Book Banter with Dianne Burckhardt - Book Talk Podcast

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

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

Share your thoughts on this episode, text us now. Reenita M. Hora ​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 startups through mid-size businesses, through storytelling, cr...

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

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

Share your thoughts on this episode, text us now. 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 she would be interviewing award-winning, bestselling aut...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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