Overview

Diane lives in Los Angeles and is a teacher, though she used to live in Ohio and had her book published by KSU press. Her work, teaching, and book focus on the Inklings - the famous writer's group that C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien were a part of.

She has insights into the group that anyone interested in these writers - or a writer interested in the group - will find fascinating. She has discovered writing and connected them to show the changes to the manuscripts because of the feedback from the other writers.

Her book

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1606352768/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1606352768&linkCode=as2&tag=saschneider-20&linkId=f6fe0fde093fad3698d1cbccc607d44e

YouTube

https://youtu.be/BMh3u6zCqqg

Transcript

[00:01:53] Stephen: that was JP and Christine from the serial fiction show. Great podcast. Whether you are a writer or a reader, they [00:02:00] have a separate. Show for each one of you. So if you're would like to get into serial fiction as a writer or a read some of the serial fiction available, they've got something for you.

Wonderful podcast check. In today's episode, I'm really excited to welcome Diane glider. You may not recognize her name, which is why we have this podcast to introduce you to people. You may not recognize, but I was very excited to talk Diane, because she is a professor that has studied and written several books on the inklings, which was the group writer group formed by several people, including CS Lewis and JRR token.

And she talks a lot about. The group, how they influence each other, the benefits of how they influence each other. It's a great conversation. Had really fun talking to her. What really got me interested in her book. It's called Bandersnatch, but I was introduced to it through J thorn in his mastermind group.

And he. Lives here [00:03:00] in Ohio. So that gave me some interest. If another Ohio author was interested in it, but also Diane printed the book through Kent state press, which I live eight miles away from. So it has a lot of Ohio connections. So I figured I'd add to that list. By interviewing Diane from me, she is not from, not in Ohio, she's out in California, but this is a really great interview, really fun time talking to her, learned a whole lot and had a whole lot of things to think about afterwards.

So enjoy the interview and I hope it gives you a lot to think about also here's Diane.

[00:03:37] Diane: My desire in writing Bandersnatch was to get outside of just the people who are. Familiar with Lewis and Tolkien, and really reach out to creative people of all stripes and to encourage that collaborative way of working.

[00:03:50] Stephen: Yeah. So let's officially get started and feel free. If you have something really exciting and fun to share, jump in, I try and keep it casual [00:04:00] conversation as much as possible. So it's not just back and forth questions and answers. All right, Diana. Welcome to discovered wordsmith. I'm very excited to have you here today.

How are you?

[00:04:10] Diane: I'm doing great. What a privilege it is to talk with you. I'm really excited about today's conversation.

[00:04:16] Stephen: You used to live in Ohio. So right now we've got gray skies in Northeast Ohio. So that's what you're missing. I