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Award-winning, indie author, Dianne Burckhardt (current working under pen name Stephen Burckhardt), switches up her Whatever Wednesday blog to a Book Banter podcast. She shares information on books, interviews with other authors and fellow small business owners who can shed light on marketing and customer engagement, self-care tips, and what it's like to rebuild a writing career with a malformed and damaged brain! Wednesdays are better with good banter . . . join us for chats that are entertaining, uplifting, and feeds the soul!
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Two Bleeped words: k!ller, assa$$inated
Hello My Happy People,
Today I am sharing my interview with award-winning poet and essayist Amy Pence. We discuss her body of work and her debut fiction novel, Yellow. After years of publishing poetry, she's taken the leap into long-form fiction with a story that blends cosmic mystery, Southern Gothic atmosphere, and the complexities of girlhood into a compelling and unforgettable novel.
In this episode, Amy shares what inspired her transition from poetry to fiction, how her writing process evolved while crafting Yellow, and the experiences that have shaped her journey as a writer. It's a fascinating conversation about creativity, perseverance, and finding the courage to explore new literary ground.
For more behind-the-interview information from this episode, read today's blog at BurckhardtBooks.com/blog.
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Hello My Happy People,
Today I am sharing my chat with award-winning author Rebecca Caprara to discuss her journey from architecture to authorship and how an unexpected library design project inspired her to begin writing. We talk about finding her voice as a novelist, writing in verse, creating stories that connect with young readers, and why books can make such a lasting impact on children, especially those who may be reluctant readers.
We also take a closer look at Rebecca's newest middle grade novel-in-verse, Eva to the Max. The story follows twelve-year-old motocross racer Eva as she navigates competition, friendship, bullying, and the challenges of pursuing a passion in a male-dominated sport. Rebecca shares her process, her approach to developing authentic characters, and why themes of determination, resilience, and self-confidence are so important for young readers.
Whether you're a parent, grandparent, teacher, librarian, or simply someone who enjoys discovering talented authors and outstanding books, this conversation offers plenty of insight into the writing process and the power of storytelling. Be sure to check the links below for more information about Rebecca, her books, and where you can purchase Eva to the Max.
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Bleeped word: Ma$$acre
Hello My Happy People,
This week on Book Banter with Dianne Burckhardt—Book Talk Podcast, I'm joined by award-winning and Amazon bestselling author C.C. Robinson. Drawing on more than two decades of experience as a medical doctor working in post civil war nations and as an associate pastor in a multiethnic congregation, C.C. brings a unique perspective to her thought-provoking young adult dystopian fiction.
We talk about her award-winning Divided series, set in a future America divided by race, where towering walls separate four territories and a ruthless Supreme Commander rules with an iron fist. At the center of the story is eighteen-year-old Marcos, whose desperate search for freedom leads him into a secret labor camp, an unexpected rebellion, and a fight that could change the future of an entire nation. Our conversation explores the inspiration behind the series, its themes of hope, reconciliation, found family, and resistance, while also taking time to discuss C.C.'s travels, favorite international foods, and the real-life experiences that continue to inspire her hope for humanity.
Now is the perfect time to discover the Divided series. The first two books are available now, while Betrayed and Unitedare both available for pre-order, making this the perfect opportunity to catch up before the series concludes. C.C. has even put together a special Book Banter offer for our listeners. Visit ccrobinsonauthor.com/bookbanter to sign up for her monthly newsletter and receive a free prequel novella connected to the Divided series. The newsletter is sent once a month, you can unsubscribe at any time, and C.C. does not share your information.
For more behind the interview information from this episode, read today's blog at BurckhardtBooks.com/blog, where you'll find additional details about C.C. Robinson, the Divided series, and my thoughts on our conversation.
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Hello My Happy People,
This week on Book Banter with Dianne Burckhardt—Book Talk Podcast, I welcome Cassie Miller, the debut author of Meet Me Under the Lights, available on PenguinTeen.com. We discuss her journey to publication and the story behind her first novel.
Set in a small North Carolina town where baseball and tradition go hand in hand, Meet Me Under the Lightsfollows two childhood friends whose families have spent decades on opposite sides of a bitter feud. As first love, community theater, and championship baseball collide, Eliza and Reed must decide whether love is worth risking everything they've ever known.
Cassie also shares how her years as a high school English teacher, her family's rich theatrical history, and her own experiences behind the scenes have shaped her writing. Plus, she gives listeners a preview of her upcoming Christmas novel, Meet Me on Mistletoe Lane, talks about her love of cardigans, and reveals why the Percy Jackson television series is one of her favorite adaptations.
As of this writing, Meet Me Under the Lights is listed with a #1 banner on Amazon.com for Teen & Young Adult Baseball & Softball Fiction
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Hello My Happy People,
What if your favorite restaurant always had a table reserved every night for the dead?
This week on Book Banter with Dianne Burckhardt, we explore that very idea as I chat with New York City author Laura Buchwald to discuss her latest novel, TheBook of Reservations, the second installment in The Ghost Table Trilogy.
Laura shares the inspiration behind the trilogy, her writing process, and the research that brought her unforgettable characters and haunting locations to life. We talk about New York City, haunted restaurants, collecting ghost stories, the possibility of an afterlife, and how real-life experiences can become unforgettable fiction.
Whether you enjoy paranormal fiction, stories filled with heart, or simply love hearing authors discuss their creative journeys, you'll find plenty to enjoy in this conversation. We even wrap things up with our usual fun round of Five Quick Questions, that brought up New York pizza, favorite bookstores, Broadway, and more.
Be sure to check the links below to pick up your copies of The Coat Check Girland The Book of Reservations, and don't forget to subscribe so you never miss another episode of Book Banter with Dianne Burckhardt—Book Talk Podcast.
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Hello My Happy People,
What happens when a therapist, author, coach, and podcast host all come together in one creative career?
This week, Dianne Burckhardt welcomes multi-genre author Liz Bullard to Book Banter with Dianne Burckhardt—Book Talk Podcast for a conversation about creativity, storytelling, protecting your creative energy, and finding the courage to keep writing even when life gets in the way.
The discussion also explores Liz's captivating Lira Somers Mysteries, including Sleeping Beauty, a paranormal mystery featuring an amateur sleuth whose vivid dreams may hold the key to solving real crimes. Along the way, Liz shares insights into balancing multiple creative pursuits, developing memorable characters, and building a sustainable creative life.
At the end of the interview, Liz invited Dianne to join her on the eReads Podcast for a special Instagram Live discussion. Be sure to check the links below and join them live on Saturday, July 4, at 9:00 AM U.S. Central Time/4:00 PM Central European Time.
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Hello My Happy People,
Today I ask the question, what happens when a bestselling author walks away from a successful pen name to start over?
In this episode, author Lucy Wilson-Tagoe joins me to discuss the decision to step away from her bestselling Dylan Allen brand and begin writing under a name that feels more authentically her. We talk about the fear, risk, and uncertainty that come with leaving behind an established audience, as well as the freedom that comes from embracing your true voice as a writer.
We also discuss her debut novel as Lucy Wilson-Tagoe, To Catch a Sinner, the first book in The Blurred Lines Duet, along with identity, family expectations, storytelling, food, and the influence of her Ghanaian heritage on her life and work.
If you've ever wondered what it means to reinvent yourself, follow your instincts, and create from a place of authenticity, this is a conversation you won't want to miss.
Be sure to listen to today's episode, and then head over to BurckhardtBooks.com/blog to read the companion blog post, where you'll find more information about Lucy Wilson-Tagoe, her books, and the topics we discussed during today's interview.
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Bleeped Words: K!llers, Ad!ict!ve, S3xual, Murd3r, K!lled
Hello My Happy People,
Award-winning author Sheila Lowe returns to Book Banter with Dianne Burckhardt to discuss The Lies Between the Lines, the tenth installment in her beloved Claudia Rose mystery series.
A Certified Forensic Document Examiner and current president of the American Handwriting Analysis Foundation, Sheila has spent decades working with handwriting, questioned documents, and legal cases. She brings that real-world expertise to her fiction, creating mysteries that are both authentic and impossible to put down.
In this episode, we discuss The Lies Between the Lines, the Claudia Rose series, handwriting analysis, her writing career, and the fascinating connection between forensic science and storytelling.
Sheila previously joined us in Season 3, Episode 132 to discuss her memoir, Growing From the Ashes. If you missed that conversation, be sure to check it out as well.
Pick up your copy of The Lies Between the Linestoday using the link below, and for a complete list of Sheila Lowe's mystery, memoir, and nonfiction books, visit today's blog post.
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Hello My Happy People,
Today I am joined again by thriller author Chad Boudreaux. Chad first appeared on the podcast in Season 4, Episode 193, where we discussed his career as a Washington, D.C. insider, his legal background, and his transition into writing thrillers. If you'd like to learn more about that part of his story, I encourage you to go back and listen to that episode. You can find a link below.
Today, however, we're focusing on Chad's latest thriller, Mob Justice, his future plans as an author, and the direction he hopes to take his growing catalog of suspense-filled novels. We also spend some time talking about family and the realities of building a long-term career as an author.
What I enjoyed most about this conversation was getting to know the person behind the impressive résumé. Chad is a fascinating guy, and he made interviewing him not just fun, but incredibly easy. It was one of the most natural conversations I've had in a long time, and I think you'll enjoy getting to know him as much as I did.
If you enjoy thrillers packed with suspense, memorable characters, and unexpected twists, you'll definitely want to check out Mob Justice and join us for this fantastic conversation with Chad Boudreaux.
Chad' Interview S4 EP 193
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Hello My Happy People,
This week on Book Banter with Dianne Burckhardt, I am joined by bestselling and award-winning author Kae Wagner to talk about her journey from being a successful entrepreneur and writing nonfiction business and leadership books into creating emotionally rich fiction centered around strong female characters, resilience, redemption, and love.
Much like a good cup of coffee, Kae blends warmth, ambition, emotional depth, and strong female characters into her storytelling. We discuss her newest sweet romance, Brewing Love, a story filled with coffee culture, savvy businesswomen, emotional authenticity, and the search for love.
We also talk about the Bold Authors Network and her passion for helping authors grow their visibility, branding, and marketing presence in today’s publishing world.
We get a little more personal as well, discussing everything from her golf game and favorite ice cream to her plans for Grammy’s Summer Camp this year, giving listeners a fun behind-the-scenes look at the person behind the books.
If you enjoy sweet romance stories filled with heart, emotional depth, and women balancing career success with personal connection, this is an episode you will not want to miss.
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Hello My Happy People,
In this episode of Book Banter with Dianne Burckhardt, I sit down with fantasy author, artist, blogger, and creative entrepreneur Winnifred “Winnie” Tataw. Winnie began building her creative world through Win’s Books while still a full-time college student, creating a growing brand that blends publishing, art, fantasy storytelling, and author support services that continue to grow years later.
At the center of our conversation is Winnie’s fantasy series The Gods’ Scion and the book Child of Tempus. The story follows Rodrick, a dragon-human hybrid prince and the Acolyte of Time, as he struggles with dangerous powers, family dysfunction, mental health challenges, and the growing threat posed by his father, the Demon King Ryton. Mixing fantasy with modern emotional struggles, the series explores how different characters respond to trauma, pressure, and the consequences of the world around them.
We also discuss the connection between visual art and storytelling and how Winnie’s Cameroonian heritage has influenced her creativity and worldbuilding. She shares her views on her growing creative community and how mindset changed her ability to grow as a creative.
If you enjoy fantasy worlds filled with magic, emotional complexity, complicated family dynamics, and ambitious young creators building something unique, this is an episode you will not want to miss.
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Hello My Happy People,
Today I am joined by author Sonia Daccarett for episode 223 of Book Banter with Dianne Burckhardt–Book Talk Podcast.We discussed her memoir The Roots of the Guava Tree, a deeply personal story about growing up between cultures, religions, and borders while searching for where she truly belonged.
We talked about what it was like for her growing up between Jewish and Palestinian family histories in Colombia during the turbulent 1980s. It was challenging for Sonia to navigate personal identity struggles while living through a dangerous and uncertain historical period in Colombia marked by cartel violence and kidnappings. Memoirs like Sonia's show how family stories can help preserve important moments in history from a very human perspective.
We also delved into Sonia's professional career and what it was like moving from professional communications to creative writing and the emotional experience of turning personal memories into her debut memoir.
During the Five Quick Questions segment, we got a bit more personal with Sonia sharing her love of San Francisco, some of her strongest childhood memories from Colombia, and her pride in the family she and her husband have built together. But don't just read about it all here, go listen now to learn more about this fascinating author from the woman herself.
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Bleeped word: m@ss@cre
Hello My Happy People,
This week on Book Banter with Dianne Burckhardt — Book Talk Podcast, award-winning journalist Joe Battaglia joins the show to discuss his international thriller Beneath the Rings, a suspense-filled novel set during the 2040 Summer Olympics in Doha.
With more than three decades in journalism and over twenty years covering the Olympic movement, Joe brings a rare insider perspective to the world of elite athletics, media pressure, and the global spectacle surrounding the Games. He worked with NBC Olympics, contributing to Emmy-winning coverage of the Beijing and London Summer Olympics.
Joe discusses his path from journalism into publishing, beginning with his self-published children’s book The ABCs of Track and Field, an educational alphabet book introducing young readers to the history, athletes, and excitement of track and field. He shares how the experience taught him the realities of the publishing industry and gave him the confidence to move forward with the thriller he had long wanted to write.
In Beneath the Rings, veteran journalist Nova Mendelsohn is pulled into a terrifying international crisis when twelve athletes vanish during the Olympic Games. As governments, media officials, and powerful organizations scramble to control the narrative, Nova races through the shadows of Doha searching for the truth before time runs out.
His thriller Beneath the Rings was recently awarded Gold in the 2026 Manhattan Book Awards.
If you enjoy political thrillers, international suspense, and Olympic drama, this is an episode you won’t want to miss.
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Today we’re exploring a new young adult suspense novel by Tara Hodgson that is sure to spark more than one in-depth conversation.
When a teen’s search for a new identity turns into something far more dangerous, Reese finds herself pulled into a world that feels exciting and freeing at first, but quickly reveals a darker side. Drawn in by a new friendship and the attention of someone who seems to offer everything she’s been missing, Reese begins to ignore the warning signs. What starts as a chance to escape the pressure of being perfect quickly shifts into something far more dangerous, where manipulation, control, and fear begin to take hold.
As girls start disappearing from nearby towns and behavior becomes more unpredictable, the story highlights how easily vulnerability can be exploited, especially in a world shaped by social media and constant connection. It raises questions about trust, identity, and how quickly situations can escalate when instincts are pushed aside.
Tara Hodgson joins the show to talk about At Least I’m Trying, her second novel, and how it builds on the themes she introduced in her debut, Chasing Through Time. Both books center on the emotional realities teens face while navigating relationships, identity, and the pressures of a technology-driven world. Through her work, she explores how social media, isolation, and the need for connection can shape decisions and outcomes in ways that are not always immediately visible.
As a teacher in the Canadian school system, Tara has seen firsthand how these challenges impact students, their friendships, and their families. She brings that perspective into her writing, creating stories that reflect real situations teens are facing today while opening the door for meaningful conversation.
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Hello My Happy People,
In this episode of Book Banter with Dianne Burckhardt–Book Talk Podcast, I sit down with author Sylvia Clare to talk about her book Travelling the Alphabet Geographically and a life shaped by writing, travel, and personal growth. Sylvia began publishing over thirty years ago and has continued to write ever since, sharing deeply personal reflections on mental health, post-traumatic stress, nature, and love.
Her latest work follows a unique goal that turned into a lifetime of travel, visiting at least one country for every letter of the alphabet. What began as a way to escape fear and trauma gradually became something more, a way of moving toward healing, connection, and a deeper understanding of the world.
Sylvia and I are part of the same memoir writing group, so I’ve had the opportunity to see her work up close. We are both neurodivergent, which adds another layer of understanding to our conversation and to the way we approach creativity and life. Her writing is thoughtful, honest, and deeply engaging, and I’m excited to share both her story and her perspective with you.
We also talk about her work teaching mindfulness for people with neurodivergent challenges, her storytelling performances, and how creativity continues to shape her life.
This is an engaging conversation about resilience, transformation, and what it means to keep growing, no matter where you are in life.
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Hello My happy People,
Today I am sharing my chat with multi-award-winning author D.I. Jolly (known as Jolly). He discovered his passion for storytelling at just seven years old after playing the video game Gabriel Knight. Captivated by the character, he decided early on that he would be a writer.
It would be several years before his dream would become a reality when he unintentionally wrote his first book, A Guy, A Girl and A Voodoo Monkey Hand, as a teenager. That milestone proved to him that writing wasn’t just a dream, it was something he could actually do. Since then, his work has evolved from comedic noir into more serious, thought-provoking stories, often exploring deeper themes through pop culture-driven genres.
Originally from South Africa, Jolly has lived in several countries and now resides in Berlin, Germany. His writing spans a wide range of genres, including psychological thrillers, paranormal romance, fantasy, and an incredible collection of short fiction. Beyond novels, he has also worked as a story writer for the sci-fi strategy game Nexus 5X and founded a monthly poetry and writing event.
While Jolly's current profession does feed his creativity, he still hopes to one day write books full-time. His stories are more than entertainment, he aims to create something that makes people think, feel, or see things differently. His book Blurred Linesis a great example of his incredible creativity.
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Today’s episode features my incredible conversation with Lady Dr. Dhyana Ziegler, author of Midnight Train from Georgia. This powerful memoir chronicles the rise of Gladys Knight and the Pips through the eyes of founding member William Franklin Guest, offering a rare, behind-the-scenes look at one of music’s most iconic groups.
From humble beginnings singing in a small Atlanta church to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, Dr. Ziegler shares the deeply personal story of family, faith, and the sacrifices behind success. But this conversation goes far beyond the book.
We also discuss her remarkable career as a professor, multimedia creator, information technology educator, songwriter and arranger, along with the honors she has received for her work in academia, including being awarded the title of Dame Commander of Justice (DCJ). Her accomplishments stand on their own, making her story just as compelling as the one she tells about the music that shaped generations.
We also touch on the broader cultural impact of her family’s legacy, including their connection to Michael Jackson and other artists of the time, as well as her personal connections to the Apollo Theater, Walter Cronkite, and Alex Haley, just to name a few.
Throughout the conversation, Dr. Ziegler highlights William Guest’s legacy, the lasting impact of Gladys Knight and the Pips, and what she hopes readers take away from this inspiring story.
If you love music history, memoirs, and stories rooted in culture and resilience, this is an episode you won’t want to miss.
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Hello My happy People,
Michael Hingson has spent his life proving that limitations are often more about perception than reality. Blind since birth, he was raised by sighted parents who believed strongly in independence and encouraged him to live life fully. He grew up doing many of the same things as other kids, riding bikes, mastering math in his head, and learning to read and write in Braille. He later earned both a bachelor’s and master’s degree in physics from the University of California, Irvine, and spent nearly thirty years working in the high-tech industry.
His life changed dramatically on September 11, 2001, when he and his guide dog Roselle safely evacuated the 78th floor of Tower One in the World Trade Center moments before it collapsed. Their story of trust, courage, and teamwork captured international attention and later became the #1 New York Times bestselling book Thunder Dog: The True Story of a Blind Man, His Guide Dog, and the Triumph of Trust.
Since that day, Hingson has traveled the world sharing his experiences and the lessons he learned about courage, teamwork, and perseverance. Our conversation explores what it means to face fear without letting it control you and learn how to move forward with confidence.
His latest book, Live Like a Guide Dog: True Stories from a Blind Man and His Dogs about Being Brave, Overcoming Adversity, and Moving Forward in Faith, shares the principles he has learned from decades of working with guide dogs and how those lessons can help anyone overcome challenges, trust themselves, and live their lives with purpose.
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Hello Happy People,
Today’s episode is a special April 1st podcast takeover of Book Banter with Dianne Burckhardt — Book Talk Podcast... or is it?
Sebastian Dureaux-Russell steps in as guest host, and for a minute, it might feel like you’ve landed in the wrong show. But stay with it, because this “takeover” has a twist.
Sebastian is joined by his guest paranormal romance author, D.S. Stephens and the show focuses on her new Haunted Hearts series, a seven-book paranormal romance built from real ghost hunting experiences the author had in college. Starting with Book 1, Langston Watch Hotel, this series brings together real haunted locations, emotional tension, and that constant fight between science and belief.
And if something about D.S. Stephens sounds a little familiar… well, you’re not imagining that either.
This episode pulls back the curtain on how this romance author persona came to life, where the series is headed, and what’s coming next.
So is this a takeover? Or is mischief afoot?
Links to Sebastian Dureaux-Russell’s previous episode (S3 EP143) and website, along with D.S. Stephens social media, can be found below.
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Hello My Happy People,
We are down to the final two episodes of the Lovefest for Season 5, and today’s episode brings a little romance and a lot of heart. Romance author Maria Jane joins Book Banter with Dianne Burckhardt — Book Talk Podcast to talk about love, storytelling, and the magic found in imperfect journeys.
Maria Jane, the romance pen name of Tricia Copeland, believes that love is not always clean or easy, but it is always worth the ride. We spoke with Tricia in Season 4 episode 192 about her epic fantasy series the Realm Chronicles. Today we chat with her about her Perfect Romance series. This series delivers sweet moments, unexpected turns, and characters chasing their happily-ever-after or happy-for-now endings, all wrapped in stories that feel both fun and emotionally real.
In this episode, we talk about her transition into romance, how her writing has evolved across genres, and the inspiration behind her Perfect Romance series. If you are looking for a story that reminds you why love is worth the chaos, this is one you will not want to miss.
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Hello My Happy People,
Due to a brief illness, today’s episode is a Best of Season 4 Lovefest replay. Be sure to check the listings on burckhardtbooks.com/podcast for updated scheduling.
Today I am thrilled to bring you this Best of S4 Lovefest replay with another historical fiction author. Being one myself, I love promoting authors who take accuracy and research seriously, and today’s guest is definitely one of them.
Barb Warner Deane is an award-winning author and public speaker who has given more than 130 presentations on American women in World War II, including at the Historical Writers of America conference in Williamsburg, Virginia.
She attended Cornell University and the University of Connecticut School of Law. She grew up in New York’s Finger Lakes region and has lived in Frankfurt, Germany, and Shanghai, China.
After leaving her law career, Barb opened Barb’s All Romance Book Store and later worked as a substitute teacher and in school tech and media. She has also been published as a travel writer and now writes full-time, alongside volunteer work and travel.
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Hello My Happy People,
We are heading into the homestretch of Lovefest for Season 5 but we still have some incredible authors to introduce you to before we are done. In this episode, I am sharing my thought-provoking chat with award-winning science fiction author Jeremy Clift. Jeremy is a former international news correspondent with Reuters and the creator of the Sci-Fi Galaxy saga.
We touch on all of his books in this series and give you a detailed glimpse into his latest novel, Space Vault: The Seed Eclipse. In this second book in the series, his characters must fight for humanity’s future as the tide shifts from survival to control. As civilizations deal with climate collapse, food shortages, and corporate power overreach, will one genetically altered child determine what humanity becomes next?
Jeremy shares how his background in journalism and global reporting shaped the ethical and political questions at the heart of his fiction, why genetic sovereignty and seed vaults became central themes in this book, and how moral choice drives the story forward. We also discuss writing complex futures without losing the human core, and what comes next in the Sci-Fi Galaxy universe.
This is a conversation about power, protection, and the question at the heart of great science fiction. It's not just about how humanity survives, but who gets to decide what that survival looks like.
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Hello My Happy People,
Welcome to the last month of Lovefest. We move into March with a different kind of love: not romance, but the steady, sustaining love of friendship, mentorship, and belonging.
Award-winning scriptwriter Kristine Jensen has spent her career shaping narratives across film, marketing, and documentary storytelling, earning three Telly Awards along the way. Now she brings that storytelling depth to her debut novel, Wednesday Club.
Inspired by the real handwritten minutes of her grandmother’s rural women’s club in South Dakota, Wednesday Club takes readers back to 1963. Sixteen-year-old Ivy Hanson is sent to live on her grandparents’ farm after her Hollywood-bound mother leaves her behind. Reluctantly serving as secretary to a group of older women who meet monthly to discuss current events, serve their community, and share the realities of rural life, Ivy slowly finds herself drawn into their world.
In this episode, Kristine shares how a box of forgotten notebooks that became the inspiration for her novel, what it took to write her first book while working full-time, and why stories about women and friendships matter.
This Lovefest episode celebrates the love that holds communities together and the quiet power of women who show up for one another.
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Hello My Happy People,
We are wrapping up our first month of Lovefest, and this week we’re highlighting a dystopian kind of love story.
Today, I am joined by award-winning author Monte Schulz to talk about Undercity, his chilling dystopian novel that explores authoritarian collapse, survival, and finding love in midst of it all.
Monte always knew he wanted to be a storyteller and spent decades immersed in the creative arts. He earned his M.A. in American Studies from UC Santa Barbara, spent ten years crafting Crossing Eden, a sweeping Jazz Age epic, and has produced original music under the name Seraphonium.
He not only has his own publications, he owns and teaches at the Santa Barbara Writers Conference, where he continues to mentor new writers. Raised in a home filled with creative energy (his father is Charles M. Schulz, the mind behind Peanuts) Monte carved out his own artistic legacy through music and fiction.
In this episode, we talk about his writing process, how history informs his work, and what it means to create art that reflects the world we live in, and the one we hope for.
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Hello My Happy People,
This episode continues our Lovefest celebration, and this time we’re exploring a different kind of love. Not the spark of romance, but the fierce, protective love that shows up in moments of crisis.
In this episode of Book Banter with Dianne Burckhardt, I sit down with Jacque Gorelick to talk about her forthcoming memoir, Map of a Heart: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and Finding the Way Home.
After losing her mother at eight and spending her childhood searching for belonging, Jacque believed she had finally found stability in marriage and motherhood. Then an ordinary day ended in a frantic 911 call when her husband collapsed from cardiac arrest. What followed was a terrifying stretch in an ICU waiting room as she advocated for his life while caring for her newborn and navigating complicated family dynamics.
In our conversation, we talk about balancing a medical crisis while managing motherhood, extended family, and the unexpected support that came from people in her life. We also discuss what it means to write through trauma and how putting lived experience on the page can come with its own emotional reckoning.
If Lovefest is about honoring all forms of love, this episode is a powerful reminder that love is not just romantic. It is steadfast, sustaining, and sometimes revealed most clearly in the hardest moments.
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Hello My Happy People,
We are keeping the Lovefest momentum going with today's guest. I get to share my chat with science fiction author and YouTuber John Newton. John's work blends historical science fiction, time travel, and big questions about faith, ethics, and choice. What is not to love about that?
We talk about his novel The Healing Stone, the first book in the Shadows of Time series. Set in medieval Spain, the story follows a young man who discovers a mysterious stone capable of healing anything, just as a hidden war over time itself begins to unfold. It’s a time travel science fiction story rooted as much in human cost and moral responsibility as it is in history and speculation.
John shares how his background in electrical engineering, robotics, and theology influences his world-building, why themes of healing and trauma run through his fiction, and how science fiction can explore faith and ethical dilemmas without becoming preachy or losing momentum. We also talk about mixing YouTube, writing, and storytelling, and where the Shadows of Time series is headed next. We even had the chance to geek-bond over quantum theory.
It’s a thoughtful, approachable conversation about time travel, belief, and what happens when the power to heal collides with the consequences of changing history.
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Hello My Happy People,
Oh, how I missed you! But we are back with a BANG to start Book Banter with Dianne Burckhardt—Book Talk Podcast Season 5. We are kicking off Lovefest with someone who embodies pure creative joy. E. K. Johnston is not only a multi-#1 New York Times bestselling author and a dedicated professional who takes her craft seriously, she is also an unapologetic Star Wars fan who ended up writing for the franchise while still being one of its biggest fans.
In this episode, she talks about stepping into the galaxy far, far away to write Star Wars™: Ahsoka, what it means to love a franchise from both sides of the page, and why fandom has always been a natural part of her creative life. We also get into her love of LEGO® builds, including the massive Rivendell set that proves she has the patience of a saint and the heart of a true Lord of the Rings fan.
E.K.'s personality really shines in this conversation. She is funny, warm, insightful, and intensely passionate about storytelling. Whether she is talking about her recent book Sky on Fire, her worldbuilding process, or her lifelong love of epic worlds and big ideas, her passion shows up in everything she does.
She is the perfect person to open Lovefest because she reminds us all why we fall in love with stories in the first place. Her enthusiasm is contagious, her dedication is admirable, and her joy for her favorite fandoms makes this episode the best possible start to Season 5.
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Happy Hiatus Finale People,
I am so thrilled that we have reached the end of our Season 4 Hiatus! I think it is rather fitting that I get to share my incredible interview with award-winning author Joel Shulkin, MD, with all of you to celebrate. Not only is Joel a practicing physician, but he is also the author of engaging medical thrillers.
There is nothing I love better than when actual professionals in the medical and criminal investigation fields write thrillers. You know you are going to get stories filled with accurate details that give you that extra something to really drive the drama.
Joel is a developmental-behavioral pediatrician and United States Air Force veteran with a master’s in public health, and he has used this background to enhance his amazing storytelling. His books Adverse Effects and Toxic Effects, the first two novels in the Memory Thieves series are great examples. He has also penned award-winning short stories and poetry with more books already scheduled for 2026.
When we first chatted back in episode 175, we talked about his recent book Heroic Measures, a forensic technothriller in his new Death Benefits series. Joel lives in Florida with his wife, two daughters, and two dogs.
Have you subscribed to our podcast yet? You don't want to miss out when we begin Season 5 next Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2026!!
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Happy 2026 People,
Dianne is excited to share this amazing Season 4 replay with you while we wait for Season 5 to begin. In this episode, you get to join her chat with romantic women's fiction author, Linda Hughes. For many years Linda worked internationally as a seminar leader and public speaker. It was her dream job. It allowed her to meet people from other countries and cultures from around the world. When Linda finally made the decision to settle down and become a full-time writer, one of her goals was to share those incredible experiences in her novels.
As a native Michigander, Linda uses this familiar setting for her stories as well, especially Mackinac Island. Linda considers herself an armchair historian and finds the local history fascinating everywhere she goes and always finds ways to weave it into her books.
Linda lived in Georgia for many years with her husband, but the couple has since moved to Oklahoma to be near family. Linda confesses that while she loves her family, she still misses Georgia.
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Happy 2026 People,
Dianne is pleased to share this hiatus replay of her interview with the amazing Miles Spencer. Miles is a self-described curious guy from Pittsburgh who strayed far from home—and even farther from the expected path to create an incredible life and career that is as fascinating as it is impressive.
For more than 30 years, he’s mentored tech founders, built and sold three digital media companies, and helped create over 1,000 jobs. He co-hosted his own show on PBS with Cliff Ennico called MoneyHunt, a predecessor to shows like Shark Tank. The pair also co-authored the book, MoneyHunt: 27 New Rules for Creating and Growing a Breakaway Business.
But Miles' story goes well beyond boardrooms and balance sheets. An avid explorer, he once led over 1,500 people across 14 miles of open sea by kayak and has trekked more than 1,000 miles through the deserts of Saudi Arabia, Jordan, and Syria. That desert journey inspired his current release, A Line in the Sand, which is a bestseller and is currently sitting in the top 10 in three categories on Amazon.
These days, you can find Miles investing in digital media, entertainment, and consumer brands, while also managing teams, painting watercolors, spending time with his family, and planning new adventures and future publications.
Check out today's episode and hear all the incredible details from the man himself.
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Happy New Year People,
We have finally crossed over into 2026 and are getting closer to the start of Season 5! But for today, we have got an incredible replay from Season 4! In this inspiring episode of Book Banter with Dianne Burckhardt – Book Talk Podcast, Dianne chats with the effervescent Risa August, award-winning author, speaker, Gestalt practitioner, and rare disease warrior with sparkles in her hair and a tutu in her bag. Diagnosed with a pituitary tumor over a decade ago, Risa could have let life slow her down. Instead, she chose to pedal harder, live louder, and advocate fiercely for herself and others.
Risa brings her signature blend of wisdom and whimsy to the conversation as we discuss her book, The Road Unpaved: Border to Border with a Brain Tumor and a Bike. She shares how she transformed her journey through illness into a mission of inspiration. With a heart for healing and a flair for fun, she now helps others break through life’s roadblocks by shifting their perspectives and embracing life, fully, fearlessly, and with glitter when necessary.
A former Ironman athlete with a passion for barbells and bikes, Risa continues to thrive on movement, creativity, and joyful exploration. Whether she’s dancing Bollywood, flying on aerial silks, or leading workshops with tiaras and glitter, she reminds us that healing doesn’t have to be heavy. It can be playful, profound, and incredibly empowering.
This episode is a celebration of resilience, authenticity, and living a life unleashed. Tune in and get ready to be inspired.
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Happy New Years Eve, My Happy People,
Today we are replaying Dianne's amazing chat with the multi-talented Doug Williams. Doug is an award-winning screenwriter, playwright, filmmaker, and the author of the FBI thriller, Failure Point.
Doug is a former journalist who once served as a press secretary in the US Senate. He has worked in communications in public and private sectors and created a successful career as a freelance writer which has spanned more than 25 years.
As a scriptwriter, his work has received numerous accolades. His work, Black Star Rising, based on the life of Texas congresswoman, Barbara Jordan, was awarded honors in more than 45 competitions worldwide, including 12 Best Screenplay awards. Black Star Rising is currently in development for a feature film.
Failure Point is not Doug's first book, having previously published Nowhere Man and A Sacred Duty, a book he co-wrote with Paula Pedene. The story is based on Paula's true account of her experience as the federal whistleblower who exposed a scandal at the Veterans Administration hospital in Phoenix, Arizona, that took the lives of hundreds of U.S. veterans – also in development for a film. Nowhere Man was hailed by critics and compared to House of Cards.
Dianne and Doug did their best to cover as much of the amazing aspects of Doug's life and career, as time would permit. You do not want to miss a single sensational soundbite of this incredible author interview. If you love thrillers with a good romance at the center, you may have found your new favorite author. Don't wait, go listen now!
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Happy Holidays, People,
We are thrilled to replay this amazing author for you today in our holiday hiatus episodes. Get ready to meet the remarkable mind behind some of Canada’s most beloved books for young readers! In this episode of Book Banter with Dianne Burckhardt – Book Talk Podcast, Dianne had the privilege to chat with Valerie Sherrard. Valerie is the award-winning author of A Bend in the Breeze, The Glory Wind, Counting Back from Nine, and the fan-favorite Shelby Belgarden mystery series. With a writing career that spans picture books, historical novels, and gripping young adult fiction, Valerie brings a powerful mix of heart, history, and humanity to everything she writes.
From her early beginnings in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan to her inspiring life in Miramichi, New Brunswick, Valerie’s journey is as compelling as her characters. She’s not only a storyteller but a former foster parent to over seventy teenagers and a passionate advocate for literacy and creativity in youth. Her stories have won multiple awards and captured the hearts of readers across generations, and she’s still just getting started.
In this warm and insightful conversation, Valerie shares what sparked her love for storytelling, the real-life experiences that shaped her books, and why she believes it’s never too late to chase your dreams. Whether you’re a fan of heartfelt fiction, curious about the writing life, or looking for a new favorite author, this episode will leave you inspired.
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Happy Holidays People,
We are kicking off our Holiday Hiatus episodes with the incredible writing team of Breakfield and Burkey. Dianne specifically chose this show as part of our memorial tribute to Rox Burkey who we lost in 2025. She was an incredible woman, as you will hear in this episode, and a real loss to the writing community.
Charles Breakfield, as the CTO of the Enigma Series, leverages his decades of technology expertise, including security, networking, voice, and anything digital, to bring innovative technothriller elements into storytelling. He has deep knowledge of World War II history, has traveled extensively, and seeks cultural exchanges to learn what makes different people tick. Charles enjoys wine tasting, winemaking, Harley riding, cooking new recipes, and woodworking.
Rox Burkey, as the COO of the Enigma Series, uses her extensive professional knowledge of optimizing technology and business investments to drive stellar customer experiences into the ongoing stories of the Enigma Series. Characteristics of people she has met over her career are woven into their stories. Rox enjoys her family, friends, puppies, reading, reviewing books, and traveling whenever possible. Meeting readers at various events is one of her favorite pastimes.
Breakfield and Burkey have created award-winning stories that resonate with men and women, with a fresh perspective on technology possibilities within a fictional framework. They pen The Enigma Series and the Enigma Heirs Series, and cozy mysteries with the Magnolia Bluff Crime Chronicles (MBCC).
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Bleeped words: Serial K!ller x3
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It’s the season finale, and we’re wrapping up the year with bestselling author Melissa Payne, whose stories of redemption, love, and second chances have captured readers’ hearts. Her latest novel takes us to Sunny Pines Retirement Community, where secrets, spirits, and a determined grandmother named Birdie Allen prove that adventure doesn’t end at sixty-two.
Melissa and I talk about finding hope in unexpected places, the beauty of aging characters who still have plenty of fight left, and how a touch of mystery and magic can make even the heaviest story feel full of light. We also chat about writing through the chaos of family life, celebrating small victories, and the joy of closing out another creative year.
If you love heart, humor, and a dash of the supernatural, this conversation will leave you smiling and ready for the holidays.
Melissa Payne is the bestselling author of The Wild Road Home, A Light in the Forest, and several other award-winning novels set in small mountain towns. She lives in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains with her husband, three kids, a friendly mutt, a very loud cat, and the occasional bear.
As we wrap up this season of Book Banter with Dianne Burckhardt, thank you for tuning in, sharing the love, and supporting all the incredible authors we’ve featured this year. Everyone with Burckhardt Books and Book Banter Productions wishes you a peaceful holiday season filled with good stories, warm drinks, and a little bit of magic. We will share the "Best of" episodes starting next week until our season five opener February 4, 2026.
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Hello My Happy People,
This week on Book Banter with Dianne Burckhardt – Book Talk Podcast, Dianne welcomes back Dr. David Weill. We first spoke in Season 3, Episode 135 when his fiction book All That Really Matters was coming out.
Dr. Weill is the Principal of the Weill Consulting Group, which focuses on improving the level of transplant care. Before founding his consulting firm, he served as Director of the Center for Advanced Lung Diseases and the Lung and Heart-Lung Transplant Program at Stanford University Medical Center.
In addition to his work in medicine, Dr. Weill is a successful author. His newest book, Tell Me I Belong: A Journey Across Faiths and Generations, is a deeply personal exploration of identity, heritage, and belonging. Known for his memoir Exhale and his novel All That Really Matters, Dr. Weill continues to expand his storytelling voice with honesty, compassion, and reflection.
When he isn’t writing or consulting, Dr. Weill enjoys life in New Orleans with his wife and their two daughters.
In this episode, Dianne and Dr. Weill had a wonderful in-depth discussion about the inspiration behind Tell Me I Belong and the universal search for connection that unites his life and his work.
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Dr. David Gibson is back on the show, and this time he’s traded forensic botany for a dystopian adventure. The longtime scientist and professor known for Planting Clues: How Plants Solve Crimes returns to chat about his bold new novel Elite Memories, a futuristic story where memory transfers, sentient animals, and survival all collide.
We talk about what inspired this unexpected leap from nonfiction to sci-fi, how real science sneaks into his storytelling, and why even in a world ruled by technology, it’s still human nature that drives the story. David also shares how years of studying ecosystems shaped the way he builds worlds on the page, both real and imagined, and why writing fiction might be the most freeing experiment of his career.
If you love authors who take creative risks, scientists who spin great stories, and tales that make you think while keeping you entertained, this episode is for you.
David J. Gibson, PhD, FRSB, is an Emeritus Distinguished Professor of Plant Biology at Southern Illinois University Carbondale and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Biology. He’s written several acclaimed works on ecology and forensic botany. With Elite Memories, he steps into fiction, blending sharp science with a wild imagination to explore what makes us human.
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Imagine waking up in your childhood home, with your ten-year-old self still living there. How different would your past look when seen through your adult eyes? That’s the wild premise at the heart of You Cannot Mess This Up: A True Story That Never Happened by award-winning author Amy Weinland Daughters.
In this week’s episode, Amy joins me to talk about memory, forgiveness, and what really happens when you face the ghosts of your own past. With her trademark wit and raw honesty, she shares her author journey and why she believes that none of us are quite who we remember.
You’ll laugh, you’ll question your own memories, and you might even call your mom after this one.
Born in Houston and raised in Spring, Texas, Amy is the 2020 Next Generation Indie Book Awards Overall Winner for Humor and Comedy. Her work blends hilarious truth-telling with heart-punch insight into how our stories make us who we are.
If you’ve ever wondered what you’d say to your younger self or what she might say back, this episode just might reshape your self-image.
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This week on Book Banter with Dianne Burckhardt, we’re heading back to the wild, wonderful 1990s, a time before smartphones, Google Maps, or Instagram-worthy selfies. Author Candace MacPhie joins us to talk about her Back in a Year travel series, a hilarious and heartfelt chronicle of one woman’s global backpacking adventures.
Her debut, Finding Color, took home the Silver in the 2024 Global Book Awards for Humor and Satire, and it’s just the first stop on a five-book journey around the world. We also chat about the next books in the series, Life Strikes Back, and Hello, I Am Here, and what readers can look forward to as Candace continues her storytelling journey.
Born in Montreal and now based in Calgary, Alberta, Candace has lived and worked on four continents. A former business professional turned writer, she traded the corporate grind for creative freedom during the pandemic and hasn’t looked back since. When she’s not writing, she’s hiking, baking, or laughing with her husband and three kids.
If you’ve ever dreamed of dropping everything to chase adventure (or just need a good laugh about what happens when you actually do), you’ll love this episode.
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**Hello My Happy People,
I hope you all survived the Halloween Season and are ready to join us as we move into the final stretch of Season 4 of Book Banter with Dianne Burckhardt – Book Talk Podcast****. As the holiday shopping season draws near we are going to bring even more great books to help you check off every avid reader you will need a gift for.
Today I welcome YA fantasy author Heather Ogden, whose writing blends magical realism with the emotional depth of human resilience. Her debut novel, The Betrayal: The Lies We Fear introduces readers to Angelette Arabella, a young woman living in the shadow of her nation’s supposed hero, her father, Valerius Arabella. To the world, he’s a savior. To her, he’s simply “Dad.” But when a staged kidnapping unravels into something far darker, Angelette discovers that her life, her family, and her country are built on lies and that the truth may cost her everything. In Libertis, truth isn’t just dangerous, it could be treason.
Tune in as we discuss the art of world-building, the value of being introverted, and why the most powerful magic often comes from facing our fears. Join us for a thought-provoking exchange that opens the final chapters of Season 4 with heart, honesty, and a touch of rebellion.**
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Hello My Happy Fiends,
This is my favorite time of year. Today on Book Banter with Dianne Burckhardt I celebrate with a hauntingly good discussion with award-winning author K.T. Anglehart, creator of The Scottish Scrolls trilogy. Her stories weave Celtic folklore, reincarnation, and the pull of destiny into modern-day magic that feels just right for seasonal reading in October.
K.T.’s debut, The Wise One, won the Chanticleer Paranormal Book Award and earned a Publishers Weekly Editor’s Pick, while her follow-up, The Twin Flame, turned up the heat with higher stakes, deeper shadows, and more powerful magic. The journey continues in the trilogy's final instalment, The 8 Gateways, arriving fall 2025, where the threads of prophecy and power twist tighter than ever.
In this episode, K.T. shares her journey from journalist to novelist, her fascination with folklore, and how she balances realism with enchantment. If you love a little mystery, a touch of witchcraft, and the charm of autumn storytelling, this conversation will cast just the right spell.
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Hello My Happy Fiends,
Halloween is quickly approaching and the nights are growing darker, a perfect time to read a great thriller. Which is why I'm sharing my chat with award-winning author Chad Boudreaux with you all today. We discussed his latest thriller, Homecoming Queen, and all of his incredible work. His latest book delivers the perfect amount of chills in the form of a dangerous storm, long buried secrets, and struggles for survival. What more could you want from a hauntingly good read?
Homecoming Queen is set in the small Texas town of Miranda and follows Anika Raven, a former homecoming queen turned fugitive. With the law closing in and tensions rising, Anika has to fight ghosts from her past and enemies who refuse to stay buried.
Before turning to fiction, Chad Boudreaux served in high-level positions within the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Justice, bringing a sharp insider’s realism to every page. Now Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer of the nation’s largest military shipbuilder, he channels his experience into thrillers giving them captivating authenticity.
Chad and I also take a look back at his award-winning debut novel, Scavenger Hunt, which captured multiple honors, including the Literary Titan Book Award and the American Fiction Award for Thriller: Legal. We discuss the challenges of being a D.C. insider turned author, his writing process, justice, and what it takes to keep readers awake long after midnight and reading well into the witching hours.
This Halloween season, Book Banter with Dianne Burckhardt turns up the tension with a tale where the storm isn’t the only thing to fear.
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Hello My Happy Halloween Fiends,
We are just spiriting away though this Halloween season. Today is another hauntingly good episode with award-winning, best-selling author, and podcaster, Tricia Copeland. Tricia joins me for a magical episode of Book Banter with Dianne Burckhardt–Book Talk Podcast.
Tricia believes magic infuses every part of life and love, aided by the stories that transport us to new worlds. Her Realm Chronicles series begins with To Be a Fae Queen, where a young faerie princess must claim her throne and face enemies both seen and unseen. With powerful storytelling and a gift for building immersive fantasy worlds, Tricia captures the beauty and danger of magic that exists just beyond the veil.
In this conversation, Tricia and I talk about her journey from writing about real-life recovery to crafting award-winning fantasy adventures, as well as her other series, and her Finding the Magic Book Podcast.
So step into the world of the Fae with us and discover why Tricia Copeland’s stories remind us that real magic lives within and around all of us.
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Bleeped words: Murd3r/Su!c!de, K!ller
Hello My Happy Fiends,
My favorite time of year is in full swing. In this hauntingly good episode of Book Banter with Dianne Burckhardt – Book Talk Podcast, I sit down with J.E. Weiner, the author who’s turning heads and raising goosebumps with her Southern Gothic debut, The Wretched and Undone.
Set in the mist-shrouded hills of Texas on the eve of the Civil War, this novel is a genre-bending tale of ghosts, grief, and generational curses inspired by real people and actual events. When Polish immigrants Marcin and Agnieszka Anderwald cross an ocean searching for freedom, they awaken something far darker—an unrelenting evil that refuses to rest.
Weiner’s background as a historian and her own encounters with the supernatural bring a bone-deep authenticity to this chilling saga, which has already earned honors as a K!ller Nashville Top Pick and Claymore Award Finalist for Best Southern Gothic. Together, we discuss haunted histories, unquiet spirits, and the ghosts that follow us through time, whether we invite them or not.
If you love eerie atmospheres, haunted family legacies, and the kind of storytelling that lingers like footsteps in an empty hallway, this episode and J.E. Weiner’s The Wretched and Undone is the perfect entertainment this October.
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Bleeped words: Murd3r, k!ller (x2)
Hello My Happy People,
This week on Book Banter with Dianne Burckhardt – Book Talk Podcast, we kick off our Hauntingly Good Reads for Halloween with debut middle grade author Carol Williams. We talked about her new book The Supernatural Files of CJ Delaney.
CJ Delaney is a spirited and curious kid reporter whose summer vacation takes a wild turn with ghost dogs, mysterious symbols, and plenty of small-town secrets. Blending supernatural suspense with heartfelt real-world emotion, Carol’s story has already earned praise from Kirkus Reviews for its “suspenseful and emotionally intelligent” storytelling and from Booklist for giving readers a “lovably sassy” protagonist.
Carol shares how her background in marketing and communications shaped her writing, how her Ohio roots inspired the setting, and why supporting literacy and curiosity in young readers is so close to her heart.
The Supernatural Files of CJ Delaney is perfect for classrooms, book clubs, and young readers who love fast-paced adventures with just the right touch of mystery. Not to mention, it's a perfect way to kick off our month of Hauntingly Good Reads for the Halloween season.
Listen in for a fun and thoughtful conversation about writing, community, and the power of stories to spark curiosity in kids.
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Bleeped Words: Murd3r, s3xual (2x), rap3, k!llers, hum@n traff!ck!ng (5x), drgs (3x), drg
Hello My Happy People,
This week on Book Banter with Dianne Burckhardt – Book Talk Podcast, Dianne welcomes retired Air Force Special Agent Derrick Jackson, author of the military thriller Shadow One: Based on a True Story. Drawing on his 21 years of experience in the Air Force Office of Special Investigations, Jackson delivers a gripping story that blends high-stakes criminal investigations with deep emotional conflict and a touch of romance.
Shadow One follows Special Agent Devin Jackson as he confronts betrayal, tragedy, and an international crime syndicate that will stop at nothing to silence him. With themes of loyalty, sacrifice, and justice, this thriller keeps readers hooked while weaving in a heartfelt love story.
Join us as Derrick shares how his real-world counterintelligence and criminal investigation background shaped his writing, and why Shadow One is a must-read for fans of thrillers with both grit and heart.
If you like stories based on real life experiences, you may have just found your new favorite author. Don't wait, go listen now.
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Bleeped word: Murd3rbot
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In this week’s episode of Book Banter with Dianne Burckhardt – Book Talk Podcast, I share my chat with award-winning science fiction author and microbiologist Joan Slonczewski. Known for weaving real science into imaginative worlds, Joan’s novels explore everything from microbial intelligence to feminist futures.
Her latest book, Minds in Transit, takes listeners into the dazzling city of Iridis, where human lords, sentient machines, and microbial minds shape society in unexpected ways. But as artist Chrys works with her microbial partners to design a new city, cracks appear in her creations—and soon the balance of an entire world is at risk.
Beyond her fiction, Joan is a dedicated scientist who publishes research with undergraduates on bacterial pH stress and cold-adapted microbes from Antarctica. She also teaches courses in microbiology, virology, and biology in science fiction, blending scientific discovery with imaginative storytelling in the classroom. Her work is truly fascinating!
Join us for a captivating conversation about the intersections of science, imagination, and storytelling. Joan shares insights from her research, her award-winning fiction, and the inspiration behind her work.
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Bleeped words: murd3rbot (twice), k!lled
Hello My Happy People,
This week on Book Banter with Dianne Burckhardt, I talk with author, journalist, and martial artist Jason Brick about his mission to make families safer. With decades of martial arts training, work as a bodyguard, and experience as a dad, Jason brings unique insight into personal safety and violence prevention.
In our chat, we highlight his book There I Was…When Nothing Happened: True Tales of Violence Prevention from Professionals in the Field, which shares over 50 real-life stories from experts in law enforcement, martial arts, and security. Each story shows how preparation, awareness, de-escalation, and escape can prevent violence before it starts.
Jason also introduces Safest Family on the Block, his podcast and book project built around interviews with experts ranging from bodyguards to school administrators, to name just a few. His work gives parents and communities practical tools to protect what matters most.
If you’ve ever worried about how to keep you and your family safe, this episode offers practical tools and real-life wisdom you can use right away to give you peace of mind. Don't wait, go listen now!
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Bleeped words: S3x, S3xuality (Twice)
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Judy Blume transformed how young readers understood themselves and the world around them. In this episode of Book Banter with Dianne Burckhardt – Book Talk Podcast, bestselling author and cultural writer Rachelle Bergstein joins me to talk about her book, The Genius of Judy: How Judy Blume Rewrote Childhood for All of Us. Her book explores Blume’s life, groundbreaking novels, and enduring influence.
Rachelle traces Blume’s journey from suburban New Jersey mother to one of the most celebrated—and censored—authors in America. By telling stories of ordinary kids with honesty and humor, Blume challenged taboos around growing up, sparking conversations about identity, feminism, and free expression that still matter today.
We discuss Rochelle's career and inspirations and how they led her to writing about Judy Blume and her cultural legacy and how Rachelle’s own work as an author and editor has been shaped by the trail Judy Blume blazed.
Inspired by Judy Blume’s longtime fight against book bans, Rachelle is following the current politically charged book banning crisis on her Substack, Banner Year. Rachelle lives with her husband and son in Brooklyn, USA.
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Bleeped words: k!lled (twice), d!ed
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This week on Book Banter with Dianne Burckhardt – Book Talk Podcast, I sit down with Qin (“Ching”) Sun Stubis, award-winning author of Once Our Lives. Her memoir shares the unforgettable story of four generations of Chinese women who endured war, revolution, superstition, and persecution, yet still found strength, hope, and resilience.
Born in a Shanghai shantytown during the Great Chinese Famine, Qin faced hardship from her earliest days. Once dismissed as a “worthless” girl and later shunned when her father was imprisoned for speaking the truth about injustice in her country. Qin turned to books and learning as her lifeline. That determination carried her to one of China’s most prestigious universities and eventually to the United States.
Through her writing, Qin seeks to build bridges between cultures and remind us of the common dreams and struggles that unite humanity. Her story of survival and triumph is as inspiring as it is unforgettable.
Today, Qin lives in the United States with her husband, two adult children, and a beloved rescue dog. She continues to write, publish, and speak around the world, sharing stories that inspire strength and understanding.
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This week on Book Banter with Dianne Burckhardt – Book Talk Podcast, I am joined by Marcia Peck, an award-winning author and lifelong musician who has spent over 50 years as a cellist with the Minnesota Orchestra. Marcia brings her love of rhythm, melody, and storytelling together in her debut novel, Water Music: A Cape Cod Story.
Her novel has been celebrated with multiple honors, including the Literary Titan Gold Award, National Indie Excellence Award, and the New England Book Festival Regional Lit Winner, among many others. With its lyrical prose and heartfelt exploration of family, place, and memory, Water Music has resonated deeply with readers and critics alike.
Beyond her novel, Marcia’s fiction and essays have appeared in numerous literary journals and publications, and she has received fellowships and residencies from prestigious arts organizations. Whether through music, words, or the timeless beauty of Cape Cod, her creative voice shines with authenticity and grace.
In our conversation, Marcia shares her journey as both a musician and a writer, the ways in which music informs her storytelling, and how Cape Cod continues to shape her creative world. Join us as we explore her award-winning work and the deep connections between music, memory, and the written word.
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In this episode of Book Banter with Dianne Burckhardt – Book Talk Podcast, I sit down with Alison Beder Solway, author of The Miles We Run, for an emotional and deeply moving conversation. Alison opens up about her personal journey through the challenges, heartbreaks, and triumphs of surrogacy in her quest to build a family.
Our discussion goes beyond the pages of her book, exploring the resilience it takes to keep going when the road ahead feels uncertain, the emotional weight of navigating infertility, and the transformative power of hope and love.
Alison Beder Solway is a Canadian author, fitness coach, and founder of ABS Fitness. A passionate advocate for women’s health and resilience, she shares her life in Toronto with her husband and children. She is also a marathon runner, completing the New York City Marathon as part of her inspiring journey.
Whether you’ve faced similar struggles or simply want to hear an inspiring story of determination and the unshakable bonds of family, this episode will leave you both moved and uplifted.
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Have I got a show for you today! In this inspiring episode of Book Banter with Dianne Burckhardt – Book Talk Podcast, I share my interview with the effervescent Risa August—award-winning author, speaker, Gestalt practitioner, and rare disease warrior with sparkles in her hair and a tutu in her bag. Diagnosed with a pituitary tumor over a decade ago, Risa could have let life slow her down—but instead, she chose to pedal harder, live louder, and advocate fiercely for herself and others.
Risa brings her signature blend of wisdom and whimsy to the conversation as we discuss her book, The Road Unpaved: Border to Border with a Brain Tumor and a Bike. She shares how she transformed in her journey through illness into a mission of inspiration. With a heart for healing and a flair for fun, she now helps others break through life’s roadblocks by shifting their perspectives and embracing life—fully, fearlessly, and with glitter when necessary.
A former Ironman athlete with a passion for barbells and bikes, Risa continues to thrive on movement, creativity, and joyful exploration. Whether she’s dancing Bollywood, flying on aerial silks, or leading workshops with tiaras and glitter, she reminds us that healing doesn’t have to be heavy—it can be playful, profound, and incredibly empowering.
This episode is a celebration of resilience, authenticity, and living a life unleashed. Tune in and get ready to smile, be inspired, and maybe even be moved to start your own tutu collection.
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Today I get to introduce all of you to the incredible Wendy Dale – Memoir Coach, Author, and Writing Myth-Buster. Have you ever been told to "just write" or "crank out a crappy first draft"? Wendy Dale says no thanks—and she’s leading a full-blown rebellion against those tired writing clichés!
Wendy is the brilliant mind behind The Memoir Engineering System, a step-by-step method that helps writers skip the mess and build strong, emotionally compelling memoirs from the start. After fifteen years of reading thousands of drafts, Wendy cracked the code on what makes memoirs really work.
Her own memoir, Avoiding Prison and Other Noble Vacation Goals, was published by Three Rivers Press/Penguin Random House. Tune in as Wendy joins me on Book Banter with Dianne Burckhardt – Book Talk Podcast to challenge the norms, share the truth about writing memoirs, and inspire you to make that first draft your final masterpiece.
Wendy lives in Cusco, Peru with her husband and two bunnies.
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Get ready to meet the remarkable mind behind some of Canada’s most beloved books for young readers! In this episode of Book Banter with Dianne Burckhardt – Book Talk Podcast. Dianne had the privileged to down to chat with Valerie Sherrard, the award-winning author of A Bend in the Breeze, The Glory Wind, Counting Back from Nine, and the fan-favorite Shelby Belgarden mystery series. With a writing career that spans picture books, historical novels, and gripping young adult fiction, Valerie brings a powerful mix of heart, history, and humanity to everything she writes.
From her early beginnings in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan to her inspiring life in Miramichi, New Brunswick, Valerie’s journey is as compelling as her characters. She’s not only a storyteller but a former foster parent to over seventy teenagers and a passionate advocate for literacy and creativity in youth. Her stories have won multiple awards and captured the hearts of readers across generations — and she’s still just getting started.
In this warm and insightful conversation, Valerie shares what sparked her love for storytelling, the real-life experiences that shaped her books, and why she believes it’s never too late to chase your dreams. Whether you’re a fan of heartfelt fiction, curious about the writing life, or looking for a new favorite author, this episode will leave you inspired.
Don’t miss your chance to hear from one of Canada’s literary treasures. Tune in now and discover the woman behind the words — Valerie Sherrard!
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Bleeped words in today's episode: Drüg$, Hüm@n Traff!c!ng
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Dianne has spoken to many authors who co-write books, but usually the interview is only with one of the authors. Today, however, Dianne gets to share her second ever interview with both authors of the incredible writing team of Breakfield and Burkey.
Charles Breakfield, as the CTO of the Enigma Series, leverages his decades of technology expertise, including security, networking, voice, and anything digital, to bring innovative technothriller elements into storytelling. He has deep knowledge of World War II history, has traveled extensively, and seeks cultural exchanges to learn what makes different people tick. Charles enjoys wine tasting, winemaking, Harley riding, cooking new recipes, and woodworking.
Rox Burkey, as the COO of the Enigma Series, uses her extensive professional knowledge of optimizing technology and business investments to drive stellar customer experiences into the ongoing stories of Enigma Series. Characteristics of people she has met over her career are woven into their stories. Rox enjoys her family, friends, puppies, reading, reviewing books, and traveling whenever possible. Meeting readers at various events is one of her favorite pastimes.
Breakfield and Burkey, have created award-winning stories that resonate with men and women, with a fresh perspective on technology possibilities within a fictional framework. They pen The Enigma Series and Enigma Heirs. They ventured into writing cozy mysteries with the Magnolia Bluff Crime Chronicles. Their newest short story collection complements their novella and individual short stories.
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Bleeped words: naz!, prost!tute
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Today Dianne is excited to share with you her chat with romantic women's fiction author, Linda Hughes. For many years Linda worked internationally as a seminar leader and public speaker. It was a her dream job. It allowed her to meet people from other countries and cultures from around the world. When Linda finally made the decision to settle down and become a full-time writer, one of her goals was to share those incredible experiences in her novels.
As a native Michigander, Linda also uses this familiar setting for her stories as well, especially Mackinac Island. Linda considers herself an arm-chair historian and finds the local history fascinating everywhere she goes and always finds ways to weave it into her books.
Linda lived in Georgia for many years with her husband but the couple have since moved to Oklahoma to be near family. Linda confesses that while she loves her family, she still misses Georgia.
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Today on Book Banter with Dianne Burckhardt–Book Talk Podcast get ready to step into a world where fairy magic meets real-world heart in my conversation with award-winning, middle-grade author Micki Bare. A graduate of NC State University with a BA in Speech Communication and a Master of Arts in Teaching in middle-school social studies, Micki brings decades of educational insight—and eighteen years as a columnist—to every page she writes.
Her latest novel, KIMIMILA RETURNS (May 2025), is the fourth installment in the beloved Zahra of the Uwharries series. When elder fairy Bubble Rain reappears—one of the feared omens signaling the end of her people—and a young fairy vanishes, Zahra must confront the shadowy Umbra Fae in her greatest adventure yet. We’ll dive into Micki’s inspirations, her seamless blend of magical realism and low fantasy, and how she crafts middle-grade stories that resonate with young readers and parents alike.
Micki’s three-decade career in education—as teacher, administrator, and marketing director—infuses her writing with authenticity and heart. She’ll share how her years guiding middle-schoolers and penning a longtime column sharpened her storytelling skills, and what she’s learned about building worlds that both enchant and empower.
Based in Asheboro, NC with her husband, Micki recharges by gardening, cooking, traveling, and hiking the Uwharrie peaks that inspired Zahra’s journey. Tune in to discover the magic behind the pages—and why every reader, young or old, will root for Zahra as she fights to save her fairy kin.
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Dianne cannot wait to share today's episode with all of you. Her guest, Robert O’Connor, brings history to life in his latest book, Jeep Show: A Trouper at the Battle of the Bulge. His gripping new WWII novel has earned praise from Kirkus Reviews, Purple Heart Magazine, and Midwest Book Review, to name a few.
Robert is a former Phi Beta Kappa at Kenyon College with a long successful career in marketing. Robert was a marketing executive at Procter & Gamble and co-owner of an advertising agency, but even successful men can have a "hard fall" sometimes. Robert drew on this experience to inspire others with his first book Gumptionade: The Booster For Your Self-Improvement Plan.
Later, it would be the discovery of a circus sponsorship gone awry in 1967 that would plant the seed that would eventually grow into his first fiction novel, Jeep Show: A Trouper at the Battle of the Bulge. This tale is based on the true story of Jim Hetzer, an Army Entertainment Specialist who toured forward combat zones alongside Private Mickey Rooney.
With meticulous research and wry humor, O’Connor transports you into the frozen Ardennes, where small Jeep-mounted variety shows risked everything to keep GI morale alive, and the mix of laughter and peril still resonates with many today.
Robert and his wife recently moved to Minneapolis. The couple have three grown sons and a grandson. Robert and his wife lost their beloved basset hound, Bassie, a few years ago and plan to adopt another basset when the time is right.
Don't wait, join us now for an episode full of heart, history, and the unbreakable spirit that binds us all.
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I am so thrilled to sharing with all of you today my incredible interview with award-winning author Joel Shulkin, MD. Not only is Joel a practicing physician, but he is also the author of engaging medical thrillers.
There is nothing I love better than when actual professionals in the medical and criminal investigation fields write thrillers. You know you are going to get stories filled with accurate details that will give the story that extra something to really drive the story.
Joel is a developmental-behavioral pediatrician and United States Air Force veteran with a master’s in public health and has used this background to enhance his amazing storytelling skills in his books including Adverse Effects and Toxic Effects, the first two novels in the Memory Thieves series. He has also penned award-winning short stories and poetry with more books already scheduled for 2026.
Today we chat about his recent book Heroic Measures, a forensic technothriller in his new Death Benefits series. Joel lives in Florida with his wife, two daughters, and two dogs.
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Bleeped words in this episode: M@ss@cre, 3x Sl@ughter, Ass@ssin@tion
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Dianne is pleased to share her interview with the amazing Miles Spencer. Miles is a self described curious guy from Pittsburgh who strayed far from home—and even farther from the expected path to create an incredible life and career that is as fascinating as it is impressive.
For more than 30 years, he’s mentored tech founders, built and sold three digital media companies, and helped create over 1,000 jobs. He co-hosted his own show on PBS with Cliff Ennico called MoneyHunt, a predecessor to shows like Shark Tank. The pair also co-authored the book, MoneyHunt: 27 New rules for Creating and Growing a Breakaway Business.
But Miles' story goes well beyond boardrooms and balance sheets. An avid explorer, he once led over 1,500 people across 14 miles of open sea by kayak and has trekked more than 1,000 miles through the deserts of Saudi Arabia, Jordan, and Syria. That desert journey inspired his current release, A Line in the Sand, which is a bestseller and is currently sitting in the top 10 in three categories on Amazon.
These days, you can find Miles investing in digital media, entertainment, and consumer brands, while also managing teams, painting watercolors, spending time with his family, and planning new adventures and future publications.
Check out today's episode to hear all the incredible details from the man himself.
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Dianne is thrilled to bring you her chat with the incredible award-winning, YA, epic fantasy author, Anne Mollova. While Anne attests to having been a writer since the age of five–even creating her own hand made books–it would be decades before she gave herself permission to follow her passion for the written word.
As an accomplished violinist, Anne chose to pursue music as her initial career path. She worked in various venues and groups as she completed her university studies, setting herself up for a future as a musician and a violin instructor. But it was a revelation at a bus stop that would change her life forever. A story she shares in today's episode.
Anne lives with her family in Pennsylvania. Aside from writing, she loves nature, making music, eating chocolate, drinking tea, and creating things out of yarn and needles. She still keeps an eye out for faeries and hasn’t yet accepted the fact that she cannot have a pet baby dragon.
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Today Dianne is so happy to share with all of you her chat with the incredible author, Jennifer Vido. Jennifer is not only a wonderful person to just sit and chat with about anything, she is also an accomplished and highly acclaimed author.
Her sweet Lowcountry romances in the Gull Island series, earned her recognition both locally and nationally. Her novel, "Serendipity by the Sea," was awarded the prestigious Best First Book award from the New Jersey Romance Writers Golden Leaf Contest. In 2024, Jennifer won Baltimore Magazine Best Local Author in their annual Best of Baltimore readers poll. The Baltimore Sun also marked her talents with an Honorable Mention in their Best of 2024 Author category.
Jennifer has also created the Piper O'Donnell Social Lite Mystery series. These cozy mystery books have been receiving rave reviews from readers. When not writing books, Jennifer feeds her writing passion as a blogger. She shares insights on bestselling releases in her weekly Jen's Jewels column on FreshFiction.com, where she shares her interviews with fellow authors. Jennifer is also a passionate advocate and a former national spokesperson for the Arthritis Foundation. When she's not immersed in the world of fiction or advocacy, she leads a legal nonprofit.
Jennifer currently lives in the Baltimore area with her husband. The couple are the proud parents to two grown sons and a rescue dog named Fripp.
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*Disclaimer:* This episode features Christian author, Chaplain Patrick Day. While we never discuss religious doctrine (for any religions), many authors share how their beliefs inspired their writing. Chaplain Day's fiction book is inspired by his jail and add!ct!on ministry work as a Gideon. Nothing in this episode is to be taken as medical advice. If you or someone you know needs intervention for their mental or physical health, please seek out qualified, personalized, medical advice. Trigger warning: discussion of su!c!de, depress!on, and ad!ct!ion. ** Bleeped and misspelled words to prevent censorship: mÜrders, su!c!de, k!lled
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Dianne is thrilled to share with you her interview with Chaplain Patrick Day. Patrick has a long career in education and writing. He earned a Master’s degree in English Literature from the University of Minnesota and a Master’s in Reading from St. Thomas University. He started writing professionally as an advertising copywriter and then moved into higher education. Patrick took early retirement as a college Dean of Instruction and turned his focus to creating his publishing company and writing books. He has written nine books, all of which are available on Amazon.
Patrick has been active in jail and add!ct!on ministry since 2005. He’s a credentialed chaplain who’s ministered to hundreds of add!cts in one-on-one sessions and thousands in group presentations. Finding the Safest Place on Earth was inspired by those experiences. How I Escaped From Depress!on came out of his own five year battle to overcome major depression.
Patrick's publishing house, Pyramid Publishers, is a member of the Independent Book Publishers Association (IBPA). Pyramid Publishers has pledged to uphold the highest standards of the publishing industry.
Patrick and his wife live in a suburb of Minneapolis. The couple has two sons, two daughters-in-law, three grandchildren, and one grand dog, all of whom they love deeply.
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Dianne is thrilled to bring you today's guest author, Josh Mendoza. Josh had already established himself in the film industry before he decided to add published author to his credits. Joshis an award-winning filmmaker known for his post-apocalyptic feature film, What Still Remains. Working with veteran actors Mimi Rogers and Jeff Kober among a varied and talented cast, the film earned a 90% rating from Rotten Tomatoes.
Even with his success in film, Josh wanted to explore other creative outlets. Having earned a BA in English and creative writing from Stanford University and an MFA in Film and Television Production from USC’s School of Cinematic Arts. Josh was well prepared to take on the task of writing and publishing novels in addition to his cinematic projects.
Shadow of the Eternal Watcher is Josh's debut novel. It is climbing up the Amazon bestsellers list and has 4.6 rating just months after it's release. Josh currently splits his time between the City of Angels and the deserts of Arizona with his wife and two children.
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Today on Book Banter with Dianne Burckhardt – Book Talk Podcast, Dianne brings you the amazing award-winning author, Lynne Hugo. Lynne was a National Endowment For the Arts Fellowship recipient and has also received grants from the Ohio Arts Council and the Kentucky Foundation for Women.
Lynne has an impressive collection of publications ranging from fiction, non-fiction, and even one children's book. Her latest book, Mothers of Fate, was released in April of 2025. In addition to her novels, Lynne has also published two books of poetry. Besides working as a writer, Lynne is also a licensed psychotherapist. Her work with a therapy dog is the focus of her book, Where the Trail Grows Faint: A Year in the Life of a Therapy Dog Team.
She currently lives in the United States Midwest with her husband, a college professor and photographer. They have two children, three grandchildren, and an energetic beagle/Lab mix who reportedly excels at swimming, retrieving tennis balls, and terrorizing squirrels.
If you love well written literary fiction, you may have just found your new favorite author.
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Today we have a rare return guest author. Her first guest appearance on Book Banter with Dianne Burckhardt–Book Talk Podcast was in season 2 episode #59. Be sure to check out her first interview to learn about Linaya's background and her first book in The Forever After Duology.
Linaya didn’t intend to become a writer—it was just something that seemed to develop naturally somewhere between writing her first novel in a sixth-grade notebook and publishing her debut novel, Lithaflora the Chrysalis.
Linaya now fills her days happily brewing science fiction and fantasy stories with a splash of romance. She finds the process to be much like brewing the perfect cup of tea, another skill she has worked to master.
If you enjoy stories that take conventional ideas and bend the realities in new and unexpected ways, with complex characters that have more dimensions than quantum field theory equations, you will love Aquacosmic Eclosion. Linaya advises her followers to note that reading her work could come with side effects including sudden bouts of wonder, unexpected sobbing, and the irresistible urge to believe in the impossible. As discussed in this episode, Linaya feels her writing is about exploring the endless possibilities of imagination. When asked if she can pick between magic and science—her answer is a definitive, I need both.
Linaya recently bought a house in Northern California with her fiancé. Her work days are filled with home renovations, wedding planning, brewing new ideas to enrich her current work in progress, and wrangling her two dogs and a cat when time permits. She credits her partner for wisely staying out of the fray.
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Dianne is thrilled to share her interview with you today with the incredible mystery author, D.M.S. Fick. Besides being an amazing author, she is an Emmy-nominated and grant-awarded animator and has worked on two Peabody Award-winning programs broadcast on PBS. Most recently Ms. Fick did design and animation work for SciGirls, a PBS Kids program that encourages girls and young women to become involved in STEM.
In 2015 Ms. Fick received an Artist Initiative grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board for The Oracle of Nuttown, a half-hour cartoon mash-up of forest creatures, Greek mythology, and classic 1970s movies.
Want to check out her work for yourself? You can read her short fiction Fickster the Fixer in Cowboy Jamboree Issue 10.1: A Case of Kink (<-- click the link to read free) . Then go buy her latest book, Lewis Sinclair and the Gentlemen Cowboys.
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- She attended high school in Walnut Grove, hometown of beloved author Laura Ingalls Wilder.
- She once traveled in a coach from Valencia to London with a retired showgirl.
- She was an extra in the movie Fargo.
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Dianne is thrilled to bring you her interview with the fascinating poet and author, David Holper. David has an incredible background filled with some amazing experiences. He was a soldier, has worked as a taxi driver and fisherman in Alaska, a dishwasher, a bus driver, a house painter, a bike courier in San Francisco's financial district, and was a teacher for many years.
If that was not interesting enough, he has also published works including several stories, poems, and his new novel, The Church of the Very Last Chance, which David and Dianne discuss in today's episode. His work has not only brought him attention, but has earned him awards as well.
David won second place in the 2024 Dancing Poetry Festival for his poem Roadside Grave. His work, The Earthquake,”was nominated for Best of Net at Synkroniciti in 2024, for which he also won the Synkroniciti award for best poem in the Sept. issue, 2023. David also served as the inaugural Poet Laureate for the City of Eureka, California from August 2019-August 2021.
David has several books of poetry available now including Language Lessons: A Linguistic Hejira, The Bridge: Poems, and 64 Questions: Poems. He also has a playlist for his novel, The Church of the Very Last Chance. If you are interested in checking out this music collection, it can be found by clicking HERE.
David has a new book of poetry, Bord for En (Table for One), planned for a 2025 publication as well as two new young adult novels, WatchGirl and Outcast. David currently lives in Eureka, California, with his wife. He considers his home to be far enough from "the madness of civilization that he can still see the stars at night and hear the Canada geese calling."
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Being a huge fan of both cozy mysteries and dogs, Dianne was thrilled to chat with award-winning dog themed cozy mystery author, C.B. Wilson. As with many authors, her passion for writing was kindled at a young age. She enjoyed reading Nancy Drew books but her desire for more satisfying endings led her to begin writing her own. As an adult, C.B. was able to combine her love for writing mysteries and helping dogs with the creation of her Barkview Mysteries.
One of the truly great and unique aspects of this book series is that each Barkview adventure features a different dog breed. While reading a great mystery, you will also learn the traits, personality, exercise and grooming needs, as well as health issues for the breed featured in that book. If you are trying to find the dog breed that is the right fit for you and your family, The Barkview Mysteries is an entertaining way to figure that out. C.B.’s believes that every animal deserves a forever home and to help make that happen, she often has adoptable dogs at her appearances.
C.B. currently resides in Peoria, AZ, where she writes and is and avid pickleball player. Dianne, who has never even seen the game played, was thankful C.B. could explain the game to her during the five quick questions segment. C.B. is a graduate of the Gemological Institute of America and enjoys sharing her passion for gems in her mysteries.
Be sure to follow her on all of her social media so you never miss a new release. But for now, go listen to today's podcast and learn more about the author and her work.
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In today's episode, Dianne is thrilled to bring you her chat with the incredible USA Today and Amazon bestselling author, Jacqueline Friedland. Jacqueline has published numerous books including He Gets That From Me, Trouble the Water, and her most recent release, Counting Backwards.
Jacqueline began her professional career after graduating Magna Cum Laude from both the University of Pennsylvania and NYU Law School. She practiced as a commercial litigator in New York for a time, but knew the law was not the future she wanted. Jacqueline had dreams of being a writer. She tried combining her education and personal passion and began teaching Legal Writing and Lawyering Skills in Manhattan while working on her first book whenever she could find spare time.
When Jacqueline finally deciding to pursue a full time writing career, she returned to school and earned a Masters of Fine Arts from Sarah Lawrence College. She has since published several books and became a USA Today Bestselling author, all while raising a family.
Jacqueline currently lives in New York with her husband, four children, and two dogs. When not writing, she loves to read, exercise, watch movies with her family, and dreams about exotic vacations.
From her Amazon listing for Counting Backwards, "A routine immigration case, a shocking legacy. Jessa Gidney's quest for justice draws her into the heart of an abhorrent conspiracy. As she uncovers her personal ties to a heartbreaking past, her life takes a dramatic turn, in this emotionally riveting novel inspired by true events."
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Today Dianne gets to share her amazing chat with the multitalented Doug Williams. Doug is an award-winning screenwriter, playwright, filmmaker and the author of the FBI thriller, Failure Point.
Doug is a former journalist who once served as a press secretary in the US Senate. He has worked in communications in public and private sectors and created a successful career as a freelance writer which has spanned more than 25 years.
As a scriptwriter, his work has received numerous accolades. Particularly his work, Back Star Rising, based on the life of Texas congresswoman, Barbara Jordan, was awarded honors in more than 45 competitions worldwide including 12 Best Screenplay awards. Back Star Rising is currently in development for a feature film.
Failure Point is not Doug's first book, having previously published Nowhere Man and A Sacred Duty, a book he co-wrote with Paula Pedene. The story is based on Paula's true account of her experience as the federal whistleblower who exposed a scandal at the Veterans Administration hospital in Phoenix, Arizona that took the lives of hundreds of U.S. veterans – also in development for a film. Nowhere Man, was hailed by critics and compared to House of Cards.
Doug has also achieved quite a bit of success as a playwright. He has four New York City productions, and his most recent work was produced by Dirt Dogs Theatre Company in Houston.
Dianne and Doug did their best to cover as much of the amazing aspects of Doug's life and career as time would permit. You do not want to miss a single sensational soundbite of this incredible author interview. If you love thrillers with a good romance at the center, you may have found your new favorite author. Don't wait, go listen now!
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This week we have got something a little different from journalist and author, Randee Dawn. This multi-genre, speculative fiction author has also written for features for such publications as The Los Angeles Times, Variety, and Emmy Magazine, and websites Today.com and GoldDerby.com. These are just a small sampling of where you can find her work.
Today, Dianne talks to Randee about her life, inspirations, and her upcoming romantacy, The Only Song Worth Singing. Randee details her book in a recent exclusive feature in People Magazine, Long Before I Discovered My Irish Heritage, Irish Folktales Comforted My Dying Grandfather — And Inspired My New Book.
Besides writing fiction, Randee has also co-authored The Law & Order: SVU Unofficial Companion. Though when you hear her "behind the scenes" experiences as they researched this book, the access they were given was incredible. Randee also has written several short stories for anthologies and the short story/poetry compilation Home for the Holidays. Randee enjoys attending various public events and meeting readers.
Her latest novel, The Only Song Worth Singing, is currently available for preorder and will be released April 8th. She has another tittle due out later this year, but don't just read the podcast description, go listen now to hear all the great details about these works and so much more from the author herself.
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Today Dianne is thrilled to bring you another wonderful historical fiction author. Being one herself, Dianne loves to find other historical fiction authors who really take historical accuracy and research seriously. Today's guest is most definitely one of those authors.
Barb Warner Deane is an award-winning author and a public speaker. She has given numerous presentations on the role of American women in World War II. She is credited with having spoken at more than 130 libraries, historical societies, book clubs, and women's groups in six states. She has even spoken at the National Conference of the Historical Writers of American in Williamsburg, VA among many other writer's and veteran gatherings.
Barb attended Cornell University and the University Of Connecticut, School of Law. While she has lived in the Chicago area for the past thirty years, she grew up in the Finger Lakes area of New York and many years later spent two years living in Frankfurt, Germany and two years in Shanghai, China.
When Barb decided to leave her law career she chose to become a business owner and established Barb's All Romance Book Store. Being a shopkeeper wasn't Barb's only new career she explored. Over the years, Barb has worked as a substitute teacher and worked in the tech and media for two schools. She has been published as a travel writer and is currently enjoying her "retirement" as a full-time writer interspersed with volunteer work and plenty of travel.
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Today Dianne is sharing her conversation with Stefany Valentine. The women chat about Stefany's debut YA novel from Penguin Random House, First Love Language.
As with many authors who have been on Book Banter with Dianne Burckhardt – Book Talk Podcast, from childhood, Stefany dreamt of becoming a New York Times Best-Selling author. Unlike those other authors, Stefany had a unique set of obstacles to overcome.
As a Taiwanese adoptee, her first language was Mandarin. Stefany struggled to learn English, felt neglected and lost among the nine children in the home, and dealt with the trauma of watching her father succumb to colon cancer. She was faced with all of this before even becoming a teenager.
Writing became a way for her to make sense of the world around her. Stefany attempted to forge her path alone and had many rejections before she secured an agent and things changed. Stefany was published in the YA adoptee anthology, When We Become Ours in 2023. Stefany then secured a publishing deal for her debut novel, First Love Language, which was published in January of 2025. She has more works already slated for release in 2026.
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Today, Dianne is sharing another incredible Season 4 Lovefest author with all of you. In this episode, Dianne chats with international bestselling historical fiction author, Karen Essex.
Karen has a variety of published works that all focus on the accomplishments of her strong female characters. The woman discuss many of the titles Karen has available but the focus on her Kleopatra duology, Kleopatra, Book I: The Early Years and Pharaoh, Book II of Kleopatra. While the first book, focuses on Kleopatra's early life, Pharaoh tells the about this incredible woman's life as a diplomat, leader, and her involvement with Marc Anthony, one of the greatest love stories in history.
Besides writing Kleopatra and Pharaoh, she has also adapted both into screenplays for Warner Bros. Lionsgate Entertainment. Recently she adapted both for Netflix with Essex co-writing a pilot. Script adaptations is something Karen is quite experienced in, having adapted Anne Rice’s novel The Mummy or Ramses the Damned into a screenplay for director James Cameron and 20th Century Fox, as well as many other notable projects and continues to develop a variety of film and television projects.
Born and raised in New Orleans, Karen graduated from Tulane University, attended graduate school at Vanderbilt University, and received an MFA in Writing from Goddard College. Besides her writing career, Karen had worked as a model and costume designer. She has lived in London and divides her time between NOLA, Los Angeles, and Europe. Learn more about this incredible woman in today's episode. You will not want to miss out!
After you listen to Dianne's interview, be sure to check out Karen's interview with Dianne's friend Lance on his podcast The Outcasts Creative, link below.
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Today Dianne is sharing her interview with the incredible Allie McCormack. Allie is the award-winning romance author of Wishes in a Bottle, part of her Wishes & Dreams series. Just one of many romance series she has written.
Allie is a disabled Vietnam-era veteran. She served in the 9th Division stationed in Washington for many years and had a temporary assignment with NATO in Europe working for a 4-star General. After her service, Allie went to college and became an exchange student in Cairo, Egypt. Her world travels were not limited to Egypt and the women talk about all the amazing places Allie has lived and visited and how these experiences infused her writing with realism and vibrance.
While Allie admits she has always been a writer and storyteller, it wasn't until later in life when she finally pushed herself to try writing her first romance. She discusses her process and how a first chapter contest led to her current writing career.
Allie (and her two rescue cats) currently lives with her daughter and her family in Southern California, where she happily provides on-demand babysitter services for her adorable granddaughter. Go listen now to find our more about this incredible author.
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Today Dianne shares her interview with the USA Today and Amazon Bestselling author, Rochelle B. Weinstein. The women had a fantastic discussion covering just about every aspect of Rochelle's professional journey.
Rochelle was born and raised in Miami, Florida, but she ended up launching her career on the other coast. After college, she moved to Los Angeles where she worked for the LA Weekly, in their advertising and promotions department covering film studios and record labels.
It was an ad in the Miami Herald that would bring her back home to Miami. For the next ten years, she managed the advertising, marketing, and promotions for every record label in the country at The Box Music Network.
It wasn't until Rochelle married and started a family that she finally made her move to writing novels, but there is so much more to her story. Can you imagine being a bestselling author and not even knowing it? Go listen now and hear all the fascinating details of this author's odyssey.
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Today we kick off two months of author interviews featuring books where love is at the center of the stories. We talked to authors who write tradition romance tropes as well as authors who write more outside of the "romance" box to show that love can play a big part of any story, even mainstream thrillers. So mark your calendars every Wednesday and join us February 5th to March 26th for some amazing romance reads!
Today we kick things off for our Season 4 Lovefest with award-winning romance author, Lori Matthews. Books were an important element in Lori's life for as long as she can remember. Growing up in Nova Scotia, Lori remembers her home always being filled with books and the family often made time to sit and read together.
It is not surprising to learn her love of books influenced her career path, choosing to become a librarian. She started her career in the New York City Public Library and later chose to work more closely with children as a high school librarian. Lori even made a slight detour into the corporate world as a librarian for a major publishing house, but eventually Lori chose to change her path again.
When her children went off to school, Lori finally took the time to pursue a new path, becoming an author. Lori has won numerous writing awards including two Daphne Du Maurier awards. She currently lives in New Jersey with her husband, two children, her crazy dog, and her grumpy cat.
Go listen now to get the full story and learn about her latest new race car romance, Shifted.
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Today Dianne is sharing with all of you her Best of Season 3 interview with the incredible Theresa Payton.
Theresa Payton, an illustrious figure in the domain of technology and cybersecurity, has carved a niche for herself as a pioneering force and the first female White House Chief Information Officer. Currently, at the helm of Fortalice Solutions, a cybersecurity firm she founded in 2014, Payton dedicates her expertise to safeguarding the digital fortresses of both public and private entities against the ceaseless waves of cyber threats. Recognized as one of the nation’s most esteemed authorities on secured digital transformation, her counsel is highly sought after by boards of Fortune 500 companies, CEOs, and technology executives alike.
Her visionary approach has seen her inventing new security designs and securing a U.S. patent in security, a testament to her innovative spirit and expertise in the field. Theresa Payton's role in the former CBS TV series "Hunted" highlighted her acumen in leading teams, identifying digital tracks and emerging cyber threats, and devising countermeasures.
Under her leadership, Fortalice Solutions has evolved into a bastion of cybersecurity, offering cutting-edge solutions and strategic advice drawn from her rich tapestry of experiences as a technologist, cybercrime fighter, and entrepreneur. Her accolades reflect her unparalleled contributions to the field, including being named one of the Top 25 Most Influential People in Security by Security Magazine, the FBI's Director Award for Public Service, and one of the top 50 Cybersecurity Leaders of 2020 by Business Insider.
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Hello Happy People,
Welcome to our holiday hiatus episodes between our regular podcast seasons. Normally we play "The Best of" shows from the season that is ending, but this year we are bringing you interviews we recorded live at the Frankfurter Buchmesse in Frankfurt, Germany. This Buchmesse is the world's largest publishing convention and with these interviews we barely scratched the surface of the incredible vendors attending this conference.
In today's show you will hear Dianne Burckhardt conducting an interview on the convention floor with author Kasey Rogers and then Dianne and Pedro share their parting observations of their first visit to the Frankfurter Buchemesse.
Kasey Rogers, Author and Domestic Abuse Prevention Activist
Kasey spent much of her earlier career working in the commercial film industry in New York City by day and writing a musical in between film projects. After the birth of her twins, she switched gears to follow another passion, cooking. That passion led her and her late husband to turn a vacation property in Alexandria, Ontario, into a restaurant. Kasey is an outspoken advocate for women and speaks about the connection between domestic and financial abuse. Learn more about the I Know Why She Stayed Initiative on her website, kaseyrogers.com.
Dianne and Pedro Burckhardt
Pedro and I share our closing thoughts about our first visit to the Frankfurter Buchmesse and our plans for future attendance. It is safe to say, we will be back!
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Hello Happy People,
Welcome to our holiday hiatus episodes between our regular podcast seasons. Normally we play "The Best of" shows from the season that is ending, but this year we are bringing you interviews we recorded live at the Frankfurter Buchmesse in Frankfurt, Germany. This Buchmesse is the world's largest publishing convention and with these interviews we barely scratched the surface of the incredible vendors attending this conference.
In today's show you will hear Dianne Burckhardt conducting interviews on the convention floor with these companies. They discuss business practices and products these companies provide.
Abacus Brands
Abacus Brands, led by CEO Steve Rad, is an innovative pioneer in educational toys. Combining books and Virtual Reality (VR) to create immersive learning experiences for all ages. These learning sets not only engage the viewer and make learning fun, they put you in the experience. You are not just reading about dinosaurs, you are walking with them. You are not just watching Bill Nye the Science Guy do experiments, you are in his lab with him and can do experiments yourself with his guidance. The Future of learning is "virtually" alive at Abacus Brands.
Sweet Cherry Publishing
Sweet Cherry Publishing had an incredible display of books on hand at the Frankfurter Buchmesse, presented by their UK and Export Sales Assistant, Ciara Myton. With everything from activity books to illustrated classics, they provide something to engage just about any child and reading level. According to Ciara, they cover everything from board books and nursery age titles all the way up to young adult fiction and unabridged classics.
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Hello Happy People,
Welcome to our holiday hiatus between podcast seasons. We usually play "The Best of" shows from the season that is ending, but this year we are bringing you interviews we recorded live at the Frankfurter Buchmesse in Frankfurt, Germany. This Buchmesse is the world's largest publishing convention and with these interviews we barely scratched the surface of the incredible vendors attending this conference.
In today's show you will hear Dianne and Pedro Burckhardt conducting interviews on the convention floor with these companies. They discuss business practices and products these companies provide.
Cosplayer Hannah Gässler (no link)
Walking around the Frankfurter Buchmesse you are greeted with a sea of literary fans many of whom are cosplayers, bringing their favorite literary characters to life. One such fan, Hannah Gässler (24), was dressed as Ashoka from Star Wars. Dianne has see many woman wearing this costume over years , but Hannah’s had the best headpiece she had seen. Dianne had to stop her and speak with her.
Climate Hackerz
Pedro met with Joerg Osarek founder of Climate Hackerz, a Think- and Action-Tank focused on transforming civilization into a climate positive state. Joerg not only has a passion for educating people on climate change, but he is also an expert in IT and business transformation, working as an independent management consultant and co-founder of the its-people group. In 2019, he founded ClimateHackerz. Joerg also shares his knowledge through workshops, customer projects, and as a keynote speaker.
Frankfurter BuchmesseTo learn more about the worlds largest publishing convention, check out the link above.
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Hello Happy People,
Welcome to our holiday hiatus episodes between our regular podcast seasons. Normally we play "The Best of" shows from the season that is ending, but this year we are bringing you interviews we recorded live at the Frankfurter Buchmesse in Frankfurt, Germany. This Buchmesse is the world's largest publishing convention and with these interviews we barely scratched the surface of the incredible vendors attending this conference.
In today's show you will hear Dianne Burckhardt conducting interviews on the convention floor with these companies. They discuss business practices and products these companies provide.
Independent Publisher Group (iPg)
IPG is the original independent distributor of books, ebooks, and audiobooks from publishers around the world, and a top 10 supplier of book content to Amazon, Barnes & Noble, independent bookstores, libraries, and specialty markets, in addition to thousands of retailers globally.
Wroteby.me
Django is intimately familiar with the many challenges authors face as they try to reach their target market and sell their books. As an author himself, he has had to navigate the minefield of social media marketing, website building, SEO requirements, and more just to get his book in front of the right audience. With the creation of wroteby.me, Django is working to help authors reach their target markets. Quite often, as authors begin to build their writing careers, they start with little to no marketing budget. By partnering with wroteby.me, authors can save money on start-up costs when it comes to their online presence.
Frankfurter BuchmesseTo learn more about the worlds largest publishing convention, check out the link above.
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Hello Happy People,
Welcome to our holiday hiatus between podcast seasons. We usually play "The Best of" shows from the season that is ending, but this year we are bringing you interviews we recorded live at the Frankfurter Buchmesse in Frankfurt, Germany. This Buchmesse is the world's largest publishing convention and with these interviews we barely scratched the surface of the incredible vendors attending this conference.
In today's show you will hear Dianne and Pedro Burckhardt conducting interviews on the convention floor with these companies. They discuss business practices and products these companies provide.
Make Believe Ideas
Creating children’s books for more than fifteen years, Make Believe Ideas is passionate about creating books to enhance family reading experiences. They take pride in being leaders and innovators in the market. Their focus is on pioneering new ideas that children and families will love.
Parragon Publishing India
Pedro next met with Ganesh Singh of Parragon Publishing India. This publishing house produces a wide variety of books for children ages 0–18 and up. Their line of products not only includes everything from activity books and storybooks to branded merchandise like Disney™, Marvel™, Barbie™, and more.
Frankfurter BuchmesseTo learn more about the worlds largest publishing convention, check out the link above.
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Hello Happy People,
Today begins our holiday hiatus between podcast seasons. We usually play "The Best of" shows from the season that is ending but this year we are bringing you interviews we recorded live at the Frankfurter Buchmesse in Frankfurt, Germany. This Buchmesse is the world's largest publishing convention and with these interviews we barely scratched the surface of the incredible vendors attending this conference.
In today's show you will hear Dianne and Pedro Burckhardt conducting interviews on the convention floor with these companies. They discuss business practices and products these companies provide.
Lego.com
Lego Books ReBuild Activity Cards
SENSEE Books
SenSee Korea Braille and Activity books for children created with their own AI software.
SC (Sang Choy) International
SC (Sang Choy) International Pre. Ltd, Your Partner in Print. Providing print services globally for products from coffee table books to plush and activity books.
Frankfurter BuchmesseTo learn more about the worlds largest publishing convention, check out the link above.
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*Bleeped words: mrderous, k!lled, d!e
Welcome to our season three finale episode with award-winning, New York Times bestselling author, Tosca Lee. Tosca is the bestselling author of*The Line Between,* The Progeny*,* Firstborn*,* Iscariot, The Legend of Sheba, Demon: A Memoir, Havah: The Story of Eve*, and The Books of Mortals Series with fellow* New York Times bestselling author, Ted Dekker. Achieving the title of bestselling author is only one of a long list of accolades she has earned in her career.**
**American author best known for her historical fiction novels and thrillers, Tosca was born in Virginia. Named after a favorite Puccini opera of her father’s, it seems logical that she once dreamed of a career in the opera. She would not that path.
Tosca’s attention moved from opera to ballet. She became a classically trained ballerina and pianist. Unfortunately, injuries forced her to abandon ballet, and the demanding regime of a professional pianist was not appealing. Once again, she had to find a different path.
Tosca attended Smith College, earning a BA in English Language and Literature. Later, she attended Oxford University, where she studied international economics. Tosca wrote her first novel while at Smith, but that manuscript remains unpublished.**
While her first manuscript was not a publishing success, she did begin writing professionally in 1992. While working for Smart Computing Magazine**, Tosca achieved her first author status as co-author of two computer books.
Since her beginnings, Tosca has moved on to not only create an enviable solo author career, but has partnered with other New York Times bestselling authors, Ted Dekker and Marcus Brotherton. We strive to cover all of this in today's episode. Don't wait, go listen now.**
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**Mary Martha Greene is not a cookbook author by profession. It's a passion project inspired by family traditions and a desire to honor the women who created them. It also gives her a change of pace from her day job. Growing up, Mary was heavily influenced by her family. She spent a lot of time by her grandmother’s side when she was in the kitchen. Watching the women in her family, Mary dreamed of doing something creative for her career. Mary loved to cook and bake and considers her return to the kitchen as a homecoming of sorts.
Her father was a family court judge and was very involved in politics. Her father would have a great influence on Mary's future. After returning home at the end of her first semester of college — where she was studying business at her father's suggestion — Mary was informed she would soon be reporting to the state house to be a page. From that moment, her career path was virtually set.
It would be many years before Mary found herself taking the time to get creative in the kitchen again. She credits yet another family member for inspiring her move to become a cookbook author. Her second oldest goddaughter was getting ready to go off for a semester at sea, but she had a request before she left. She wanted her aunt Mae-Mae to teach her how to cook.
As Mary began to search for the family recipes, other people came forward to request a copy of her collection for themselves. Mary started to consider taking her project to a wider audience. On a whim she suggested to a friend to ask the University of South Carolina Press if they would be interested in publishing her cookbook ... they were.
Don't wait, go listen now to all the amazing personal stories behind this cookbook. Then check out Book Banter Magazine for her free holiday recipe.**
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**Today Dianne shares her chat with Bestselling YA author, Amber Chen. Amber stands out in her career for many reasons, but the most surprising aspect may be her educational background.
After graduating from the prestigious Cambridge University, where she earned a BA and MSci in biochemistry, she went on to work in science. However, when you note that Amber also earned a diploma in screenwriting, it’s clear that being a writer was always a possibility in her future.
Unfortunately, according to Amber, the film and TV industry in her part of the world does not provide her with the same kind of opportunities as her science degrees. Amber began honing her craft writing web novels on Wattpad. One of her early works, The Cutting Edge****, gave her a taste of seeing her work turned into a screenplay .
After a lot of hard work, Amber did get a publishing deal with Penguin for her young adult, silkpunk, fantasy, Of Jade and Dragons*. Her debut novel hit #1 last summer on* The Bookseller and, as of this writing, is sitting at #2 in Teen & Young Adult Geography & Cultures Fiction eBooks, #6 in Teen & Young Adult Myth & Legend eBooks, and #15 in Myths & Legends for Young Adults on Amazon.co.uk.
Her second book in this duology has recently gone on pre-order for a July 17, 2025 release for the hardcover and is already climbing the bestseller lists. It is sitting at #184 in Teen & Young Adult Geography & Cultures Fiction eBooks on Amazon.co.uk and is #1 and #2 on Amazon.com for New Releases in Teen & Young Adult Asian Historical Fiction for hardcover and ebook respectively. Follow Amber Chen on social media to see what she publishes next, because odds are ... it's going to be good!**
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Today Dianne shares her interview with Edinburgh based writer and musician, David Atkinson. David attributes his love of reading to being a significant force, pushing him toward eventually pursuing a career in writing. From a young age he remembers being a voracious reader and even having a fondness for the classics that other his age tended to shun.
Even though David is an Amazon bestselling author, he still works a “day job” and one that could not be much more removed from his creative pursuits. Working in financial services, David find’s his writing to be a form of escapism from the less creative side of his life, but writing is not his only creative outlet. He is also an accomplished musician and used that talent to create a soundtrack for his latest book.
While David has not yet been able to transition to being a full-time writer, he has had a good deal of success with the books he has published. His first novel, Love Byte, was published by Buried River Press. This romantic comedy not only made him a bestselling author, but put him on a shortlist for the Romantic Comedy Novel of the Year Award (2015) by the Romantic Novelists’ Association.
David later followed that book with another romantic comedy, Squeezed. His third book in this genre, The Second Life of Nathan Jones, was published by One More Chapter, an imprint of Harper Collins.
With hundreds to thousands of positive reviews for his traditionally published, romantic comedies, one would think it would be logical for David to continue publishing these types of books. However, his greatest success was yet to come when he took a chance on another genre and turned to self-publishing.
Future Proof is a listed on Amazon.com as a time travel, comedy/drama and nearly a year after publication, it is still – as of this writing – sitting in the top 25 in at least three categories.
- #1 in Time Travel Romance
- #2 in British & Irish Humor & Satire
- #3 in Time Travel Science Fiction
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We are thrilled to share with you today Dianne's interview with Wealth Management Specialist, Chad Willardson. To say Chad has an impressive background in finance and publishing does not come close to painting an accurate picture of his achievements. He is the President and Founder of Pacific Capital, five-time bestselling author, long-time Certified Financial Fiduciary, and recently launched his latest book, Wealth Wired Differently.
Following the success of his previous bestsellers, Fit for Wealth, Stress Free Money, Beyond the Money, and Smart, Not Spoiled, Wealth Wired Differently dives into essential topics for entrepreneurs navigating the financial landscape and looking for the best advice and strategies available.
It is easy to understand how Chad could write such books when you look at his own entrepreneurial and financial background. Chad was a senior vice president of investments for Merrill Lynch Wealth Management from 2003–2011. He took that experience and used it as a launching pad for his own ventures.
Embracing his entrepreneurial spirit, Chad would go on to create several companies of his own. Besides Pacific Capital, Chad is the Co-founder and Board Member of GravyStack and the Founder and President of Platinum Elevated.
Through his businesses, Chad manages more than $1.4 billion in investments, offering specialized services to high-net-worth entrepreneurs. As successful as he is in the field, Chad has first-hand knowledge of what it is like for an entrepreneur to take great financial risks to build a company from concept to a lucrative enterprise. Don't wait, go listen now to learn more about Chad and his work.
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Bleeped words due to some censors: sh00ting uphero!n, prostitute, sx, sxuality, g*n
Hello Happy People,
With recent world events, we are choosing to focus on the thing that make us happy, talking to authors about books. Today Dianne shares her conversation with author Sebastian Dureaux-Russell. Readers of Book Banter Magazine may recognize Sebastian's name and book cover from a previous issue when he was a featured poet in the April/May 2024 issue. His poem, Ethan Frome Sled, speaks to a need for reinvention and creation while blending literary nostalgia.
It is not surprising to find that Sebastian has an incredibly deep pool of talent to draw from to feed his creative works. Educated at Duke Ellington School of the Arts and The International Center of Photography, Sebastian is not just an accomplished writer, but is also an award-winning photographer, speaker, and a former model who can perform the “Dior Turn”.
In addition to his award-winning photography, Sebastian has written for numerous publications including Where Magazine, Travel Weekly, and The New York Times. However, in recent years his focus has shifted from writing articles to literary fiction.
His award-winning debut novel, Burning with a Blue Flame**, is a historical fiction adventure the centers around Pilot Elmer Darrel. Elmer agrees to compete against race car driver Humbolt Bratka. These men are both trying to reconcile their own personal demons as they speed toward the finish line while navigating through a maze of distractions including speakeasies, passionate interludes, and plenty of jazz.
With all the accolades Sebastian has earned, it is difficult to imagine that at one time he struggled in school. To find out more just listen to today's episode and hear all the fascinating tales from the author himself. Don't wait, go listen now!**
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Today we are thrilled to share Dianne's conversation with Aislinn Brophy (pronounced ASH-lin Bro-fee). Aislinn can best be described as a decidedly creative soul. Besides being a dancer, an actor, and a twice traditionally published author, they have a long list of hobbies including “pawning off their baking on anybody nearby, doing funny voices, and dismantling the patriarchy.”
Aislinn takes pride in their passions and makes a pointed effort to explore identity and social justice issues in their published work. With the increased presence of social media influencers and their impact on society, culture, and communication practices in general, Aislinn’s latest book, Spells to Forget Us, is not only timely, but relatable, especially with members of Gen Z and Gen Alpha readers.
**According to a press release from Penguin Young Readers, “SPELLS TO FORGET US delves into topics including privacy and consent through the context of parent influencers and their children. Brophy brings attention to an emerging issue affecting Gen Z, providing a unique perspective not often explored in young adult literature.”
Don't wait, go listen now for more information on Aislinn and her work. Then be sure to check out her feature in our current issue of Book Banter Magazine**.
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Trigger Warnings: Discussion of the Holocaust, one phrase ($exu@l a$$ault) bleeped twice**
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Brian Prousky likes to describe himself as having been two distinct people for most of his life. The first Brian worked a respectable day job and was a husband and father. The second, secret, Brian was a wordsmith, writing books in secret and dreaming of becoming a writer. He has said the only commonalities between the two were the enjoyment of Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, Mozart, Saul Bellow, and Roberto Bolano as well as tennis and hockey.
His “real career” was working for the government in child welfare, leading and running organizations. He considered it a “serious job” and “pretty tense” work, and it was an important job within the community that kept him busy. His first book was written between meetings, and it was inspired by, and a parody of, his job in social services. Other than providing some time and inspiration, Prousky says that it was otherwise a “massive inconvenience and impediment” on his writing.
He came close to publishing his first novel, Auden Triller Is a Killer, when he sent it to a publisher in New York. Incredibly, two days later, he was contacted by an agent and shortly signed a contract. When she wanted him to cut fifty pages, however, he thought better of it and decided to wait. He had written four novels, a book of short stories, and a book of poetry in the meantime, and he found a publisher shortly after he retired. Now, he loves that he can say that he’s a writer “proudly and openly”.
Uriel Through Eleanor is Prousky’s latest novel, released in March 2024. To learn more about this title and others by Brian Prousky, check out today's podcast. If you like epic, captivating drama, you may have just found your new favorite author! Go listen now. Brian's Website
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D.G. McCool Jr. (Del) is a self-professed lifelong fan of science fiction and fantasy. He has been a devoted enthusiast of more than just the usual main stream authors of the genre but also branched out into role playing games as well.
In his youth, Del took comfort in creating his own worlds in short stories. Eventually these early works would become the groundwork for his first novel, but it would be years before the dream of becoming an author would come to pass.
Del’s career path began with 10 years of service in the US Army. After leaving that service, Del went down another avenue where he could protect and serve his community with 14 years in law enforcement.
It wasn’t until Del moved into the corporate world that he was able to take time to start writing as a sideline to his day job. In 2021, Del finally published his first book.
Del was able to publish a few more books over the next few years but it wasn’t until her retired in 2024 that he was able to finally devote full time to his writing career.
Go listen now to today's podcast and hear about Del and his work from the author himself. If you like epic fantasy/SciFi you may have just found your new favorite author!
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Today Dianne shares her chat with the amazing romantic suspense author, Kristie Wolf. Kristie knew from a young age she wanted to be an author. Delving into her mother’s Harlequin Romance book collection as a teenager, Kristie found herself inspired.**
While it took a while for her to fulfill her dream, Kristie finally achieved her goal in 2023 with the publication of her book, Too Dangerous to Love, book one in her Project Viper Series. It was followed in 2024 with Knife to the Heart, her new Blood Snow Series.
**Kristie’s books stand out in the romance genre for more than just their unique story lines, fearless heroes, and badass heroines. Her cover art variants give her books a unique edge that many romance readers might find very attractive. Each book comes with two different covers from which readers can choose what best suits their needs.
Like many authors, Kristie’s career path did not lead directly to becoming an author. She initially went to college to study marketing. After graduation, she eventually landed a job in advertising and later transitioned into public relations.
Go listen now to today's podcast and hear about Kristie and her work from the author herself. If you like steamy, romantic suspense, you may have just found your new favorite author!**
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Today Dianne shares her chat with the incredible children's book author, Refe Tuma. Refe (pronounced Reef) not only has a unique name, but he and his wife Susan have built a fun and decidedly unique literary brand for themselves. As the creators of Dinovember and the What the Dinosaurs Did Series, they entertain their followers with their dino-antics while also inspiring families to come together and create their own dino-adventures at home.**
According to Wikipedia, there are approximately 200,000 Dinovember followers, but there is a smaller group who go the extra mile to join in on the fun themselves. This month-long event has solidified a strong fanbase for the Tumas’ book series and secured them a place in American pop culture history.
The Tumas are currently working on their next book, What the Dinosaurs Did on Halloween. Their dinosaur series is not the only publishing endeavor that Refe has to his credit. Refe also branched out with a solo creation, a new middle-grade line of storybooks called the Frances Stenzel Series.
Inspired by popular stop-motion films like Coraline, Refe imagined a story about a child whose parents are workaholic scientists. They are so wrapped up in their work, they neglect to spend time with their child. Frustration leads the child to take drastic steps to get their parent’s attention.
As Refe thought about this story over the years, it evolved and changed until Frances Stenzel was a fully fleshed out character with a captivating story to tell. A number of reviewers have compared Frances and the Monster to Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. Others describe it as “colorful,” “captivating,” and even Kirkus Reviews called it a “remarkably original tale.”
In 2023, Frances and the Monster was followed by the highly anticipated second installment, Frances and the Werewolves of the Black Forest. This current installment has already earned a Bram Stoker Awards Nomination and is a 2024 Page Turner Awards Finalist. With two successful children’s book series in publication, it will be interesting to see what Refe will create next.
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Mary Paula Fisher has had an extensive career in healthcare as a registered nurse. While her career was mainly focused on critical care and ICU nursing, Mary also worked with visiting nurses, hospice, and end-of-life care. These experiences led her to broaden her skill set beyond the basic medical training provided through mainstream programs. She was able to explore the benefits of more holistic healing techniques.
Mary became an Usui Reiki Master Teacher after attending the Four Winds Society, School of Energy Healing. Since 2013, Mary has been able to utilize her new mastery to provide health education and healing programs, teaching various health and well-being techniques to corporate clients, healthcare employees, and interested individuals. Throughout her nursing career, Mary has had many memorable encounters with the patients in her care.
Mary started her book project around 2015 while she was still working as a nurse. Due to her demanding career, she was not able to devote significant time to her writing. Once she retired from nursing in May of 2023, she shifted her focus to her writing career and to finishing her memoir.
**Mary credits advice she got from individuals she met through the Cape Cod Writers Groups for influencing her decision to go the independent publishing route instead of seeking a traditional publisher. Besides providing her with beneficial career advice, the group hosted a five-day writers conference where Mary connected with another member of the group who became her mentor and great friend.
To find out more just click to listen to Mary's interview and get all the amazing details from the author herself. Don't wait, go listen now!**
Want to meet Mary in person, check out her first book signing:Sunday, 29 September, Noon - 2:00 PM at Barnes & Noble in Wareham, MA.
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Dianne is thrilled to bring you another amazing literary fiction author today. Jeanne McWilliams Blasberg may be best known as a bestselling and award-winning author, but she is also proud to add more to her credits, having recently become the steward of a 420-acre regenerative farm in Wisconsin.
Her farming venture aside, Jeanne has been working hard for several years to build a solid base for her writing career. Her first book, Eden, was published in 2017 and earned her a prestigious Benjamin Franklin Silver Award for Best New Voice in Fiction. She was also a finalist for the Sarton Women’s Book Award for Historical Fiction.
Jeanne followed up that successful publication in 2019 with The Nine. As with the first book, her second novel added more awards to her growing list of accolades. It won the 2019 Foreword Indies Gold Award in Thriller & Suspense and the Gold Medal and Juror’s Choice in the 2019 National Indie Excellence Awards.
With such a prestigious start to her author career, there was much anticipation for her next release. Daughter of a Promise, which she published earlier this year, is actually the third in a thematic trilogy.
To find out more about the exciting career progression Jeanne took to to become a bestselling, award-winning author, go listen to her interview now.
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Today, before we get on with our interview information, we would be remiss not to acknowledge the events that happened on September 11th, 2001. We send love and prayers to every person affected by this devastating attack on Americans. We will never forget!
In this episode, Dianne gets to share her wonderful conversation with David Weill, MD. They had a fantastic discussion about books, medicine, and the best flavor of ice cream. You will not want to miss out on this chat with the incredibly intelligent, talented, and charming David Weill, MD.
Being the only son of a doctor and a nurse, David, seemed destined to become a physician himself. His entry into the medical field began when he was just a teenager. He was very comfortable in the hospital environments from the start.
His comfort was clearly an asset to David’s career path — choosing to specialize in pulmonary medicine, specifically with lung transplants. Taking a job with Stanford University Medical Center, David would eventually work his way to becoming the hospital’s Director of the Center for Advanced Lung Disease and Lung and Heart-Lung Transplant Program.
However, after spending decades on the frontlines of such a demanding job, David decided it was time to take a step back to refocus his life. In 2016, David moved back to New Orleans, where he established the Weill Consulting Group. He is the driving force behind this group that focuses on improving pulmonary, ICU, and transplant care.
This new direction in David’s life also led him to more creative outlets. In 2021, David wrote his memoir, Exhale: Hope, Healing, and a Life in Transplant. This book focused on the emotional roller coaster of working in transplant medicine. In 2024, he followed his memoir with a fiction novel called, All That Really Matters. Both books have received high praise in online reviews
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Trigger Warnings: discussions of nudist lifestyle, sex/sexuality, and losing a child to su!c!de. Bleeped word: Seual, su!c!de.* (We may be overly cautious but we prefer to ere on the side of caution in some episodes to make sure podcast distribution sites do not automatically drop an interview due to certain keywords)
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Jelaine Lombardi has lived a life with which very few can identify. Her list of identifiers include being a wife and a mother. She was a Newborn ICU nurse for thirty-two years. She is a passionate horsewoman and has been so her entire life. She is a First Mate, an artist, and a writer, but one thing that truly makes Jelaine unique is the fact she was raised as a nudist.
This began as a weekend family activity when she was just 15 months old until her parents bought their own South Florida nudist park when she was seven. She lived as a nudist until she was eighteen.
In her book, Running Around Naked, A Memoir, Jelaine shares stories from her childhood that cover an array of situations and stories that range from hysterically funny to somewhat disturbing.
Jelaine is quick to point out that she does not speak for all nudists and emphasizes that she did not write her book to persuade or deter anyone from being a nudist. She just wanted to share her story.
Having retired from healthcare, Jelaine is now focusing on her writing career. She is revisiting her childhood and sharing her memories through various creative outlets of poetry, short stories, and books. She also wrote a memoir for one of her rescue horses, Abby’s Tale: Memoir of a Rescued Horse, with plans to write memoirs for more of her horses. She is currently working on another memoir for herself focusing on another part of her life. Listen now to find out more from the author herself.
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Today Dianne shares her chat with chef, culinary instructor, and cookbook author, Kausar Ahmed. Kausar has built more than just an impressive culinary career for herself. This Pakistani-born chef has explored many avenues within the food industry. She has been a food stylist, a culinary instructor, the co-creator of her family-owned business KarachiKitchenFoods.com*, and the author of the award-winning cookbook* The Karachi Kitchen**.
Through her business, she creates and sells high-quality, small-batch foods inspired by family recipes. Kausar is passionate about sharing the delectable foods and flavors that are unique to Pakistani cuisine.
According to Kausar, The Karachi Kitchen was written to be a culinary commemoration, celebrating both classic and contemporary flavors of Pakistan. Kausar considers herself fortunate enough to have grown up in a culture so rooted in rich diversity. Go listen now and hear all about this amazing author in her own words.
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Trigger Warning: bleeded words, murder and k!lled.*
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Today Dianne gets to share her chat with bestselling author, Sheila Lowe. She has made a very successful career for herself involving the written word, but not how you might think. Long before she published her first book, Sheila was a respected forensic handwriting analyst.
Sheila’s interest in handwriting analysis began while she was still in high school. She followed her interests and even developed her expertise further by becoming certified as a forensic document examiner.
This newly expanded set of qualifications allows her to testify in court as an expert witness. For many, this would be a satisfying career, but Sheila wanted more. She returned to college earning a Bachelor of Science and a Master of Science in Psychology. These credentials solidified her worth as an expert witness.
Even with a successful career as a handwriting examiner, Sheila was interested in finding other creative avenues where she could make use of her talents. She decided to branch out to explore the opportunities that come with being a published author. Besides her fiction and nonfiction works, Sheila has also published a memoir about how her life changed after the m*rder of her daughter.
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If you love a well written story with relatable characters, a little romance, a little magical realism and paranormal encounters that are actually inspired by real star-crossed lovers ... have I got a new author for you!
Heidi McIntyre is a self-proclaimed late bloomer. She put off marriage until her mid-forties and didn’t start writing creatively until a few years later. A career path she was inspired to pursue by a professor who convinced her to change her field of study to English.
It was this change that caused a spark in her to become a published author — a dream she finally realized in February of 2023 with her debut novel Sea Magic. While she admits this passion was slow to ignite in her, she has never let that fire die out since.
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*Trigger warnings: TRUE CRIME - There are bleeped words due to discussions of criminal investigations: k!ll, deth, su!c!de, hom!s!de, m*rder, and crimes against ch!ldren**
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Fans of true crime will be hard-pressed to find another author with the credentials, training, and experience as retired Crime Scene Investigator II, Gerardo Bloise.
Gerardo's career in 1983 as a police officer in San Juan, Puerto Rico. After graduating from police training, his first assignment was protection detail for the First Family of the Governor of Puerto Rico.
From that first prestigious placement, Gerardo would go on to earn numerous titles and accreditations in various fields of law enforcement and forensic investigation. Besides furthering his technical training, Gerardo also went on to earn an MA Degree in Public Administration with a concentration in Criminal Justice from the University of Turabo.
In addition to his formal education, Gerardo has extensive hands-on experience in the field, having investigated more than 800 criminal cases. With this kind of background, it is easy to understand how he can write such a riveting account of the criminal investigation he details in his debut novel, CSI: The Casey Anthony Child Mrder Case*.
**Motivated by a suggestion from a friend to write his account, Gerardo tells this story from his point of view as the lead forensic investigator on the case.
Recently we received notification from Gerardo that on August 3rd, 2024, his debut novel was awarded the prestigious silver award as a police revelation book of autobiography and memoir by the Florida Authors and Publishers Association. Congratulations Gerardo, this honor is well deserved!
Find out more now from the author himself about his book, career, and coming publications. Don't wait, go listen now.**
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Lina Hart is an acclaimed author known for her captivating young adult sci-fi and dystopian novels and for having amazing timing. Lina just happened to message Dianne Burckhardt the same day the young adult author who had been set for Book Banter with Dianne Burckhardt - Book Talk Podcast Summer Reads Suggestions episodes had to drop out. Lina and her debut novel Beyond Power, were a perfect replacement.
With a style that blends elements of romance, technology, and magical realism, her book delivers a story filled with complex characters that pulls the reader into her world and immerses them in her creation.
Two of the things that make Lina’s storytelling stand out are her use of multi-point of view narrative and non-linear timeline. Lina uses these techniques to engage her readers with stories of struggle and survival set in futuristic landscapes.
The quality of her work is not surprising when you know this is a career path she seemed destined to follow. Don't wait, go listen know to hear the full story from the author herself.
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**Today Dianne get to shares her conversation with the incredible Andrew Najberg. Andrew has built a career deeply embedded in the artistry of the written word. Having spent eighteen years as a teacher for the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, he has taught courses in creative writing, rhetoric and composition, and Japanese literature.
Since delving into his own writing career, Andrew has dabbled in various genres from poetry to horror. While he did not find significant publishing success with poetry collections, his move to speculative fiction has earned him a place on bestselling lists on Amazon’s top 100 listings in selected categories.**
Andrew has only been focused on writing prose for a few years, but the switch from poetry is definitely paying off. At the time of the writing of this blog post, Andrew’s book Gollitok: A Horror Novel published in 2023 is currently sitting on two Amazon top 100 lists, #26 in Occult Supernatural and #48 in Supernaturalism (Books)
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If you have been following along this season, you know inclusion and representation has been a big theme for us. It's important for anyone to see people like themselves in books, but it's especially true for children. My guest today brings fun, creative, and empowering images to children with her I Love Me! Colorful and Creative coloring books.
When Takiyah Smith began planning her business career, being the author of inspirational and empowering coloring books for children’s was not originally part of her plan. This native San Franciscan attended the Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising (FIDM) where she earned her degree in Merchandise Product Development.
Takiyah credits the global pandemic as being an aid that allowed her to shift her focus to her own publishing career. But why not hear her full story from the author herself. Listen now.
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In this week's episode of Book Banter with Dianne Burckhardt, Dianne chats with Darlene Dziomba. Darlene is a cozy mystery writer with two passion projects in her life, writing great cozy mysteries and bringing awareness to the need for pet adoptions and the great work being done at no kill shelters. Darlene has plenty of personal experiences to draw from, due to her own work as a volunteer in a no kill shelter. Her protagonist, Lily Dreyfus, is the Adoption Coordinator at the Forever Friends Animal Shelter.
While animal rescue and adoption has long been an interest for Darlene, being an author was not always a career focus for her. Her career background is actually in finance. She spent 35 years at the University of Pennsylvania doing financial management and fiscal operations. She had no previous writing experience, but that did not stop her from pursuing her dream of writing cozy mysteries. She just set her mind to go after her dream and she did it.
Once Darlene made the choice to write her cozy mysteries, she went straight to work honing her craft. If you have a fondest for well written cozy mysteries with adorable animal sidekicks, you just might have found a new favorite author in Darlene Dziomba. Don't wait, go listen now!
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Today Dianne chats with Romanian born children’s book author Andreea Rus. Andreea had a clear career path in mind when she set of for college. She earned a Bachelor's degree in Marketing and followed that up with a Masters in Advertising. Both potentially financially lucrative fields.
After graduation, Andreea traveled the world on work and travel visas. She moved around to different states in the United States and ventured for a time back across the pond to the United Kingdom. It wasn’t until 2011 that Andreea and her husband made their final move to Montreal, Canada where they currently reside. Once settled, Andreea went back to school to earn a diploma in Human Resources and made the move to software quality analyst.
The idea of writing children’s books wouldn’t enter her mind until later when an incident with her 5-year-old son inspired her to create her line of entertaining and imaginative children’s activity and picture storybooks. Don't wait, go listen now to hear Andreea's amazing story from the author herself.Andreea on Amazon
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Recently during J.R. Sanders’ interview with Dianne Burckhardt on her podcast, Book Banter with Dianne Burckhardt - Book Talk Podcast, the pair learned they had many things in common, from mutual author friends, to both writing historical fiction, both are trained to work in law enforcement, and they are even both originally from Kansas, having lived in towns that are only an hour apart.
J.R. eventually moved away from the MidWest and settled in Southern California with his wife Rose, where he worked as a private investigator and as a police officer. It was his work in law enforcement that led to his interest in crime novels. His love for the Old West, he attributes his Dad and family outings he took him on as a child to places like the Dalton Gang hideout, the Old Cowtown Museum in Wichita, Kansas, and of course, the infamous Dodge City.
It seemed like a natural progression to blend his two loves, crime and the Old West, to create the Nate Ross novels. Nate is a private investigator in 1938. If you are a fan of old Noir classic detectives, you will love the Nate Ross Series of books! But why not hear all about it from the author himself? Don't wait, go listen now!
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Today Dianne brings you her interview with the incredible children's book author and educational platform creator, Sarah Beth Goncarova (writing as S.B. Goncarova). Sarah has not only created a fun collection of books for young readers, she has built an entertainment business around her amazing Adventures with Abba Series.**
Besides writing the books, Sarah is also the writer/producer of an animated web series and her companion read-aloud videos in which she also stars. The videos not only feature word for word reading of the books so children can follow along at home in their own text, but they also have text on the screen if they do not have a copy of the book.
**The episodes all feature original music, sound effects, and Sarah shows off her talent for extremely engaging theatrical storytelling. With voice changes for different characters and exaggerated facial expressions, it is easy to be captivated with Sarah’s performances no matter what your age.
The Adventures with Abba series follow the lives of So-So and Lina, two precious sisters who are at the center of the adventures they take with their lovable (and slightly wacky) aunt Abba, and her handsome (and perpetually grumpy) cat, Caruso.**
The main cast of characters is supported by other fascinating family members who add both humorous interactions as well as providing examples of strength, resilience, and bring a strong sense of individuality to the character list. Go listen now to get the full story from the author and creator herself.Sarah's WebsiteRead Aloud With Abba -YouTubeSarah on InstagramSarah's Books on Amazon
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Dianne is thrilled to share with you her conversation with Chef Ray Sheehan. With the weather warming up and summer officially just around the corner, many people like Dianne and her husband are looking forward to the opportunity to firing up their backyard cookers. While many people stick to the more traditional gas or charcoal grills, there is one Master Barbecuer who has dedicated a cookbook to the merits of cooking with a Big Green Egg.
**While some may find the odd looking green, egg shaped cooker intimidating, Chef Ray Sheehan understands their trepidation and is determined to take the mystery out of making amazing dishes that will impress your friends and family at your next backyard barbecue.
The Big Green Egg’s design uses ceramic technology to create a cooker that allows cooks to precisely control temperatures and crate an amazing abundance of delicious recipes for any menu. Chef Sheehan walks cooks through getting to know and use this cooker in his cookbook, Big Green Egg Basics From a Master Barbecuer**. This cookbook starts out with a simple straightforward introduction to the components of the cooker, essential accessories he recommends, set up, safety, and more.
The cookbook is also loaded with incredible recipes from mouth watering barbecue, to various sides dishes, and decadent desserts. Ever tried baking Salted Chocolate Chunk Cookies on a outdoor cooker? With a Big Green Egg and Chef Ray Sheehan’s cookbook, you can do just that. So don't wait, go listen now to find out more from the Master Barbecuer himself.Chef Ray's WebsiteChef Ray on FacebookChef Ray on InstagramChef Ray on Twitter (X)Chef Ray on LinkedInChef Ray's Linktree
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Today Dianne shares another conversation with her friend, Mark L. Redmond. Mark is a fellow western author and was the first author Dianne ever interviewed on her podcast back when it was still Whatever Wednesdays.**
Mark fell in love with reading as a child. Saturday morning TV westerns were a big influence on his prefered genre. His fascination with cowboy culture led him to seek out books by great western authors like Louis L’Amour, Max Brand, Zane Grey and more.
From a young age Mark knew he wanted to be an English teacher and a writer. Mark honed his writing skills with poetry and prose while earning his teaching degree at Tennessee Temple University in Chattanooga.
He began his professional career in the late ’70's as an English teacher at Grace Baptist Christian High School in South Bend, Indiana. During his summer breaks, this young husband and father took on other jobs to support his growing family. Summers were spent gardening, working construction, painting houses, and when time allowed, he wrote.
Over the next several years, Mark would go on to publish numerous articles and short stories but it wouldn’t be until the late ’80’s that Mark would finish his first Arty Anderson book, Arty Goes West. **Eventually Mark added books for adults to his catalog of published works and he is now working on new middle grade readers, The Box M Gang Series.
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Today Dianne is sharing with all of you her interview with the incredible Theresa Payton.
Theresa Payton, an illustrious figure in the domain of technology and cybersecurity, has carved a niche for herself as a pioneering force and the first female White House Chief Information Officer. Currently, at the helm of Fortalice Solutions, a cybersecurity firm she founded in 2014, Payton dedicates her expertise to safeguarding the digital fortresses of both public and private entities against the ceaseless waves of cyber threats. Recognized as one of the nation’s most esteemed authorities on secured digital transformation, her counsel is highly sought after by boards of Fortune 500 companies, CEOs, and technology executives alike.
Her journey, marked by historical milestones, began with her groundbreaking tenure as the White House Chief Information Officer, where she led and set new benchmarks in the secured digital transformation landscape. Her visionary approach has seen her inventing new security designs and securing a U.S. patent in security, a testament to her innovative spirit and expertise in the field. Theresa Payton's role in the former CBS TV series "Hunted" highlighted her acumen in leading teams, identifying digital tracks and emerging cyber threats, and devising countermeasures.
Under her leadership, Fortalice Solutions has evolved into a bastion of cybersecurity, offering cutting-edge solutions and strategic advice drawn from her rich tapestry of experiences as a technologist, cybercrime fighter, and entrepreneur. Her unique blend of memorable anecdotes and forward-thinking insights has cemented her status as a luminary in digital security. Her accolades reflect her unparalleled contributions to the field, including being named one of the Top 25 Most Influential People in Security by Security Magazine, the FBI's Director Award for Public Service, and one of the top 50 Cybersecurity Leaders of 2020 by Business Insider.
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Discussion of mental health issues, plus dark, grim, epic fantasy themes, and use of profane language. Bleeped words include: k1ll, sh1t, a$$hole, pro$t1tüte, ma$terb@te, and Fu©_
Hello Happy People,
When you speak with Ulff Lehmann you would only know he has struggled with mental health issues because he is so open about his challenges. Despite the difficulties he faces with his mental health, he projects a friendly and relaxed personality. It’s easy to fall into a comfortable conversation with him about his books and writing. Taking care of his mental health is an important part of his life and writing is a big part of his self-care.
Ulff has been unable to work outside of home for years and writing has given him a creative outlet that expands his world far beyond the walls of his home. His books have given him a reason to reach out and connect with others who have found great value in the world he has built in his epic fantasy, Light in the Dark Series.
Ulff has created a complex, diverse world of dark fantasy that harkens back to the original Grimm Tales where blood is easily spilt and even the heroes can live morally grey lives. Book one, Shattered Dreams, is an excellent introduction to Ulff’s world. If a reader can make it through the first three chapters of this book and still crave more, they will be thoroughly pleased as they work their way through the rest of the series.
Ulff’s work has even received praise from New York Times bestselling fantasy writer Ed Greenwood, who commented that “SHATTERED DREAMS is a rich, layered high fantasy, the beginning of an epic that will be well worth following for years to come. Looming menace, thoughtful world-building; a winner!”
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There is a discussion of slavery and the treatment of black Americans during the American Civil War Era and how it pertains to Robert Book, In Freedom's Shadow.
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Today Dianne is bringing you her chat with author Robert Hilliard. His latest book, In Freedom's Shadow, is a thrilling historical espionage thriller based on what is believed to be the true story of John Scobell. There is much speculation around the accounts of the heroics written to have been performed by Scobell, Dianne and Robert discuss the challenges of writing accurate historical fiction when the facts are hard to verify. Robert does an amazing job of taking available information and weaving it into a fascinating and engaging story that captivates the imagination and keeps readers on the edge of their seats until the very end.
While Robert may be taking his first step into the world of fiction books, he has decades of experience as a professional journalist to back up his new author endeavors. Robert spent more than three decades writing on sports, history, and the great outdoors. He also has the notable distinction of having not just one, but three articles in the Baseball, Basketball, and Pro Football Halls of Fame. With his work having received this kind of notoriety, it is easy to understand why he was asked to contribute to his first book project, Rivers of Destiny, a history anthology. However, it would be a decade before his next book project.
In 2012, Robert released A Season on the Allegheny, a detailed account of a year spent hunting in the Allegheny National Forest. Even with another well received publication to his credit, Robert would wait another decade to publish his first fiction novel. In Freedom’s Shadow is the story of John Scobell, and escaped slave who becomes a spy for the Union to help end the U.S. Civil War. Robert brings to life a new and exciting twist on the traditional espionage tale that is based on actual events. Don't wait, go listen now.Robert's Website
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*Trigger warnings*Today's episode contains an open discussion of mental illness and emotional abuse. You will hear a word bleeped at least twice in this episode. That word is sui©ide. We did this to ensure this episode does not get removed by censors.
Today Dianne is joined by another expat author, Kezia Kos, a Brazilian expat living in Germany. She has an impressive educational background, with a degree in translation for French and English and a specialization course in psychoanalysis.
After moving to the other side of the planet from her family, Kezia began to get a new perspective on her own family relationships. While researching family characteristics, Kezia found very few stories about the “golden child,” one of the many possible roles within family dynamics depending on an individual’s personality traits.
When a family is headed by a narcissistic parent , there is a specific constellation of roles that other family members tend to take on around them: the flying monkey, the black sheep, the golden child, and others.
To better understand her own role in her family, Kezia turned to therapy which became a big part of her journey of self discovery. As she began watching videos online about narcissistic family systems, she began to recognize her own family in the descriptions.Kezia noticed there were very few stories that focused on "The GoldenChild," the one who stays and lives under the thumb of the narcissistic parent. This is the story Kezia wanted to tell.
Taking heavily from her own life, Kezia decided to write a series of books using the information she had learned in her studies and therapy to bring to light some of these seldom discussed family dynamics. Don't wait, go listen now to hear this story in Kezia's own words.
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**Today Dianne talks with the wonderful sci-fi author, N. Joseph Glass (Joseph). Like Dianne, Joseph is an American expat in Europe. He is an Italian American currently living in Milan, Italy.
In recent years, he has devoted his time, along with his two grown sons, to helping the refugee community in Italy. When not focused on his humanitarian efforts, Joseph fills his free time reading and with his more recent exploration into creative writing.**
Joseph has always been fascinated by stories that ignite his imagination. By his own admission, Joseph acknowledges that his move into creative writing was not planned, but rather just happened. What started off as a hobby, evolved into credible works in progress. In 2022, Joseph published Colony’s Dawn: Book One of the New Europa Trilogy**. This series has received glowing reviews as well as a few accolades, including a Readers’ Favorite 5 Star Seal for Best Science Fiction audiobook of 2023.
With his first steps into publishing being so well received, it is not surprising to find his latest book, Overlap: The Lives of a Former Time Jumper had earned him another Readers’ Favorite 5 Star Seal as well as a Literary Titan Award.
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Today Dianne is thrilled to bring another amazing cookbook author to all of you. Nandita Godbole has reinvented herself many times. She has been a botanist and a landscape architect, but family influence finally won out as she followed in the footsteps of many others in her family and ventured into the kitchen with a new purpose.
Nowadays you can find Nandita either in the kitchen creating new and wonderful recipes or in her potter’s shed creating beautiful dishes to display her creations on. For many, being a personal chef and a potter would be enough to focus on, but Nandita found more creative outlets to explore.
To fulfill her creative side, she explores art in many forms including being an artist, a graphic designer, a poet, and an author with several published works which include fiction as well as several cookbooks. She also creates and sells spice blends from her website Curry Cravings™ Kitchen and according to her, she is an eternal dreamer.
Nandita writes books with the intention to bring greater awareness to the general public about traditional Indian food and show others just how easy it can be to create amazing, delicious, and healthy dishes. Just don’t let her website name fool you, you will not find a recipe for a “curry” in any of her cookbooks. What you will find is an amazing collection of recipes for kormas, stews, and saucy dishes which are often referred to as “curries” in many restaurants.
Nandita's work has brought her a lot of attention from numerous publications and broadcasters. She has appeared in Eater, The Washington Post, The Boston Globe, The Food Network, Epicurious, and Healthline just to name a few. Now she is on Book Banter with Dianne Burckhardt - Book Talk Podcast so she can share her knowledge with all of you.
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Dianne brings you her first ever writing team interview. While she has interviewed authors with a partner, she's never interviewed both authors in the same interview. She had so much fun talking with Jeff Ayers and Jon Land, she may have to reconsider and do more multi-author interviews.
Both men were both accomplished writing professionals long before they joined forces to create the unique and masterfully crafted thriller, Leave No Trace, the first in a new series under their pseudonym, A. J. Landau. If you are blessed to spend any time at all speaking with this talented duo, it is easy to see how they complement each other in style, knowledge, and mutual admiration.
Jeff Ayers worked as a reference librarian for nearly 30 years while pursuing his own writing career as a freelance writer and reviewer, for which he earned honors such as Fiction Reviewer of the Year. During his career Jeff had the opportunity to interview such notable authors as Dan Brown and James Patterson, among others.
Jon Land has been a noted author since the 1980s with more than 60 books to his credit. While best known for his long and respected career as a thriller writer, Jon has produced a variety of work from award-winning nonfiction to a screenwriting credit for the film Dirty Deeds.
Listening to the men talk about their working relationship, it's easy to understand how this writing team works so well. Both men are quick to compliment the other for what they bring to the partnership. Their thriller, Leave No Trace has received numerous impressive recommendations from a host of bestselling authors. such as Michael Connelly, Brad Meltzer, Lisa Gardner, Karin Slaughter, and more.
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Today Dianne shares with you the amazing interview she had with author Boo Trundle. The women had a very deep discussion about the introspective process behind writing books, fiction or nonfiction, when the author puts so much of themselves into the work and how it can affect not only the author but those around them.
It has been said that there are no more original stories, only retellings. But Boo not only defies that notion with her book, The Daughter Ship, but completely blows it out of the water. Her story of a wife and mother struggling with mental illness gives an incredibly unique take on the way people cope with inner demons. While it is often common practice for writers to describe characters such as Boo Trundle’s Katherine as using different methods to suppress disturbing thoughts and emotions, readers would be hard pressed to find another work where they were quite literally trapped in a submerged submarine.
While The Daughter Ship is Boo’s first published novel, with her creative past, it is easy to understand how she would have the skills and experience to craft such an imaginative and engaging book. Boo is not only a writer and an author but she is also an artist and a performer. Don't wait ... go listen to her interview now and hear all the details from the author herself.
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Today we bring you an interview with the incredible interracial romance author, Khushi T. Saha. Dianne and Khushi talked about her writing process, all of her published works, and an upcoming event where fans could actually meet her. They did the usual five quick questions that turned out surprisingly quicker than normal.
Khushi is a first-generation Bangladeshi in America. While she was born and raised in the U.S., her connection to the motherland is fierce. It is easy to recognize South Asian references and representation purposely sprinkled throughout her novels.
Khushi has always been a notorious daydreamer, finding distraction in the creation of her own worlds. When you add this creative mindset to her tendency to be, in her words, a mushy person, it is easy to understand the appeal romance books held for her, both reading and writing.
Khushi credits her decision to write romance novels as an attempt at self-care. Writing became therapy to deal with past personal trauma. There was no way she could have predicted her chosen method of healing would eventually evolve into a full fledged romance writing career.
In her novels, Khushi strives to bring a voice to underrepresented people with her interracial romances. Her stories are full of angst and personal growth, with plenty of steamy passion, a touch of snarky humor, and love.
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To say that J.R. Byers is a lifelong fan of romance novels is not much of an exaggeration. She fell in love with the genre at the tender age of twelve. Since then, her love of romance has only grown. When J.R. first felt the urge to pen her own fiction, romance was the obvious choice.
With so many sub-genres available to dabble in, J.R. has used her platform to explore more than just one theme for her storytelling. Writing contemporary, paranormal, and historical romance novels gave her a creative outlet that has been well received by her readers.
While her current books in the Blackwood series have not received numerous reviews as of yet, the ones they have acquired are amazing. To find out more about J.R. Byers and her books, listen to her interview then check out her pages in the Feb/Mar issue of Book Banter Magazine on our website, BurckhardtBooks.com.
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Today Dianne shares her interview with spicy romance author, Eve Black. Eve has a great deal of experience writing various forms of romance from sweet and loving to her hot and spicy motorcycle club (MC) books the women talked about in today's episode.
Many authors take on pen names for various reasons. Some take on these pseudonyms in an attempt to keep their personal and working lives separate. Others do it to keep an obvious separation in the various genres they write.
Whatever the reason, writing under a pen name can provide the writer a freedom that is not always possible otherwise. When Eve Black decided to expand her romance author offerings, a pen name seemed like a good option as she expanded her catalog of work from her sweet, historical romance books and her dark, sexy medieval romances to her hot and spicy MC Club books.
As Eve Black, she has been able to bring her readers edgier tales that are filled with characters who revel in their raw sexuality, but still seek out real romantic connections and acceptance in worlds where that is not always easy to find or trust.
Eve delivers strong, plus sized heroines who can stand on their own, toe to toe with their male counterparts. These independent female characters have not appealed to all of her readers. A scant few seem to prefer the demure, archetype that is often prevalent in mainstream romance, but Eve does not consider them her target market with this series.
If Amazon reviews are any indication, Eve seems to have found her market. With hundreds of glowing reviews on her Savage Raiders MC books, it is obvious that the vast majority of her readers love her characters and are waiting breathlessly for more offerings in this hot and spicy romance series.
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I had so much fun editing this episode recently. It took me right back to the day we recorded this interview. We had such a fantastic conversation. I have so much admiration for Sonya Moore, author of Some Kind of Magic, A True Story Of Love Life And Wanderlust for everything she has accomplished in her life and career.
I personally know how hard it can be to just chuck the life you have always known and just pick up and move to a foreign country where you don't have family, don't know if you will be able to find a job or even just speak the language, or if you will have a hard time making new friends. Sonya didn't let any challenges stand in the way of her getting the life she wanted.
Traveling the world had always been something Sonya loved about her job, but she often did not have time to enjoy the local culture and sites. Most often, she was off to her next destination almost as soon as her work was concluded. Sonya was good at her job, but it came with a high level of stress that just didn't balance out with what her heart truly desired. The day finally came when she had enough.
In 2017, while sitting at her computer, alone in a hotel room in Johannesburg, South Africa, Sonya reached her limit. She suddenly and without warning, she found herself shouting to universe, "I don't want this anymore!" This epiphany was the beginning of her new life.
While it would take a few month to bring her life to a place where she could actually start living the life as she wanted, she wasted no time getting the wheels in motion to take her on her new path of self love, deeper discovery, and travel she was able to thoroughly enjoy. Her book, Some Kind of Magic, A True Story Of Love Life And Wanderlust details the magical transformation that has led her to a new peaceful life in Papua New Guinea. Listen now to her incredible interview.
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Today on Book Banter with Dianne Burckhardt, Dianne brings another romance author to kick off the second month of our Season Three Love Fest Opener. Joining Dianne to talk about her fantasy romance trilogy is Nadine Abrahams, author of the Stars Fallen Series.
Nadine has been an avid read for as long as she can remember. When life was complicated, books, nature, role playing, and gaming were things which provided distraction as well as entertainment.
Using her personal challenges as fodder for her fantasy novels, Nadine creates strong characters who, while inherently flawed, are still powerful forces in the worlds she lovingly crafts for her readers. Her own past has taught her that a person's flaws can actually be a strength as long as they stay true to themselves and their values.
Nadine likes to explore the darker side of humanity in her writing, exploring the good and the bad within all of us and in the world around us. She uses her characters to show that even when someone is at their lowest, feeling worthless and without purpose, they can still dig deep and find the strength and the will to change their destiny and possibly even save their world in the process.
These women had a great conversation and geeked out together discussing D&D, Tolkien's world, writing, and so much more. Listen now.
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When you talk to La Toya Bond, it is difficult to image she has faced heartbreaking loss of a great love in her life. She has a bubbly personality, is easy to laugh, and has dedicated her life to spreading love wherever she can. This mission in her life was born out of great loss.
Just four years ago, her family was shocked and devastated to learn her beloved father had died by his own hands after first taking the life of his wife. The couple had only been married nine months.
Herman McKalpain Jr. had, by all accounts, an amazing life. He was one of the first people in his family to go to college. He was considered a very intelligent and talented person with a quick wit who always had a ready joke. According to La Toya, her father had a decorated career as a radio/TV broadcast engineer for thirty years and was a local celebrity. His life seemed blessed, but behind closed doors he suffered with depression and other internal battles that eventually overpowered him.
Looking back, La Toya questions conversations she and her father had in the final years of his life. She is left wondering if she knew then what she knows now, would she have picked up on the subtle signs he was giving and been able to change his fate and prevent the horrible loss of life that befell their family.
Be sure to check out La Toya's Speaking of Love Podcast. She recently had me as a guest on her show where we talked more about this important topic. You can also find more information in the current issue of Book Banter Magazine (link below).
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Today Dianne shares her chat with Terreece M. Clarke. It is impossible to spend time speaking with Terreece and not come away in a better mood than when you started the conversation. With a ready smile and a kind word for everyone she meets, it is easy to see how her personality plays into her ability to connect so well with her followers.
Terreece's Courageous Love Series is more proof of her ability to connect with others. At the time of this writing, her first book in the series, Heartbeat, is sitting at number one and number two on two similar Amazon bestseller lists. While this book was released in 2022, it is still gaining traction in the romance reading community. It continues to be mentioned on various romance review book sites as being one of the best books on the market today.
According to several reviews listed on Amazon.com, Heartbeat is a well rounded story that makes the readers laugh out loud, cry, and delivers engaging, sexy characters who readers love. From Terreece's website, she is "passionate about representation, amplifying voices that are often muted, championing small businesses, highlighting workers who make a big business great, and taking on society’s tough topics. We have to model the change we want and share the megaphone so everyone is included."
It is obvious from her stellar reviews and her placement on bestseller lists that her readers appreciate her work and her storytelling. Which makes it all the more amazing that she was not always focused on becoming an author. Terreece started out her college career with the intention to be a broadcast journalist, but quickly found out that the stories she wanted to tell were not the ones she would be assigned. She took a leap of faith in herself and changed her career path. Listen now to hear her story.
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Today Dianne is sharing her chat with Elizabeth Teets. In January 2024, Elizabeth released her first book, an anthology, Isn't She Great: Writers on Women-Led Comedies from 9 to 5 to Booksmart . Editing the selection of articles for this book was a project for which she was well prepared.
Elizabeth started out her career in comedy. For years she wrote her own sets and performed stand up, honing her comedy chops in front of live audiences. She soon expanded her writing portfolio as she began crafting articles for the punk rock satire site, The Hard Times. She would go on to expand her portfolio, publishing articles for various publications including Bunny Ears, Repeller, Hobart, Los Angeles Times, and The New York Times.
One of her more popular articles appeared in Catapult, "How to Write About Your Ex". This was not the first time Elizabeth had written about her exes. Before her "ex" articles were published, she had been planning to write a book of essays. Early in the process, she noticed that a bulk of her essays were focusing on past relationships that had gone awry for one reason or another.
Reviewing her work she decided to refocus the project and began to edit out many of the ex essays. But as they were already written, she decided to make good use of the work and submitted them for publication with various outlets. They were a hit with her readers.
To hear her full story, check out today's podcast and be sure to check out her pages in the current issue of Book Banter Magazine.
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Our season 3 Love Fest has begun! For the next eight weeks we have some amazing authors who have published books on all aspect of love: self-love, love of female-led comedies, love for life, how to get over the loss of a loved one, and of course romantic love. We have romance authors from sweet, no heat to hot and spicy!
Today Dianne shares her chat with Susan Horsnell. Susan is a USA Today Bestselling author from Queensland, Australia whose book catalog includes a selection of sub-genre romance themes. The sub-genres she likes to write include a wide variety from sweet westerns with Christian themes, to historical, gay, shape shifter, mafia, and contemporary romance. She has even written non-fiction and a few children's books to keep the mix truly diverse.
With more than sixty published works, traditionally and indie published, including novels and novellas, Susan has built a solid reputation for herself in the romance community and a loyal following of devoted readers. She is proof that an author can dabble in various sub-genres and not lose their market.
The women had a great time chatting about Susan's inspirations, her process and so much more. Don't forget to check out Susan's pages in Book Banter Magazine this month, but first go listen to her interview.
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Our Holiday break ends today! We will be back with all new shows next Wednesday, February 7th as we begin season three of Book Banter with Dianne Burckhardt - Book Talk Podcast. We are starting the new season with a two month Love Fest in our podcast and Book Banter Magazine.
We are celebrating love for Valentine's Day and beyond, because love makes the world a better place. We are featuring authors who write all aspects of love: self-love, romantic love, dealing with loss of love or a loved one, love of life, and more. Mark your calendars, the Love Festbegins here Feb. 7th!
In today's The Best of Book Banter with Dianne Burckhardt, Dianne gets to chat with the incredible Sagit Schwartz. Sagit is a writer, producer, and licensed psychotherapist. Her work has been featured in Medium, Slate, The Atlantic, Reddit NoSleep, and Lifetime Television. She resides with her husband, daughter, and rescue dog in a Southern California beach town.
Her debut thriller, Since She's Been Gone is on presale now wherever books are sold and is set for a February 2024 release. This book has been described as an emotionally charged dual-timeline suspense. The story follows one woman as her life is upended in a race against the clock to discover the truth about her own past and find out what really happened to her mother all those years ago. Since She's Been Gone has been compared to Laura Dave’s The Last Thing He Told Me and Jessica Knoll’s Luckiest Girl Alive.
Sagit shares how this book is in fact a love letter to her own mother and was a deeply personal project. Keep watching social media for more updates on Sagit as she makes the rounds publicizing her new novel, which seems to be on track to be an instant bestseller. Listen now to find out more about Sagit and Since She's Been Gone.
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In today's The Best of Book Banter with Dianne Burckhardt, Dianne rebroadcasts her chat with the incredible chef, Michele Di Pietro. She a cookbook author, food writer, menu and recipe developer, professional chef, culinary consultant, a budding food photographer, and just a truly fantastic person. Somehow she managed to find time in her busy career to talk with Dianne about her cookbook, SOUPified.
Michele began her professional career in a much different field. After graduating college, Michele didn't head to the kitchen but instead started working in finance as a Certified Public Accountant with a top firm in NYC. However, her life was meant to take a different path.
After leaving the financial world behind, Michele graduated culinary school and created a new career path for herself in what would turn out to be a deeply satisfying move. Michele spent years working for others in the food industry as a cook, recipe and menu developer and eventually becoming a culinary director for one of the world’s largest natural foods retailers. It wasn't long before Michele decided to take the next natural step and start her own business, It’s All About The Food LLC.
As her professional success continued, Michele expanded with the creation of Mangia With Michele in 2017. This new venture was the culmination of her lifelong passion for Italian ingredients, foods, recipes, culture, and traditions.
Be sure to check out Michele in the November issue of Book Banter Magazine where she shares her recipe for Twice-Baked, Loaded Potato Soup With Bacon from her cookbook, SOUPified. The perfect comfort soup to warm you up on a chilly fall evening!
- Mangia with Michele Website
- SOUPified Cookbook on Amazon
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Hello Happy People,
Our Holiday break is quickly coming to the end and we will have new shows coming soon when we begin season three February 7th. In the meantime, we are sharing some of our best episodes from season two while we gear up for our Love Fest coming this February and March on Book Banter with Dianne Burckhardt and Book Banter Magazine.
We are celebrating love for Valentine's Day and beyond, because love is too important to just focus on for one day of the year, it should be everyday. We are going to feature authors who write on all aspects of love: self-love, romantic love, dealing with loss of love or a loved one, love of life, and more. So mark your calendars, the Love Festbegins here on Feb. 7, 2024!
Today Dianne is sharing the rebroadcast of her chat with historical, epic fantasy author, Angela R. Hughes. Angela is based in Waco, Texas, but part of her heart is firmly ensconced across the pond in the United Kingdom, Celtic Mythology, and Arthurian Legends. It has been her ambition to write stories that grip and inspire her readers, alluring them into myth and legend.
Angela believes in the power of storytelling and has always been inspired by mythologies and legends of the hero’s quest. She has been particularly drawn to Arthurian legend and its ancient roots that spanned into the Cymru world. She has studied Arthurian legend, as well as Celtic Mythology. While living in Ireland, she fell in love with the history and landscapes of England, Ireland, Wales, and Scotland.
She tells Dianne about her fantasy series The Once and Future Chronicles which currently include; Book One: Elanor and the Song of the Bard, Book Two: Merlin and the Magic of Time, with Book Three: Arthur and the Golden Dragon coming soon.
At the end of the interview Angela reads from her most recent publication, Book Two: Merlin and the Magic of Time. You do NOT want to miss that!
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Ever wondered what it's like to live with an entrepreneur as they try to build a writing/podcasting/magazine publishing career for themselves out of nothing but thin air and hard work?
If you said yes, you are in luck! In today's special 100th broadcast, we are coming back from vacation to introduce the infamous P.R. to all of you. If you followed Dianne as she published her historical fiction series, The Into the West Saga Serial writing as Stephen Burckhardt. You often got to read about her "better half" who was only referred to as P.R.
Dianne didn't want to outright lie to her followers and rename her husband, Pedro, with a fake name or use "wife", completing the couple's gender swap. Also, at the time, Pedro's job was often subject to outside review and the couple decided it was best not to share "Pedro" all over Dianne's social media.
But things have changed. Dianne has come out from behind her pen name and Pedro has become the producer for Book Banter with Dianne Burckhardt - Book Talk Podcast and Book Banter Magazine. So now you get to meet the man, the myth, the legend in today's special 100th episode.
Pedro R. Burckhardt, SAP Architect
Pedro is a dynamic manager specializing in Supply Chain Management Consulting with more than 27 years of overall IT experience since 1997. He has a wide international consulting expertise in EMEA, APAC, and LATAM. He is an expert in Supply Chain models such as Lean Manufacturing and Just-in-time. He also has experience in Domestic and International Supply Chains including Multimodal supply as well as on-premise and cloud deployments. He has focused his career on worldwide IT service companies, leading teams with Consultants and customers to assess requirements and develop specific strategies. (Read full Bio on BurckhardtBooks.com)
To find out more about Pedro R. Burckhardt, listen to this weeks special broadcast then check out more on his website: PRBurckhardt.info
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In today's episode, Dianne rebroadcasts her chat with her good friend, Lance Steen Anthony Nielsen. Dianne always looks forward to chatting with Lance for several reasons. Besides the fact that he is multi-talented, working as an author, a playwright, an acting coach, and a director, but Lance knows how to make her laugh too.
Lance was born in South Africa and adopted at a young age by an English mother and Danish father. Raised in Kingston-upon-Thames in the United Kingdom, it was here, according to his website, "... he spent much of his time engaged in designing fictional worlds for role-playing games, rolling dice, renting videos, going to the cinema and forgetting to tell his mother what time he would be home when he went out." While under the influence of JRR Tolkien, he made his first attempts at writing a book series, The Prophecy of the Witch-King. Since then, Lance has written many amazing works for stage, screen, and print. He chats about them all with Dianne in episodes 56 & 57, rebroadcast in this one episode.
Lance Steen Anthony Nielsen, Author of Diamonds in the Sky Series
- Lance's Facebook Page
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- Diamonds in the Sky series on Amazon.com
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Lance interviews Dianne and bestselling author, Val Collins, recorded live March 1st.
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Hello Happy People,We at Burckhardt Books hope you all had a fantastic holiday season no matter what holiday you celebrate. We are currently on our holiday break between seasons two and three. We will be back for a new episode on January 10th to celebrate our 100th broadcast. I will have a special guest with me who you have heard about often if you followed my writing career under the pen name, Stephen Burckhardt. I did announce the special guest on my Manic Monday Vlogs on TikTok, but if you don't follow those, I have not announced it anywhere else.
Keep coming back during our hiatus for The Best of Book Banter with Dianne Burckhardt episodes. Season three begins February 7th. The next season is already looking amazing, so mark your calendars!
Book Banter Magazine starts up again February 1st and will publish every other month with a Year End Book Buying Guide in November 2024. Subscribe to our newsletter at BurckhardtBooks.com and never miss a new book publication, a new vlog post, a new podcast episode, or the latest magazine issue.
But now on to our broadcast of our first episode ....
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In this inaugural episode, I introduce myself, Dianne Burckhardt, and explain why I chose to write my award-winning Into the West Saga Serial under a male pen name. The answer might surprise you. It involves numerous brain surgeries and a brief bout with death. Check out today's podcast for all the juicy details.
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There is absolutely no we would be able to sum up Gail Merrifield Papp in a few paragraphs on this page, so we are not even going to attempt it. Instead we are going to share text provided in a press release from Applause Theater & Cinema Books.
From the Press Release (Click to read full press release):
Blending the ultimate insider’s account of the creation and first decades of New York City’s Public Theater with the star-studded story of life working alongside her husband, The Public's founder Joe Papp, Public/Private: My Life with Joe Papp at the Public Theater is theater director of new works Gail Merrifield Papp’s enthralling memoir of their rich partnership and of the legendary theatrical institution. Opening in the early Sixties, Merrifield Papp’s narrative spans the twenty-six years she and Joe worked, then lived together until Joe's death in 1991. During most of that time, Gail was Developer of New Plays and Musicals at The Public while it staged hundreds of productions, ranging from free Shakespeare in Central Park to new plays, such as Ntozake Shange's for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf, and musicals like Hair and A Chorus Line. Gail and Joe’s production genius was responsible for an extraordinary body of work that launched the careers of dozens of actors, including James Earl Jones, Colleen Dewhurst, Gloria Foster, Morgan Freeman, Raúl Juliá, Kevin Kline, George C. Scott, Martin Sheen, Meryl Streep, and Diane Venora, all of whom make an appearance in the book.
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GAIL MERRIFIELD PAPP was born in San Francisco into a family with a deep theater lineage. After joining Joseph Papp’s New York Shakespeare Festival in 1965, she became Director of New Works Development for The Public Theater and was responsible for identifying up and coming playwrights and composers. Gail’s work curated some of its best-remembered productions in Public Theater history.
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Today Dianne brings you her chat with Mary Carroll Moore. Mary has always been a creative person but chose to express this side of herself through painting and did not turn to writing until later in life. It wasn't until turning 50 that she decided to returned to college to complete a MFA in Fiction.
Mary began writing what she knew, creating characters who were foodies and artists, two things she is personally passionate about. She wrote three novels, including Qualities of Light, a YA queer novel. This title earned her a nomination for PEN/Faulkner and Lambda Literary awards.
Since shifting to creative writing, Mary has penned around two hundred articles, essays, and short stories which have been published in literary journals and magazines. She began teaching online writing workshops for the Loft Literary Center, Grub Street, Madeline Island School of the Arts, as well as for other venues. This teaching experience gave birth to her book on the craft of writing, Your Book Starts Here, which earned her the New Hampshire Literary “Reader’s Choice” award in 2011.
To further her educational reach, Mary started a weekly newsletter that has brought her followers from around the globe and earned awards for her work. In her newsletter, she shares tips on how to structure a book, writing ideas, and author interviews. She also started a YouTube channel which has earned more than 200,000 views for her video tutorials.
When not writing, Mary loves to travel and continues to paint. She lives with her husband and their two long-haird miniature dachshunds.
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Today Dianne shares her chat with Brian Kaufman. Brian is a writer who deftly manages to straddle two writing realms, academia and fiction. By day you can find Brian working diligently as a curriculum editor for an online junior college. But like a comic book superhero, his night time endeavors lead him into a more fanciful world of fictional adventures that span a plethora of genres and time periods.
Brian's body of work includes but is not limited to eight novels that include a Civil War era historical fiction, a Steampunk inspired paranormal romance, an alien abduction adventure, and more. This does not even include his poetry, short stories, numerous novellas, and three textbooks. It is palusible to say that writing is his life.
Due to the fact that writing and his family take up so much of his daily life, he has had to let go of a few other dreams, but holds fast to the idea that in other realms he has found the time to pursue being a pro-wrestler, a radio talk show host, and a heavy metal guitarist. Brian currently lives in the Colorado mountains with his wife and dog. Brian is happy to answer questions and can be reached through his website link below.
- Brian's Website
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Dianne is thrilled to share her conversation with cookbook author, Faith Kramer. Faith is so much more than a global thinker, going beyond her own local traditions and cultural foods to bring her followers a taste of globally inspired Shabbat recipes. Faith is a long time food writer and recipe developer who focuses on the various customs and histories around Jewish cuisine.
Beyond recipe development, Faith also writes about her travels and the different ingredients used in Jewish communities worldwide. You can find her work published in different online publications including j., the Jewish News of Northern California, where she writes about food, cooking, and shares original recipes.
Faith has also shared her knowledge of global Jewish food traditions in cooking classes where she taught students about Jewish customs, celebrations, and holidays, and even led food-related walking tours. During these classes and tours she would teach her students about the impact of the economic, geographic, and political influences on regional food and traditions.
For those who cannot attend her classes, she has created her new cookbook, 52 Shabbats: Friday Night Dinners Inspired by a Global Jewish Kitchen where she shares her knowledge of the global community of Jewish culinary traditions, histories, and some amazing recipes.
Having made a few of the recipes at home, Dianne was thrilled to bring Faith and her cookbook to Book Banter followers. Faith shares some of her recipes in the December Book Banter Magazine and the Year End Book Buying Guide. Check them out at BurckhardtBooks.com
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Today Dianne chats with the incredible, Leah Ann Brown. She discovered her love of fantasy as a young girl growing up in Oregon. Spending hours outside in nature, playing make believe, her imagination opened up. It was further fed by her mother and grandmother who shared their stories and books. These things all created the perfect climate for her to fall in love with fantasies and storytelling.
Leah created her first picture book while still in grade school. Her passion for storytelling only grew over the years and she dreamed of one day being a published author. She made the decision to make her dream a reality. She hopes her journey will inspire generations that follow to overcome their own obstacles to achieve their ow dreams.
Overcoming personal obstacles is something Leah is very familiar with in her own journey. As a girl, she struggled with dyslexia but refused to let her diagnosis keep her from her dreams. Instead she let her challenges fuel her, sometimes having to work harder than fellow students. Her hard work paid off, besides graduating high school in the top of her class, Leah went on to earn a Pharmacy Tech license and a massage license.
While Leah was doing well academically, she was still hesitant to finally write a book. She wondered if someone with dyslexia would be able to write a book. But she fell back on her on the fantasy stories of her youth for encouragement. So many of the characters in her favorite books were able to overcome incredible obstacles, so why couldn't she do the same?
Armed with a determination to inspire young readers through her storytelling, Leah wrote Chronicles of the Hidden Realms, Return of the Light which is available through her website. The women had a wonderful time discussing Leah's book. Don't wait ... go listen now.
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Dianne is thrilled to share her conversation with Michelle Glogovac. If you are looking to promote your book, business, or cause on podcasts, Michelle can help!
Michelle has made it her professional mission to be THE Podcast Matchmaker™. When it comes to making mutually beneficial connections for her clients, she strives to be the best and seeks out platforms that will ensure they engage with their target markets.
Michelle moved around quite a bit growing up, finally settling in the Bay Area of California. This area suited her well as she has an appreciation for wine. However her list of loves goes well beyond the local vineyards, including books, learning new things, and helping others to get their messages out to the world.
From Michelle's website:
"I believe every single one of us has the ability and capability to change the world and we just need to do it. I want to not only live a life I love, but to help get the life-changing messages of others (and my own!) out into the world. We have the power to change the future and I want to help you do that."
Besides running her own successful business, Michelle counts being a wife and mother as her most important achievements. Dianne and Michelle bonded over their love of old black and white movies and their passion for bringing great guests to podcast listeners. (Michelle's promo photo by: Lisa Schader)
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Dianne had a wonderful chat with the multi-talented Lynne Golodner. Lynne started her author journey early in childhood. She would fill page after page with stories and poems, using her creative talents to make sense of the world around her. Even today, Lynne keeps her early work nearby to remind her to not to lose sight of where it all started for her.
Lynne would go on to earn a MFA in Writing, she worked as a journalist for 15 years in New York, Washington, D.C., and Detroit. She also taught writing for decades at a college level, even teaching globally. Lynne decided to shift her career in 2007 and moved from journalism into marketing. She created Your People, LLC, but it wasn't long before she shifted her focus again to come back to her first love, writing. Lynne began writing books and returned to teaching.
Since her return to writing, Lynne has written her first novel, Woman of Valor, which was published in September of 2023. However, this was not Lynne's first book, having previously published eight other titles. She is also decided to help other women over 40 to get their stories out into the public with the creation of Scotia Road Books, her independent publishing imprint.
Currently, Lynne divides her days between writing in the mornings while afternoons are spent teaching and working with clients. She also hosts her own podcast, The Make Meaning Podcast, where she interviews authors and publishing industry professionals. The women had such a fun conversation you will not want to miss out. Don't wait ... go listen now then be sure to follow Lynne on her social media.
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Dianne recently sat down to speak with author, Debbie Weiss. She is an accomplished entrepreneur and quite a dynamic woman. She has created a career that benefits not only herself, but others with her work as a speaker, women's coach, podcaster and author.
At 50, Debbie made a significant change in her life, realizing it was too short to be spent focused on the needs of others over her own. She worked to change her self talk from "I can't" to "Maybe I can." Debbie consciously worked to change her victim mentality and refused to let her past dictate her future.
After becoming a widow, Debbie became more determined than ever to share her message. Her debut memoir, "On Second Thought... Maybe I Can," earned praise from Jack Canfield, co-author of The Chicken Soup for the Soul® series. Through her memoir and public speaking events, Debbie openly shares her struggles and strategies for success, working to constantly remind others they're not alone. Debbie acknowledges life is tough, but works to be a beacon for others to show that dreams are worth pursuing.
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Dianne had the chance to chat with the incredible chef, Michele Di Pietro. Not only is she just a fantastic person in general, she is a cookbook author, food writer, menu and recipe developer, professional chef, culinary consultant, and a budding food photographer. Somehow she managed to find time in her busy career to talk with Dianne about her cookbook, SOUPified.
Michele began her professional career in a much different field. After graduating college, Michele didn't head to the kitchen but instead started working in finance as a Certified Public Accountant with a top firm in NYC. However, her life was meant to take a different path.
After leaving the financial world behind, Michele graduated culinary school and created a new career path for herself in what would turn out to be a deeply satisfying move. Michele spent years working for others in the food industry as a cook, recipe and menu developer and eventually becoming a culinary director for one of the world’s largest natural foods retailers. It wasn't long before Michele decided to take the next natural step and start her own business, It’s All About The Food LLC.
As her professional success continued, Michele expanded with the creation of Mangia With Michele in 2017. This new venture was the culmination of her lifelong passion for Italian ingredients, foods, recipes, culture, and traditions.
Be sure to check out Michele in the November issue of Book Banter Magazine where she shares her recipe for Twice-Baked, Loaded Potato Soup With Bacon from her cookbook, SOUPified. The perfect comfort soup to warm you up on a chilly fall evening!
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If you are on TikTok's #Booktok at all, you have probably seen our guest today. Otto Schafer is the author of the award-winning YA contemporary fantasy God Stone series. His first book, The Secret Journal, was a winner in the Soon to be Famous Illinois Author Project and his second book of that series, The Keepers of the Light, was selected as a Semi Finalist in 2021.
Like many authors, Otto uses his own life experiences to fuel his writing. He grew up in a small historic town in central Illinois which he featured in his God Stone series. You can find many locations mentioned in his books if you find yourself visiting Petersburg, Illinois.
Otto lives in a log cabin which he shares with his wife, tucked away in a quiet area of the woods. Otto can often be found out in nature, running forrest trails near his home when not working on his books.
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In today's episode, Dianne gets to chat with the incredible Sagit Schwartz. Sagit is a writer, producer, and licensed psychotherapist. Her work has been featured in Medium, Slate, The Atlantic, Reddit NoSleep, and Lifetime Television. She resides with her husband, daughter, and rescue dog in a Southern California beach town.
Her debut thriller, Since She's Been Gone is on presale now wherever books are sold and is set for a February 2024 release. This book has been described as an emotionally charged dual-timeline suspense. The story follows one woman as her life is upended in a race against the clock to discover the truth about her own past and find out what really happened to her mother all those years ago. Since She's Been Gone has been compared to Laura Dave’s The Last Thing He Told Me and Jessica Knoll’s Luckiest Girl Alive.
Sagit shares how this book is in fact a love letter to her own mother and was a deeply personal project. Keep watching social media for more updates on Sagit as she makes the rounds publicizing her new novel, which seems to be on track to be an instant bestseller. Listen now to find out more about Sagit and Since She's Been Gone.
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Have we got a great show for you today! Seeing as how Dianne was born on "Talk Like a Pirate Day", she was thrilled to get to chat with real life pirate, Liz Shipton. Liz is a part-time freelance writer and part-time indie author of a dystopian series loosely based on her life. She is also a full-time, off grid, live-aboard a sailboat sailor (a.k.a a pirate).
Liz is currently sailing around the world with her boyfriend and her dog. She uses her real-life adventures as they sail the high seas to fuel her imagination for writing her Sci-Fi/Fantasy books. Liz loves blending her amazing real-life adventures with her fictional realm to bring a feeling of believability to her stories. Their life on the boat is exciting and the places they visit, the people they meet, and the cultures they experience, all find a way into her work in some way.
Besides working to bring light to some under represented parts of the world (at least in science fiction), Liz also addresses some challenging social topics. She uses her writing to explore such issues as mental health, climate change, addiction and more.
When not writing her fictional series, Liz works as a freelance content writer specializing in articles on code, music theory, and off-grid living.
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Mikel Melwasul
Epic Military fantasy Author
EP 85: September 27th
Hello Happy People,
Today Dianne chats with epic fantasy author, Mikel Melwasul. The oldest of five boys, Mikel, usually going by "Mik" (as in Jagger), developed a love for fantasy at a young age when his father read The Hobbit and The Chronicles of Narnia to him before bed.
At an early age, Mik was diagnosed with minor cerebral palsy and essential tremors, for which he underwent years of physical therapy. He grew up in Maryland, D.C, and GA and was regularly moving.
Mik moved out at 18 and went on to earn a degree in criminal justice while supporting himself, working full time. He met his future wife while in college and after graduation, his wife began teaching English. Mik spent time working on a farm, then an airport, and now works with a background check company in South GA, all the while pursuing his love of fantasy and writing.
Check out today's episode to learn more about this epic fantasy author.
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Hello Happy People,
In celebration of her birthday, Dianne took over her own podcast to share her books with you. She gives a brief recap of the books in her Into the West Saga Serial collection and does a reading from her seventh and final book in the serial, Into the West: Family Ties. She also introduces her next two projects, an FBI thriller titled The Touch and her medical autobiography, Free Bad Haircuts with Each Craniotomy. Dianne had intended to do a reading from both of those titles as well, but a low pressure stormfront in her area gave her a raging migraine and she had to cut the show short. She will give you those readings in a future episode.
Dianne also gives updates on our upcoming magazine, Book Banter Magazine. Be sure to mark your calendars! It drops October 1. 2023!
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Today Dianne chats with the incredible, Meliza Farndell. Since they recorded this interview, Dianne has already joined Meliza for a live chat on her channel. It has been proven that when these two women start talking about books, it is hard for them to stop.
Meliza is a wife and mother currently living in Preston, UK. When she is not focused on her family, you can find her developing new courses, coaching others, and of course writing books. She strives to help others to walk in freedom; "in their true identity and purpose".
Meliza was the is the daughter of a pastor, born and raised in beautiful South Africa. She felt loved and cared for by her family, life did not always follow a smooth and anticipated path. Meliza is quoted as stating, "Enter: an enemy that comes to kill, steal and destroy."
The women talk about Meliza's trials and tribulations in life which left her feeling empty and developing self-destructive habits. Her circumstances caused her to questions her relationship with her religious beliefs. She felt abandoned by God who she had turned to for help and answers.
A trip to the movies ended up turning her life around. Meliza found inspiration in the movie Tangled. Through this movie Meliza felt she had finally been heard, that God had seen her suffering, and He deeply cared about her struggles. This revelation gave her the strength to pick up her life, pull herself out of her despair and begin building a future as an author and coach to help others find the strength to follow their own dreams.
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Today Dianne gets to sit down with the incredibly funny, mystery author, J.C. Fuller. J.C. is the author of The Rockfish Island Mystery series. Not only is she a TikTok maven, but she is also a lover of all things mysterious, from fictional thrillers to true crime shows, and everything in between. J.C. is thrilled to be able to share her creations with readers and is currently developing a stand alone thriller outside of her hit series.
J.C. lives in Washington state. When time allows, she loves spending time in nature with her family. She shares her home two faithful dogs/feet warmers who are her writing companions. She also manages to record hilarious TikTok videos before rushing off to her 9 to 5 job (you must follower her if you are on TikTok, and if you aren't, go get on Tiktok to follower her!). Check out her current works in print: Black Bear Alibi (Book 1), The Push (Book 2), and False Findings (Book 3).
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Today Diane is joined by Carole T. Beers, western author of New West Mysteries with Heart ... and humor. Carole was born in Portland, Ore., to descendants of Oregon Trail pioneers. She fell in love with writing at an early age and with horses as soon as she could ride. She wrote her first story when she was only seven, complete with illustrations. She was first published in The Grants Pass (Oregon) Daily Courier in 1963 with her “Letters from London”.
She went on to earn her B.A. in Journalism from the University of Washington. She taught writing at a private school and began writing for romance and horse magazines. She worked as a journalist for 32 years and was a dance critic for the Pulitzer Prize-winning Seattle Times newspaper.
During her journalistic career, Carole wrote 7,000 stories for the Seattle Times, several of which were award winners. Over the span of her career, she interviewed celebrities including: Katharine Hepburn, John Wayne, B.B. King, Rudolph Nureyev, and even HRH Queen Elizabeth. Carole has many interests outside of journalism. She competed on a women’s shooting team, earning a Sharpshooter rating. She has also flown planes, designed clothing, and tried her hand at PR.
Carole is currently writing the Granny Oakley Mysteries featuring a modern, 80-year old descendant of Annie Oakley who tries her hand at trick-shooting to help her daughter save her guest ranch. The Granny Oakley Mysteries are described as a "zippy yet warm cozy is a spinoff of my Pepper Kane Mysteries".
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Today, Dianne is joined by comic book author Chris Denmead. Chris is the host of the midnight horror radio show, The Dr. Chris Radio of Horror. The show broadcasts from Worcester, MA and can be found on 91.3 FM. The show began in Oct, 2007 and airs Sunday nights at 10pm.
Chris is also a graphic novel/comic book author. He has published Vlada, a Dracula Tale in both graphic novel and comic formats. He created the graphic novel with comic book artist Ken Hunt. The premise is based on a gender swap of the classic Dracula story characters.
Chris lives in Framingham, MA where he has one son and a black cat. When he is not writing, Chris enjoys watching movies with his son, playing video games, and working on expanding his comic book collection.
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Hello Happy People,In part one of this interview, Dianne and Reenita covered a lot of Reenita's extensive background in media and business and had just begun to touch on her personal creative projects.
In part two, the women delve more into the comic projects Reenita is developing and her award-winning fiction book. Reenita was even gracious enough to indulge Dianne and read a significant portion from her book, Operation Mom. You are going to love today's episode.
Be sure to check out Reenita's social media and follow her on Facebook for new updates on future projects. As dynamic as this woman is, I am sure she will be a force to recon with in the publishing industry and someone you will want to watch!
- Reenita Malhotra Hora's Website
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Reenita M. Hora
Author, Creator, and Executive Producer
EP 78: August 9th
EP 79: August 16th
From her publicist:Reenita is a founder, executive-level content, operations, and marketing leader, and writer. With years of experience in media, entertainment, communications, tech/innovation and wellness industries in the USA and Asia, she grows organizations, from early stage startups through mid-size businesses, through storytelling, creative marketing and business strategy.
She served as Head of Marketing at SRI International, Silicon Valley's pioneer science and deep tech research institute, VP of Content at hibooks/Otto Radio producer/presenter for Bloomberg and award-winning host for RTHK Radio 3, Hong Kong.
Reenita founded, built and sold Ayoma, a health and wellness brand, and has written seven books - five non-fiction and two fiction. She contributed to The Hindu, South China Morning Post, Wall Street Journal, New York Times, CNN, Asian Investor, Times of India and National Geographic Kids, Cartoon Network Asia, Disney and more.
She's a limited partner in the How Women Invest fund which specifically invests in women owned companies. She is working on her next novel and has recently launched Chapter by Episode, a digital publishing platform for immersive chat fiction stories with diverse themes.
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Francesca Maria
Comic Book and Horror Author
EP 77: August 2nd
Hello Happy People, we have such a treat for you! Dianne finally got to sit down with a comic book author, Francesca Maria. The women had so much fun chatting and Dianne is thrilled to introduce you to Francesca and her work.
From her website:Francesca Maria has been penning horror stories since she could hold a pen at the age of six. This fascination with horror was spurred by her insatiable quest to uncover what was haunting her house as a child. Now in her late forties, Francesca is still haunted by her childhood home which continues to invade her dreams.
Francesca has spent 19 years as the co-owner of Black Cat Comics in Northern California and has been reading comics for over two decades. She is an avid fan of Neil Gaiman, Tom King, Stephen King, Tom Taylor, Geoff Johns and Jeph Loeb. When she's not reading and writing horror, Francesca visits haunted places and records their histories.
Francesca is a former journalist, a published author and a graduate from University of California at Berkeley. Francesca is also a psychic medium/detective and uses her knowledge of the other world to aid in her storytelling. She has a black belt in Taekwondo, drives a '53 Chevy truck and drums until her hands bleed.
Find her work in the upcoming Death's Garden Revisited anthology, Black Cat Chronicles and her debut release of her short story collection: THEY HIDE: SHORT STORIES TO TELL IN THE DARK, is out now!
Francesca is the co-chair for the San Francisco Bay Area Horror Writers Association Chapter.
- Francesca Maria's Website
- Francesca Maria's Amazon.com Author Page
- Francesca Maria's Black Cat Publishing (Black Cat Chronicles Comic Book Series)
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Kammy Wood
The Modern Wordist (Editor, Author Coach, Ghostwriter)
EP 76: July 26th
In today's episode, Dianne gets to chat with an old friend, Kammy Wood. For as long as Dianne can remember, Kammy has been an avid reader and lover of words so it made perfect sense to learn Kammy started her own business working with words and writers.
Bio Provided by Kammy Wood:
The first hints of Kammy’s love of words appeared at age two, when she “read” books aloud, including classics like Caps For Sale. She readily retold the stories by looking at the pictures, and astounded unknowing adults with her interpretations of selections from the Captain Kangaroo catalog.
By age nine, her editorial inclinations emerged — she “rewrote” TV show plots on the fly, and pointed out typos in advertising copy to family and friends.
She was gifted a typewriter as a teen. Then a word processor. Then another. Then a computer. You get the point. She wrote a lot, and for her own entertainment.
She earned a BA in English from Emporia State University in 1999, and went to work at her local Barnes and Noble soon after, which led to a 17-year career. In 2010, while still at B&N, she started her freelance editing and proofreading business, helping authors and business clients with hundreds of projects over the course of 10-plus years.
In 2023, she launched The Modern Wordist, expanding her services to include creative writing coaching and consulting, ghostwriting, and co-writing as a way to help even more people create great books and content.
- The Modern Wordist Website
- The Modern Wordist on Facebook
- Kammy Wood, The Modern Wordist on LinkedIn
- Harvard Class on Managing Happiness (mentioned in interview)
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Hello Happy People,
Today is a great day for many reasons!
First, today is our 75th episode of Book Banter with Dianne Burckhardt. When Dianne started the podcast in 2022, she did it to advertise her own books, the Into the West Saga Serial. She never thought it would catch on like this and would be interviewing award-winning, bestselling authors every week. It has been amazing!
To celebrate, we are giving away the eBook and beta version audiobook of Into the West: The Orphan Train, the award-winning first book in the Into the West Saga Serial. The seventh and final book in the serial, Into the West: Family Ties, is being edited now.
Free Books July 19th - 23rd!!
https://tinyurl.com/FreeEBook4EP75
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Second, Dianne chats with the incredible Natasha Deen. She has an incredible catalog of books for young readers, young adults, and adult readers. Her Spooky Sleuths series just released a fourth book in the series.
Have a young reader who like mysteries with a spooky (but not too spooky) edge to them? Check out Natasha Deen. Her books are well written, imaginative, and are not your run of the mill book series. Natasha's books are very inclusive by design. She often has characters from various ethnic backgrounds, gender identifications, abilities, and age ranges. Her stories are representative of the world around us, because representation is important.
- Natasha Deen Website
- Natasha Deen on Amazon.com
- Natasha Deen on YouTube
Let's start celebrating 75 episodes of Book Banter with Dianne Burckhardt!
While you're listening to the podcast, be sure to subscribe so you never miss a great author interview. Because, if you love books like we do, you do not want to miss this podcast!
Enjoy!
Dianne
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Dianne is joined today by USA Today Bestselling author, Ann Charles. Ann currently lives in the Arizona mountains with her family and a sassy cat. After a roundabout route which was never in the plans, Ann earned her Bachelor's Degree in English from the University of Washington with an emphasis on creative writing.
Ann has written numerous award-winning, contemporary books in several different series. Ann describes her work as character-driven stories full of quirky characters. Her books are mixed-genre mysteries filled with comedy, a few uproars, a dash of spice, and plenty of mystery to keep you on the edge of your seat.
Ann is a member of Sisters in Crime and the Western Writers of America. When she is not working on her next book, she is busy writing about the art and business of writing. She enjoys doing her part to share what she has learned over the years to help those just starting out in the business of being a professional author. She shares a lot of her knowledge with Dianne in today's episode between laughs and shared experiences in their author journeys.
- Ann Charles' Website
- Ann Charles on Amazon.com
- Ann Charles on Facebook
- Ann Charles on Pinterest
- Ann Charles on Twitter
- Ann Charles on Instagram
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Hello Happy People,
Everyone at Book Banter with Dianne Burckhardt hopes our American listeners had a wonderful Fourth of July holiday yesterday. Today we have a great interview for you. If you are an author and need help connecting with media outlets to help get your story and work out in front of your target market, our guest today can help you with that.
Sabrina Hammonds is the founder and owner of Kingdom Connections Podcast & Media Agency. She has helped numerous authors get their books in front of the readers they want to connect with. She is currently developing new strategies and industry partnerships to bring her clients even more opportunities.
Sabrina was my connection to some of the great authors we have recently had on this Book Banter with Dianne Burckhardt: Benecia Ponder, Angela R. Hughes, Donna Edman, Wendy Jo Cerna, and more are coming.
So if you need help with your media connections, check out the free consultation on her website and make an appointment today.
Note: During the 5 Quick Questions, Sabrina could not think of the title of a book. Later, after we had stopped recording, she remembered the title but it didn't make it into the podcast. The title is Riding Freedom by Pam Muñoz Ryan. There is a link below to the book information on Amazon.com
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Riding Freedom by Pam Muñoz Ryan
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Hello Happy People,
Today Dianne is joined by inspirational author Wendy Jo Cerna. Wendy Jo grew up in Minnesota, the daughter of educators. She fondly remembers family trips with her brothers in the back seat of the family station wagon as one source of her creativity.
Wendy Jo discovered a love of theater in high-school and followed her passion through college. After graduating with a degree in Theater Arts from the University of Washington, Wendy Jo married her college sweetheart. The couple settled in the Seattle area and built their family there.
It wasn't until 2015 when Wendy Jo felt a divine calling to become a writer and share stories she felt needed to be told. With her children grown and other responsibilities needing less of her daily attention, Wendy Jo felt the time was right to follow her heart and begin her writing career.
From Wendy Jo's website:
"As I write, I sometimes feel as if I am still travelling in the back seat of a station wagon with my Jesus at the wheel and my characters as my companions filling my heart with their stories as we traverse both life on the planet and that which is to come. Can’t wait to see what’s up around the bend."
Wendy Jo Cerna's Website
Wendy Jo Cerna's Amazon.com Author Page
Wendy Jo Cerna on Facebook
Wendy Jo Cerna on Instagram
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Donna Edman
Photographer/Visual Storyteller/Author
EP 71: June 21st
Hello Happy People,
Today on Book banter with Dianne Burckhardt, Dianne is joined by the incredibly talented, Donna Edman. Donna is a professional photographer and visual storyteller working out of Fullerton, California. She shares how she started out her career in the corporate world and didn't find photography until later in life. The career she built as a photographer has brought great reviews from her clients as she helped them create more than just photo albums but legacies for generations to enjoy and cherish.
Donna's current project has grown beyond just a book, but is now also a museum exhibit. Women of Wisdom showcases the images and wisdom of 49 women between the ages of 50 and 95. Her mission with this project was to honor the beauty and wisdom of mature, everyday women. Each woman featured shares a bit of their own personal story as well as the advice they would give their 20-year-old selves.
From Donna's website:
"Anyone can click a camera. I spend extra time connecting with you because I want to tell your story, your vision. What is it that brings you joy? An aura of contentment can be elicited by a sweet thought of a child. A bold gaze can be conjured by sharing a vision for the future. Some people like to talk. Some people need to run, dance, or sit thoughtfully in silence. I capture the best images by allowing you to be who you truly are."
- Donna Edman Photography Website
- Donna Edman Photography on Facebook
- Donna Edman Photography on Instagram
- Donna Edman Photography on Yelp
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Hello Happy People,
Today Dianne chats with historical epic fantasy author, Angela R. Hughes. Angela is based in Waco, Texas but part of her heart is firmly ensconced across the pond in the United Kingdom, Celtic Mythology, and Arthurian Legends. It has been her ambition to write stories that grip and inspire her readers, alluring them into myth and legend.
Angela believes in the power of storytelling and has always been inspired by mythologies and legends of the hero’s quest. She has been particularly drawn to Arthurian legend and its ancient roots that spanned into the Cymru world. She has studied Arthurian legend, as well as Celtic Mythology. While living in Ireland, she fell in love with the history and landscapes of England, Ireland, Wales, and Scotland.
She tells Dianne about her fantasy series The Once and Future Chronicles which currently include; Book One: Elanor and the Song of the Bard, Book Two: Merlin and the Magic of Time, with Book Three: Arthur and the Golden Dragon coming soon.
At the end of the interview Angela reads from her most recent publication, Book Two: Merlin and the Magic of Time. You do NOT want to miss that!
Don't wait ... go listen now!
You can find all of Angela's social media on her linktree account.
Angela's Linktree
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Hello Happy People,
In today's episode, Dianne chats with award-winning children's book author
Diann Floyd Boehm. She is an author of children’s books and young adult historical fiction.
Diann strives to create books to inspire her readers to like themselves, be kind, and to embrace their imagination! Her YouTube Channel, Diann’s Story Garden, lets children hear different authors reading their own children's books. Diann is also involved in various humanitarian projects with multiple organizations.
Diann was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, but the family moved to Texas when she was about 18 months old. Diann is a wife and mother of three adult children and one grandson. She has traveled extensively to many parts of the world and has lived in the Philippines and Dubai. She and her husband currently reside in Austin, Texas.
- Diann Floyd Boehm Website
- Diann Floyd Boehm YouTube Channel
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- Diann Floyd Boehm US Amazon Author Page
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Hello Happy People,
Today Dianne chats with bestselling author and author coach, Benecia Ponder. Since 2006, Benecia has been on a mission to help individuals prosper with purpose. She is the author of several bestselling books and has also helped her clients write and publish bestsellers as well.
Benecia started out her career in law before following her passion as an author. She talks about the moment she decided to write and self publish her first book and the full-blown panic she felt because she had no idea what to do next. She spent an entire year feeling overwhelmed and paralyzed with the stress of it all before she finally reached out to a mentor for help.
She has gone on to build an impressive career and loves connecting with others to help them get past their fears and stress to publish their own books. You can get a free consultation or pick up one of her coaching books to get you started. But before you do that, go listen to what she has to say to Dianne in today's episode of Book Banter with Dianne Burckhardt.
If you love books like we do, you do not want to miss this podcast! Be sure to subscribe today so you never miss an incredible author interview.
Enjoy,
Dianne
Benecia Ponder's Links
Benecia's Website
Benecia Ponder's Amazon.com Author Page
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Benecia on LinkedIn
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Hello Happy People,
Question: What do the Bram Stoker Awards, Star Wars, Fitness Videos, and Alternative Rock have in common?
Answer: My guest ... Nzondi! Check out today's episode for all the details!
In today's episode, Dianne finishes her conversation with the multi-talented Nzondi (Ace Antonio Hall). The revelations he made during their conversation were amazing!
Nzondi is an American horror author and is the first African-American to win a Bram Stoker award in a novel category. His novel, Oware Mosaic, won the Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in Young Adult fiction; the most prestigious award given to horror writers in the world.
Among his many short stories published in anthologies and print magazines, Nzondi’s short story, Raising Mary: Frankenstein, was nominated for the 2016 horror story of the year in the 19th Annual Editors and Preditors Readers Poll.
Nzondi is a former Director of Education for NYC schools and the Sylvan Learning Center, the award-winning educator earned a BFA from Long Island University.
Get your popcorn people because this is a great show!
Be sure to check out Nzondi's social media and watch what amazing things he has coming up!
- Nzondi (Ace Antonio Hall) Website
- Nzondi (Ace Antonio Hall) Instagram
- Nzondi Amazon Author Page
- First Look: Kings of NOHO
- Ace Antonio Hall (Nzondi) IMDb Page
- Ace Antonio Hall (Nzondi) Facebook Page
- Ace Antonio Hall Amazon Author Page
Disclaimer: Nothing mentioned in today's episode is meant to be taken as medical advice. As always, seek qualified medical assistance before taking any supplements.
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Hello Happy People,
In today's episode, Dianne sits down to chat with the multi-talented Nzondi (Ace Antonio Hall). He is an American horror author and is the first African-American to win a Bram Stoker award in a novel category. His novel, Oware Mosaic, won the Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in Young Adult fiction; the most prestigious award given to horror writers in the world.
Among his many short stories published in anthologies and print magazines, Nzondi’s short story, Raising Mary: Frankenstein, was nominated for the 2016 horror story of the year in the 19th Annual Editors and Preditors Readers Poll.
Nzondi is a former Director of Education for NYC schools and the Sylvan Learning Center, the award-winning educator earned a BFA from Long Island University.
Dianne and Nzondi had such a great conversation (bonding over old monster movies and Star Trek) there was no way to cut it down to just one 40 minute show so you are getting Nzondi in this episode and next week for episode 67 as well.
Be sure to come back next week because there is so much more such great information, advice, humor, and sneak peeks for what Nzondi has coming up in his career. You will not want to miss a minute of it!
Be sure to check out his social media and watch what amazing things he has coming up!
- Nzondi (Ace Antonio Hall) Website
- Nzondi (Ace Antonio Hall) Instagram
- Nzondi Amazon Author Page
- First Look: Kings of NOHO
- Ace Antonio Hall (Nzondi) IMDb Page
- Ace Antonio Hall (Nzondi) Facebook Page
- Ace Antonio Hall Amazon Author Page
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Hello Happy People,
Today Dianne is sharing some of the basic information she has been learning as she continues to improve the SEO for Burckhardt Books and their social media. As a sole proprietor, as many indies are, Dianne is having to teach herself how to best optimize her sites so search engines will effectively connect Burckhardt Books and Book Banter with Dianne Burckhardt with their target markets.
SEO set up and maintenance can seem very intimidating to the novice, but even small improvements in the SEO for your site can bring more engagement with your desired audience. Dianne shares a few beginning steps she has been working on to try to help increase site engagement.
If you are one of the SEO newbies, do not let anxiety stop you from working to improve your SEO setup. Every step in the right direction will be beneficial.
Take a break and go listen now.Reference:The 10 Must-Follow SEO Content Writing Rules
10 Actionable SEO Content Writing Tips To Rank Higher
SEO Tips For Book Authors
KDSPY - Keyword Research for Authors
Chrome SEO Keyword Surfer Extension
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Hello Happy People,
In 2015, Dianne Buckhardt started self-publishing books under the pen name Stephen Burckhardt. In today's episode, Dianne shares an update on her current works in progress. She is working on finishing up the Into the West Saga Serial under her pen name and will be doing a reading from the final book in that serial, Into the West: Family Ties.
Dianne will also share what is going on with her first book she is working on which will be published under her own name. Her first book release will be an FBI profiler thriller titled, The Touch. Dianne will give a brief outline of this new book and do a reading from it as well.
Trigger warning - a chapter marker has been added for those who wish to skip over the reading from The Touch. Just click the marker to skip over that section and hear the end of the show.
Dianne is also working on some new author interviews coming very soon. Keep watching the updates on www.BurckhardtBooks.com and subscribe to this podcast on your favorite streaming service so you never miss an episode because if you love books like we do, you will not want to miss this podcast!
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Hello Happy People,
In today's episode, we are rebroadcasting the interview with Val Collins due to illness. Dianne is down with a bad head cold and will return to new shows next week.
In this rebroadcast, Dianne is joined by international bestselling author of the Aoife (pronounced EE-fuh) Walsh books, Val Collins. The books in this collection are psychological thrillers and will keep you guessing until the very last page.
Val has been an avid reader since she began at age three. She tried writing as a child, but her perfectionism stopped her from exploring it. As she grew up, life took a different turn for her career wise and it wasn't until an economic crash in Ireland left Val unemployed that she returned to writing.
Now an international bestselling author, Val currently has four titles available in her Aoife Walsh book collection: Girl Targeted, Only Lies Remain, The Silent Speak, and Where Loyalties Lie. Her fifth Aoife Walsh book, Dying To Tell, is set to be released Feb. 28th.
If you love thrillers, don't wait, go listen now!
Dianne
Val Collins, Author of Dying to Tell (release date Feb. 28th 2023)
- Val Collins Books website
- Val Collins Books on Facebook
- Val Collins Amazon author page
- Read a sample of Dying To Tell
- Val Collins Books on Instagram
- Dying to Tell on Netgalley
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Hello Happy People,
Today Dianne continues her chat with cozy mystery author Stephanie LaVigne. Stephanie is a bestselling author of more than fifty popular mystery and romance novels under both her own name and pen names. She is known for her humor, quirky characters, adventurous situations, and captivating plots. Today the women focus more on Stephanie's upcoming mystery series, the first book is in pre-sales now on Amazon.
Stephanie is an adventurous person and has been blessed with all kinds of real-life adventures to help inspire the fictional ones she writes. From helping crew a sailboat on a trans-Atlantic crossing, to "awkwardly" mush a dogsled, and even accidently hiking Mount Washington she has plenty to draw on.
Stephanie lives in South Florida with a few wild kids, one wild husband, and a tribe of loved ones. The women talked so long, Dianne ended up splitting the interview up into two shows. If you missed part one you can still check it on in episode 61. You can definitely tell they had fun with this interview and you will love listening to it.
Don't wait ... go listen now!
- Stephanie LaVigne's Website
- Stephanie's Amazon.com (US) Author Page
- Stephanie on Facebook
- Stephanie on Goodreads
- Stephanie on BookBub
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Hello Happy People,
Today Dianne finally gets her wish to chat with a cozy mystery author and she hit the jackpot with Stephanie LaVigne. Stephanie is a bestselling author of more than fifty popular mystery and romance novels under both her own name and pen names. She is known for her humor, quirky characters, adventurous situations, and captivating plots. Dianne got to read an advanced copy of her next book, Sunshine State of Crime and she can tell you, it is everything you want a cozy mystery to be! The ebook version is available for pre-order now.
Stephanie is quite an adventurous person. She helped crew a sailboat on a trans-Atlantic crossing, she managed to "awkwardly" mush a dogsled over the snow, and somehow managed to hiking Mount Washington without actually meaning to do it. Stephanie has been blessed with all kinds of real-life adventures to help inspire the fictional ones she writes.
Stephanie lives in South Florida surrounded by palm trees, peacocks, a few wild kids, one wild husband, and a tribe of loved ones. The women talked so long, Dianne ended up splitting the interview up into two shows. Be sure to come back next Wednesday for part two when they talk more specifically about Stephanie's upcoming books. You can definitely tell they had fun with this interview and you will love listening to it.
Don't wait ... go listen now!
- Stephanie LaVigne's Website
- Stephanie's Amazon.com (US) Author Page
- Stephanie on Facebook
- Stephanie on Goodreads
- Stephanie on BookBub
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Hello Happy People,
Today Dianne chats with author, academic, podcaster, and theater savant, Kelly Florence. Kelly teaches communication at Lake Superior College in Minnesota and hosts the Be a Better Communicator podcast. She holds a bachelor of arts degree in theatre and a master's degree in communication. She is active in theater and has worked on productions including Carrie The Musical and Treasure Island.
Kelly, along with her writing partner Meg Hafdahl, has co-authored five of the eighteen books currently in publication in The Science of Series . The pair will be publishing a sixth book, The Science of Agatha Christie, very soon. They also co-host the Horror Rewind podcast which was called "the best horror podcast out there" by Film Daddy.
- Kelly Florence's Website
- Kelly Florence on Facebook
- Kelly Florence on Instagram
- Kelly Florence's Amazon.com Author Page
- Horror Rewind Website
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- What are Chiari Malformations, Syrinx (Syringomyelia), & Hydrocephalus?
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Hello Happy People,
In today's episode, Dianne gets to chat with indie sci-fi author, Linaya DiNoto, in her first podcast appearance. The women chat about Linaya's book, Lithaflora the Chrysalis. This is the first book Linaya has published, but if the reviews are any indication of her future as an author, she is someone you are going to want to remember. If you like her book, you are in luck because it is the first book in a planned trilogy so there will be more story to come.
(From her website)
Linaya DiNoto has been writing fiction and poetry for over a decade. She has a love for all things literature and can often be found tucked away in her Northern California home reading a questionable amount of fantasy romance. She has a degree in English, has published short fiction and music journalism, and has been working towards publishing her first book for close to five years. Linaya loves her pets, tea, magic things, and spending time with her community of badass lady friends.
Be sure to check out her social media (and Dianne's). You'll find all the links you need below.
- Linaya DiNoto's Website
- Buy Linaya's Book on Amazon.com (US)
- Linaya on TikTok
- Linaya on Instagram
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- What are Chiari Malformations, Syrinx (Syringomyelia), & Hydrocephalus?
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Hello Happy People,
In today's episode, Dianne chats with Dr. David J Gibson. Gibson is a professor of botany at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. He holds a PhD in Plant Biology and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Biology (FRSB).
Dr. Gibson has years of field research in botany and has written a number of books mostly focusing grasslands and ecology. However, his most recent work focuses on the forensic study of plants as a means to murder and an aid in investigations in fiction and actual criminal cases.
Dianne talks with him about his new book, Planting Clues: How Plants Solve Crimes, which is available now at booksellers. He is an incredible wealth of knowledge about forensic botany and where to find a decent pint in Illinois.
- David J Gibson, PhD FRSB Website
- David J Gibson Amazon.com (US) Author Page
- David J. Gibson on BookFunnel
- Frost Magazine mention of Planting Clues
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Hello Happy People!
In today's episode, Dianne finishes her chat with her good friend, Lance Steen Anthony Nielsen. Between the common jokes, the two focus todays chat more on Lance's screenplays and theater work.
Be sure to check out Lance's social media sites for more information on him and his work and be sure to subscribe to his YouTube channel so you can see all the amazing industry insiders he brings on for interviews about various creative arts fields including, authors, actors, directors, playwrights, and so much more!
Lance Steen Anthony Nielsen, Author of Diamonds in the Sky Series
- Lance's Facebook Page
- Lance's Diamonds in the Sky Website
- Diamonds in the Sky series on Amazon.com
- Pegasus Bridge The Screenplay on Amazon.com
- The Outcasts Creative theatrical productions on Facebook
- The Outcasts Creative YouTube Channel
Lance interviews Dianne and bestselling author, Val Collins, recorded live March 1st.
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Hello Happy People!
In today's episode, Dianne chats with her good friend, Lance Steen Anthony Nielsen. Dianne always looks forward to chatting with Lance for several reasons. Besides the fact that he is multi-talented, working as an author, a playwright, an acting coach, and a director, but Lance knows how to make her laugh too.
Lance was born in South Africa and adopted at a young age by an English mother and Danish father. Raised in Kingston-upon-Thames in the United Kingdom, it was here, according to his website, "... he spent much of his time engaged in designing fictional worlds for role-playing games, rolling dice, renting videos, going to the cinema and forgetting to tell his mother what time he would be home when he went out." While under the influence of JRR Tolkien, he made his first attempts at writing a book series, The Prophecy of the Witch-King. Since then, Lance has written many amazing works for stage, screen, and print. He chats about them all with Dianne in episodes 56 & 57, be sure to catch them both.
Lance Steen Anthony Nielsen, Author of Diamonds in the Sky Series
- Lance's Facebook Page
- Lance's Diamonds in the Sky Website
- Diamonds in the Sky series on Amazon.com
- Pegasus Bridge The Screenplay on Amazon.com
- The Outcasts Creative theatrical productions on Facebook
- The Outcasts Creative YouTube Channel
Lance interviews Dianne and bestselling author, Val Collins, recorded live March 1st.
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Hello Happy People,
Today, Dianne gets to chat with her good friend, visual storyteller and mixed media artist, Kirstie Page. They chat about what it was like for Kirstie to go from being a virtually unknown artist with a dream of creating a business, to having her work in collections around the world and seeing her designs on everything from greeting cards to housewares.
Kirstie shares what it has been like to push her own comfort boundaries to begin attending art shows and sharing the hidden stories behind all of her creations with the public, face to face. She talks about how her own insecurities led to write her book, 5 Tips to Help You Master Imposter Syndrome, available as a free download on her website.
Kirstie explains where her inspirations come from and the driving force behind her overall vision for her artwork and career goals. Kirstie is currently working to build an incredible catalog of products which she is creating with her inspirational stories and artwork.
Don't wait, listen now.
Dianne
Kirstie Page, Visual Storyteller/Artist of Remember When Art
- Kristie's Remember When Art Facebook Page
- Kristie's Remember When Art Website
- Free Book: 5 Tips to Help You Master Imposter Syndrome
On a Side Note: Dianne will be interviewed LIVE tonight with bestselling author, Val Collins, on Industry Interviews with Lance Steen Anthony Nielsen on The Outcast Creative YouTube Channel. Click HERE to watch this show March 1st, 2023 at 9 PM GMT (3 PM central standard time if you are in the US). The show will also be available on The Outcasts Creative YouTube channel after the live show.
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Hello Happy People,
In today's episode, Dianne is joined by international bestselling author of the Aoife (pronounced EE-fuh) Walsh books, Val Collins. The books in this collection are psychological thrillers and will keep you guessing until the very last page.
Val has been an avid reader since she began at age three. She tried writing as a child, but her perfectionism stopped her from exploring it. As she grew up, life took a different turn for her career wise and it wasn't until an economic crash in Ireland left Val unemployed that she returned to writing.
Now an international bestselling author, Val currently has four titles available in her Aoife Walsh book collection: Girl Targeted, Only Lies Remain, The Silent Speak, and Where Loyalties Lie. Her fifth Aoife Walsh book, Dying To Tell, is set to be released Feb. 28th.
If you love thrillers, don't wait, go listen now!
Dianne
Val Collins, Author of Dying to Tell (release date Feb. 28th 2023)
- Val Collins Books website
- Val Collins Books on Facebook
- Val Collins Amazon author page
- Read a sample of Dying To Tell
- Val Collins Books on Instagram
- Dying to Tell on Netgalley
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Hello Happy People,
In this episode, Dianne Chats with award-winning, Women's Fiction author, C. D'Angelo about their mutual love of Italy, books, and ukulele music! D'Angelo shares how her love of history and family has inspired her to write her multi award-winning books, The Difference and The Visitor. D'Angelo also gives a few insights on her current work in progress, The Gift.
The women have a great five quick questions round and D'Angelo opens up about her plans for the future and her aspirations to see her books brought to life on the big screen.
We also talk about the Frankfurter Buchmesse (Frankfurt Book Fair in Germany) in this episode. If you would like to find out more about this event, click here.
Don't wait, listen now.
Dianne
C. D'Angelo, author of The Difference and The Visitor, with The Gift coming soon.
- C. D'Angelo Facebook Page
- C. D'Angelo Website
- C. D'Angelo Amazon Author Page
-
TheDifferenceAroundtheWorld
- C. D'Angelo Newsletter Signup
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Hello Happy People,
Today, Dianne is joined by historical fiction/western author, LeRoy A Peters. You can find his books on Amazon where his titles all have hundreds to thousands of fantastic reviews. He has several series to choose from that cover in large part the fur trade era of US history.
Dianne and LeRoy did touch on some subjects in this interview that some people might find triggering, so this episode comes with a warning and there is one word you will hear bleeped out. Dianne explains this in the intro of this podcast.
Please check out today's show and come back next week when we will have award-winning, women's fiction author, C. D'Angelo.
If you love books like we do, you should really subscribe to this podcast!
Dianne
LeRoy A Peters, author of The Edge of the World Series (EP: 52, Feb. 8, 2023)
- LeRoy A Peter's Amazon author page
- NEW The Hunter's Dawn: A Mountain Man Adventure (Saga of the Armstrong Brothers Mountain Man Series Book 4)buy on Amazon.com (USA)
- Chosen Path (Book One Edge of the World Series) Buy on Amazon.com (USA)
- Chosen Path (Book One Edge of the World Series) Buy on Amazon.de (Germany)
- Dusty Saddle Publishing
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Hello Happy People!
Thank you for joining us for season two of Book Banter with Dianne Burckhardt. We have great things coming this season!
Today Dianne chats with bestselling romance author LM Wilson. Wilson talks about her books and what is coming next for her career. Her latest book, A Vow to Break just released today. Click the green text to check it out ... after you check out this interview, or course. The women had a great time making this podcast. You will not want to miss out!
From The Mills & Boon webpage (Wilson mentions she worked here):
Mills & Boon is an imprint of Harlequin Enterprises, a division of HarperCollins Publishers Australia and one of the largest English-language publishers in the world. Mills & Boon has a long history in Australia and has grown to become Australia’s undisputed market leader in romance fiction publishing.Be sure to check back next week when Dianne is joined by western author LeRoy A Peters or better yet, subscribe to our podcast on your favorite podcast providers and never miss an episode.
Don't wait, go listen now!
Dianne
LM Wilson, author of The Last of the Spirit Drakes.
- LM Wilson's Amazon author page
- Buy The Last of the Spirit Drakes on Amazon.com (USA)
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- LM Wilson's Linktree
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Hello Happy People,
Season one of Book Banter with Dianne Burckhardt has ended. We are on Christmas break and rebroadcasting some of our most popular guest interviews while we gear up for season two starting February 1st. Be sure to subscribe so you never miss any of Dianne's crazy book themed, podcast goodness.
Today we are rebroadcasting our interview with Sonali Dev.
- Sonali Dev, author of The Vibrant Years.
- Sonali Dev's website
- Buy The Vibrant Years on Amazon.com (USA)
- Buy The Vibrant Years on Amazon.de (Germany)
Our first interview for season two is ready to go and will be live next week, February 1st, 2023! Join us to learn all about bestselling author LM Wilson. We had a great time making this podcast. You will not want to miss out!
- LM Wilson, author of The Last of the Spirit Drakes. (February 1st, 2023)
- LM Wilson's Amazon author page
- Buy The Last of the Spirit Drakes on Amazon.com (USA)
- Buy The Last of the Spirit Drakes on Amazon.de (Germany)
- Buy The Last of the Spirit Drakes on Amazon.au (Australia)
- Author Linktree
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Hello Happy People,
Season one of Book Banter with Dianne Burckhardt has ended. We are on Christmas break and rebroadcasting some of our most popular guest interviews while we gear up for season two starting February 1st. Be sure to subscribe so you never miss any of Dianne's crazy book themed, podcast goodness.
Today we are rebroadcasting our interview with Kara Vogt.
Kara Vogt from Kavo Creative Studio (Episodes 32 & 33: Sept. 21 & 28, 2022)
- Wise Oak Soapery website
- Wise Oak Soapery on Facebook
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Hello Happy People,
Season one of Book Banter with Dianne Burckhardt has ended. We are on Christmas break and rebroadcasting some of our most popular guest interviews while we gear up for season two starting February 1st. Be sure to subscribe so you never miss any of Dianne's crazy book themed, podcast goodness.
Today we are rebroadcasting parts one and two of our interview with Allie Alvis. You can find part three of her interview in episode 25 on all of the podcast hosting sites.
- Allie "Book Historia" Alvis website (EP 23, 24, & 25: July 20 & 27, Aug 3, 2022)
- Book Historia Social Media:
- Bite Sized Book History - YouTube Channel
- Etsy Shop
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Hello Happy People,
Season one of Book Banter with Dianne Burckhardt has ended. We are on Christmas break and rebroadcasting some of our most popular guest interviews while we gear up for season two starting February 1st. Be sure to subscribe so you never miss any of Dianne's crazy book themed, podcast goodness.
Today we are rebroadcasting our interview with Kira Hagen.
- Kira Hagen, author of Strangeling. (Episode 43: Dec. 7, 2022)
- Kira Hagen Amazon author page
- Buy Strangeling on Amazon.com (USA)
- Buy Strangeling on Amazon.de (Germany)
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Hello Happy People,
Season one of Book Banter with Dianne Burckhardt has ended. We are on Christmas break and rebroadcasting some of our most popular guest interviews while we gear up for season two starting February 1st. Be sure to subscribe so you never miss any of Dianne's crazy book themed, podcast goodness.
Today we are rebroadcasting our interview with Mark L. Redmond.
- Mark L. Redmond website: The Box M Gang (Episode 8: March 23, 2022)
- Buy The Box M Gang on Amazon
- Buy The Box M Gang on Barnes & Noble Booksellers
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Hello My Happy People,
In the season one finale of Book Banter with Dianne Burckhardt, Dianne shares some of her favorite Christmas movies. She has always liked some of the traditionally popular ones, but her favorites have always been a bit more obscure. Afterward, Dianne reads a Christmas short story she wrote as a tie-in to her Into the West Saga Serial.
Thanks to everyone for listening to this inaugural season of Book Banter with Dianne Burckhardt. It has been such a fun experience as we learned how to do a podcast and continually worked to do it better. Dianne plans to continue working on cleaning up some more technical issues during the holiday break so season two will sound even better.
We wish you all the most joyous of holiday seasons no matter what it is you celebrate this time of year. May the New Year bring you nothing but peace, happiness, and success in your endeavors.
From everyone at Burckhardt Books.Support Our Book Banter Buddies (guest interviews):
- LM Wilson's Amazon author page (coming in season two)
- Buy The Last of the Spirit Drakes on Amazon.com (USA)
- Buy The Last of the Spirit Drakes on Amazon.de (Germany)
- Buy The Last of the Spirit Drakeson Amazon.de (Australia)
Past Guest Interviews:
- Kira Hagen, author of Strangeling.
- Kira Hagen Amazon author page
- Buy Strangeling on Amazon.com (USA)
- Buy Strangeling on Amazon.de (German
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Burckhardt Books Pages:
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- Manic Monday Vlogs on TikTok
About Dianne:
- Dianne Burckhardt, Award-Winning Indie Author
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- What is a Chiari Malformation, a Syrinx (Syringomyelia), and Hydrocephalus?
- The Mutant Chronicles on TikTok
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Hello Happy People,
Today Dianne was scheduled to bring you and interview with bestselling romance author JM Wilson but a family emergency caused the WIlson to reschedule. We plan to bring her interview to you in season two. Watch our social media for updated on her appearance. In the meantime, you can check out her books on Amazon.
Dianne tried to find a last minute guest to bring to the show today, but with the holidays it just didn't work. However, she did get promises for a lot of great guests for season two.
Dianne thought with so many gift giving holidays happening right now, a buying guide for last minute shopping for the writer in your life might be helpful. There is just one more show left before we bring season one to a close. Be sure to join us next week for our season finale.
Happy Holidays,
Dianne
Support Our Book Banter Buddies (guest interviews):
- LM Wilson's Amazon author page (coming in season two)
- Buy The Last of the Spirit Drakes on Amazon.com (USA)
- Buy The Last of the Spirit Drakes on Amazon.de (Germany)
- Buy The Last of the Spirit Drakeson Amazon.de (Australia)
Past Guest Interviews:
- Kira Hagen, author of Strangeling.
- Kira Hagen Amazon author page
- Buy Strangeling on Amazon.com (USA)
- Buy Strangeling on Amazon.de (Germany)
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Burckhardt Books Pages:
- Subscribe to Our Newsletter
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- Manic Monday Vlogs on TikTok
About Dianne:
- Dianne Burckhardt, Award-Winning Indie Author
- Want to know more about Dianne? Check out Episode 1: Who Am I?
- What is a Chiari Malformation, a Syrinx (Syringomyelia), and Hydrocephalus?
- The Mutant Chronicles on TikTok
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Hello Happy People,
Dianne is joined today by her friend, author Kira Hagen. Kira has published her first book, Strangeling, Children of the Broken Dawn book 1 and is receiving great reviews. You can find her on Amazon (links below).
Kira shares her inspiration for this series and her plans for part two, which she is working on now. She blends folk lore and legends from many cultures and mixes them with scientific explanations to build a world that is both imaginative and entertaining.
Kira reads a bit from book one to give you a good example of her humor and the creativity she brings to her writing. If you love sci-fi, you do not want to miss this show. Listen now.
Enjoy,
Dianne
Support Our Book Banter Buddies (guest interviews):
- Kira Hagen, author of Strangeling.
- Kira Hagen Amazon author page
- Buy Strangeling on Amazon.com (USA)
- Buy Strangeling on Amazon.de (Germany)
Past Guest Interviews:
- Sonali Dev, author of The Vibrant Years.
- Sonali Dev's website
- Buy The Vibrant Years on Amazon.com (USA)
- Buy The Vibrant Years on Amazon.de (Germany)
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- What is a Chiari Malformation, a Syrinx (Syringomyelia), and Hydrocephalus?
- The Mutant Chronicles on TikTok
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Hello Happy People,
Today, Dianne shares what happened at the She Inspires Awards in Bolton, UK. But first, she chats with USA Today Bestselling romance author, Sonali Dev. Sonali talks about her career as a lifelong writer and her new book, The Vibrant Years, which releases on December 1st.
The Vibrant Years is the first book being published by Mindy Kaling's new book imprint, Mindy's Book Studio. Sonali reads the first chapter for us and Dianne had a hard time not asking for more.
If you love books like we do, you do not want to miss this interview ... listen now!
Enjoy,
Dianne
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- Dianne Burckhardt, Award-Winning Indie Author
- What is a Chiari Malformation, a Syrinx (Syringomyelia), and Hydrocephalus?
- Want to know more about Dianne? Check out Episode 1: Who Am I?
Support Our Book Banter Buddies (guest interviews):
- Sonali Dev, author of The Vibrant Years.
- Sonali Dev's website
- Buy The Vibrant Years on Amazon.com (USA)
- Buy The Vibrant Years on Amazon.de (Germany)
Past Guest Interviews:
- Carrie Donovan - writer/musician (Episode 37: Oct. 26, 2002)
- Walpurgisnacht - short story
- Backyard Whiskers - Rockabilly Band Webpage
- Children of the Corn - Band Video
- Carrie and the Dirty Pillows - Band Video
Support Us:
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Hello Happy People,
Dianne is on her way to the United Kingdom at the moment and is unable to broadcast her regular episode. She did pre-record an update about her preparations to leave the country which did not go as planned. Dang Murphy and his law!
Then she segways into a rebroadcast of her very first episode, Who Am I? , as an introduction to her new listeners and a reintroduction to her loyal followers. A lot of things have changed since this episode. Mondays are no longer dedicated to movies. Now, the Monday blog is Manic Mondays and used to give news and updates. Fridays are still Friday Funnies, because we all need a good laugh to head into the weekend.
Dianne hopes to have some great new guests before the end of season so so be sure to come back next week for more information.
Have a great week!
Dianne
IMPORTANT LINKSShe Inspires Awards
Burckhardt Books Pages:
- Subscribe to Our Newsletter
- Members Only Page (Join FREE and get access to our Book Banter Guest Interview Archive)
About Dianne:
- Dianne Burckhardt, Award-Winning Indie Author
- What is a Chiari Malformation, a Syrinx (Syringomyelia), and Hydrocephalus?
- Want to know more about Dianne? Check out Episode 1: Who Am I?
Support Our Book Banter Buddies (guest interviews):
- More TBA soon
Past Guest Interviews:
- Carrie Donovan - writer/musician (Episode 37: Oct. 26, 2002)
- Walpurgisnacht - short story
- Backyard Whiskers - Rockabilly Band Webpage
- Children of the Corn - Band Video
- Carrie and the Dirty Pillows - Band Video
- Kara Vogt of Kavo Creative Studio (Episodes 32 & 33: Sept. 21 & 28, 2022)
- Wise Oak Soapery website
- Wise Oak Soapery on Facebook
- Lisa Sillaway "Social Media Professor" (Episodes 26 & 27: Aug 10 & 17, 2022)
Support Us:
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Hello Happy People,
Today, Dianne shares news about the She Inspires Awards in Bolton, UK. She will be in the U.K. next week for this event and gives an update about next week's podcast episode.
Dianne talks about her books in progress and gives a brief sneak peek from Into the West: Family Ties, the seventh and final book in the Into the West Saga Serial Collection.
Spoiler Alert: If you have not read the sixth book in the Into the West Saga Serial, Into the West: Last Showdown, you will want to skip the sneak peek. It talks about the death of major characters and will be a major spoiler.
But for those who are all caught upon the saga, why not go listen now?
Enjoy,
Dianne
**IMPORTANT LINKS
Find out more about the She Inspires Awards
Burckhardt Books Pages:**
- Subscribe to Our Newsletter
- Members Only Page (Join FREE and get access to our Book Banter Guest Interview Archive)
About Dianne:
- Dianne Burckhardt, Award-Winning Indie Author
- What is a Chiari Malformation, a Syrinx (Syringomyelia), and Hydrocephalus?
- Want to know more about Dianne? Check out Episode 1: Who Am I?
Support Our Book Banter Buddies (guest interviews):
- More TBA soon
Past Guest Interviews:
- Carrie Donovan - writer/musician (Episode 37: Oct. 26, 2002)
- Walpurgisnacht - short story
- Backyard Whiskers - Rockabilly Band Webpage
- Children of the Corn - Band Video
- Carrie and the Dirty Pillows - Band Video
- Kara Vogt of Kavo Creative Studio (Episodes 32 & 33: Sept. 21 & 28, 2022)
- Wise Oak Soapery website
- Wise Oak Soapery on Facebook
- Lisa Sillaway "Social Media Professor" (Episodes 26 & 27: Aug 10 & 17, 2022)
Support Us:
It's even easier now to support Burckhardt Books and our Book Banter Podcast, many options are no cost to you. Click here for more information.
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Hello Happy People,
Dianne has a lot of information for you in today's podcast. She shares her thoughts on a new book she has been reading by Indian American romance author, Sonali Dev, titled The Vibrant Years.
This book is set to release December 1, 2022 and is the first book published through Mindy's Book Studio run by none other than Mindy Kaling of The Office fame among other things. Dianne is only halfway through Dev's book and already loves her style and want to read more of her books!
Dianne has updates on the She Inspires awards ceremony coming up this month and her own books, Into the West: Family Ties and The Touch, plus news on the end of season one of Book Banter with Dianne Burckhardt and a look at her plans for season two.
We've got a lot of info to share today, you should listen now.
Dianne
IMPORTANT LINKS
Burckhardt Books Pages:
- Subscribe to Our Newsletter
- Members Only Page (Join FREE and get access to our Book Banter Guest Interview Archive)
About Dianne:
- Dianne Burckhardt, Award-Winning Indie Author
- What is a Chiari Malformation, a Syrinx (Syringomyelia), and Hydrocephalus?
- Want to know more about Dianne? Check out Episode 1: Who Am I?
Support Our Book Banter Buddies (guest interviews):
- More TBA soon
Past Guest Interviews:
- Carrie Donovan - writer/musician (Episode 37: Oct. 26, 2002)
- Walpurgisnacht - short story
- Backyard Whiskers - Rockabilly Band Webpage
- Children of the Corn - Band Video
- Carrie and the Dirty Pillows - Band Video
- Kara Vogt of Kavo Creative Studio (Episodes 32 & 33: Sept. 21 & 28, 2022)
- Wise Oak Soapery website
- Wise Oak Soapery on Facebook
- Lisa Sillaway "Social Media Professor" (Episodes 26 & 27: Aug 10 & 17, 2022)
Support Us:
It's even easier now to support Burckhardt Books and our Book Banter Podcast, many options are no cost to you. Click here for more information.
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Hello Happy People,
Dianne has a lot of information for you in today's podcast. We have updates on future guests we are working to schedule, the books in progress at Burckhardt Books, and a sneak peek from the first book from Dianne Burckhardt, The Touch. This is a crime thriller and very different from the books that have been published under Stephen Burckhardt and Burckhardt Books.
If you like thrillers, you should listen now.
Dianne
IMPORTANT LINKS
Burckhardt Books Pages:
- Subscribe to Our Newsletter
- Members Only Page (Join FREE and get access to our Book Banter Guest Interview Archive)
About Dianne:
- Dianne Burckhardt, Award-Winning Indie Author
- What is a Chiari Malformation, a Syrinx (Syringomyelia), and Hydrocephalus?
- Want to know more about Dianne? Check out Episode 1: Who Am I?
Support Our Book Banter Buddies (guest interviews):
- Carrie Donovan - writer/musician (Episode 37: Oct. 26, 2002)
- Walpurgisnacht - short story
- Backyard Whiskers - Rockabilly Band Webpage
- Children of the Corn - Band Video
- Carrie and the Dirty Pillows - Band Video
Past Guest Interviews:
- Kara Vogt of Kavo Creative Studio (Episodes 32 & 33: Sept. 21 & 28, 2022)
- Wise Oak Soapery website
- Wise Oak Soapery on Facebook
- Lisa Sillaway "Social Media Professor" (Episodes 26 & 27: Aug 10 & 17, 2022)
Support Us:
It's even easier now to support Burckhardt Books and our Book Banter Podcast, many options are no cost to you. Click here for more information.
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Hello Happy People,
We're back from vacation with an amazing guest, Carrie Donovan! Carrie's a bass player and singer for the Backyard Whiskers rockabilly band and an award-winning writer.
Today, Carrie reads her short story, Walpurgisnacht, which won first place honors in the Tales of the Dead story contest by the Baltimore County Public Library. She also shares a sneak peek of her new children's book.
(Trigger warning There's a brief description of an assault against a woman beginning at chapter marker 17:17 and ends at 2nd marker 17:47. The scene is not graphic, but might still bother some listeners.)
Check out all the spine-tingling goodness now and have a Happy Halloween!
Dianne
IMPORTANT LINKS
Burckhardt Books Pages:
- Subscribe to Our Newsletter
- Members Only Page (Join FREE and get access to our Book Banter Guest Interview Archive)
Writing Group:
- Power of the Pen - Facebook Page
- Power of the Pen - MeetUp.com
About Dianne:
- Dianne Burckhardt, Award-Winning Indie Author
- What is a Chiari Malformation, a Syrinx (Syringomyelia), and Hydrocephalus?
- Want to know more about Dianne? Check out Episode 1: Who Am I?
Support Our Book Banter Buddies (guest interviews):
- Carrie Donovan - writer/musician (Episode 37: Oct. 26, 2002)
- Walpurgisnacht - short story
- Backyard Whiskers - Rockabilly Band Webpage
- Children of the Corn - Band Video
- Carrie and the Dirty Pillows - Band Video
Past Guest Interviews:
- Kara Vogt of Kavo Creative Studio (Episodes 32 & 33: Sept. 21 & 28, 2022)
- Wise Oak Soapery website
- Wise Oak Soapery on Facebook
- Lisa Sillaway "Social Media Professor" (Episodes 26 & 27: Aug 10 & 17, 2022)
Support Us:
It's even easier now to support Burckhardt Books and our Book Banter Podcast, many options are no cost to you. Click here for more information.
TikTok #SocialMedia #Podcasts #WritingTips #IndieAuthor #Books #Writer #Wednedsay #BookTok
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Hello Happy People,
Thank you so much for checking out my podcast!
The hubbie and I had a chance to take our first vacation since Spring of 2019 and we jumped on it. Because of this, the podcast is on a short hiatus. We return October 26th, just in time for a Halloween show. I am hoping we have time to connect with my friend Carrie Donovan, who recently won a Halloween writing contest and have her read her winning entry for you all.
So be sure to check back on October 26th!
Chat soon!
Dianne
IMPORTANT LINKS
Burckhardt Books Pages:
- Subscribe to Our Newsletter
- Members Only Page (Join FREE and get access to our Book Banter Guest Interview Archive)
- Writing Prompt Challenge ( challenge has ended)
About Dianne:
- Dianne Burckhardt, Award-Winning Indie Author
- What is a Chiari Malformation, a Syrinx (Syringomyelia), and Hydrocephalus?
- Want to know more about Dianne? Check out Episode 1: Who Am I?
Support Our Book Banter Buddies (guest interviews):
- Carrie Donovan - writer/musician (Coming soon)
- Backyard Whiskers - Rockabilly Band Webpage
- Children of the Corn - Band Video
- Carrie and the Dirty Pillows - Band Video
Past Guest Interviews:
- Kara Vogt of Kavo Creative Studio (Episodes 32 & 33: Sept. 21 & 28, 2022)
- Wise Oak Soapery website
- Wise Oak Soapery on Facebook
- Lisa Sillaway "Social Media Professor" (Episodes 26 & 27: Aug 10 & 17, 2022)
Support Us:
It's even easier now to support Burckhardt Books and our Book Banter Podcast, many options are no cost to you. Click here for more information.
TikTok #SocialMedia #Podcasts #WritingTips #IndieAuthor #Books #Writer #Wednedsay #BookTok #WritingPrompt #Challenge
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Hello Happy People,
Hello Happy People,
Thank you so much for checking out my podcast!
The hubbie and I had a chance to take our first vacation since Spring of 2019 and running around are part of Europe for a few days. Because of this, the podcast is on a short hiatus.
We return October 26th, just in time for a Halloween show. I am hoping we have time to connect with my friend Carrie Donovan, who recently won a Halloween writing contest and have her read her winning entry for you all.
So be sure to check back on October 26th!
Chat soon!
Dianne
IMPORTANT LINKS
Burckhardt Books Pages:
* Subscribe to Our Newsletter
* Members Only Page (Join FREE and get access to our Book Banter Guest Interview Archive)
* Writing Prompt Challenge (ended)
About Dianne:
* Dianne Burckhardt, Award-Winning Indie Author
* What is a Chiari Malformation, a Syrinx (Syringomyelia), and Hydrocephalus?
* Want to know more about Dianne? Check out Episode 1: Who Am I?
Support Our Book Banter Buddies (guest interviews):
Carrie Donovan - writer/musician (Coming soon)*
+ Backyard Whiskers - Rockabilly Band Webpage
+ Children of the Corn - Band Video
+ Carrie and the Dirty Pillows - Band Video
Past Guest Interviews:
* Kara Vogt of Kavo Creative Studio (Episodes 32 & 33: Sept. 21 & 28, 2022)
+ Wise Oak Soapery website
+ Wise Oak Soapery on Facebook
* Lisa Sillaway "Social Media Professor" (Episodes 26 & 27: Aug 10 & 17, 2022)
+ Facebook
+ Twitter
+ Instagram
Support Us:
It's even easier now to support Burckhardt Books and our Book Banter Podcast, many options are no cost to you. Click here for more information.
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Hello Happy People,
Thank you so much for checking out my podcast!
The hubbie and I have a chance to take our first vacation since Spring of 2019 and we are jumping on it. Because of this, the podcast will be on a short hiatus. We will return October 26th, just in time for a Halloween show. I am hoping we have time to connect with my friend Carrie Donovan who recently won a Halloween writing contest and have her read her winning entry for you all.
So be sure to check back on October 26th!
Chat soon!
Dianne
IMPORTANT LINKS
Burckhardt Books Pages:
- Subscribe to Our Newsletter
- Members Only Page (Join FREE and get access to our Book Banter Guest Interview Archive)
- Writing Prompt Challenge (ended)
About Dianne:
- Dianne Burckhardt, Award-Winning Indie Author
- What is a Chiari Malformation, a Syrinx (Syringomyelia), and Hydrocephalus?
- Want to know more about Dianne? Check out Episode 1: Who Am I?
Support Our Book Banter Buddies (guest interviews):
- Carrie Donovan - writer/musician (Coming soon)
- Backyard Whiskers - Rockabilly Band Webpage
- Children of the Corn - Band Video
- Carrie and the Dirty Pillows - Band Video
Past Guest Interviews:
- Kara Vogt of Kavo Creative Studio (Episodes 32 & 33: Sept. 21 & 28, 2022)
- Wise Oak Soapery website
- Wise Oak Soapery on Facebook
- Lisa Sillaway "Social Media Professor" (Episodes 26 & 27: Aug 10 & 17, 2022)
Support Us:
It's even easier now to support Burckhardt Books and our Book Banter Podcast, many options are no cost to you. Click here for more information.
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Hello Happy People,
In today's episode, Dianne shares the second half of her talk with video production maven, Kara Vogt. Thank goodness we were able to recover the interview because it is a great one! Kara talks about her original business, Wise Oak Soapery and how creating her own soap marketing videos led her to establish Kavo Creative to teach video marketing to other entrepreneurs.
Kara shares her views on filters, social media, and her plans for the future of Kavo Creative and more. Check out the finale of this fascinating discussion with Kara and be sure to check out her websites. Links are listed below.
So don't wait ... go listen now!
Enjoy,
Dianne
IMPORTANT LINKS
Burckhardt Books Pages:
- Subscribe to Our Newsletter
- Members Only Page (Join FREE and get access to our Book Banter Guest Interview Archive)
- Writing Prompt Challenge ( <--- Could you win $25?? Rules and submission links on Writing Prompt Challenge page)
About Dianne:
- Dianne Burckhardt, Award-Winning Indie Author
- What is a Chiari Malformation, a Syrinx (Syringomyelia), and Hydrocephalus?
- Want to know more about Dianne? Check out Episode 1: Who Am I?
Support Our Book Banter Buddies (guest interviews):
- Kara of Kavo Creative Studio (Episodes 32 & 33: Sept. 21 & 28, 2022)
- Wise Oak Soapery website
- Wise Oak Soapery on Facebook
Past Guest Interviews:
- Lisa Sillaway "Social Media Professor" (Episodes 26 & 27: Aug 10 & 17, 2022)
Support Us:
It's even easier now to support Burckhardt Books and our Book Banter Podcast, many options are no cost to you. Click here for more information.
Support the show
TikTok #SocialMedia #Podcasts #WritingTips #IndieAuthor #Books #Writer #Wednedsay #BookTok #WritingPrompt #Challenge
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Hello Happy People,
In today's episode, Dianne talks with video production maven, Kara Vogt. Things did not originally go as planned in the editing, but we were able to recover the interview! Kara talks about her original business, Wise Oak Soapery and how creating her own soap marketing videos led her to establish Kavo Creative to teach video marketing to other entrepreneurs. Check out this fascinating discussion with Kara and be sure to check out her websites. Links are listed below.
So don't wait ... go listen now!
Enjoy,
Dianne
IMPORTANT LINKS
Burckhardt Books Pages:
- Subscribe to Our Newsletter
- Members Only Page (Join FREE and get access to our Book Banter Guest Interview Archive)
- Writing Prompt Challenge ( <--- Could you win $25?? Rules and submission links on Writing Prompt Challenge page)
About Dianne:
- Dianne Burckhardt, Award-Winning Indie Author
- What is a Chiari Malformation, a Syrinx (Syringomyelia), and Hydrocephalus?
- Want to know more about Dianne? Check out Episode 1: Who Am I?
Support Our Book Banter Buddies (guest interviews):
- Kara of Kavo Creative Studio (Episodes 32 & 33: Sept. 21 & 28, 2022)
- Wise Oak Soapery website
- Wise Oak Soapery on Facebook
Past Guest Interviews:
- Lisa Sillaway "Social Media Professor" (Episodes 26 & 27: Aug 10 & 17, 2022)
- Allie "Book Historia" Alvis website (Episodes 23, 24, & 25: July 20 & 27, Aug 3, 2022)
- Book Historia Social Media:
- Bite Sized Book History - YouTube Channel
- Etsy Shop
- Book Historia Social Media:
Support Us:
It's even easier now to support Burckhardt Books and our Book Banter Podcast, many options are no cost to you. Click here for more information.
Support the show
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Hello Happy People,
In today's episode, Dianne talks about her interview with video production maven, Kara Vogt. Things did not go as planned in the editing and we will have to bring the interview to you at a later date if it can be recovered. Dianne did celebrate another birthday this week and shares a bit of the celebration plans.
So don't wait ... go listen now!
Enjoy,
Dianne
IMPORTANT LINKS
Burckhardt Books Pages:
- Subscribe to Our Newsletter
- Members Only Page (Join FREE and get access to our Book Banter Guest Interview Archive)
- Writing Prompt Challenge ( <--- Could you win $25?? Rules and submission links on Writing Prompt Challenge page)
About Dianne:
- Dianne Burckhardt, Award-Winning Indie Author
- What is a Chiari Malformation, a Syrinx (Syringomyelia), and Hydrocephalus?
- Want to know more about Dianne? Check out Episode 1: Who Am I?
Support Our Book Banter Buddies (guest interviews):
- Kara of Kavo Creative Studio (Coming in September)
- Wise Oak Soapery website
- Wise Oak Soapery on Facebook
Past Guest Interviews:
- Lisa Sillaway "Social Media Professor" (Episodes 26 & 27: Aug 10 & 17, 2022)
- Allie "Book Historia" Alvis website (Episodes 23, 24, & 25: July 20 & 27, Aug 3, 2022)
- Book Historia Social Media:
- Bite Sized Book History - YouTube Channel
- Etsy Shop
- Book Historia Social Media:
Support Us:
It's even easier now to support Burckhardt Books and our Book Banter Podcast, many options are no cost to you. Click here for more information.
Support the show
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Hello Happy People,
In today's episode, Dianne talks about her Writing Prompt Challenge contest. We want to interact with you more and we are willing to give away cash to do it! Check out our prompts, write a short story, and you could the one lucky writer to win $25. Link to the challenge is below. Right now we just have a few entries so chances are in your favor to win! Who doesn't want more money?
Dianne also talks a bit more about her new FBI crime thriller in progress, The Touch, and gives an update on her next guest interview with video production maven, Kara Vogt!
So don't wait ... go listen now!
Enjoy,
Dianne
IMPORTANT LINKS
Burckhardt Books Pages:
- Subscribe to Our Newsletter
- Members Only Page (Join FREE and get access to our Book Banter Guest Interview Archive)
- Writing Prompt Challenge ( <--- Could you win $25?? Rules and submission links on Writing Prompt Challenge page)
About Dianne:
- Dianne Burckhardt, Award-Winning Indie Author
- What is a Chiari Malformation, a Syrinx (Syringomyelia), and Hydrocephalus?
- Want to know more about Dianne? Check out Episode 1: Who Am I?
Support Our Book Banter Buddies (guest interviews):
- Kara of Kavo Creative Studio (Coming in September)
- Wise Oak Soapery website
- Wise Oak Soapery on Facebook
Past Guest Interviews:
- Lisa Sillaway "Social Media Professor" (Episodes 26 & 27: Aug 10 & 17, 2022)
- Allie "Book Historia" Alvis website (Episodes 23, 24, & 25: July 20 & 27, Aug 3, 2022)
- Book Historia Social Media:
- Bite Sized Book History - YouTube Channel
- Etsy Shop
- Book Historia Social Media:
Support Us:
It's even easier now to support Burckhardt Books and our Book Banter Podcast, many options are no cost to you. Click here for more information.
Support the show
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Hello Happy People,
In today's episode, Dianne talks about a new video advocacy series she is doing on TikTok called The Mutant Chronicles where she tries to raise awareness about people with brain injuries and other neurological conditions. Dianne gives a short sneak peek from her new horror/crime novel, The Touch, and she talks about other weird things. She has an update on her next guest interview with video production maven, Kara Vogt!
She also has this week's writing prompt challenge prompt. So don't wait ... go listen now!
Enjoy,
Dianne
IMPORTANT LINKS
Burckhardt Books Pages:
- Subscribe to Our Newsletter
- Members Only Page (Join FREE and get access to our Book Banter Guest Interview Archive)
- Writing Prompt Challenge (Rules and submission links on Writing Prompt Challenge page)
About Dianne:
- Dianne Burckhardt, Award-Winning Indie Author
- What is a Chiari Malformation, a Syrinx (Syringomyelia), and Hydrocephalus?
- Want to know more about Dianne? Check out Episode 1: Who Am I?
Support Our Book Banter Buddies (guest interviews):
- Kara of Kavo Creative Studio (Coming in September)
- Wise Oak Soapery website
- Wise Oak Soapery on Facebook
Past Guest Interviews:
- Lisa Sillaway "Social Media Professor" (Episodes 26 & 27: Aug 10 & 17, 2022)
- Allie "Book Historia" Alvis website (Episodes 23, 24, & 25: July 20 & 27, Aug 3, 2022)
- Book Historia Social Media:
- Bite Sized Book History - YouTube Channel
- Etsy Shop
- Book Historia Social Media:
Support Us:
It's even easier now to support Burckhardt Books and our Book Banter Podcast, many options are no cost to you. Click here for more information.
Support the show
TikTok #SocialMedia #Podcasts #WritingTips #IndieAuthor #Books #Writer #Wednedsay #BookTok #WritingPrompt #Challenge #Fun
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Hello Happy People,
In today's episode, Dianne has updates about her new horror/crime novel to be published under her own name. Dianne also gives a brief update on how her unexpected love affair with TikTok is progressing and of course she shares The 10 Best Gifts For the Writer in Your Life. (If you want to skip right to the list, you can jump to the 10:43 minute chapter marker.)
We also have this week's writing prompt challenge prompt. So don't wait ... go listen now!
Enjoy,
Dianne
IMPORTANT LINKS
Burckhardt Books Pages:
- Subscribe to Our Newsletter
- Members Only Page (Join FREE and get access to our Book Banter Guest Interview Archive)
- Writing Prompt Challenge (Rules and submission links on Writing Prompt Challenge page)
About Dianne:
- Dianne Burckhardt, Award-Winning Indie Author
- What is a Chiari Malformation, a Syrinx (Syringomyelia), and Hydrocephalus?
- Want to know more about Dianne? Check out Episode 1: Who Am I?
Support Our Book Banter Buddies (guest interviews):
- Kara of Kavo Creative Studio (Coming in September)
- Wise Oak Soapery website
- Wise Oak Soapery on Facebook
Past Guest Interviews:
- Lisa Sillaway "Social Media Professor" (Episodes 26 & 27: Aug 10 & 17, 2022)
- Allie "Book Historia" Alvis website (Episodes 23, 24, & 25: July 20 & 27, Aug 3, 2022)
- Book Historia Social Media:
- Bite Sized Book History - YouTube Channel
- Etsy Shop
- Book Historia Social Media:
Support Us:
It's even easier now to support Burckhardt Books and our Book Banter Podcast, many options are no cost to you. Click here for more information.
Support the show
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Hello Happy People,
In today's episode, Dianne has another hodgepodge of goodness for you. We have updates on the Into the West Saga Serial and news about a new book to be published under Dianne Burckhardt. Dianne also gives a brief recap on some of the tips she tried out from the interview with Lisa Sillaway, The Social Media Professor, and how they have been working for her, including her new, unexpected love affair with TikTok. And of course she shares 10 Motivational Tips For Writers. (If you want to skip right to the tips, you can jump to the 15:45 minute mark.)
We also have this weeks writing prompt challenge prompt. So don't wait ... go listen now!
Enjoy,
Dianne
IMPORTANT LINKS
Burckhardt Books Pages:
- Subscribe to Our Newsletter
- Members Only Page (Join FREE and get access to our Book Banter Interview Archive)
- Writing Prompt Challenge (Rules and submission links on Writing Prompt Challenge page)
About Dianne:
- Dianne Burckhardt, Award-Winning Indie Author
- What is a Chiari Malformation, a Syrinx (Syringomyelia), and Hydrocephalus?
- Want to know more about Dianne? Check out Episode 1: Who Am I?
Support Our Book Banter Buddies (guest interviews):
- Kara of Kavo Creative Studio (Coming in September)
- Wise Oak Soapery website
- Wise Oak Soapery on Facebook
Past Guest Interviews:
- Lisa Sillaway "Social Media Professor" (Episodes 26 & 27: Aug 10 & 17, 2022)
- Allie "Book Historia" Alvis website (Episodes 23, 24, & 25: July 20 & 27, Aug 3, 2022)
- Book Historia Social Media:
- Bite Sized Book History - YouTube Channel
- Etsy Shop
- Book Historia Social Media:
Support Us:
It's even easier now to support Burckhardt Books and our Book Banter Podcast, many options are no cost to you. Click here for more information.
Support the show
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Hello Happy People,
Today on Book Banter with Dianne Burkhardt, we have the conclusion to the interview with Dianne's guest is Lisa Sillaway, The Social Media Professor. Lisa works with large and small clients to expand their reach online and improve the effectiveness of their social media marketing.
In today's episode, Lisa shares the social media platform "must haves" for people to reach the widest markets and which generations are more likely to be reached on the different platforms. They discuss how marketing has changed over the years and what people need to do in today's world to connect to consumers.
Do you need to connect with your social media market? If you don't want to do the work yourself and need help with your social media, you can hire The Social Media Professor to do it all for you. Just visit her online, her links are listed below.
Have a great Wednesday and enjoy the show.
Dianne
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- What is a Chiari Malformation, a Syrinx (Syringomyelia), and Hydrocephalus?
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Support Our Book Banter Buddies (guest interviews):
- Lisa Sillaway "Social Media Professor" (Episodes 26 & 27: Aug 10 & 17, 2022)
Past Guest Interviews:
- Allie "Book Historia" Alvis website (Episodes 23, 24, & 25: July 20 & 27, Aug 3, 2022)
- Book Historia Social Media:
- Bite Sized Book History - YouTube Channel
- Etsy Shop
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Hello Happy People,
Today on Book Banter with Dianne Burkhardt, Dianne's guest is Lisa Sillaway, The Social Media Professor. Lisa works with large and small clients to expand their reach online and improve the effectiveness of their social media marketing.
In today's episode, we have part one of her two part interview. Lisa shares her credentials and educational background. She explains her transition from journalist to college instructor to starting her own social media marketing business.
Do you need to connect with your social media market? Lisa shares a few of her best suggestions for anyone who is just starting to grow their online following. If you don't want to do the work yourself and need help with your social media, you can hire The Social Media Professor to do it all for you. Just visit her online, her links are listed below.
Have a great Wednesday and enjoy the show.
Dianne
Burckhardt Books Pages:
- Subscribe to Our Newsletter
- Members Only Page (Join FREE and get access to our Book Banter Interview Archive)
- Writing Prompt Challenge (Rules and submission links on Writing Prompt Challenge page)
About Dianne:
- Dianne Burckhardt, Award-Winning Indie Author
- What is a Chiari Malformation, a Syrinx (Syringomyelia), and Hydrocephalus?
- Want to know more about Dianne? Check out Episode 1: Who Am I?
Support Our Book Banter Buddies (guest interviews):
- Lisa Sillaway "Social Media Professor" (Episodes 26 & 27: Aug 10 & 17, 2022)
Past Guest Interviews:
- Allie "Book Historia" Alvis website (Episodes 23, 24, & 25: July 20 & 27, Aug 3, 2022)
- Book Historia Social Media:
- Bite Sized Book History - YouTube Channel
- Etsy Shop
Support Us:
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Hello Happy People,
Today Dianne brings you the finale to the three part interview with Allie "Book Historia" Alvis. They discuss Allie's numerous publications from professional journals to her personal blog. Allie shares her love of making informative videos on her YouTube channel and how the pandemic led her to get back into sewing and the creation of her Etsy page where she sells book accessories.
After such an incredible career what could Allie possibly want to explore next?
Check out the podcast and find out.
Next week, we will have The Social Media Professor, Lisa Sillaway, joining us. She will be sharing her best practices for how anyone improve their social media presence and increase their following. If you are an entrepreneur, an indie author, or just want to reach a wider audience for your personal pages, The Social Media Professor can help you do it!
So now it's time to listen to the podcast and then go forth ... and be happy.
Burckhardt Books Pages:
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About Dianne:
- Dianne Burckhardt, Award-Winning Indie Author
- What is a Chiari Malformation, a Syrinx (Syringomyelia), and Hydrocephalus?
- Want to know more about Dianne? Check out Episode 1: Who Am I?
Support Our Book Banter Buddies (guest interviews):
- Allie "Book Historia" Alvis website (Episodes 23, 24, & 25: July 20 & 27, Aug 3, 2022)
- Book Historia Social Media:
- Bite Sized Book History - YouTube Channel
- Etsy Shop
Future Guest Interviews:
- Lisa Sillaway "Social Media Professor" (Episodes 26 & 27: Aug 10 & 17, 2022)
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Hello Happy People,
Today Dianne brings you the second part of the three part interview with Allie "Book Historia" Alvis. They had such an fascinating talk about book history, publishing and rebinding techniques, types of books and book elements developed over the years, and so much more.
In this episode, they chat about Allie's life after grad school and what it was like to land her first job at the Smithsonian in Washington DC. She shares a great story about the time she was asked to babysit "something" in the special collections reading room.
Allie also shares one of her "babies" she was able to work with at the Smithsonian. You can read Allie's article about the book on our Burckhardt Books website. They also discuss the Horn Book, an early children's book design. You can find a photo and a linked article about Horn Books on our blog post as well.
Next week we wrap up our interview with Allie as we discuss her work outside of Type Punch Matrix including her endeavors as "Book Historia" throughout social media. Links are listed below.
So now it's time to listen to the podcast and then go forth ... and be happy.
Burckhardt Books Pages:
- Subscribe to Our Newsletter
- Members Only Page (Join FREE and get access to our Book Banter Interview Archive)
- Writing Prompt Challenge (Rules and submission links on Writing Prompt Challenge page)
About Dianne:
- Dianne Burckhardt, Award-Winning Indie Author
- What is a Chiari Malformation, a Syrinx (Syringomyelia), and Hydrocephalus?
- Want to know more about Dianne? Check out Episode 1: Who Am I?
Support Our Book Banter Buddies (guest interviews):
- Allie "Book Historia" Alvis website (Episodes 23, 24, & 25: July 20 & 27, Aug 3, 2022)
- Book Historia Social Media:
- Bite Sized Book History - YouTube Channel
- Etsy Shop
Future Guest Interviews:
- Lisa Sillaway "Social Media Professor" (Episodes 26 & 27: Aug 10 & 17, 2022)
Support Us:
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Hello Happy people,
In today's episode Dianne introduces you to her friend, Allie Alvis. Allie is your friendly neighborhood pink-haired book historian. Born and raised in Wichita, Kansas, Allie fostered a deep love for history, books, and “old stuff” throughout their childhood. After obtaining an undergraduate degree in Linguistics from the University of Kansas, they moved to Edinburgh, Scotland to pursue a Master’s of Science in Book History at the University of Edinburgh.
After graduating with merit, they undertook an additional Master’s of Science at the University of Glasgow in Information Management. From there, they took a position as a Library Technician (later promoted to Reference Librarian) in the Smithsonian Libraries and Archives Special Collections. They now work as a rare book cataloguer at antiquarian book dealer Type Punch Matrix. Their career priority is to make the world of rare books more accessible for anyone with any level of expertise. Allie is nonbinary, and uses the pronouns she/her and they/them interchangeably.
Dianne had lots of questions for Allie so this interview will be spread out through three consecutive episodes: 23, 24, and 25. If you love books like we do, you will not want to miss this interview!
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Support Our Book Banter Buddies (guest interviews):
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- Find All of Book Historia's Social Media Links on Our Podcast Homepage
- Fore edge painting TikTok artist mentioned in interview July 20th
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Hello Happy People,
In today's episode, Dianne finishes her interview with her friend, romance author, DJ Jamison. DJ shares how her work has progressed over the years and some tricks of the trade she has picked up which have allowed her to become a successful indie MM romance author. She shares some of the benefits and challenges of writing romance and her goals as an indie author.
The interview was so fun and informative, it went well beyond the normal 20 minute podcasts Dianne tends to have. Because of this, the interview is divided between last week's episode and today's. We conclude the interview with DJ reading from her book, Two Truths and a Lyle which is currently part of a free promotion. For more information and to get your free copy, see the links below.
So settle in for a great finally to our interview with DJ Jamison. Listen now.
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About Dianne:
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- What is Chiari Malformation
- What is a Syrinx (Syringomyelia)
- What is Hydrocephalus
Support Our Book Banter Buddies (past and future guests):
- Mark L. Redmond website: The Box M Gang
- Buy The Box M Gang on Amazon
- Buy The Box M Gang on Barnes & Noble Booksellers
- DJ Jamison, Amazon Author Page
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- Allie "Book Historia" Alvis website
- Bite Sized Book History YouTube Channel
- Etsy Shop
- Kavo Creative Studio - Mastering Videos for Makers
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Hello Happy People,
In today's episode, Dianne gets a chance to catch up with her friend, romance author, DJ Jamison. DJ shares how she transitioned from working for years as a newspaper copy editor to building a successful career as an indie MM romance author. She shares some of the benefits and challenges of writing romance and her goals as an indie author.
The interview was so fun and informative, it went well beyond the normal 20 minute podcasts Dianne tends to have, so the interview is divided between this week's episode and will conclude next week with DJ reading from her book, Two Truths and a Lyle . This book is currently part of a free promotion. For more information and to get your free copy, see the links below.
Settle in for a great interview with DJ Jamison. Listen now.
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About Dianne:
- Dianne Burckhardt, Award-Winning Indie Author
- What is Chiari Malformation, Syrinx (Syringomyelia), Hydrocephalus
Support Our Book Banter Buddies (past and future guests):
- DJ Jamison, Amazon Author Page (July 6 & 13)
- Two Truths and a Lyle Free Book Promotion
- Other MM books in this promotion.
- Allie "Book Historia" Alvis website (July 20 & 27)
- Bite Sized Book History YouTube Channel
- Etsy Shop
- Kavo Creative Studio - Mastering Videos for Makers (TBA)
Interviews in podcast archive on www.BurckhardtBooks.com/podcast:
- Mark L. Redmond website: The Box M Gang (March 23, 2022 )
- Sharon Stephens, writer (March 9, 2022)
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Hello Happy People,
Today Dianne gives an update on interviews coming up beginning in next week's podcast with indie author, DJ Jamison, and later in July with "book historia," Allie Alvis. You can find out more about these future podcast guests from their personal websites linked below.
With the craziness in the world today, Dianne tries to bring a little fun to the podcast with a writing prompt challenge. She gives the details and the prompt in the podcast. If you would like to participate, just write your submission and send it to Contact@BurckhardtBooks.com. Subject line: Writing Prompt Challenge. Please visit our submission page for full terms and conditions. See link below.
Dianne reads an excerpt from her current work in progress, Into the West: Family Ties. The 7th and final book in her award-winning Into the West Saga Serial.
Did you miss a podcast that is no longer on Buzzsprout? No problem. We have an archive of all of the podcasts on our Members Only page on our website. It's free to join, quit anytime, no strings attached. See link below.
Have a great week, happy people!
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About Dianne
- Dianne Burckhardt, Award-Winning Indie Author
- What is Chiari Malformation?
- What is a Syrinx (Syringomyelia)?
- What is Hydrocephalus?
Support Our Book Banter Buddies (past and future guests):
- Mark L. Redmond website: The Box M Gang
- Buy The Box M Gang on Amazon
- Buy The Box M Gang on Barnes & Noble Booksellers
- DJ Jamison, Amazon Author Page
- Allie "Book Historia" Alvis website
- Kavo Creative Studio - Mastering Videos for Makers
- Lisa Sillaway, The Social Media Professor
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Hello Happy People,
Today Dianne explains what happened with the usual Wednesday podcast that was dropped yesterday. She was dealing with a typical health issue related to her neurological conditions. If you would like more information on Chiari Malformations, Syrinix, and Hydrocephalus, you can find links below.
Currently, there is severe weather forecasted for the next few days in Dianne's part of the world, so schedules might need to be rearranged in the coming days. Please follow Dianne on Burckhardt Books social media pages to stay up to date on all significant changes, news, and updates.
We have some great interviews coming up very soon. You do not want to miss out. Join our mailing list and never miss an update. Links are below.
Did you miss a podcast that is no longer on Buzzsprout? No problem. We have an archive of all of the podcasts on out Members Only page on our website, Burckhardt Books. It's free to join, quit anytime, no strings attached. Links are below.
The final installment in the Into the West Saga Serial is coming soon. We will have another sneak peek in our next podcast. Don't miss out.
Have a great week, happy people!
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- Burckhardt Books website
- Members Only Page (<-- Join and Listen to free audiobook and Book Banter Archive)
- Subscribe to Newsletter
- Book Banter Podcast on BurckhardtBooks.com
- What is Chiari Malformation
- What is a Syrinx (Syringomyelia)
- What is Hydrocephalus
Support Our Book Banter Buddies (past and future guests):
- Mark L. Redmond website: The Box M Gang
- Buy The Box M Gang on Amazon
- Buy The Box M Gang on Barnes & Noble Booksellers
- Allie "Book Historia" Alvis website
- Kavo Creative Studio - Mastering Videos for Makers
- Lisa Sillaway, The Social Media Professor
Support Us:
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Hello Happy People!
In this episode, Dianne gives updates on the state of the website/social media updates and consolidations under Burckhardt Books. Changes are coming fast and marketing things will be so much simpler and less time consuming once they are all completed. It will remove many distractions from (and excuses for not) writing.
Book Banter has lined up a number of amazing guests we hope to feature as soon as possible. We are working to set interview times now. We already have commitments from several amazing guests we preview in today's episode. We hope to schedule the interviews very soon and will update you as soon as they are definite.
We have an update on the new series from Dianne's friend, author Mark L Redmond. His The Box M Gang is on sale now. Plus, Dianne shares her favorite book since ninth grade, the sci-fi novel The Silver Metal Lover by Tanith Lee. The love is real and DEEP.
The show ends with a short reading from chapter one of the final book in the Into the West Saga Serial, Into the West: Family Ties. This book is currently in production and will be released in 2022.
It's a fun filled show today with lots of information. Why not take a few minutes out of your day and listen now on your favorite podcast provider or on our own Burckhardt Books website. If you missed out on earlier episodes that have been dropped by your provider, don't worry! We have created an archive on our Members Only page at Burckhardt Books where you can listen to all of our episodes from the very first one.
Membership to the page is free, quit at any time, no strings attached, ever. But joining up will get you a slew of fun freebies with more to come in the future. We never spam you with loads of emails or offers because honestly we are just too busy (and sometimes too lazy) to do that. Why not take a moment to relax and listen now?
Have a great day!
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Support Our Book Banter Buddies (past and future guests):
- Mark L. Redmond website: The Box M Gang
- Buy The Box M Gang on Amazon
- Buy The Box M Gang on Barnes & Noble Booksellers
- Allie "Book Historia" Alvis website
- Kavo Creative Studio
- Lisa Sillaway, The Social Media Professor
Support Us:
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Hello Happy People,
In today's episode, Dianne takes a look at some of the other amazing book podcasts available on Apple Podcasts and other hosting platforms. There are some incredible niche markets out there and there seems to be a podcast somewhere to target each one. From unknown hosts to very recognizable celebrities, there is something to appeal to every taste and appetite.
Dianne has been busy working on the last installment in the Into the West Saga Serial, Into the West: Family Ties and reads a bit of her latest work at the end of the podcast today. Be sure to sign up for the Burckhardt Books mailing list so you will get all the latest news on everything from new podcasts, blogs, and dates for coming book releases.
There is more in the podcast so why not listen now ...
Enjoy
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Book Podcasts
- The 27 Best Book Podcasts - For when you put your book down. by Emily Burack Feb. 23, 2022
- Storykeepers Podcast - Waubgeshig Rice and Jennifer David
- Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland with Chris Riddell - On the Road with Penguin Classics
- The Worst Bestsellers - Worst Bestsellers
- LeVar Burton Reads - LeVar Burton and Stitcher
- AnaMaria Curtis - winner of the LeVar Burton Reads Origins & Encounters Writing Contest
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Hello My Happy People!
I hope you are having a wonderful Wednesday! I have been hard at work overcoming my procrastination habit and working on part 7 of my Into the West saga Serial, Into the West: Family Ties. I think I am finally seeing some progress, but you will hear more about this and my writing process for all the books in the Into the West Saga Serial Collection in today's podcast.
I also have a favor to ask in regards to my free beta version audiobook. If you like audiobooks, please go have a listen to mine and give me pointers on how to make it better. I am just now learning how to produce audiobooks, I even do all the voices for this one, but I do not listen to many of audiobooks anymore. Because of this, I am seeking people who are audiobook fans to listen to my audiobook for FREE and give me feedback on how to improve mine.
Just join the Members Only page of my website for FREE (link below) and follow the links to get to the free streaming beta version audiobook of my award-winning book Into the West: The Orphan Train. You can quit the Members Only page anytime, no strings attached! So you can join, listen to the audiobook and quit right after if you like. No fees, no problems!
I also throw in a sneak peek from Into the West: Family Ties. So what are you waiting for?
The podcast is ready to go, give a listen anytime, any where, on any device!
Enjoy
Dianne
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Hello My Happy People!
I hope you are having a wonderful Wednesday! As you might have guessed from the episode title, I will be talking about Shakespeare but before that, I have some great news. Someone I was hoping to bring on a podcast for an interview contacted me to accept the invitation. I give you more information about this person in today's podcast. You will not want to miss this. I will post more about this on my social media when the dates are set.
As a complete and total book nerd, my love of reading started at a very early age and progressed quickly. I was reading Shakespeare for fun in junior high. In college I took a class on the great works of Shakespeare and once asked a question that my professor said he had never been asked before. We will discuss this today and I would love to hear your thoughts.
The podcast is ready to go, give a listen anytime, any where, on any device!
Enjoy
Dianne
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Allie Alvis
Shakespeare's Twelfth Night
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Hello My Happy People!
In today's podcast, Dianne shares some wonderful news, from She Inspires Awards. Dianne has been nominated in one of their award categories. She also has a special message for whomever nominated her.
Dianne also gives an update on the production of the Into the West: The Orphan Train Audiobook (Beta Version) . Which she actually did manage to complete and upload on the Members Only page of the www.BurckhardtBooks.com website last night. It is available now for free streaming. Join the Members Only page for free and start listening to the free audiobook today.
This episode ends with a brief reading from the next and last book in the Into the West Saga Serial, Into the West: Family Ties.
So what are you waiting for? Listen to episode 14 today!
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Hello all my happy people!
Today's podcast is an overview of the new developments that have taken place with the blogs and the podcast from Burckhardt Books. We have been making a lot of changes to get everything in line with the new direction we want to explore with the new books coming up after the Into the West Saga Serial Collection is finished with the last book, Into the West: Family Ties.
We end the podcast today with the final reading from the first award-winning novella in the Into the West Saga Serial, Into the West: The Orphan Train. We also have some exciting news about a free beta version of the audiobook if you would like to listen to the entire story again from the beginning.
So don't wait, click then podcast to listen and get all the details!
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2. Join the Members Only Page FREE (& get free stuff)
3. Burckhardt Books Blog Ramblings
4. The Into the West Saga Serial Collection on Amazon
5. The Into the West Saga Serial Collection at Barnes and Noble
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In this episode, Dianne explains the unscheduled absence from her podcasts the last two weeks and gives a look at some exciting new changes that are coming for her and www.BurckhardtBooks.com.
In the near future, a beta version of the audiobook Into the West: The Orphan Train will be available on the Members Only page on www.BurckhardtBooks.com/members-only. If you would like to be a beta listener just head to the Members Only page and sign up today. It's free to join and you can quit at anytime.
Now check out the podcast for all the great updates about what is coming up for BurckhardtBook.com.
Have a great Wednesday.
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In this episode, Dianne talks about a recent tour of the castles of King Ludwig II of Bavaria that she and her family took over the weekend. The Burckhardts saw three castles on their weeknd tour and were able to see inside of two of them. The third was only seen from a distance. You can see photos of these in the corresponding blog post at www.BurckhardtBooks.com/blog-ramblings.
The first castle on their tour was the Linderhof Palace. To get to this castle the group had to hike up a short hill. However, to see the Neuschwanstein castle, visitors could take a horse drawn cart halfway up the mountain and hike from there. Dianne did not like the condition the horses looked to be in, so she chose to hike the entire way up the mountain to the castle instead. Her family was not thrilled with the long hike, but agreed with her reasons. The third castle the tour group saw from a distance but did not go into was Hohenschwangau castle. You can see this one from the balcony of the Neuschwanstein castle.
If you would like to read more about the Mad King of Bavaria, I recommend these sites.
Castles and Constructions of Ludwig IIThe Three Palaces of Ludwig II of BavariaGuide To Mad King Ludwig’s Fairytale Castles in Bavaria Germany
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With Easter just around the corner, I wanted to share with you some Easter traditions from Christianity as well as from other cultures and beliefs. You can read more about these various fascinating traditions on Christianity.com <-- just click the link to go.
I also share a few recipe ideas for Easter and ask for a little help making up my mind what I should make for my family and my neighbors this holiday. Last year I learned how to make a Traditional German Easter Lamb Cake but I have been wanting to learn how to make Traditional Italian Easter Bread too. Just click the dessert names to check out the recipes. Which one do you think I should make this year?
We wrap up today's episode with more readings from chapter 4 of Into the West: The Orphan Train. The first novella in the Into the West Saga Serial Collection which I am writing under the pen name, Stephen Burckhardt. I hope you enjoy the show!
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In this episode, Dianne talks about what it is like to have a blended family which includes different nationalities, language barriers, cultural differences, and just basic family issues. When you have immediate family who does on speak the same language you learn to get very comfortable with Google translate.
We finish the podcast with more from Into the West: The Orphan Train written by Dianne under the pen name Stephen Burckhardt. You can check out the entire Into the West Saga Serial at www.BurckhardtBooks.com/books.
Enjoy the show.
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Dianne has her first interview with another western author, Mark L. Redmond. Mark shares how he began his writing career and talks about his books in print as well as those he is currently working on. He even reads the first chapter from a book in his new series. If you would like to check out more of his work, you can find his catalog of work using the links below.
MarkLRedmond.com
Amazon.com/Mark-L.-Redmond
Don't forget to subscribe to his YouTube channel so you can hear him read the first chapter from more of his books. YouTube.com/channel/UCrNq2Vd5x11WD1iHfiiWHsg/featured
Dianne ends the podcast with a reading of her own book, the award-winning first installment in the Into the West Saga Serial, Into the West: The Orphan Train. Today she finishes up chapter three, you really don't want to miss out!
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In this episode, Dianne discusses some national days and the origins and practices of the holiday coming up tomorrow. She also shares some great recipe suggestions from Gemma's Bigger Bolder Baking website for a few dishes that might help you celebrate at home.
https://www.biggerbolderbaking.com/
https://www.biggerbolderbaking.com/best-irish-recipes/
Dianne shares some upcoming plans for future podcasts and updates listeners on Into the West: Family Ties, the final installment in the Into the West Saga Serial Book Collection. And as always, she ends the show with a reading from the first installment in the Into the West Saga Serial Collection, Into the West: The Orphan Train. We hope you'll listen in!
If you want to check out all of the books in the Into the West Saga Serial Collection for yourself, you can find them all at BurckhardtBooks.com/books. You can read the first chapter of Into the West: The Orphan Train for free just by signing up for my mailing list. You can quit anytime and there are no strings attached . . . ever. To join up, just go to the subscription page.
Have a wonderful Wednesday!
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When I decided I want to learn how to do a remote interview, I of course asked my mother to be my practice guest to help me work out all the bugs with setup and equipment. I think we did a pretty good job.
If you read my Into the West Saga Serial books you will certainly recognize the name Sharon Stephens. I use my mother's name for the name of my fictional western town, Sharon Springs, and for the town's matriarch, for whom the town was named. Unlike the other character's who I have named after family and friends, this character is actually modeled after my mother. I get a chance to ask her what it's like to see so much of herself in my books as well talk about some writing projects she has been creating lately.
We end the show continuing with reading Into the West: The Orphan Train. The show is only about 20 minutes, so take a break and enjoy a moment of "whatever" this Wednesday with Burckhardt Books and your host, Dianne Burckhardt. You do not want to miss out.
If you want to check out all of the books in the Into the West Saga Serial Collection for yourself, you can find them all at BurckhardtBooks.com/books. You can read the first chapter of Into the West: The Orphan Train for free just by signing up for my mailing list. You can quit anytime and there are no strings attached . . . ever. To join up, just go to the subscription page.
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In this episode we discuss National Read Across America Day events and Dr. Seuss' birthday. Author interviews are coming soon and we talk a bit about that. We finish up with reading part of chapter 3 from Into the West: The Orphan Train. We hope you enjoy!
If you want to check out all of the books in the Into the West Saga Serial Collection for yourself, you can find them all at BurckhardtBooks.com/books. You can read the first chapter of Into the West: The Orphan Train for free just by signing up for my mailing list. You can quit anytime and there are no strings attached . . . ever. To join up, just go to the subscription page.
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In this episode, Dianne shares today's National Day celebrations and talks about recent books bans and some of the books that have been banned over the years. This topic might be a little controversial for some and opposing views are welcomed. We only as that comments be kept polite and respectful as this is an open forum and young listeners could be influenced. We hope that we can all join together to model for them how adults can discuss a difference of opinion in a respectful exchange of ideas. Then we end the show with chapter 2 from Into the West: The Orphan Train by Stephen Burckhardt. We hope you enjoy the show.
If you want to check out all of the books in the Into the West Saga Serial Collection for yourself, you can find them all at BurckhardtBooks.com/books. You can read the first chapter of Into the West: The Orphan Train for free just by signing up for my mailing list. You can quit anytime and there are no strings attached . . . ever. To join up, just go to the subscription page.
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Today we are sharing more recipes to try on those cold snowy days at home. Plus a special treat you can make for your furry family member this Sunday for National Love Your Pet Day. Then we finish up reading chapter one of Into the West: The Orphan Train by Stephen Burckhardt. It's a lot of fun smooshed into 28 minutes.
If you would like to read the entire Into the West: The Orphan Train you can find it several formats on Amazon.com and in paperback at Barnes & Noble Booksellers (BN.com). Be sure to check out our website, www.BurckhardtBooks.com, for more information on Dianne and Stephen Burckhardt and the entire Into the West Saga Serial Book Collection.
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There are some great National Days to celebrate in the US and there are some pretty weird ones too. We take a look at some of my favorites today. With today being National Pizza Day, I decided to share my favorite go-to quick bread recipe from BiggerBolderBaking.com. Gemma has some amazing recipes and this is one I use quite often, sometimes with my own variations.
I also share some feedback I got about my first podcast, what is coming up for my Into the West Saga Serial and I read more from my award-winning first book in this serial, Into the West: The Orphan Train.
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In this inaugural episode I introduce myself, Dianne Burckhardt, and explain why I chose to write my award-winning Into the West Saga Serial under a male pen name. The answer might surprise you. It involves numerous brain surgeries and a brief bout with death. Check out today's podcast for all the juicy details. Then be sure to check out my books on BurckhardtBooks.com and Amazon. Don't forget to come back next week for more . . . whatever!
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