Big Better Best Books

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