With Authors, Readers & Other Endangered Species.
Welcome to the Big, Better, Best Books podcast, a different kind of conversation with writers, illustrators, publishers, and book lovers from all around the globe.
True storytelling is an art that refuses to die, a magic that will not be diminished. Every first page is the beginning of something new, a dance between author and reader that has never existed before.
What creates a tale we get lost in? A story that touches us? What is fan fiction and why can't our kids get enough of it? Where is that elusive road to publication? And how do you write a book that changes the world?
Your guide is author, speaker and dreamer – Katarina Wallentin. Come join us!
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With Authors, Readers & Other Endangered Species.
Welcome to the Big, Better, Best Books podcast, a different kind of conversation with writers, illustrators, publishers, and book lovers from all around the globe.
True storytelling is an art that refuses to die, a magic that will not be diminished. Every first page is the beginning of something new, a dance between author and reader that has never existed before.
What creates a tale we get lost in? A story that touches us? What is fan fiction and why can't our kids get enough of it? Where is that elusive road to publication? And how do you write a book that changes the world?
Your guide is author, speaker and dreamer – Katarina Wallentin. Come join us!
Welcome to the last episode of the Big, Better, Best Books podcast. We are saying goodbye as Katarina takes a break from the amazing world of books and goes on some other wonderful adventures.
Thank you to everyone who has listened, sent emails, and recommended Big, Better, Best Books to one of your friends. To listen to any of the episodes, you will continue to be able to find them at bigbetterbestbooks.com or katarinawalletin.com
Do you have the magical capacity of awareness? Today’s guest is Diva Diaz, author of the book Magia and the Feelings That Flew...Away.
Key takeaways
The traditional form of rhyming: a melodious journey
The difference between sensitivity and awareness?
Getting back to the core of who we were before we learned to be scared
The capacity behind the behavior
A door for children labeled with autism, ADHD, and other “disabilities”
Asking questions that empower your children
The next Magia book
What is one of your best book experiences?
Key takeaways:
Choosing the best book is impossible
Opening up whole new worlds of possibilities with books
Different books give us different things at different times of our lives
What is one of your best book experiences?
Characters who choose something greater
It’s not always about how well-written a book is, it’s about a sense of something greater
When the experience is over, what next?
What is erotic literature? What draws us to it and makes it so exciting?
Listen to learn about exploring your fantasies through erotic fiction and how the things that turn you on can be empowering, fun, and guilt-free.
Key takeaways
Erotica versus porn: what’s the difference?
Fantasies don’t have to mean anything about you
Why do women write erotic fiction?
The seduction and flirtation of build up and anticipation in erotica
What if this topic didn’t have to have a stigma attached to it?
If you have a manuscript in a drawer that wants to get out, this episode is full of tips and inspiration for you to get started again.
Listen to hear Jan Bertoft's journey to publication.
Key takeaways
Why did the book go into the drawer?
How one book led to another
Feedback from the publisher: having a good editor and receiving criticism
Creating the time to write
What it’s like co-creating a book
Choosing a publishing company
Advice for taking your book out of the drawer
How can you receive a book in different ways?
Join us as we explore what gets created and what happens when we listen to audiobooks and when we record them. If you have never listened to an audiobook, it may be time!
Key takeaways
Being the voice of a book changes you
Getting the energy of the words
Listening to a book is a different experience from reading a book
When authors read their own book
Preparation and feedback for narrators
Including your body in a different way when you listen
What is being you to you?
Today is a special storytelling episode, as we talk about a book called “The Very Greatest Adventure is You Truly Being You,” a compilation of stories and quotes from people all over the world about what it really means to be you.
Key takeaways:
Being you is something you create
Storytelling with the authors
Are you going to a party?
Coloring outside the lines
Why don’t they get it?
No need to hide
Being you, changing the world
What if being happy in this reality was just a choice? Today’s guest is a multi-talented, multi-tasking artist, Rüdrani Devi, who has written a book called “Choosing Happiness.”
Key takeaways
Why did she choose to write the book?
Rüdrani shares her journey of changing her perspective
The circumstances surrounding her other books
Rüdrani highlights her favåorite tools from Choosing Happiness
What is her writing process?
Her personal life and her writing
How do you live beyond a tragedy? My guest today is Vladica Djordjevic, who shares her experiences and the process of writing her beautiful book “You are the Power: Choose to Create the Life You Desire.”
Key takeaways
Writing this book was a healing process
What it means to be empowered to go beyond a tragedy
Being grateful is a practice
Tools for choosing to live after tragedy
Vladica wants to help others use their powers and capacities to generate their lives in a totally different way
What is a ghostwriter?
Join us to learn about what a ghostwriter does, what it’s like to be a ghostwriter, how they find the right voice, and the skill of grasping the essence of how a person expresses him or herself.
Key takeaways
Ghostwriters: how do they work?
Tricks for getting unstuck
The ghostwriting market
Writing autobiographies for other people
Advice for those interested in the profession
Ghostwriting opens your eyes to look at the world in a different way
What is your voice and how do you find it?
Your voice actually extends so far beyond what you think it is. What do you want people to hear? How can your voice create a greater future on the planet for all?
Key takeaways
What’s my voice today?
The success trap and stardom vs fame
Getting clear on what you want to create and how to invite that into being
Have fun and stop trying to get it right
What if everything in your life was an expression of you and your voice?
Relationship. Are you sure you want one?
Tune in to learn what it means to have a creationship, not relationship, and why you should first have a relationship with yourself before having one with someone else.
Key takeaways
Different, not differently
The book provides both the woman’s and man’s perspective on relationships
Giving your partner what they want
Creationship, not relationship
How can you allow someone to care for you if you don’t care for yourself?
The five elements of intimacy
My guest today is Kass Thomas, author of 7 Steps to Flawless Communication. Join us as we discuss the book and how Kass was inspired to write this excellent guide, making a complex topic accessible to anyone.
Key takeaways:
Why she wrote the book
The book is short and simple to understand, yet so powerful
Step one: show me the magic
Exercises and tools for better communication
Expand your zone and reconnect with the universe
Your communication is flawless when you are present with it
Have you ever wanted to talk to a professional publisher?
Join us to learn some tips for authors who want to work with publishers and the kinds of books Access Consciousness Publishing is looking for.
Key takeaways
What kind of books do they publish?
Things authors should avoid when working with publishing company
The evolving publishing industry
Creating a dynamic translation
How important is the title of a book?
A cover that represents the book
Would You Teach a Fish to Climb a Tree?
Join us to learn tools for empowering and understanding kids who are a different.
Key takeaways:
Anne Maxwell, Gary Douglas, and Dr. Dain Heer wrote the book from different professional and experiential perspectives
What if there’s nothing wrong with these kids, what if they’re just different?
Whatever culture you’re in, there is a universal “fish”
Tools for parents to use with their kids
What if your job as a parent was to teach your kids to choose?
Reading is fun and entertaining, but it also can be thought provoking and inspiring.
My guest today is L.E. Modesitt, Jr. Join us to learn where he gets his inspiration to write so many fantastic stories and what drives him to share these stories with others.
Key takeaways
Becoming a successful writer didn’t happen overnight
His curiosity about how things come to be is a big part of his inspiration
He uses stories to inspire people to think
Really driven writers write because they have to
Tune in to learn what it takes to be a great translator, how translation is a creative process, and why it’s important to understand the energy of the book and the intention of the author.
Key takeaways
You need fluency in both languages and an understanding of the cultural context
Be true to the author and to the audience
A translation isn’t just a commodity, it’s a creation in itself
Listening to the rhythm, the sound, the tone of the text
When it works and doesn’t work: it’s a gut feeling
Tune in to learn what inspires people to write fan fiction, why people are so passionate about it, and how you can get involved in reading or even writing your own fan fiction online.
Key takeaways
What is fan fiction exactly?
When writing RPF (real person fiction) authors must be careful
What’s so fun about writing fan fiction?
People often use fan fiction to write in representation they want to see, such as LGBT characters
Explaining the different terminology used in fan fiction
What is erotic literature? What draws us to it and makes it so exciting?
Listen to learn about exploring your fantasies through erotic fiction and how the things that turn you on can be empowering, fun, and guilt-free.
Key takeaways
Erotica versus porn: what’s the difference?
Fantasies don’t have to mean anything about you
Why do women write erotic fiction?
The seduction and flirtation of build up and anticipation in erotica
What if this topic didn’t have to have a stigma attached to it?
If people stopped ignoring spirits, what would be possible?
Shannon O’Hara shares tools for dealing with ghosts, different ways of perceiving entities, and why it isn't complicated or difficult.
Key takeaways
Shannon co-created her book with entities
People who are entity sensitive are not part of the mainstream
Shannon is working on a children’s book about entities
Dealing with ghosts isn’t scary, complicated, or hard
Your consciousness affects the universe, not the other way around
With Authors, Readers & Other Endangered Species.
Welcome to the Big, Better, Best Books podcast, a different kind of conversation with writers, illustrators, publishers, and book lovers from all around the globe.
True storytelling is an art that refuses to die, a magic that will not be diminished. Every first page is the beginning of something new, a dance between author and reader that has never existed before.
What creates a tale we get lost in? A story that touches us? What is fan fiction and why can't our kids get enough of it? Where is that elusive road to publication? And how do you write a book that changes the world?
Your guide is author, speaker and dreamer – Katarina Wallentin. Come join us!
