who knows the terrain: historians, investigators, scientists, legal minds, specialists, practitioners, or other experts whose work can sharpen a story, complicate a character, or open up a whole new angle on the page. Expect lively discussion, practical insight, unexpected details, and the kind of useful rabbit holes writers are always hoping to find.

Why “Field Notes”? Because sometimes the best fiction starts with paying closer attention: to a place, a profession, a system, a subculture, a crime, a technology, a moment in history, or one tiny overlooked fact that changes everything.

If Author Round-Up helps you discover writers, and StoryLab helps you think about craft, Field Notes helps you bring the world itself onto the page. Join the herd and come take notes. Subscribe, like, follow.