Date: January 7, 1997
After AOL Live chat
Location: Book Central- Unedited
This is a transcript from Book Central, after the AOL Live chat with Diana Gabaldon.
Some of us who had helped put the chat together were gathered there and we
pleasantly found out that DG was going to stop in to say hi---
We ended up with a full house and a long conversation.......Which
We are now sharing with you. This was the groups FIRST chat with Diana Gabaldon
and the room was packed. This is the unedited version.
MAXLIPPS: WHEN DIANA COMES, LETS NOT SWARM HER...
OnlineHost: Jillski2 has entered the room.
MAXLIPPS: HI, JILL
Bronte55: okay
Axlerod3: BZZZZZZZZZz
Threads1: Hey Pat- shows our concern!!!
LaurelLyda: buzz only quietly
Ibette: Try not to.
Jillski2: HI
JWolste695: hand looks yukky, like an alligator
Axlerod3: bzzzzzzzzzzzz
Celtic59: barely humming
OnlineHost: DGabaldon has entered the room.
TismeOrRay: I agree lets be polite so she'll come again
Ibette: How's it feel, Jani?
ReaderMK: half of you go to sleep
TABBAK: Aligator, hum?
Axlerod3: Do you need therapy
Ibette: Hi, Diana.
LenGilb: Hi Diana!
JWolste695: feels fine, verra stiff
TABBAK: Hi Diana!
MAXLIPPS: HELLO DIANA AND WELCOME!!!!!
Threads1: Hi Diana!!
CHBYRNE: Sipping on the sideline
CAJUNASIAN: hi Diana!
MAUDEENW: Welcome, Diana, Great chat!
Axlerod3: physical,not alcoholic
DRAGONGIRL: Hi Diana!!
JenniBahn: Hi Diana
RESORT 2: diana,,, the clan Hay is forever in your debt
Gonsilla1: hi diana
LaurelLyda: Hi Diana
Bronte55: Hi Diana!
CHBYRNE: HI
JSOpal: Hi Diana, thanks for the great chat (and great reading!)
Celtic59: Jani--I got the CD Sons of Somerled for X-mas. Great tunes!
Axlerod3: hi
Jenco56: Hi Diana. Welcome!
TismeOrRay: good god, 37 people saying hello
Celtic59: Hi Di!
Panda624: Hi.
JWolste695: Great job, Diana
DGabaldon: Why, for hanging one of your clansmen on page 3?
KByrns: Hi!
OnlineHost: Carie U has entered the room.
PWhite6489: Howdy.
LaurelLyda: We are so glad you are here
DGabaldon: Hi, all!
MAXLIPPS: YOU DID A WONDERFUL JOB TONIGHT11
ReaderMK: nice going diana
DGabaldon: I'm actually on my way to the bathroom. <g>
MAUDEENW: Question Diana: What is some of your favorite Scottish music?
Ibette: Thanks for coming. It's always a pleasure.
Bronte55: Yea Diana
RESORT 2: no for giving the world the gift of Scotland
TABBAK: Go ahead..we'll wait
DGabaldon: People kept IM-ing me, so I ducked in here.
Threads1: Diana- had to go to 3 book stores to get your book last night- sold
out!!!
JWolste695: good God let the woman go potty
MAXLIPPS: I ASKED THEM NOT TO]
MacGreggor: I ordered it last month!
DGabaldon: Thanks!!
Ibette: I tried to remind people to refrain. I hope they listened.
LaurelLyda: Diana when we visit Scotland what do you reccomend as a must see?
Jillski2: LOL true fans
KimimaeM: Hi all!!
MacGreggor: Diana, I will see you in Dayton - I'm planning a foray!
MacGreggor: With all those I've addicted!
TismeOrRay: can we please go formal with ? and !
ZanzibarBl: hi everyone!
Celtic59: We can do the pee pee dance (see one of postings on Diana's board)
OnlineHost: Jillski2 has left the room.
Gabaldnfan: what about our lunch marsha?
Axlerod3: Is this the pee pee dance someone spoke of last week
TABBAK: LOL
KNJJC: Sorry for the impatience here...but when will the *next* book be
out????
JWolste695: I was waiting for that Celtic!
MAXLIPPS: YES LET'S GO FORMAL FROM THIS POINT......
JSOpal: Oh well Marsha, so much for an intimate little visit!
MAUDEENW: ?
RESORT 2: Diana... i think i was one of the few men here tonight, and you
have always moved me.
MAXLIPPS: MAUDEEN
KimimaeM: Diana, is it true that you sometimes read excerpts out loud? I'll
see you in CA
J9KIMSU: Marsha, are you here???
Ibette: KNJJC -- you'll be waiting a while for that one!!
J9KIMSU: OH HI!!!
MAXLIPPS: YES J9
KNJJC: :-(
MAUDEENW: I was wondering Diana, you mentioned listening to Scottish folk
music -- can you give us
LenGilb: HEY, EVERYONE LET DIANA SPEAK!
MAUDEENW: some recommendations?
DGabaldon: Phew. I'm back!
DGabaldon: Did I miss much? <g>
TABBAK: LOL
J9KIMSU: HELLO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
MacGreggor: Scroll up
MAXLIPPS: MAUDEEN START AGAIN
Carie U: KimimaeM, I'll be at her Long Beach signing, too.
DGabaldon: Resort--thanks! I _like_ male readers!
ZanzibarBl: ? diana, who can we complain to tohave you visit the midatlantic
region?
DGabaldon: As to music--I _love_ RUNRIG, though there are lots and lots of
Gabaldnfan: diana reads almost as well as she writes<g>
LaurelLyda: ?
GJONES CPA: Or the East Coast
DGabaldon: Scottish groups I like, too.
MAUDEENW: Diana, you mention Scottish folk music as helping inspire you --
can you give us some
MAUDEENW: recommendations.
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MAXLIPPS: ONE QUESTION AT A TIME AND I WILL CALL ON YOU
Ibette: !
DGabaldon: Clan Alba, Loreena McKennit, The Secret People, Capercallie...
JWolste695: ?
Panda624: ?
J9KIMSU: ?
ZanzibarBl: ?
RESORT 2: DG are you from any Clan? you can be an official Hay if you
want..
DGabaldon: um..Alasdair Fraser (wonderful fiddler!), the Corries...lots and
lots. <g>
MAXLIPPS: RESORT--FORMAL
OnlineHost: KNJJC has left the room.
DGabaldon: No, though I do believe I'm an honorary Sassenach among a good
many
DGabaldon: of the clans by now. <g>
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MAXLIPPS: IBETTE DO YOU HAVE A COMMENT
TismeOrRay: SLOWDOWN PEOPLE
RESORT 2: sorry
MargoMail: ?
DRAGONGIRL: !
Ibette: As far as music goes, Joanie Madden and Alasdair Fraser are my
favorites.
LaurelLyda: ?
CHBYRNE: ?
Wlflsprite: ?
Ibette: ga
Gabldnfan: ?
Gabaldnfan: ga ga
MAXLIPPS: LAUREL/
ReaderMK: Thanks for a wonderful evening
LaurelLyda: Where do you recommend as must sees in Scotland
RESORT 2: ?
Threads1: ?
SandiHBG: ? Will Claire (or Brianna or Roger..) ever go back to the future?
KimimaeM: Kim?
DGabaldon: Well, it's not like _I've_ seen everything in Scotland. <g> But I
Gabaldnfan: ?
DGabaldon: do recommend Culloden--Inverness--Loch Ness--the Clava Cairns.
MAXLIPPS: jANI YOU WILL BE NEXT
DGabaldon: Will Bree and Roger go back? Do you really want me to tell you?
MacGreggor: YES!
Gabaldnfan: no
Jenco56: no
Bronte55: no
NovahStar: no
GOODGLYMM: yes
LaurelLyda: Thanks Diana
JenniBahn: no
Threads1: no
CHBYRNE: no
RESORT 2: no
J9KIMSU: no
DGabaldon: In that case...they might. <g>
MAXLIPPS: PANDA AND J9 AFTER
TCurtis480: no
DRAGONGIRL: no
MAUDEENW: no
REDRIUER: <groan>
LaurelLyda: yes
CAJUNASIAN: no
Carie U: yes
Ibette: NO!!!
DGabaldon: And then again...they might not. AFter all, I haven't written
Gabldnfan: no!!!
MacGreggor: I live for spoilers :-)
NovahStar: some of us don't read the last page first
DGabaldon: the book yet--how should _I_ know?
KByrns: no
Gabldnfan: ?
Celtic59: ?
Gabaldnfan: ?
MAXLIPPS: pANDA, YOUR ?
Panda624: why did you choose that era to write in?
JenniBahn: !
ZanzibarBl: ?
DGabaldon: Sheer accident. I happened to see an old Dr. Who rerun, in which
the
LJReiner: Diana, does your family travel with you on tour?
KimimaeM: ?
MAXLIPPS: LJ WAIT
Axlerod3: ?
DGabaldon: Doctor had a young earling companion from 1745. <g> ga
MAXLIPPS: ZAN AND MARGO COMING UP
DGabaldon: around signing books? It's not like a vacation, you know; I
_work_
J9KIMSU: Before you came on satge, we were all dreaming up who would be in
the movies. Who do you
DGabaldon: on book tours! <g> ga
J9KIMSU: think should be the main characters?
Gabldnfan: !!!!
DGabaldon: I don't. Think about it, I mean. <g> ga
Gabaldnfan: ech.
J9KIMSU: Liam for Jamie???
MargoMail: Diana, have you ever heard Culloden's Harvest by Deanta? On
Celtic Legacy, from Narada Coll
MacGreggor: Only for the older Jamie!
MAXLIPPS: ZANZIBAR?
DGabaldon: No, I don't think so--I'll have to look for that one! ga
Celtic59: ?
MargoMail: ection. Spinetingling.
KimimaeM: ?
JSOpal: ?
ZanzibarBl: who can we complain to to have your book tour swing by the
midatlantic?
MAXLIPPS: DRAGONGIRL AND CHBYRNE ARE NEXT
J9KIMSU: yes.......
RESORT 2: ?
DGabaldon: Well, you can call or write Delacorte publicity, but I kind of
doubt they're
Gabaldnfan: ?
DGabaldon: likely to make adjuments at this point. <g>
DGabaldon: ga
Jenco56: ?
ZanzibarBl: how about the paperback tour?
Gabldnfan: ?
Gabaldnfan: ?
RKallins: ?
DGabaldon: That's always possible. The thing to do is to get your local
bookseller
Naberssj: Midatlantic area: she's coming to Cary/Raleigh
KimimaeM: Hi Ek
EKMOPS: i'm here kim!
DGabaldon: to pester his or her BDD rep--that's how they set up the tours;
the
DGabaldon: publicist consults with the sales reps, and they decide where
you'll
DGabaldon: have the greatest effect on sales. ga
ZanzibarBl: too far south for me, nab
MAXLIPPS: KAREN, YOUR QUESTION
DGabaldon: Is Cary NC Midatlantic? ga
ZanzibarBl: ok, thany you for a wonderful evening. its bed time for me, good
night all!
DGabaldon: Thank you, Z!
LenGilb: I USED TO BOOK AUTHOR TOURS, WA/DC IS USUALLY AS CLOSE TO MIDATL AS
POSS.
Naberssj: Cary/Raleigh more southeast
MAXLIPPS: DRAGONGIRL?
J9KIMSU: nite S{GOODBYE
KimimaeM: ?
DRAGONGIRL: no q - Just want to thank you for a great evening...I think you
are wonderful -- see ya in
EKMOPS: did anyone ask about row 1's choices for the "movie"??
CHBYRNE: Will you explore Claire's geneology??
DRAGONGIRL: Seattle on your tour?!
DGabaldon: My pleasure!
LaurelLyda: !
MAXLIPPS: OK, CHBYRNE, YOUR QUESTION
Gabldnfan: !
J9KIMSU: i DID
MargoMail: !
DGabaldon: Will I explore Claire's genealogy? Hadn't thought of it, but I
Threads1: ?
DGabaldon: suppose I might. ga
DGabaldon: Yes, we start in Seattle on the 13th. Geez, that's Monday! ga
MAXLIPPS: jODI AND NONNA ARE NEXT
MAXLIPPS: STOP DOING THE PEEPEE DANCE
DGabaldon: <rofl>
RESORT 2: ?? jeez give a guy a chance
MAXLIPPS: YOU'RE AFTER NONNA
GJONES CPA: ?
JWolste695: Thanks Diana, good nite, the theraflu just kicked in! I'm getting
whiplash
DGabaldon: Goodnight--hope you feel better! ga
KByrns: ?
GOODGLYMM: ?
MAXLIPPS: GAB FAN 1 AND 2
Threads1: Nighter JW-feel better
Gabldnfan: Would you consider having us come to you for a tea party..like
your local fans in AZ do?(see
Gabldnfan: newsletter)
LaurelLyda: by JW
DGabaldon: Sure, if it could be worked out logistically. ga
Gabldnfan: check the screen name!!!
DRAGONGIRL: goodnight -- see ya soon
Celtic59: Resort can compose the Outlander PeePee dance on his pipes!
RKallins: ?
Gabldnfan: I'll set it up
Gabaldnfan: Thank you marsha and thanks a million diana. please repost the
circumcision scene and tell
Gabaldnfan: us of the significanceed of Germaine. please
MAXLIPPS: WOLFSPRITE AND RESORT---NEXT
DGabaldon: What, here? <g> ga
MAXLIPPS: WOLFSPRITE AND RESORT---NEXT
DGabaldon: What, here? <g> ga
Wlflsprite: I've always wondered-how did a science prof get to write for
comics for Disney?
Wlflsprite: (That's Willful)
DGabaldon: Well, I learned to read at the age of 3, from my mother reading
Disney comics
DGabaldon: to us. I never stopped <g> , and some twenty-five years later, I
was
DGabaldon: reading one and thinking, "Gee, _I_ could do better than this!"
<g> ga
MAXLIPPS: jENNIBAHN AND LJ AFTER
Celtic59: ?
RESORT 2: Diana, Claire has such strength,,, where do you find the insight to
her character?
Nautikatt2: hello
Moralanima: Wow, maybe I should try that with my daughter
DGabaldon: I just listen to her. ga
LaurelLyda: Max?
Moralanima: What did you do as an ecologist? I know you taught...but what
research did you do?
MAXLIPPS: GO AHEAD LJ
LJReiner: My daughter can't believe I have this opportunity to CHAT with you.
How wonderful of you
JenniBahn: Diana, I think its wonderful that you take time out for your
fans!See ya in Cary, NC!!
LJReiner: to do so.
MAXLIPPS: RHO AND CELTIC ARE NEXT
DGabaldon: I was an ornithologist, believe it or not. <g> I studied the
breeding behavior
Cherub1000: ?
DGabaldon: of colonial birds. ga
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Moralanima: Really?? Are you a < whisper> sociobiologist *gigglesnort*
Gabaldnfan: you still seem to be doing that.<g>
RESORT 2: Diana,, I tip my tam to you... you're a fine lass good night
Celtic59: Do you have the ending to C&J's story firmly in your mind or is it
open for change?
DGabaldon: I sort of was, yes. <g>
DGabaldon: Oh, I know the very end, yes. I just don't know lots of stuff
DGabaldon: between here and there. Goodnight, R!
OnlineHost: SKayTIC has entered the room.
LaurelLyda: bye Resort
MAXLIPPS: KIM AND JENCO ARE NEXT
Moralanima: YAY! There .is. hope for me yet.
J9KIMSU: It's late in Atlanta y'all....gotta get some sleep...thanx again
Diana!!!!! 'nite everyone
Celtic59: Nite Resort!
Threads1: Bye Pat
Axlerod3: Will we see Master Raymond again? He absolutely fascinated me.
Do you share Claire and
Axlerod3: ?
Threads1: ?
DGabaldon: Yes, we'll see Master Raymond again--but probably not in this
series. ga
RESORT 2: good night all youve made my evening and week see you soon
MacGreggor: ?
Moralanima: goodnite
J9KIMSU: Thanks to you too, Marsha!!! nite!
MargoMail: !
Bronte55: Bye RESORT2
MAXLIPPS: CHERUB, AND THREADS COMING UP
KimimaeM: Diana, is it true that you sometimes read excerpts out loud at book
signings? I'll be seeing you next
GOODGLYMM: ?
KimimaeM: week and I would love that!!!!
DGabaldon: Yes, I do read at signings, if the bookstore requests it and has a
suitable setup (mike
Moralanima: Diana, I know a Scots highlander who is an ecologist...how's that
for coincidence?
DGabaldon: and places for people to get close enough to hear). ga
DGabaldon: I'd love to meet him! ga
KimimaeM: I'm calling them tomorrow!!!!MY whole book group will be
there!!!!!!
MAXLIPPS: MORA PLEASE WAIT TO BE CALLED ON
Jenco56: Claire's dream of Frank's lecture in Voyager- was that a real memory
or just a dream?
J9KIMSU: Good night Marsha, Good night Diana
Threads1: Can I go now??
MAXLIPPS: YES THREADS
RKallins: ???
Moralanima: ? having never been here, I dunno the protocol, sorry very sorry
Wlflsprite: Good night. Thank you very much.
LaurelLyda: bye wl
Threads1: After Jamie and Claire- what will you be writing about???
DGabaldon: Whose memory? I don't quite see how it could be hers--and it
couldn't be his, could it
DGabaldon: since she's dreaming it. <g> ga
DGabaldon: I have a contract for two contemporary mysteries, and am working
on the
MAXLIPPS: MAC AND MARGO COMING UP
DGabaldon: first of those right now. ga
Cherub1000: Do you ever get writer's block?
DGabaldon: Not really. I get days when it's hard to make myself work, but
once I start,
RKallins: Idrove aover hour on la freeway to chat i have requested??6 times
please respond
DGabaldon: I can always write. ga
Naberssj: See you in Cary. Good night.
DGabaldon: Night!
MAXLIPPS: RK, YOU ARE NEXT
Gabaldnfan: ?
LJReiner: ?
MAXLIPPS: THIS IS A FORMALCHAT AND I AM TRYING TO KEEP TRACK AS BEST I CAN
MaggieCK: ?
EKMOPS: ? thanx
TCurtis480: Good night everyone! Thank-you for the wonderful books! Look
forward to every book you
LaurelLyda: you are doing fine Marsha.:)
TCurtis480: write!!!!
LaurelLyda: Bye TC
MAXLIPPS: RK WHAT IS YOUR QUESTION/
Moralanima: ?
Bronte55: bye TC
LaurelLyda: Go ahead RK
LISAMATH: Hello room and a big hello to my favorite author! Your work is
fantastic and hazardous to
DGabaldon: I think that's you, Rkallins?
LaurelLyda: Did RK Expire?
RKallins: when will you be in LA? for movie nicole kidman for claire. when
will next book be out?
MAXLIPPS: GOODGLYMM YOU ARE NEXT
MacGreggor: What about me now?
GOODGLYMM: When you wrote Outlander did your publisher have any changes that
he/she wanted to be made?
Bronte55: No way Nicole Kidman
OnlineHost: JBurs has left the room.
MAXLIPPS: MAC GO AFTER
REDRIUER: RK, she'll be in San Bernardino and San Diego next week
MaggieCK: ?
LISAMATH: ?
McCrary: Hello
CHBYRNE: Where in San Bernardino??
Panda624: Long Beach/ 15th
DGabaldon: I'll be in LA next week, and in Feburary--Pasadena, Vroman's, on
Feb. 15th.
MAXLIPPS: PLEASE KEEP CROSS TALK DOWN
DGabaldon: No, my editor never tells me to make changes; she just reads the
book,
Panda624: Walden's Inland Center
DGabaldon: then calls up to discuss it, and tells me how all the bits and
pieces
JSOpal: ?
DGabaldon: strike her. We sort of babble back and forth incoherently, and
then
DGabaldon: I go make whatever revisions seem suitable to me. And that's it.
GOODGLYMM: Thank you
DGabaldon: I don't know, but I jsut got a FAX of details--I'll ask Rosana to
post them
MacGreggor: How long do Jamie and Claire have together, including
MacGreggor: the 20 yr hiatus? And I'll see you in Dayton. I'm
MacGreggor: planning a foray of those I've addicted!
DGabaldon: on the Web as soon as possible--definitely wihtin the next day or
two! ga
MAXLIPPS: nONNA AND LJ ARE NEXT
OnlineHost: Angel M K has left the room.
DGabaldon: I don't know--I haven't figured it out yet. <g>
DGabaldon: See you in Dayton, then! ga
Gabaldnfan: can you tell us a little about the mysteries?
Axlerod3: ?
DGabaldon: I could tell you _lots_ about the mysteries, but I doubt we've got
htat
Gabaldnfan: and give us a clue about the characters?
DGabaldon: kind of time or space. <g> They're set in Phoenix, and they
involve
DGabaldon: an investigative journalist and a Hispanic female police
lieutenant. ga
LaurelLyda: interesting!
MAXLIPPS: LJ, MORA AND WOLFSPRITE
LJReiner: Diana, my family and I are traveling to San Francisco to see you
next week. I hope you will
DGabaldon: The journalist is named Thomas Kolodzi and he's tall and skinny,
blond with
DGabaldon: bright blue eyes. <g>
LJReiner: do some reading for the group. Thanks. Signing off now.
DGabaldon: LJ--The publicist called and said to be sure people know it's the
Cupertino store for
DGabaldon: Clean, Well-lighted, _not_ the SF Bay area one. ga
Gabaldnfan: sounds polish, we'll all be doing polkas now.
Moralanima: If you would like to meet that fellow evolutionist, I'll put my
email addy up for ya
DGabaldon: Yes, he is Polish. Heaven knows why, but he is. ga
MacGreggor: Night, all. It's been wonderful - since I discovered The Books.
:-)
JenniBahn: Good night Diana, Marsha and room!! What a wonderful evening!!!!
See you in Cary, Diana
LaurelLyda: bye Mac
DGabaldon: Night!
RKallins: ?
Bronte55: bye Jenni
MAXLIPPS: MARGO?
MargoMail: Congrats on the book lists! I'll be checking Thursdays papers!
That's the date, right? NY
Threads1: ?
MargoMail: NYT next, right?
DGabaldon: For USA Today, it is. Oh, yes, NYT too. It may be early to check
that
DGabaldon: one, though; I think NYT runs on a two-week lag; i.e., this week's
list will be
DGabaldon: on sales from two weeks ago--when the book wasn't yet out.
DGabaldon: Dunno for sure, though. ga
MargoMail: What about Oprah? Did you send a comp copy to her? <g>
MAXLIPPS: COMING UP---RKALLINS, MAGGIE
Moralanima: goodnight
DGabaldon: I gather a number of the folderfolk here were kind enough to
suggest
EKMOPS: ?
DGabaldon: the OUTLANDER books to Oprah, but I sort of doubt her audience is
McCrary: My Dh bought the Audio for Outlander frome, I ade him listen to it
on a long trip, now he
DGabaldon: in for quite so long a haul! <g> ga
MAXLIPPS: IT MAY BE THE ONLY WAY I SEE YOU
OnlineHost: Moralanima has left the room.
McCrary: is looking forward to listening to the others
LaurelLyda: we are sending Oprah email about the books
OnlineHost: RadioBabe has entered the room.
DGabaldon: Well, warn him he's missing about 4/5th of the story by only
hearing
Bronte55: yes!
DGabaldon: the tapes! ga
Jenco56: !
BBlair8733: hi Diana, I am a male fan, are there any more like me?
MAXLIPPS: MAGGIE---
REDRIUER: My husband, BBlair :-D
DGabaldon: Marsha, thanks so much for setting all this up! I'm _staggered_
by
McCrary: I know but he is still getting the basic, since I tell him all about
them when I read them
DGabaldon: the enthusiastic reception!
McCrary: anyway
MaggieCK: Diana, thanks for such great books, how far into the future (past)
do you see the Outlander
MaggieCK: series going?
DGabaldon: Hi, BB! -- don't know if there are any here, but there are
certainly plenty overall. <g> ga
MAXLIPPS: THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR TIME WITH US
DGabaldon: It ends in about 1800.
LISAMATH: What got you interested in the time travel element? Would you
change history if you could?
LenGilb: YOU SEEM TO BE THE BEST LOVED AUTHOR ON BOOK CENTRAL!
DGabaldon: Wow! I'm flattered. <g>
DGabaldon: I am, however, going to have to go help chouse people through
their
DGabaldon: homework. Any last minute urgent questions?
DGabaldon: I can stay five more minutes.
RKallins: have you started book 5? when will it be out? I am very ill so
please hurry
Threads1: ?
McCrary: will see you on the 23rd in Nashville:-)
Gabaldnfan: yes what does chouse mean?
LaurelLyda: Thank you so much Diana. I'll never forget your generous spirit.
SKayTIC: are you coming to Albuquerque soon?
MAXLIPPS: YES, CAN YOU COME BACK AGAIN SOMETIME?
BBlair8733: Glad to here that, I was beginning to get a complex!
DGabaldon: Oh, the time travel was accidental, too--it was all Claire's idea.
<g>
Jenco56: Thanks so much, Diana. You've been great!!!!
Axlerod3: Do you save all the snippets which are edited out, and are there
any which remained on the
DGabaldon: "Chouse" is an old cowboy term--it's what you do to cows. <g>
Threads1: Thank-you Diana
LISAMATH: We wouldn't want to hamper your writing though!
Axlerod3: cutitng room floor/
DGabaldon: Don't know when I'll be in Albuquerque, but I have family there,
so
Carie U: Thanks for your incredible graciousness, Diana! Goodnight
MAXLIPPS: WE ARE SO HAPPY YOU CAME TO JOIN US TONIGHT AND LOOK FORWARD
DGabaldon: will be, sometime.
Bronte55: thanks Diana!
TABBAK: Thank you, Diana. This has been wonderful
LenGilb: Thank you very much Diana. We all really appreciate the time you've
given us...
Joyscout: Thank you Diana. Your work is wonderful. I'll look forward to the
next book(s).
DGabaldon: And yes, I'll be happy to do another chat, wherever you'd like.
Gonsilla1: Thanks Diana. We stuck it out tonight, chimney fire and all. We
love you.
MAXLIPPS: TO READING ALL OF YOUR FUTURE BOOKS
MaggieCK: Thanks for being here. & Thanks Maxlipps for moderating
Panda624: See you San Bernardino. Thank you for being tonight. Good all.
LISAMATH: Thank you Thank you....
ZaneZoe: Thanks for the wonderfuls hours of pleasure I've had reading your
books. Looking forward
LenGilb: Dont be a stranger.
Axlerod3: Thanks Diana
Ibette: Thanks so much, Diana! It's always a pleasure to have you!!!
REDRIUER: Thank you, Ms Gabaldon!
SandiHBG: Thank you, Diana!!!
DGabaldon: Chimney fire?!? Goodness!
GOODGLYMM: What Highland games will you be at next????
DGabaldon: Thank you all!
CHBYRNE: See you in San Bernardino.
SKayTIC: thank you
BBlair8733: Thanks Diana.
DGabaldon: Er...I'll be at the Highland Games on the Queen Mary in Long
Beach,
KByrns: Thank _you_!
Gabaldnfan: it goes without saying that we all love your writing and your
generousity with us. THANKYOU.
LaurelLyda: We meet every other Thursday online
Celtic59: Goodnite Diana
DGabaldon: Feb. 15/16. Then here in Phx. on Feb. 22/23.
Gabldnfan: I have learned so much from your books THANK YOU
CHBYRNE: It was wonderful, thank you ever so much.
DGabaldon: Thank you all, so much--and good night!
MargoMail: Thank you, Diana. It's been great, on this end, at least! <gd&r>
GOODGLYMM: Thank you so much for your time and answering all our
questions!!!!
MAXLIPPS: GOOD NIGHT DIANA
OnlineHost: DGabaldon has left the room.
LenGilb: WELL DONE EVERYONE!
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