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Post by desertrose on Mar 4, 2007 13:24:51 GMT 10
Am I blind or what? I did not see a thread for this author, so I started one. If there is one in here that I missed, please disregard this new one. Well I have read all her books but the latest, A Breath of Snow and Ashes. I am still working on it. But so far my two favorite books of hers are Outlander and Voyager. Diana lives about an hour from me and due to the fact that I am part of the Arizona Chapter of the Ladies of Lallybroch, we get to see her quite often. Our latest get-together with her was last weekend where our AZ group was selected to present her with one of the stones of Culloden, Scotland. This purchase was made to help finance the visitor center of Culloden and also honor Diana's contribution in making us aware of all things concerning the history and horrific battle. Thought I would share some of my photos. Hope you enjoy. share.shutterfly.com/action/welcome?sid=8EZNnDlwxcMrY
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Post by andi on Mar 6, 2007 4:04:06 GMT 10
You're right Rose, seems like we've never started a DG thread!! I so enjoyed the photies, thanks for sharing!
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Post by desertrose on Mar 7, 2007 2:30:42 GMT 10
Thanks Andi! I thought it was just me and perhaps I had overlooked the thread. hello all! I just wanted to let you know that anyone can purchase a stone to help the cause for the Culloden Visitor Center. here is the site. If you have any questions, let me know and I will try to find out more. www.lallybroch.com/LOL/Culloden/Culloden/Photos.html
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Post by Elly on Mar 7, 2007 11:27:37 GMT 10
I missed these, great photos Rosemary, thanks for posting them for us, I was looking for you in them.
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Post by desertrose on Mar 9, 2007 11:54:00 GMT 10
I missed these, great photos Rosemary, thanks for posting them for us, I was looking for you in them. Hey Elly, I was told that they tried to take photos of me, but every time they tried, I always had my own camera up to my face! hahahahaha. If I get anymore info concerning the stone to help the cause of Culloden Visitor center, I will let you know. Thanks for taking the time to check out the pics, y'all!
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Post by Elly on Mar 9, 2007 15:47:11 GMT 10
thank Rosemary, its a great cause.
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Post by desertrose on Aug 17, 2007 6:09:44 GMT 10
Diana has just released a new book titled, “Lord John and the Brotherhood of the Blade.” As all you Galbaldon fan’s are aware, Diana’s latest book in the “Outlander” series is book 6, “A Breath of Snow and Ashes”. Well I have some even more special news to share! Last week, some friends of mine went to Ontario, Canada to attend the Fergus Highland Games. Diana Gabaldon was there doing a book signing and spoke before an audience her future plans regarding the Outlander series. I copied excerpts from what a friend wrote regarding that talk from Diana. Here goes and hope you enjoy! “Diana mentioned that she has written the beginning and the end of Book 7. And guess what? There will be a book 8! Yay!!!!!!!! Many of us were lucky enough to get an advanced copy of Lord John and the Brotherhood of the Blade in which Jamie plays quite a large role. Someone asked if we'll hear more from Frank and Diana said yes and that he may even get his own book somewhere down the line. The most popular question seems to be about getting a movie made. I've heard this over the years and Diana's response but this time around she said that they were in "serious" discussions with a very well known production company that has made some very well received movies. She couldn't mention who they were because they're still ironing out the details but she will, of course, let us know on her website if anything comes to fruition. She said that this looks quite promising!! Someone asked if the production company was from the UK and she said no. Something else I found very interesting was her answer to what her most favourite and least favourite book was in the series. She said that her favourite book is always the one she's just written and so at this point Brotherhood of the Blade is her favourite. Her least favourite, although not that she doesn't like the book but it's the one that she's least satisfied with, is The Fiery Cross. The reason being that she did not have the opportunity to edit the book as she usually does. There seemed to be a "civil war" raging between two editors (or publishing company - I can't quite remember) and they wanted the book out very fast. Diana said that if she had the time to edit the book properly it would have been about 40,000 words shorter. Diana is also working on a Graphic Novel (which is basically a comic book for adults) and it is from Murtagh's pov. And another worthy mention is the prequel. This will consist of a trilogy of novellas. The first will be about Colum and Dougal, the second will focus on Brian and Ellen's relationship and the third will be about Murtagh.” Well, that’s all folks, but some pretty exciting things to come, eh?
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Post by dreamy on Aug 17, 2007 7:12:22 GMT 10
Thank you Rose for all these wonderful news!!! TWO more books of the Outlander series: a movie and...and... and...Now I got very exited, can't wait for the new book *BIG SIGH*...well, I think everyone knows that patience isn't my strongest point and so this is a hard task for me...
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Post by desertrose on Aug 18, 2007 8:32:44 GMT 10
I was pretty excited too, Dreamy. I was even more excited to hear that I will be reading more about Dougal and Frank! I do hope that Frank gets his own book. I'd like to know what he did all those years without Claire, before she went through the stones and after! It will be next February before I see Herself in person, so hopefully we will have even more exciting news!
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