Book Banter with Dianne Burckhardt - Book Talk Podcast

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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