Home of award-winning indie authors
In Season one of Book Banter with Dianne Burckhardt, the podcast was just finding its footing in the podcasting world. Book Banter began as a podcast version of the regular weekly Whatever Wednesday blog, a way to publicize Burckhardt Books and its authors. Dianne soon got bored with just talking about her own books week after week and began reaching out to her author and professional friends to come on the podcast and discuss their work and the business of writing/publishing. It was this change that caused Book Banter with Dianne Burckhardt's audience to grow and become so much more diverse.
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We created this interview archive for season one because Book Banter had so few guest authors on the show the first year, people might have trouble finding them in the mix of all the episodes from that season. At the end of season one, we began having publicists reaching out to us to have their author clients on the podcast. Since then, the format of has changed to be an author interview podcast and less about Dianne's own works in progress. Mosts episodes now feature a new author promoting a current book or their body of work available to the public. You can subscribe to the show at BookBanter.Buzzsprout.com or on any of the major podcast hosting sites and never miss an author interview.
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If you love books like we do, you do not want to miss this podcast!
Season 1 Guest Interviews (2022):
EP 6 March 9 - Sharon Stephens, Writer
Sharon was born in California during WWll. The family moved to Missouri when she was 3 and lived there on a farm for three years. The family later moved to Kansas where she has lived ever since. Sharon did not finish high school, but she refused to let that hold her back. With common sense and willingness to work, she earned a management position with a Fortune 500 company. Sharon has written for the company's newsletter and their safety and quality manuals. When she needs more of a challenge (or gets bored), she writes short stories. Her favorites are very short stories with a twist ending, though she believes this bio to be the hardest thing she has ever written.
Season 2 Guest Interviews (2023):
EP 51: Feb. 1 - LM Wilson, author of The Last of the Spirit Drakes
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EP 52: Feb. 8 - LeRoy A Peters, author of The Edge of the World Series
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*NEW* The Hunter's Dawn: A Mountain Man Adventure (Saga of the Armstrong Brothers Mountain Man Series Book 4) buy on Amazon.com
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EP 53: Feb. 15 - C. D'Angelo, Author of The Difference and The Visitor
EP 54: Feb. 22 - Val Collins, Author of the Aoife Walsh Books
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Val Collins Books website
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Val Collins Books on Facebook
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Val Collins Books on Instagram
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EP 71: June 21 - Kirstie Page, Visual Storyteller and Author
EPs 56/57: March 8th/15th - Lance Steen Anthony Nielsen, Author of Diamonds in the Sky Series ​​
EP 58: March 22nd - David Gibson, PhD FRSB, Author of Planting Clues: How Plants Solve Crimes.
EP 59: March 29 - Linaya DiNoto, Science Fiction Author of Lithaflora: The Chrysalis: The Forever After Series
EP 61: April 12 - Kelly Florence, Screenwriter/Podcaster/Co-Author of The Science of Series
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EP 61/63: April 12/19 - Stephanie LaVigne, Cozy Mystery Author of Headlines, Deadlines, and Lies
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EP 64: May 3rd - Stephen Burckhardt, Historical Fiction Author of The Into the West Saga Serial
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EPs 66 & 67 : May 17 & 24 - Nzondi (Ace Antonio Hall), Award-Winning Horror Author of Oware Mosaic
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EP 68: May 24 - Benecia Ponder, author coach and bestselling author
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Benecia Ponder website
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EP 69: May 31 - Diann Floyd Boehm, Children's Book Author/Educator/Podcaster
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EP 70: June 7 - Angela R. Hughes, Historical epic fantasy author
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Angela R. Hughes website
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EP 71: June 14 - Donna Edman, Photographer/Visual Storyteller/Author
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Donna Edman website
EP 72: June 21 - Wendy Jo Cerna, Christian Fantasy/Family Life Author
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EP 73: July 5 - Sabrina Hammonds, Kingdom Connections Podcast and Media Agency
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EP 74: July 12 - Ann Charles, Mixed Genre Mystery Author
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EP 75: June 21 - Natacha Deen, YA, Adult, and Non-Fiction Author
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EP 76: June 26 - Kammy Wood, The Modern Wordist, Creative Writing Consultant
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EP 77: August 2nd - Francesca Maria, Horror and Comic Book Author
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EP 78 & 79: August 9th & 16th - Reenita M. Hora, Author, Creative, Entrepreneur
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EP 80: August 23rd - Christopher (Chris) Denmead, Comic Book Author/Podcastor
EP 81: August 6th - Carole T. Beers, Contemporary Western Mystery Author
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EP 82: September 6th - J.C. Fuller, Mystery Author and TikTok Queen
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EP 83: September 13th - Meliza Farndell, Author, Coach, Speaker
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The Archive
Welcome to the Book Banter with Dianne Burckhardt archive.
I wanted to have a seperate page for all my guest interviews to make it easier to find my podcast guests. These people are some of the most fascinating individuals I have had the pleasure to meet and it was such an honor to get to share them and their expertise with all of you. I hope you enjoyed listening to these podcast episodes and if you haven't checked them out, what are you waiting for? Grab a drink, settle in, click a name, and have a listen.
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Enjoy!
Dianne
The Interviews
Dianne Burckhardt, Book Banter with Dianne Burckhardt podcast host (Episode 1)
Dianne is just your friendly little mutant, brain damaged indie author trying to make a name for herself as an indie author. Dianne earned a degree in journalism from Wichita State University and worked for newspapers, broadcasting, and magazines before an accident at her part time retail job caused a chain of events that included enduring seven surgeries in six months in 2004. Six of the surgeries were brain surgeries. To help rehabilitate her lost language skills, Dianne began writing again after years of physical recovery.
Unsure of her ability to write well after all the brain damage, Dianne decided to write under a pen name. After doing some market research and finding that straight historical fiction/westerns tended to sell better with male author names, Dianne took her maiden last name Stephens, dropped the last "s", and added her married last name, Burckhardt, to become Stephen Burckhardt.
Guest Interviews
Mark L. Redmond, Western Author (Episode 8)
Mark developed an interest in the old West when he was still in elementary school. He also started reading when he was young. Watching Saturday morning black-and-white television westerns increased his interest in cowboy life, and he read everything from western comic books to books by Zane Grey, Louis L’Amour, Max Brand, Elmer Kelton, and many others.
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DJ Jamison, Romance Author (Episodes 21 & 22)
DJ Jamison is the author of more than twenty m/m romances, including the Ashe Sentinel series and the Hearts and Health series. She writes a variety of queer characters, from gay to bisexual to asexual. DJ grew up in the Midwest in a working-class family, and those influences can be found in her writing through characters coping with real-life problems: money troubles, workplace drama, family conflicts and, of course, falling in love. She lives in Kansas with her husband, two sons, a snake, and a sadistic cat named Birdie.
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Allie "Book Historia" Alvis (Episodes 23, 24, & 25)
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. Allie loves to talk to people about books. Seriously. Social media, lectures, talks, articles, videos, you name it; 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.
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Lisa Sillaway, The Social Media Professor (Episodes 26 & 27)
Lisa is a former college instructor in Web design, writing and marketing. She has worked with small restaurants, big agencies, bigger companies (Cessna, Dean & Deluca, Cargill), and has an academic, research-based approach to bringing your business to life online. If you prefer to let someone else optimizes your social media for you, you can hire Lisa. If you prefer to let someone else optimizes your social media for you, you can hire Lisa.
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Kara Vogt, Kavo Creative & Wise Oak Soapery (Episodes 32.5 & 33)
Kara began her small business journey by simply trying to take care of her families health and well-being. What she learned along the way because a thriving handmade soap business. While promoting her own products, Kara found she had a talent for video product promotions. As clients began asking her for advice to promote their own products, she developed a plan to teach video promotion production and Kavo Creative was born.
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Carrie Donovan, Singer/Songwriter/Writer (Episode 37, Oct. 26, 2022)
Carrie is an accomplished singer and songwriter who is currently performing with the rockabilly band, Backyard Whiskers. Carrie has had a passion for writing since childhood and recently tried her hand at a horror writing contest and won first place honors for her short story. Carrie reads her story for us which artfully blends history and her own creative imagination.
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Sonli Dev, USA Today Bestselling Romance Author (Episode 42 , Nov 30, 2022)
Bestselling romance author, Sonali Dev, joins Dianne to chat about her writing career, life influences, and her love of Jane Austen. Sonali reads the first chapter from her new book, The Vibrant Years, which released December 1, 2022. This book is the first release from the new book imprint by Mindy Kaling, Mindy's Book Studio.
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Kira Hagen Interview, author of Strangeling (Episode 43)
Kira Hagen is an indie author living in Germany. She has published her first book, Strangeling, Children of the Broken Dawn book 1 and is receiving great reviews. She is also an avid artist and enjoys photography.
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