Dianne Burckhardt

Book Banter with Dianne Burckhardt - Book Talk Podcast

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Join award-winning, indie author, Dianne Burckhardt, as she chats with fellow authors and industry insiders around the world about their work, inspirations, greatest challenges, and triumphs. Writing is often the easy part, and the real work begins once the author writes, "The End." Dianne and her guests shed light on what it takes to be a successful author in today's markets whether as an indie author or traditionally published. Dianne's guests share their insights on their personal journeys to creating a successful writing career. They discuss everything from their writing process, common o...

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Dianne Burckhardt

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Hiatus EP205 Replay S4 EP174: Miles Spencer, Entrepreneur, Adventurer, TV-Show host, and Author of A Line in the Sand 14.01.2026 46:26

Share your thoughts on this episode, text us now. Bleeped words in this episode: M@ss@cre, 3x Sl@ughter, Ass@ssin@tion 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...

Hiatus Replay S4 EP204: Risa August, Author of The Road Unpaved: Border to Border with a Brain Tumor and a Bike 07.01.2026 40:46

Share your thoughts on this episode, text us now. 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 pr...

Hiatus EP 200 Replay S4 EP163: Doug Williams, Playwrights, Filmmaker, and Author of Failure Point 31.12.2025 43:45

Share your thoughts on this episode, text us now. 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 communic...

Hiatus EP202 Replay S4 EP180: Valerie Sherrard, Middle-Grade Author of A Bend in the Breeze 24.12.2025 46:34

Share your thoughts on this episode, text us now. 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. Va...

Hiatus EP201 Replay S4 EP179: Breakfield and Burkey, Award-Winning Writing Team of Thrillers and Mysteries 17.12.2025 40:53

Share your thoughts on this episode, text us now. Bleeped words in today's episode: Drüg$, Hüm@n Traff!c!ng 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 e...

S4 Finale EP200: Melissa Payne, Bestselling Adult Fiction Author of In the Beautiful Dark 10.12.2025 49:31

Share your thoughts on this episode, text us now. Bleeped words: Serial K!ller x3 Hello Happy People, 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 nam...

S4 EP199: David Weill, Author of Tell Me I Belong: A Journey Across Faiths and Generations 03.12.2025 43:24

Share your thoughts on this episode, text us now. 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. Bef...

S4 EP198: David J. Gibson, Author of the Dystopian Fiction Novel Elite Memories 26.11.2025 37:47

Share your thoughts on this episode, text us now. Hello My Happy People, 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 a...

S4 EP197: Amy Weinland Daughters, Author of You Cannot Mess This Up: A True Story That Never Happened 19.11.2025 49:02

Share your thoughts on this episode, text us now. Hello My Happy People, 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 episod...

S4 EP196: Candace MacPhie, Author of The Back in a Year Series Including Finding Color 12.11.2025 29:24

Share your thoughts on this episode, text us now. Hello My Happy People, 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 adventure...

S4 EP195: Heather Ogden, YA Magical Realism Author of the Debut Novel The Betrayal: The Lies We Fear 05.11.2025 34:13

Share your thoughts on this episode, text us now. 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....

S4 EP194: K. T. Anglehart, Author of the Scottish Scrolls Trilogy Including The Twin Flame Book II 29.10.2025 49:46

Share your thoughts on this episode, text us now. 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 fo...

S4 EP193: Chad Boudreaux, D.C. Insider and Author of the Thriller Homecoming Queen 22.10.2025 37:23

Share your thoughts on this episode, text us now. 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 perfe...

S4 EP192: Tricia Copeland, Author of Magical Fae Fiction Stories the Realm Chronicles 15.10.2025 33:42

Share your thoughts on this episode, text us now. Hello My Happy Halloween Fiends, We are just spiriting away through 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 an...

S4 EP191: J. E. Weiner, Author of the Southern Gothic Ghost Story The Wretched and Undone 08.10.2025 33:41

Share your thoughts on this episode, text us now. 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...

S4 EP190: Carol Williams, Author of the Middle Grade Mystery The Supernatural Files of CJ Delaney 01.10.2025 39:57

Share your thoughts on this episode, text us now. 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 who...

S4 EP189: Derrick Jackson, Author of the Military Thriller Shadow One (Based on a True Story) 24.09.2025 37:57

Share your thoughts on this episode, text us now. Bleeped Words: Murd3r, s3xual (2x), rap3, k!llers, hum@n traff!ck!ng (5x), dr*gs (3x), dr*g 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 twenty-one years...

S4 EP188: Joan Slonczewski, Microbiologist and Award-Winning Science Fiction Author of Minds in Transit 17.09.2025 36:57

Share your thoughts on this episode, text us now. Bleeped word: Murd3rbot Hello Happy People, 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 feminis...

S4 EP187: Jason Brick, Author of There I was...When Nothing Happened (True Tales of Violence Prevention) 10.09.2025 41:39

Share your thoughts on this episode, text us now. 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 safe...

S4 EP186: Rachelle Bergstein, Lifestyle Writer and Author of The Genius of Judy: How Judy Blume Rewrote Childhood for All of Us 03.09.2025 48:10

Share your thoughts on this episode, text us now. Bleeped words: S3x, S3xuality (Twice) Hello My Happy People, 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 Blum...

S4 EP185: Qin Sun Stubis, Multi Award-Winning Memoir Author of Once Our Lives 27.08.2025 1:00:09

Share your thoughts on this episode, text us now. Bleeped words: k!lled (twice), d!ed Hello My Happy People, This week on Book Banter with Dianne Burckhardt – Book Talk Podcast , I sit down with Qin (pronounced "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, superstit...

S4 EP184: Marcia Peck, Accomplished Musician and Author of Water Music: A Cape Cod Story 20.08.2025 39:59

Share your thoughts on this episode, text us now. Hello My Happy People, 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 fifty 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 C...

S4 EP183: Alison Beder Solway, Author of The Miles We Run: Lessons from the Arena of Resilience 13.08.2025 49:11

Share your thoughts on this episode, text us now. Hello Happy People, In this episode of Book Banter with Dianne Burckhardt – Book Talk Podcast , I sat 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. O...

S4 EP182: Risa August, Author of The Road Unpaved: Border to Border with a Brain Tumor and a Bike 06.08.2025 43:49

Share your thoughts on this episode, text us now. Hello My Happy People, 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 pituita...

S4 EP181: Wendy Dale, Memoir Writing Coach and Author of The Memoir Engineering System 30.07.2025 46:07

Share your thoughts on this episode, text us now. Hello My Happy People, 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 worn-out writing clichés! Wendy is...