PowerChat: ***  4/1/99 at 07:29 PM ***

PowerChat:

ScotLass76: I'd feel the same

Deana2899: yep..and I bet it fills up too. We hit 80 something last time, and I think it'll be a bigger crowd this time.

Outlndr43: Hey, if it's gonna happen you know tonight will be when it does

Becky2856: Of course

Outlndr43: I'm such an optimist

Becky2856: LOL

Becky2856: I'm so excited....actually got the night off WITHOUT asking for it!

ScotLass76: How many of y'all going to be here for the sec. chat

BncyPncy: gonna try!!

Outlndr43: I will

Becky2856: wish I could....have to work early tomorrow

NOVLFrench: I might try to come back

Deana2899: I'm planning on pretty much hanging out the whole time

ScotLass76: me too:)

ScotLass76: how many then

Outlndr43: Anyone celebrating national Tartan day?

Deana2899: hmmmmmm..I should clean up my computer desk before we get started..it's going to be a long night<g>

NOVLFrench: a little more than a half hour!

BncyPncy: if I didn't I'd be too much like my kids...not able to sleep, afraid I'd miss something!

Becky2856: clean????? what's that?

NOVLFrench: were any of you fascinated about

NOVLFrench: Scotland before you read the books?

Outlndr43: I was

ScotLass76: meeee

Outlndr43: Always have been

Becky2856: when my dh heard the date he wondered if it was really an April Fool joke?

Deana2899: well, tidy up..I have, let's see..four coffee cups, and overflowing ashtray, well, you probably don't want to

Deana2899: hear the rest

Becky2856: Me too...

Deana2899: lol

LangSaar6: Mine asked the same thing Becky

ScotLass76: I'd die if it was a joke

Becky2856: have always loved Scottish and Irish history

Outlndr43: my fascination with Scotland is the reason why I picked up the book

LangSaar6: I would unplug the computer if it was a joke

Deana2899: nah, that would be too mean..risking your life there..Marsha would have to go into the witness protection

Deana2899: program

ScotLass76: LOL, Lang

NOVLFrench: It cant be a joke if it was posted on AOL

LangSaar6: Out, I picked up the book because of the cover and it was thick. So funny now that I think of it

ScotLass76: :)

Becky2856: My husband actually got the book for me first

BncyPncy: LOL

Deana2899: my friend had to practically FORCE me to read it..

Becky2856: he worked right next door to the library adn saw it and thougth I might like it

Deana2899: now I'm more of an addict than she ever was<G>

LangSaar6: I have purchased them for many friends and family

Outlndr43: I couldn't put Outlndr down once I opened it

Outlndr43: read Outlndr, DIA and vogager in a week

Becky2856: he brought it home (outlander) and I started reading and read it through in two days

ScotLass76: my g/f had to force me too oh and i'm Zzvagitazz

Becky2856: then of course went nuts waiting for DIA

Deana2899: awwww..what a guy..you don't find many of those;

BkCnRed: Hey There Clan Outlandish!!

Deana2899: hey Karen..

NOVLFrench: it is not put downable

ScotLass76: Hey:)

Becky2856: Hey, Red...

LangSaar6: Hey Red

AnamCailte: Hey Deana :o)

Outlndr43: Hey Red

Bextir: Hi ya Red!

ScotLass76: Hey red:)

BkCnRed: Are you ready to ROCK?????

Becky2856: You better believe it!

ScotLass76: sure am:)

Deana2899: hiya Red; )

NOVLFrench: Yep!

Becky2856: Anyway, got my sister hooked....

ScotLass76: lets get it on!

Becky2856: when she went to England a year ago she brought me back a clan MacKenzie

BkCnRed: Gonna send a little welcome info on the

BkCnRed: screen so y'all will know what the "deal"

BkCnRed: is, OK??

Becky2856: badge

NOVLFrench: I only heard about this yesterday

Deana2899: well..mostly ready to chat, but hey, we can rock too if you want<g>

BkCnRed: Hello...Welcome to Author Chat with Diana

BkCnRed: Gabaldon. We are involved in a Formal Chat.

BkCnRed: Please refrain from any crosstalk. If you have a

BkCnRed: question, use a ?. If you have a comment, use a

BkCnRed: !. You will be called on by the moderator when it

BkCnRed: is your turn. When you are done...type GA. If

Becky2856: couldn't find a Fraser one otherwise she would have got me that too

BkCnRed: there is something you don't understand, please

BkCnRed: ask me via IM, not on the screen! Hope you

BkCnRed: enjoy!

Becky2856: LOL Deana

Becky2856: Hi Sky

LangSaar6: Okie Doke Red

NOVLFrench: We can talk until she comes though cant

Skyblue712: Hi everyone

NOVLFrench: we?

LangSaar6: Hi Sky

Becky2856: don't see why not

Skyblue712: Of course, we can

AnamCailte: what time do we start? why did I think it

AnamCailte: was at 7?

BkCnRed: sure, you can talk all you want for now

ScotLass76: ?

BkCnRed: and get those questions ready

Becky2856: 7 central time

LangSaar6: In a half hour

AnamCailte: <~~loosing mind <g>

Deana2899: it's at 7 central, Karen

BkCnRed: Yes, Sky?

ScotLass76: sorry nevermind

Becky2856: <-----mind already lost

AnamCailte: DOH

AnamCailte: LOL

Skyblue712: Me?

Becky2856: of all the things I've lost......

AnamCailte: its my mind i miss the most

Outlndr43: At least you guys had a mind

AnamCailte: <g>

NOVLFrench: at least you have a seat there might not

NOVLFrench: be any later on

BkCnRed: sorry, wrong person!

Becky2856: LOL Anam

BkCnRed: better get those fish out :)

AnamCailte: I used to have a pin that said that....

Bextir: Not the fish, Red, pleeeeeeeeease, noooooo!!!

AnamCailte: wore that puppy for years <g>

BncyPncy: Gotta have the fish!!!

Becky2856: FISHWHACK!!!!!

Becky2856: Hi Redcard

BkCnRed: Hey Becky -- I meant for me!

Becky2856: LOL Red

ScotLass76: 27 minutes left

Becky2856: and counting

ScotLass76: countdown!

Outlndr43: Scott: how many seconds? LOL

Deana2899: hehe, I just told Ashley to remind Mary of the chat, Karen

BncyPncy: LOL!!

ScotLass76: 28

Bextir: Hey Deana! Didn't see you lurking!

Skyblue712: Oh, BkCnSky, I get it now.

Becky2856: Hey Bex....

Deana2899: hey, I'm not lurking!

Becky2856: Frigga!!!!

Bextir: Hey Becky

Bextir: that's so weird, typin' my own name! <G:

Becky2856: LOL Bex

Frigga4F: Hi folks, glad to see i'm not the only early one

Becky2856: there were already 11 people here when I got here, Frigga

Deana2899: lol..I just gave up on getting a creative screen name and went for my own.

Frigga4F: what time was that?

Becky2856: and I've been here for 15 minutes

ScotLass76: 25 minutes left

Becky2856: creative? what's that?

Outlndr43: People always ask me what my S/N means

Outlndr43: I tell them to read the book

BncyPncy: recruitment...I love it!

Becky2856: got my sister and couple of my friends hooked on DG too

Outlndr43: They should have had this chat scheduled for April 16

Deana2899: lol..Outlndr, you are in one room that NO ONE is going to ask about your screen name<G>

Bextir: hey, it works, deana...cept I didn't know it was REALLY you!

LangSaar6: akk I am breaking a rule at our house tonight. I am eating at the computer.

ScotLass76: iLOL

Skyblue712: No, Sara Donati is scheduled for 4/16

Deana2899: yes yes, it's me Becky:) Hehe, at least no one thinks I'm into golf anymore

Bextir: so true, so true!!

Becky2856: LOL

LangSaar6: Sara Donati is coming in here 4/16??

NOVLFrench: who is Sara Donati? If you dont mind

Bextir: youre just a puttin' type of guy, eh??

NOVLFrench: me asking?

Becky2856: I just finished Into the Wilderness

Outlndr43: Isn't 4/16 when Claire went back in time?

Skyblue712: At the WOWSIES chat

BncyPncy: Yuppers! Sara will be here the 16th

LangSaar6: That is sooo great!!!

Becky2856: Hex!!!!

Outlndr43: I know it's been a while since I read Outlander

BYTHEHEX: hi there!

Frigga4F: who is Sara, what she write?

Becky2856: had to keep reminding myself it wasn't Last of the Mohicans though

BncyPncy: Hi Hex!!!!

LangSaar6: Sara Donati wrote a book called Into the Wilderness and included

Skyblue712: She wrote Into the Wilderness

ScotLass76: Into the wilderness

Becky2856: In that Hawkeye is Nathaniel

Becky2856: ANN!!!!!!!!

LangSaar6: a mention of Jamie, Claire and Ian.

ScotLass76: she's got a mention of Jamie and Claire

BYTHEHEX: hi. I was so afraid I'd come on and someone would say "April Fool"!

Frigga4F: ah, yes, I remember hearing about that now. Haven't read it yet

NOVLFrench: oh wow! that is cool

DDDEYO2: How is she tied in with DG?

NOVLFrench: I will have to look for it

Laurenkmh: Hi Martha

Deana2899: lol..that thought crossed my mind too Sharon

ScotLass76: they're friends

BYTHEHEX: gmta

Becky2856: LOL Hex

JaneE2059: hi all..remember...behave yourselves <G>

DDDEYO2: What era is the Wilderness?

Skyblue712: It's good, She just won the Pen/Hemingway for her other book Homestead

LangSaar6: It is a good story but not as character involved as DG books

Becky2856: who Ann, US?????

Frigga4F: ok Jane, we'll try, but can't guarantee anything

BncyPncy: Us?

Bextir: There goes ann, making us behave, or hoping to, anyway!

Becky2856: Wilderness is 1789

JaneE2059: 1790s

Becky2856: Bex, remember the room last week?

BYTHEHEX: Why would we need to be warned? We NEVER misbehave

Becky2856: really got rockin'

Becky2856: Poor Tara was just going nuts

Deana2899: good luck with that..like Marsha said on her web page..keeping us in order is like herding cats<G>

Bextir: Oh mannnnnn and I missed it!

LangSaar6: I am a first timer in the Spotlight room.

DDDEYO2: Will there be sequels to Into the Wilderness?

Becky2856: you did?

Becky2856: was a hoot

Bextir: Hey, my cat likes to herd my dog...

BncyPncy: Yes DDD

Skyblue712: Yep, she's writing it now

Becky2856: this fall I believe, DD

TABBAK: Hello!

JaneE2059: MEOW!!!1

LangSaar6: Hi Tab

Becky2856: TARA!!!!!!

Deana2899: wow, that soon?

Bextir: Hi Tara!!

BYTHEHEX: Tara! HI!

JaneE2059: yes, DDDEY

Becky2856: MEEEEOOOOWWWWW

MM CEA: first timer too....why am I SO NERVOUS!!!

DDDEYO2: I'll have to get it this weekend.

Skyblue712: hi Tara

Deana2899: hiya Tara:)

JaneE2059: at least one sequel

BncyPncy: excerpts on her website...if you like that kind of thing!

Frigga4F: Hay Tara, we're here ready willing and waiting!!!!

Bextir: and able

LangSaar6: That will be fun to read

ScotLass76: pppppppppuuuuuuuuuuuuuurrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

TABBAK: Hi Everyone!

JaneE2059: hi Tara

LangSaar6: while we are waiting for DGs book

BncyPncy: Hi Tara!!

ScotLass76: hey tara:)

Bextir: reeeeeeeroooooooooorrrr or whatever <G>

Becky2856: ahhhh......pringles, beer and DG....what could be better?

BYTHEHEX: Waited almost a year for this, now I have nothing to say (yeah, right)

DDDEYO2: Pringles, beer, DG AND JAMIE

Bextir: Zactly, DDD!

ScotLass76: That's how I feel

Becky2856: well....can't have everything

Becky2856: but three out of four ain't bad

Becky2856: ROFL

LangSaar6: LOL

DDDEYO2: True

Bextir: better add chocolate to that list, somehow, Becky

Becky2856: let's see....

Bextir: <~~~can't live without it! <G>

Outlndr43: I expected more people, where is everyone?

DDDEYO2: Sorry, whats ROFL?

BYTHEHEX: should have brought a potty chair, too

Becky2856: roll on floor laughing

Bextir: rolling on floor laughing, DDD

Becky2856: add MAO and it's my *** off

LangSaar6: LOL I agree By

LangSaar6: tater tots anyone?

ScotLass76: we're filling up

DDDEYO2: Thats one my teen hasn't taught me yet. THANKS

Becky2856: for when we fall off the chair, right Bex?

BYTHEHEX: Cause, you know I'm NOT moving from this chair!

Becky2856: Hi Lamb

Becky2856: heck no!

LangSaar6: Hi Lamb

BkCnRed: Hi there Mom!

Deana2899: brb, pizza is here

JaneE2059: Hi Outlndr

TABBAK: hi mom

Outlndr43: Does anyone know how to save this chat when it's finished?

Becky2856: well Ann, I actually made it

Outlndr43: Hi Jane

MM CEA: that was too funny....maybe you have time atleast to grab a wee little cup!

Beealamb: Hi Donna and Tara

LangSaar6: good question Out

TABBAK: Hi Helen

DDDEYO2: Will all of this chat be posted afterwards?

ScotLass76: go to log manager under file right now

BkCn SKY: Hello everyone

JaneE2059: good , Becky

Beealamb: Hi Jane

TABBAK: yes, the chat will be posted

LangSaar6: Where will it be posted Tara?

DDDEYO2: Open Log Manager, and then what?

JaneE2059: hi Bee

MM CEA: what do we do with the log manager...????

TABBAK: I'm not 100% sure yet! ;-) But I'l let you all know

ScotLass76: click on chat log part

LangSaar6: thanks

TABBAK: you're welcome!

Becky2856: how's your week been Tara?

NOVLFrench: yes

TABBAK: hectic, Becky! yours?

Becky2856: JENNI!!!!!!!

Becky2856: same...

Becky2856: busy at work.

TABBAK: mary!

SasnchWnch: Hi Tara!

Jenco56: yea! i was afraid i'd be too late to get a seat!

TABBAK: (Mary, I HAVE to tell you what happened yesterday re: Richard...reminde me later!

Becky2856: been looking forward to this all week

Bextir: Hi Jenn!

SasnchWnch: Will do! <g>

BYTHEHEX: I just know that one of my husband's dumb clients will call & bump me off!

Bextir: glad you got a seat!

Becky2856: What's new with you Jenni?

Jenco56: hi becky & bextir

Aelis10: I'm saving a seat while I get my dinner, all...brb :o)

Jenco56: nothing much, becky

TABBAK: Oh Lord, I can't type already. :-)

Becky2856: Hey, Bex...that's why we have two linew

LangSaar6: I just rememberd today that we were on here tonight.

JaneE2059: poor Sharon

Becky2856: lines

BYTHEHEX: I hate tax season

BkCn SKY: LOL Tara it early :)

Outlndr43: where is log manager?

Jenco56: poor sharon

Becky2856: got mine done and back already

Becky2856: did them online

Outlndr43: I can't find it under file

ScotLass76: under file

Bextir: It's early, Tara, what are ya gonna do??? <G>

NOVLFrench: Me too!!!!!

BYTHEHEX: thanx!

Becky2856: my files Outldner

LangSaar6: Out, I found Log manager under My Files

Becky2856: dr

DDDEYO2: Under MY Files

Outlndr43: thnx

Becky2856: can't type tonight either

Becky2856: too excited....ooohhh

Becky2856: ROFL

Jenco56: deana!!!! is it really you???

TABBAK: I know...scary

SasnchWnch: brb

Bextir: LOL Tara

DDDEYO2: Is this anyone else's first BC Spotlight?

BYTHEHEX: Think we make DG nervous? Hope not

TABBAK: naw

Becky2856: and Tara's going to try all evening?

Becky2856: <---------waves hand

SS0563: It's my first BC Spotlight

Becky2856: mine DD

TABBAK: hey...Tara's gonna be fine! <G>

JaneE2059: You'll be fine, DD

ScotLass76: we're a lot of raving fans

DDDEYO2: Can anyone tell me what goes on?

Skyblue712: Insanity

CotyB: OK, I'm back! wow did the group fill or what!

TABBAK: DD: Diana will be up here on "stage"

Skyblue712: HI Pokey

Jenco56: anam!!!! Ann!!!!!!! Pokey!!!!!!!!!!

TABBAK: I will ask for queue's in groups of 10

BncyPncy: to say the least!

BYTHEHEX: Actually, as long as everyone waits their turn it's alot of fun

Jenco56: skyblue!!!!!!!!!!!

DDDEYO2: Will we see Diana?

AnamCailte: JENNIE!

CotyB: HIYA!!!!!

ScotLass76: heck she might even let us help with the next book

Skyblue712: Hey Jen

TABBAK: When I call for queue, if you have a question, type ?

AnamCailte: :oD

BYTHEHEX: Hi Pokey

JaneE2059: hi Jenni!

Jenco56: all these great folks!

TABBAK: And if you have a comment type !

TABBAK: and wait to be called on

Jenco56: sorry, i get excited <g>

AnamCailte: Hi Ann! :o)

Becky2856: LOL Jenni

CotyB: Sharon. girlfriend how are you????

TABBAK: After we've run through 10...I'll ask for a a new queue

JaneE2059: hi Anan

TABBAK: Is anybody listening? <G>

Becky2856: you bouncing up and down in your chair yet??

JaneE2059: ANam

AnamCailte: me too. I haven't seen the Clan in forever

AnamCailte: :o(

LangSaar6: I am

Jenco56: yes Tara

Bextir: I am, Tara, honest *crossing fingers*

ScotLass76: :)

BncyPncy: I'm listening Tara

BkCnBkLvr: yes!!

BYTHEHEX: yes

AnamCailte: listening? who me?

Becky2856: yes here too

TABBAK: It's hard to tell up here! LOL

NikkiH72: yes

CotyB: I don't post on outlander anymore ladies...but I lurk. Y'all are too funny!

ScotLass76: funny bex:)

Bextir: <G>

Becky2856: lurk?

JaneE2059: why not, Coty?

AnamCailte: you should know me better than that Tara

AnamCailte: <g>

Becky2856: sounds fishy

TABBAK: I didn't think you would, Karen!

Frigga4F: Ya, we're listening Tara

AnamCailte: LOL

Jenco56: we'll behave - shoot, we're already bein' have aren't we guys?

CotyB: I'm sorta' wrapped in the other group <vbg>

Skyblue712: Jane, are you the Jane I see at Deb Stover, I can't keep track of the numbers?

Becky2856: what other group Coty?

BYTHEHEX: I'll have to ask if she reads our message boards, and if so can she ever forgive us. LOL

BkCnBkLvr: jane, Hey how are you?

AnamCailte: <~~has been very neglectful of her

AnamCailte: reading groups. sorry guys

JaneE2059: yes, Sky...one of thelm

JaneE2059: them

NOVLFrench: are you gathering questions and

NOVLFrench: comments now?

JaneE2059: hi Jen

NAIL MAMA: Hi everyone this is Great!

ScotLass76: 10 minutes left

Becky2856: Hey Nail

Skyblue712: Thanks

TABBAK: No...I'll ask for the first queue when Diana gets here

TABBAK: Hi Betty!

Muireann: hello

TABBAK: ANNOUNCEMENT:::::

Ebdmom: Hi Tara

BkCnBkLvr: hi Tara...

TABBAK: Betty (Ebdmom) is the APRIL MEMBER OF THE MONTH

CotyB: nail mama...love the screen name!

ScotLass76: ::red lights come on

JaneE2059: BRB

JaneE2059: yea BETTy!!!!!1

TABBAK: (that's why she's up here!)

CotyB: Betty congrats!!!

AnamCailte: brb

BkCn SKY: Hi Jane How are you

Jenco56: who brought snacks? i've got jelly beans, anyone want some?

LangSaar6: Hi Mac

ScotLass76: congrats betty:)

CotyB: I've got the vino!

TABBAK: Hi Betty down there, too! <G>

BYTHEHEX: Congrats Betty!!

Jenco56: wtg Betty!!!!!!!!!

JaneE2059: fine, Helen

BncyPncy: Congrats Betty!!!

Ebdmom: <blush> I'm so excited

LangSaar6: ISure Jen

NAIL MAMA: Was so afraid I would Be Lae

CotyB: anybody up for some merlot???

JaneE2059: BRB

Jenco56: wine & jelly beans Hmmmmm

CotyB: ::::::passing the wine::::::

NAIL MAMA: Late

NikkiH72: sure jen, i like the orange ones

Frigga4F: best I can do is coffee,

NAIL MAMA: Chardonnay and wings

RedcardSC: Hi Betty!!!

BkCnRed: Are you Thirsty????

SS0563: I'll take a cup of coffee and a red jelly bean

BkCnRed: . _____

BkCnRed: . (_____)

BkCnRed: . ( )

Jenco56: got iced tea for those abstaining

BkCnRed: . / \

LangSaar6: I will eat anyones black ones

BkCnRed: . | |

BYTHEHEX: Still on the Manischewitz

BkCnRed: . / \

BkCnRed: . / \

BkCnRed: . / \

BkCnRed: . /__________\

BkCnRed: . | |

BkCnRed: . | COKE |

BkCnRed: . | | {S coke}

BkCnRed: . |___________|

Skyblue712: Oooh I love merlot

BkCnRed: . \ /

BkCnRed: . \ /

BkCnRed: . | |

BkCnRed: . / \

BkCnRed: . /__________\

MacGreggor: Boy, that's a big one!!!!!

BkCnRed: Always Coca-Cola

BkCnRed: £Þ3

TABBAK: My Goodness!

MacGreggor: Single malt, eh?

Jenco56: wtg red

LangSaar6: WOW Red that is great

CotyB: holy moly!!!!

Jrpahomegv: Can I say "Hi"? Or am I supposed to stay quiet?

BkCnRed: OOPS!

Becky2856: Hi Jr

Skyblue712: Lol By!!!!

ScotLass76: I'll have a diet dr. pepper thanks:)

NAIL MAMA: BkC nRed I am impressed

BkCnRed: there are a lot of you here....

BncyPncy: Hi Jr

CotyB: reminded me of Close Encounters there for a second, red!

BYTHEHEX: Hi to you too Jrp!

BkCn SKY: Welcome Ebdmom, and

Jenco56: i've got these sausages, but they're the little tiny ones <veg>

BkCn SKY: congratulations:)

Becky2856: :P

LangSaar6: 7 UP here

TABBAK: The chat hasn't started yet...talk all you want!

TABBAK: (Sounds funny!)

BkCnRed: need a verra large Coke

Jrpahomegv: Hi all!

Becky2856: anyone want a beer?

Becky2856: LOL

Becky2856: plebian tastes

BYTHEHEX: Tara, like we have to be told to talk!

Becky2856: LOL Hex

TABBAK: Sausage?? Who's got sausage???<G>

BkCn SKY: Hi Red how are you

ScotLass76: no, my b/f 's only 18, not fair!

BkCnRed: Hi Sky -- Hanging in here

AnamCailte: who mentioned the sausage?

DDDEYO2: Anyone try the new Tequiza? Its good

TABBAK: Really Sharon!

Ebdmom: And y'all said I had to behave tonight--and you;'re mentioning sausages?

BYTHEHEX: LOL

MacGreggor: THe SAUSAGE CONVERSATION!

Becky2856: sausages??? OMG

Jenco56: 'fraid that was me Anam

LangSaar6: LOL Scot, my oldest son is 18

AnamCailte: LOL

BkCnRed: watch out for the fish Tara

NikkiH72: whats tequiza?

Becky2856: my oldest is 18 too

MacGreggor: My oldest child is 28

ScotLass76: I'm 22

ScotLass76: hi mom

Jenco56: lol betty

Becky2856: Jenni, did I tell you my 16 year old got a TATTOO??????

Jrpahomegv: Hi Deanna, glad to see you here! Enjoying your posts!

BYTHEHEX: <{{{{{< did someone mention fish?

DDDEYO2: Tequiza is aA new "Beer", Tequila and lime flavored

MacGreggor: Hi honey

AnamCailte: Fish???? where fish??? <whack> oh.

AnamCailte: there. <g>

Deana2899: okay, I'm back. Have pizza, drink, been to the potty..I'm READY.

TABBAK: Fish? No, I'll stick with the sausage, thanks!

Becky2856: wb Deana

LangSaar6: Good girl Dana

Deana2899: lol Karen

NikkiH72: sounds good, pass the salt

AnamCailte: LOL Deana

LangSaar6: Hi Shlopa

Jenco56: lol Anam - my we're off to a good start

Bextir: wise decision, Tara!

NAIL MAMA: We have a thunderstorm here in Fl waiting for Jamie to flash in lightning

AnamCailte: LOL Tara... sounds like a good choice

LangSaar6: I ate at the computer and didn't drop a thing

BkCn SKY: LOL Deana

Ebdmom: I vote for sausage whacks, any day!

Becky2856: Nail, just hope your puter doesn't fry

TABBAK: Oh, Lord! ROFL

NAIL MAMA: really

BYTHEHEX: Betty! A woman after my own heart

BkCnRed: You'll never live that one down, Betty!!!

NAIL MAMA: I would faint if it happened

Outlndr43: Don't even talk about PC failure or AOL booting

Ebdmom: Oh well, I can handle it.

BkCnBkLvr: tara, i want to log this chat - do I do it under Chat or session log?

LangSaar6: akk crossing fingers

Jenco56: wtg Lang - the dh won't let me eat at the 'puter anymore - he shook a bunch of crumbs out the other day!

CotyB: I think that quote should go in the newsletter!

AnamCailte: sausage whacks??? oh my <eg>

Deana2899: nope, those are tabboo words right now.

ScotLass76: chat

TABBAK: I did it under Chat the other day when we were testing.

LangSaar6: LOL Jen

MacGreggor: With an outside ISP, I don't worry about AOL punt problems.

Becky2856: spilled pop on my keyboard the other day....

NAIL MAMA: 4 more min

AnamCailte: gotta get some cookies... brb

Becky2856: finally getting it unstuck...ick

Jenco56: yikes becky

TEACUP 147: hey litening, I made it!!

TEACUP 147: Thanks

Jenco56: hey Lee!

Deana2899: I'm doing the same thing, Macgreggor..NEVER get booted anymore

MacGreggor: Ain't it wonderful!!!

ScotLass76: 4 minutes now

Outlndr43: AOL always boots me

Ebdmom: Did what under the chat???

TABBAK: And it worked fine

TABBAK: Logged the chat

Dleexyz: ciamar a tha thu everyone!

Outlndr43: My husband wants to drop AOL

Jenco56: same at ya, Lee

BkCnBkLvr: ok... great, i log both chats tonight and make up transcripts to put on All Things Outlandish

Outlndr43: but it's my social life and I won't let him

AnamCailte: ahhh... got me some triscuits instead...

Deana2899: yep, it is:)

AnamCailte: got TWO boxes of those <g>

Ebdmom: Oh, I thought you were still talking about sausages, and was I shocked

MacGreggor: Tapa leath

NAIL MAMA: drop your husband

TABBAK: LOL! LOL!

BncyPncy: LOL!!

Outlndr43: aww, I can't he's my Jamie

LangSaar6: DH is going in search of chocolate

LangSaar6: He is a good man

BYTHEHEX: A new topic for the boards, "Sausage Whacking". Never mind, I just read how that sounds!

NAIL MAMA: mine too

TEACUP 147: HEY LITENING!!!

Becky2856: mine's not home from work yet

Ebdmom: Lauren, are you up here, too?

Bextir: Hi kathy didn't 'see' ya!

ScotLass76: my b/f is my Jamie

Becky2856: lucky ou

MacGreggor: You guys on the stage are getting rowdy as the crowd below!

Becky2856: you

AnamCailte: LOL

LangSaar6: Hi Cathy

Becky2856: hope they don't fall off the stage!

Dleexyz: my crazy mind even thought up a limerick about sausages....<G>

BncyPncy: Hi...enjoying this weather or what...yuck!!

Bextir: yeah, hex, that doesn't sound too good, eh??

Frigga4F: mine all went to church, hope God forgives me for missing it

Becky2856: ooohhh

TABBAK: Diana!

NAIL MAMA: sausages and jamie sigh

TABBAK: Welcome!

Laurenkmh: I'm here! Its like magic.

Becky2856: DG is here ladies

BncyPncy: She's here!!!

Ebdmom: I promised to behave, once the chat started. Yeah!

Becky2856: yay!

TABBAK: Good behavior, now ladies!

BYTHEHEX: Welcome!!

Deana2899: thanks, you just reminded me to start my log too:)

DGabaldon: I'm here! Hi, all <waving>!

NAIL MAMA: yay!

ScotLass76: Hey:)

BncyPncy: Hi!!!!

Jenco56: hi Diana!!!!

Becky2856: Welcome MsG

DDDEYO2: Hello!

Muireann: hi!

Litening89: hey, tea.

LangSaar6: Good to 'see' you

AnamCailte: <waves> Hi Diana

Bextir: Hi ya!

Skyblue712: HI

SS0563: hello, Diana

RedcardSC: Hey

CotyB: wahoo!!!! Diana!!!

Frigga4F: Welcome!!!

NikkiH72: wahoooooooooo!!!!!!!!

Laurenkmh: Yeah!

NAIL MAMA: Hi

BkCnRed: Hey Diana!

Deana2899: Hi Diana:) Thanks for coming!

Outlndr43: Hi

Ebdmom: Yeah

Jrpahomegv: Hi Diana!!!!

NOVLFrench: Hello it is wonderful to see you

Dleexyz: hello diana!

DGabaldon: My pleasure! Sorry for the confusion over times...

BYTHEHEX: Clapping, cheering, waving, etc.

Muireann: this is too cool!

Becky2856: wow

DGabaldon: the galleys for the COMPANION went back to

TEACUP 147: Howdo I get into the stage chat area?

Dleexyz: i like the start time being earlier...

Jenco56: no prob!

TABBAK: Okay, Donna...Since nancy is not here, can you help me with the queue after all?<G>

DGabaldon: the publisher yesterday--I have No Brain Left. <g>

BkCn SKY: Hello Diana

Deana2899: oh no, don't tell us it's being postponed or something!

Jenco56: you don't teacup

Ebdmom: Hooray for Galleys!

TABBAK: Let's get started!

IABLUBLURR: HEY!!!

BkCnRed: LOL Tara!

DGabaldon: No, No--pub date is June 11, they tell me.

BncyPncy: Yes...Lets!!!

Dleexyz: no deana, just it is starting at 8pm eastern rather than 9pm

Deana2899: whew..don't know enough about that sort of thing to know if I should have been worried or not<G>

TABBAK: Okay, I'll ask for the first 10 queue...if you have a question, please type ? and if you have a comment

NOVLFrench: !

TABBAK: please type !

ScotLass76: !

Becky2856: ??

Bextir: calm soothing thoughts, Deana!

DDDEYO2: Can a book be reserved now?

TABBAK: THEN WAIT TO BE CALLED ON

Deana2899: ?

Muireann: ?

Jenco56: deep breaths deana

NAIL MAMA: ?

IABLUBLURR: !!

Dleexyz: ???

TABBAK: NOVLFrench...Your comment?

NOVLFrench: I just wanted to say thank you because of how

NOVLFrench: your series has fired my imagination. I love

NOVLFrench: your work and am waiting with bated

NOVLFrench: breath until the next book is out. ga

DGabaldon: Thank you! I'm thrilled that so many people seem to like the books.

DGabaldon: Not anything _I_ ever imagined happening. <g>

TEACUP 147: ??

Nancalee: tara?

Nancalee: diana?

Jenco56: oops - did everyone on stage freeze up?

FLPORCH: ?

DGabaldon: Who, me? No, I was just being polite. <g>

Becky2856: arrgghh

AnamCailte: seems like it.....

Deana2899: I thought maybe it was just me

Jenco56: lol

AnamCailte: LOL

JaneE2059: BRB

BYTHEHEX: LOL

Jenco56: taraaaaaaa

MacGreggor: ROFL

Nancalee: I am trying to be <BG>

Beealamb: I am tongue-tied!

Bextir: must be stage fright, Jenni!

Deana2899: I guess we were all being polite and the result was complete silence

Becky2856: ROFL

Deana2899: we're never this well behaved<g>

Jenco56: must be bex <g>

AnamCailte: LOL

BYTHEHEX: Not that anyone's nervous, or anything!

Becky2856: Hey Nance!

Bextir: never, Deana!

AnamCailte: never <g>

Ebdmom: I'm just thrilled to be in the cyber presence of greatness

Jenco56: lol deana

Nancalee: I am in awe of my company

CotyB: that must be real hard for you Nanc <vbg>

Becky2856: who, us, Hex???

NOVLFrench: ?

Jenco56: so where's tara?

DGabaldon: Er...well, it's just me, you know. <g>

Nancalee: should I introduce myself or what?

MacGreggor: !

Ebdmom: You're just you to you, but to us--you're the Great DG

Jenco56: can we go on with the next comment?

TABBAK: Sorry

BYTHEHEX: Good point, Betty

AnamCailte: I think she may have been booted... I

AnamCailte: dont show her on my Buddylist anymore

MacGreggor: Who is next?

Dleexyz: i have questions, just waiting my turn...

TABBAK: Who's next?

Becky2856: she's back

BncyPncy: WB Tara!

AnamCailte: whoops there she is <g>

Dleexyz: ??

Skyblue712: Scotlass is

ScotLass76: me

DGabaldon: Yay, Tara!

TABBAK: Okay, Scotlass?

Vaxmin: hi

Deana2899: whew, don't scare us like that Tara; )

Nancalee: Am I supposed to be doing my job?

TABBAK: Sorry!!

ScotLass76: Weell, I love your work Diana

ScotLass76: It's had an imapact on my life

Skyblue712: Next is Becky

DGabaldon: Many thanks! I'm always impressed at how friendly

ScotLass76: impact I mean

DGabaldon: and kind everyone is--to all the other readers, not just me! ga

BkCn SKY: !

ScotLass76: Such deep detailed imagery

TABBAK: I'm totally lost...(figures!) y'all help me..who's next?

Beealamb: lol Tara

Skyblue712: Becky , Deana

Vaxmin: ?

Nancalee: yah yaeh becky

Jenco56: becky - are you there???

Skyblue712: Muireann

DGabaldon: I was telling my husband at lunch, there's a saying, "God

Becky2856: yeah

Becky2856: my turn?

TEACUP 147: Hey litening...ask about her next book!

DGabaldon: is in the details." <g> I don't know as I'd claim _that_, but

Muireann: I'm here

DGabaldon: I do just see lots of stuff. ga

TABBAK: LOL!! I'd vote for it!

TABBAK: Becky?

Becky2856: what I'd like to know, Diana, is this:. in Outlander one line really hit me

Becky2856: the line where when Claire and Brother Anselm are in the chapel and when Claire

Becky2856: asks what to do Brother Anselm says, nothing...just be....

Becky2856: that line really hit me because we have adoration in our parish...

Becky2856: what i would like to know is if your faith has carried you through the rough times in your life too???

DGabaldon: Well, thanks. I'm glad that struck you. We have Adoration, too;

Becky2856: does that make sense?? ga

DGabaldon: I go every Sunday night at midnight. Of course, some times

DGabaldon: are more spiritual than others, since my partner is a professional

TELAV428: ?

DGabaldon: psychic, and occasionally he feels the need to tell me all

NAIL MAMA: Me?

DGabaldon: about what he's "seeing." <g> Very nice guy, though.

Becky2856: LOL....somehow I knew you went too

Becky2856: thank you

DGabaldon: As for faith in general, yes.

ScotLass76: ?

DGabaldon: Actually, that's why the chat had to be rescheduled tonight;

DGabaldon: I'd forgotten about the Holy Thursday services, until I

DGabaldon: walked into church on Sunday and saw everyone waving

DGabaldon: palms around! ga

TABBAK: Deana?

BYTHEHEX: ?

AnamCailte: LOL

Deana2899: Okay..this is a question that has had me on both sides of the fence, usually one every other day..

TABBAK: FLPORCH get ready

JaneE2059: We're not ready for the next 10 questions yet

DGabaldon: Oh, that sounds interesting. <g>

Deana2899: can you tell us more about who the Alex BJR is calling out the name of while he's torturing Jamie is?

Jenco56: good one deana!

Deana2899: I waiver between thinking it's his brother, and ALex Macgreggor

AnamCailte: oooooo. Good one Deana :o)

IABLUBLURR: Really good!!

DGabaldon: Well, it _could_ be Alex MacGregor--you recall him? Or his

Deana2899: depending on who is convincing me of their view on it<g>

DGabaldon: brother. I'm not sure I know myself which one it was--but we

MacGreggor: We recall them all, Diana!!!

DGabaldon: _will_ find out more about the Randall family (you recall,

Dleexyz: yes the discussion on the boards about this has been quite good

BYTHEHEX: In minute detail! LOL

DGabaldon: there's one brother left, whom we haven't met yet <g>),

Jenco56: oh good

Beealamb: aha!

DGabaldon: and Jamie still has (or perhaps Jenny is keeping itfor him)

BncyPncy: yet being the key word

SS0563: ?

Deana2899: ahhh..lol..another one of those lovely ambiguos answers

Dleexyz: more suspense now....

DGabaldon: MacGregor's Bible--we may yet find Alex's mother. ga

JaneE2059: will the brother be more like Alex or BJ? <VEG>

Jenco56: cool

TABBAK: FLPORCH?

FLPORCH: When you first started writing Outlander at point did you figure out

TABBAK: Vaxmin, up next

Deana2899: cool..thanks Diana:)

DGabaldon: Oh, Edward Randall is quite his own man. <g>

NAIL MAMA: ?

FLPORCH: that it was goign to take you six books to tell the wholed story. ga

NOVLFrench: ok

DGabaldon: Oh. Well, to start with, I just wanted to write _one_ book..

DGabaldon: for practice. <G>

Becky2856: <g>

DGabaldon: But when I finished it and sent it to my agent, I told him..

ScotLass76: oh my:)

Deana2899: (looks like she created a monster, so to speak<g>)

DGabaldon: "I think there's more to the story, but I thought I should stop

Becky2856: LOL Deana

DGabaldon: while I could still lift it." <G>

BYTHEHEX: This was only the practice? Imagine when she hones her craft.

FLPORCH: LOL

Jenco56: ROFL

JaneE2059: lol

Jrpahomegv: LOL Deana

Beealamb: ROF<

LangSaar6: LOL

AnamCailte: LOL

Becky2856: rofl Hex

SasnchWnch: lol Hex

DGabaldon: _He_ told the publishers who offered for it that there was more..

BncyPncy: LOL!!

IABLUBLURR: LOL

BkCnLaurel: LOL

Vaxmin: more to read

Dleexyz: she probably hones as she goes...

Namkcub1: ?

ScotLass76: LOL

DGabaldon: and they all said, "Oh, trilogies are hot right now, do you

DDDEYO2: Don't ever stop writing!

DGabaldon: think she could do three?" To which my agent (he being

DGabaldon: a very good agent) replied, "Oh, I'm _sure_ she could!"

JaneE2059: lol

Becky2856: LOL

TABBAK: (Already knew you, huh?<G>)

AnamCailte: :oD

Becky2856: !

DGabaldon: So they gave me a three book contract. Only then I got

DGabaldon: halfway through DRAGONFLY and realize I couldn't possibly

Aelis10: ?

DGabaldon: cram the whole American Revolution into one more book...

JaneE2059: yea

DGabaldon: Anyway, about two years ago, is the _short_ answer. <g> ga

Beealamb: ROFL

FLPORCH: Lucky us you did not stop at one

TABBAK: VAXMIN?

Becky2856: can you imagine a two thousand page novel?

Dleexyz: ?

AnamCailte: LOL :oD

TABBAK: Muirearann next

Beealamb: ?

Vaxmin: At what point did you visit Scotland?

Deana2899: wow, you were thinking that far ahead already while writing Dragonfly? Don't you guys wish you could spend

ScotLass76: goodness!

DGabaldon: Oh, _I_ could, but these publishers have very limited imaginations,

Jenco56: my idea of heaven Becky

Frigga4F: ?

TEACUP 147: My daughter has already read the series two times so she doesn't forget anything before the next one

DGabaldon: you know.

Deana2899: a minute or two in her head???

DDDEYO2: If Diana wrote a 2000 page novel, I woudl read it!

Becky2856: so would I...but would give myself a hernia carrying it everywhere...and would need a bigger purse

DGabaldon: I reckon you _have_ (read it), considering that there are something

BYTHEHEX: LOL Becky!!

DGabaldon: like 3600 pages in the four books so far. <g>

JaneE2059: ! for a comment...? for a question <G>

Aelis10: ?

SS0563: ?

TABBAK: Vax, did you ask your question?

AnamCailte: not nearly enough pages... not by far :o)

Becky2856: oops sorry

Vaxmin: Yes, at what point did you visit Scotland?

IABLUBLURR: God only 3600 pages <BG>

JaneE2059: ok

Deana2899: I'm with you Karen..there need to be MANY more pages; )

DGabaldon: After I sold OUTLANDER, but while I was writing DRAGONFLY.

Dleexyz: but what pages!!!

DGabaldon: I couldn't very well tell my husband I had to go to Scotland to

DGabaldon: do research, while I wasn't telling him I was writing a book. <g> ga

AnamCailte: LOL

TABBAK: Muireann?\

Vaxmin: oh i see . lol

TABBAK: Teacup next

Skyblue712: ?

Muireann: Have there been any dates set for your book tour for The Companion?

Aelis10: Did my ? get counted on the queue?

DGabaldon: Yes, actually there are. Just a minute...

Dleexyz: i am wondering that too?

Muireann: Yeah!!!

DGabaldon: Had to run across the room and grab the letter from the publicist...

GBlush: ?Was Scotland what you had expected?

DGabaldon: <puff, pant> OK..

MM CEA: stop in new hampshire....please..it's so pretty here

Muireann: Sorry...

JaneE2059: GBlush..! for comment...? for a question

TABBAK: LOL

DGabaldon: July 6 - Seattle; July 7, San Francisco, July 8, San Francisco

Leekennick: ?

Jenco56: g blush - wait until you're called on

IABLUBLURR: me too i had a !

BYTHEHEX: Aelis, GBlush, you'll get called on first

DDDEYO2: ?

DGabaldon: (this means _around_ San Francisco), July 9 - Los Angeles..

BYTHEHEX: then you ask your question

GBlush: sorry - didn't understand

BYTHEHEX: ok

JaneE2059: ok

Muireann: Wonderful! I'll be in LA.

DGabaldon: July 10-12 - Albuquerque (only one day of that will be book

JaneE2059: ?

DGabaldon: events; I'm meeting my family there and going to the opera

Deana2899: <~~Crossing her fingers and hoping for San Antonio

Dleexyz: my screen saver keeps poppin on and i panic i got booted <G>

JaneE2059: ?

BncyPncy: how fun!!

Muireann: Thank you!

BkCnRed: Hello...Welcome to Author Chat with Diana

BkCnRed: Gabaldon. We are involved in a Formal Chat.

BkCnRed: Please refrain from any crosstalk. If you have a

BkCnRed: question, use a ?. If you have a comment, use a

BkCnRed: !. You will be called on by the moderator when it

BkCnRed: is your turn. When you are done...type GA. If

BkCnRed: there is something you don't understand, please

BkCnRed: ask me via IM, not on the screen! Hope you

BkCnRed: enjoy!

DGabaldon: in Santa Fe), July 13 - Denver; July 14 - Cincinnati/Dayton

IABLUBLURR: !

DGabaldon: July 15 - Dayton, July 16 - Boston, and then...local events

DDDEYO2: I know what you mean Dleexyz

DGabaldon: here in Arizona. Fairly short by book tour standards, but

Dleexyz: lol

Nancalee: how about Chicago?

MacGreggor: Books and Co in Dayton!!???

DGabaldon: I'll be doing a Canadian tour just before this, too. ga

TABBAK: Teacup?

TABBAK: Novl French next

AnamCailte: rats. no NJ/NY/CT/PA

RedcardSC: If Outlander was made into a movie, who would you case as Jamie?

DDDEYO2: Im with you Anam

KCulp56797: Where will you be in Canada?

DGabaldon: Not this time, it looks like.

Jrpahomegv: Yeah Nancalee!

MUL5R: I'm with you Anamcailte!

DGabaldon: Oh, I wouldn't. Cast anyone as Jamie, I mean. <g.

Ebdmom: Shor tours are good.

Nancalee: drat!

DGabaldon: I've never seen any actor who looks like him. ga

JaneE2059: ! for a comment...? for a question

TABBAK: Teacup?

TEACUP 147: Someone already asked my question and I got my answer...but do you plan a book tour in FL any time soon?

DGabaldon: I don't yet know where I'll be in Canada; haven't heard from

RedcardSC: ?

DGabaldon: that publicist yet.

NAIL MAMA: ?

Becky2856: !

ScotLass76: People say Brendan Fraser

DGabaldon: _I_ don't plan book tours. <g> The publicists at the various

TABBAK: Novl French?

Deana2899: glad it's a short tour, doesn't cut into her writing time so much that way<g>

TABBAK: (Sorry!)

DGabaldon: publishing houses do. What you do if you want an author

ScotLass76: as Jamie

DGabaldon: to come to your city, is talk to the managers of all the

DGabaldon: bookstores you can; they talk to the sales reps, and the

Muireann: I think Ioan Gruffudd would make a good Ian.

RedcardSC: ?

DGabaldon: sales reps tell the publicists where they most want authors

DGabaldon: to go. ga

TABBAK: Novl French?

BYTHEHEX: Hello, Barnes & Noble......

NOVLFrench: I have two questions Is the character of Jamie

NOVLFrench: components of people you have known? Is

NOVLFrench: Roger going to be writteb as a stronger

Nancalee: could I have SIGNING AT MY HOUSE?

NOVLFrench: character?

AnamCailte: <taking notes. Thanks Diana... you can be sure

AnamCailte: I will pester the heck out of my bookstores now

AnamCailte: :o)

NOVLFrench: ga

BYTHEHEX: LOL

TABBAK: MacGreggor next

DGabaldon: Well, my husband is 6'4" with red hair, and a very good

DGabaldon: sense of humor. <g>

Muireann: ohh

RedcardSC: ?

LangSaar6: Lucky girl DG

Becky2856: wow

DGabaldon: As for Roger, he'll come further into his own, now that he's

DDDEYO2: Here I come Barnes&Noble

ScotLass76: ohhh, my:)

TEACUP 147: My daughter and I both love your books and just can't wait for the next one...write fast..ga

DGabaldon: in the New World--I mean, there's just not a lot of heroic scope

Chewhy: I'd say cast Mel Gibson since he's done Braveheart

MUL5R: Roger is onw of my very favorite characters!~

DGabaldon: in Oxford or 1968 Inverness, no matter _how_ great a guy is. <g>

TABBAK: MacGreggor?

NOVLFrench: thank you

SasnchWnch: lol

MacGreggor: I want to thank you for taking the time to talk to my aunt at the Scottsdale games. She is the one who was in

DGabaldon: Mel Gibson is way too short, and way too old.

RedcardSC: ?

Nancalee: I am really getting to like Roger, myself

Jenco56: lol

DGabaldon: I'm very fond of Roger, too!

JaneE2059: ! for a comment...? for a question...and wait until you're called <G>

Deana2899: THANK you Diana<g>

MacGreggor: a wheelchair and asked you to sign a card to a friend saying Let's do lunch!

BYTHEHEX: Yeah, definitely not Mel Gibsom

RedcardSC: ?

BkCnRed: JUST A REMINDER ~~ WE ARE TAKING 10

BkCnRed: QUESTIONS/COMMENTS AT A TIME FOR THE

BkCnRed: QUE. PLEASE WAIT UNTIL WE ASK FOR

BkCnRed: THE NEXT QUESTIONS. : )

Sueladwig: ?

DGabaldon: Oh, that was your aunt? Well, give her my regards. <g>

KCulp56797: ?

Nancalee: he sure is getting toughened up in the 18th century

MacGreggor: She loves your work - I addicted her well

RedcardSC: ?

AnamCailte: LOL

DGabaldon: Yeah, at the moment Roger is sort of wondering whether he

MM CEA: ?

Becky2856: !

DGabaldon: can really bring himself to kill someone in cold blood--and

TABBAK: Hold on...my apologies..I'm not sure who;'s next

TABBAK: nancy?

Deana2899: I'm finding myself liking him more as I read the excerpts already.

BkCn SKY: !

RedcardSC: ?

DGabaldon: wondering how he _can't_.

DGabaldon: Well, see, these books are Jamie and Claire's story; Roger

JaneE2059: ! for a comment...? for a question...please wait until you are called <G>

Nancalee: Im me Tara

DGabaldon: and Bree are important mostly _because_ they're important

DGabaldon: parts of Jamie and Claire's life--they aren't meant to take

NAIL MAMA: ??

DGabaldon: over the show, but they are real characters in their own right. ga

NOVLFrench: thank you again

DDDEYO2: !

Muireann: ?

TABBAK: I'm sorry guys, I lost my queue...hang on one second!

SS0563: ?

RedcardSC: ?

BkCnRed: JUST A REMINDER ~~ WE ARE TAKING 10

BkCnRed: QUESTIONS/COMMENTS AT A TIME FOR THE

TABBAK: DLeexyz

BkCnRed: QUEUE. PLEASE WAIT UNTIL WE ASK

BkCnRed: FOR THE NEXT QUESTIONS. : )

MUL5R: ?

Sueladwig: ?

Dleexyz: i have a trilogy question--first, are you as adept with witty repartee as your characters?

TABBAK: TeLava next

DGabaldon: No, I think rather slowly. <g> That's why I write books--I can

DGabaldon: take my time. ga

Jenco56: lol

AnamCailte: :oD

TABBAK: TeLava?

MM CEA: ?

TABBAK: Scotlass next

Dleexyz: second, would it be appropriate for ian to use an apishamore while he is with the indians?

JaneE2059: ! for a comment...? for a question...please wait until you are called <G>

DGabaldon: I dunno--what _is_ an apishamore?

IABLUBLURR: !

Dleexyz: i found out it is an objibway indian word for trail blanket, usually of buffalo hide <G>

Dleexyz: didnt know if the mohawks used buffalo hides...?

DGabaldon: Well, given that he's living with the Mohawk rather than the Ojibway,

DGabaldon: probably not, then. <g>

DGabaldon: Quite possibly they did; but I don't reckon they called them

DGabaldon: apishamores. ga

Dleexyz: just thought it was a good new word to use maybe...<G>, and finally

TELAV428: Slow typer here! Diana, do all of these characters clammer for your attention? I certianly clammer to read

Dleexyz: a question from the "clan"...any particular significance to the black thumbprint on rogers wrist--

Dleexyz: is it from jamie/ian fight or the indians?

DGabaldon: Just that Jamie has a strong grip. <g>

Jenco56: yes!

TABBAK: TeLava?

Dleexyz: and dirty fingers, no?

Dleexyz: thanks diana, ga

Jenco56: it's a bruise, lee

DGabaldon: I figure it was a bruise rather than smudge, myself. ga

Dleexyz: we were trying to figure that out last week

TABBAK: Scotlass is up next...Telava??

Nancalee: I recall that question

RedcardSC: ?

Becky2856: !

TABBAK: Okay...we'll come back to you, Scotlass?

MM CEA: ?

KCulp56797: ?

Dleexyz: among others nancy, right....<G>

BYTHEHEX: Telava asked a question, scroll back to it

TABBAK: Ooops!

ScotLass76: I'm here

LJASPER120: ?

Namkcub1: ?

TABBAK: Diana, do you see Telava's question?

Llrex2: ?

Nancalee: yeah

Deana2899: are we doing a screen freeze again?

DGabaldon: No, I don't; is Telava her screen name?

TABBAK: (WE CAN TAKE THE NEXT 10 to QUEUE)

Becky2856: !

SS0563: ?

Dleexyz: no they are looking for telava's question i think

Muireann: ?

Frigga4F: /

Skyblue712: ?

GBlush: ?

TaylorRose: ?

BYTHEHEX: ?

Llrex2: ?

Sueladwig: ?

Aelis10: ?

IABLUBLURR: !

MM CEA: ?

TABBAK: No..TeLav4...

KCulp56797: ?

JaneE2059: ! for a comment...? for a question...please wait until you are called <G>

LJASPER120: ?

TABBAK: TELAV428: Slow typer here! Diana, do all of these characters clammer for your attention? I certianly clammer t

NAIL MAMA: ?

TABBAK: to read your books..

TELAV428: NO. My screen name is TELAV428 But friends call me Teresa

DGabaldon: Oh, OK, got it. Thanks!

Dleexyz: ?

DGabaldon: Yes, they talk to me pretty much all the time, but

Aelis10: My ? was up earlier, but I haven't been called upon....

DGabaldon: not all at once. <g> It's usually only one specfici

IABLUBLURR: me either...

DGabaldon: voice I "hear" or one viewpoint that I'm seeing from. ga

TABBAK: Scotlass?

MM CEA: ?

Dleexyz: send red an im maybe to see if you are in queue

TABBAK: BYTHEHEX NEXT

ScotLass76: My b/f wanted me to ask you about Claire

Aelis10: But I have faith in uor leaders...<G>

Aelis10: our, even :)

Jenco56: lol aelis

Leekennick: !

DGabaldon: Yes? What about Claire?

Deana2899: me too..it's a tough job to keep track on a night like tonight; )

Jenco56: i dunno - they seem pretty confoosed tonight <g>

ScotLass76: Where did you get the idea for her as the first-person character?

Nancalee: i saw that<g> I have you on a que

DGabaldon: Well, I wanted an Englishwoman, because I thought that

DGabaldon: had the potential for considerable conflict, given the historical

DGabaldon: timing. <g> But when I started writing a scene with this

DGabaldon: Englishwoman, she just announced who she was, and promptly

DGabaldon: took over and started telling the story herself, making all

DGabaldon: sorts of smart-ass modern remarks. At this point..

Vaxmin: ?

DGabaldon: I said, "YOU don't sound like a historical person!" So I strugged with

DGabaldon: her for a couple of pages, but I couldn't beat her into shape

ScotLass76: That's like an alternate ego, right

DGabaldon: and make her talk like an 18th century person...

MM CEA: ?

DGabaldon: so I shrugged and said, "Phooey, I'm not going to fight with

DGabaldon: YOU all the way through this book. Go ahead and be modern

DGabaldon: and I'll figure out how you got there later!" ga

TABBAK: LOL! BYTHEHEX?

BYTHEHEX: You're very spiritual and have a friend who's a psychic. Do you believe in the paranormal? Any experiences?

DGabaldon: Well, yeah, within limits. <g> I walked into a ghost in the

TABBAK: SSO563 next

Eph522: Hi Friends!

DGabaldon: Alamo once, but that's the only really striking thing I can

DGabaldon: think of. ga

TABBAK: SSO?

BYTHEHEX: thanks!!! ga

SS0563: Are you planning on going into detail of Randall family and will this take you beyong six books?ga

Jenco56: hi eph

TABBAK: NAILMAMA next

NAIL MAMA: How many books will be in the Outlander seres?{I hope many} and will you ever start another series?

ScotLass76: thanx

JaneE2059: hi Eph

JaneE2059: ! for a comment...? for a question...please wait until you are called <G>

DGabaldon: We'll meet the Randalls and find out more about both their

Deana2899: I live in San Antonio..never seen that particular ghost though<g>

TELAV428: ?

DGabaldon: background and their future (i.e. Mary Hawkins and her baby)

DGabaldon: in the sixth book, I think.

Jenco56: oh good

DGabaldon: Yes, I do have another series in mind--but it belongs to Master

DGabaldon: Raymond, not the Randalls.

MM CEA: ?

AnamCailte: yay :o) can't wait for that one!

DGabaldon: As for the Alamo ghost, I didn't see him either--I just walked

IABLUBLURR: COOL!!

Becky2856: neat

DGabaldon: into him. <g>

NAIL MAMA: Will the 6th book be the last?

SasnchWnch: oh good, I've missed Master Raymond :)

SS0563: ?

DGabaldon: The sixth book will be the last of Jamie and Claire's series;

JaneE2059: ! for a comment...? for a question...please wait until you are called <G>

BYTHEHEX: that would make you remember the Alamo!

Dleexyz: but how do you "walk" into a ghost i'm wonderin'.....

Deana2899: Brrrrrrrrrrrr..shiver

TABBAK: NAMKUB Next

NAIL MAMA: BooHoo

DGabaldon: I have a "prequel" under contract that deals with Jamie's

Jenniemae: ?

Becky2856: !

IABLUBLURR: sniff, sniff :(

DGabaldon: parents and the 1715 Rising, though.

Jrpahomegv: LOL Byth

NAIL MAMA: Good

BYTHEHEX: hehe

DGabaldon: Well, I just crossed this spot on the floor, and there he was. <shrug>

Llrex2: Aaah Black Brian and Ellen. Intiguing.

Dleexyz: shades of star wars....<G>

TABBAK: NamKub?

Namkcub1: Will Bree and Roger have any more children?

JaneE2059: lol

NOVLFrench: that would be great I loved the story

NOVLFrench: about Brian and Ellen

MUL5R: lol

Eph522: I find myself liking and despising Stephen Bonnet. Will we see more of him?

TABBAK: Becky2856 after NamKub1

DGabaldon: I sort of don't think birth control in the 18th century was

DGabaldon: all that reliable. <g>

JaneE2059: Eph..! for a comment...? for a question...please wait until you are called <G>

DGabaldon: Yes, we'll certainly see more of Stephen Bonnet (I quite

DGabaldon: like him myself)--after all, he knows (or thinks he knows)

DGabaldon: that Brianna's baby is his. ga

TABBAK: namKub ask again, please! <G>

Leekennick: I've been waiting 30 minutes.

TABBAK: Becky2856 next

NAIL MAMA: Poor Jane I wish I could buy you a drink for your patience tonite.

Llrex2: NamKub's question has been answered, I believe. Re Birth control.

NAIL MAMA: I waited 42 min

Namkcub1: Yes

JaneE2059: {{Nail}}

TABBAK: becky?

DGabaldon: Yes, that was in answer to NamKub.

TABBAK: Aelis next

Becky2856: Okay....Diana, I just wanted to say that I've loved your books from day 1

TABBAK: Aack!<G>)

DGabaldon: Thank you!

Becky2856: in hardcover.. LOL....and got my sister hooked besides...

Becky2856: and just wanted to say thank you for giving me something to escape to and dream about

TABBAK: Okay..Becky did you ask?

TABBAK: Aelis is after Becky

Becky2856: I'm a history major with emphasis in the 1700s.....and I find your detail and descriptions

Becky2856: just fascinating. Thanks so much for writing for us. ga

DGabaldon: Well, thank _you_ for reading them and loving them. <smile>

TABBAK: Aelis?

Aelis10: As a budding writer in awe of your work <g> I'd love to know: Do you plot these books formally beforehand, or

Aelis10: are you a seat of the pants writer?? :) ga

TABBAK: Nancalee next

NikkiH72: ?

JaneE2059: ?

Dleexyz: ?

MM CEA: ?

Namkcub1: ?

TABBAK: Whoops!

LJASPER120: ?

BYTHEHEX: good questions Aelis!

TABBAK: We lost her

BncyPncy: Auuuuggghhhhh!!!!!!!

Vaxmin: lol

Aelis10: Darn! :o(

Llrex2: Who did we lose?

BncyPncy: DG

SS0563: Diana?

TABBAK: Diana

Becky2856: and here WE worried about getting booted!!!!

IABLUBLURR: DG

Vaxmin: :(

Muireann: Lost who?

AnamCailte: okay Aelis.. .you scared her away <g>

Deana2899: Oh no!

JaneE2059: yikes!!!!1

Llrex2: Dear God, who's got Diana?

Muireann: Oh NO!

NAIL MAMA: Nancalee

TABBAK: Nancy..what did you do to her??<G>

Aelis10: Do you....think it was my question!? LOL

Becky2856: the alamo ghost!!!

JaneE2059: did she go through the stones?

JaneE2059: ;-)

Jenco56: lol

BncyPncy: LOL!!

Vaxmin: lmao

Dleexyz: lol

BYTHEHEX: Did she fall through the stones?

AnamCailte: LOL

IABLUBLURR: LOL

Deana2899: okay you guys up on the stage, let her out of the closet RIGHT NOW

BYTHEHEX: gmta

Sue3027: lol

SassyNat: aaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrgggggggggghhhhhhhhhh

AnamCailte: LOL deana

Deana2899: you CAN NOT make her write ANY faster that way!!!

Litening89: ROFL

BkCnRed: TARA, WHY NOT TELL US WHO IS IN

BkCnRed: THE QUEUE WHILE WE WAIT FOR

SS0563: Don't blame Aelis for asking her question. Stephen King said he's asked that daily. He never goes away.

BkCnRed: DIANA??

ScotLass76: LOL

Sueladwig: Let's hope she just got a great idea and is furiously writing

NAIL MAMA: Going through the stones what fun I would go

AnamCailte: ROFL

Nancalee: kidnapped her

Llrex2: And it's not even a new ER tonight!

LangSaar6: Good idea Red

Aelis10: Am I gonna have to type that all over again? *sigh* =)

Becky2856: yes it is

BncyPncy: LOL!!!!

BYTHEHEX: Nan has her at her house, signing books

Muireann: Shoot, I has a question about NC.

Vaxmin: aol is bumping people tonight

BkCn SKY: we don't have her LOL

TABBAK: We are out of time for this chat tonight anyhow...

Aelis10: Another rerun??

Deana2899: suuuuuuuuuuuuuure you don't<G>

NOVLFrench: I just wanted to say to the hosts that this was

Sue3027: Aelis cut and paste!

Becky2856: Llrex....

NOVLFrench: great! I will be back again! Thanks and bravo

NOVLFrench: for bringing Diana here

DEDE21758: am I in the right place

Llrex2: Yes!

Becky2856: new ER tongith

Jenco56: ohhhh, fiddle

BncyPncy: We will form a rescue mission if necessary!!!

Becky2856: tonight

MM CEA: i'm from nc

JaneE2059: we are, Tara?

BncyPncy: :(

TABBAK: Diana will be back at 9:30 PST

SS0563: Thank you. Great time!

GBlush: what part of NM

Dleexyz: aelis, she has said before she writes as she goes...no outlines...

NAIL MAMA: Bye Diane

IABLUBLURR: your kidding!?

TELAV428: Yeah NYC

KCulp56797: What's 9:30 PST in EST?

Skyblue712: But it's only 5:44

Aelis10: Dlee, really? Wild.

Beealamb: I say "Trilogy"! What do you call a 6-7- 8- or

Beealamb: more-book on-going story? LOL Well, there

Beealamb: WAS my question I've had typed for an hour!

Frigga4F: How long was this chat suppost to be?

NAIL MAMA: Thanks for gracing our screens

Vaxmin: im sad

AnamCailte: 12:30

Becky2856: 12:30 est

Juliamb7: 1:30

BYTHEHEX: Maybe Diana can e-mail Aelis her answer, she waited so long for her question

TEACUP 147: Tell her we enjoyed talking with her and thanks!!

Litening89: 12:30

NOVLFrench: thanks Tabbak and Red and Nancalee

Becky2856: she's back!!!!

BncyPncy: She's back!

Dleexyz: yeah, read the previous chats on her website...it's all there!

Aelis10: Some people can just do it in their heads...the outline, I mean.

TABBAK: Okay...if you are in the queue...and you can come back...I'll put you in first.

DGabaldon: Gasp, gasp, gasp.

Vaxmin: lol

Becky2856: ROFL

AnamCailte: HI Diana :o)

BYTHEHEX: You're back!! Yay!

BncyPncy: Had us worried there!!!

Llrex2: >clap, clap>

DGabaldon: Sorry--my son logged on downstairs and fropped me!

DizzyMB: She's back!!

JaneE2059: WB Diana!

Jenco56: anyone who hasn't been needs to go to diana's official website - a lot of these questions are answered there

Aelis10: She's back! haha!

TABBAK: Oh! Welcome Back

Skyblue712: Welcome back diana

CotyB: she surfaced!

IABLUBLURR: She's back

AnamCailte: welcome back

Becky2856: <applause>

ScotLass76: Hey Diana WB

NikkiH72: hooray!!!!!!!!!

Aelis10: My turn, myturn!!

Vaxmin: wb

SS0563: ?

Ebdmom: Yeah, we were about to start throwing gemstones at the computer

Jenco56: lol!

Muireann: Yeah!

DGabaldon: I had to race down and drag him off the keyboard, then

Becky2856: ghost sent her back

Frigga4F: Thank goodness,

DGabaldon: dash back and relog.

SasnchWnch: lol

Nancalee: good thing you guys paid the ransom

DGabaldon: Can stay another ten minutes, though!

Aelis10: Did you scream? I would have. <G>

TELAV428: teah!!!!

Deana2899: lol..poor kid

AnamCailte: lol

TABBAK: Okay...Aelis....then Nancalee

Jrpahomegv: Fropped?

BncyPncy: the joy of children!!!

NAIL MAMA: what a women

ScotLass76: ohhh, goody!

Aelis10: Okay, here goes...

Jenco56: we thought you'd been kidnapped!

TABBAK: Then we'll see how much time we have left!

BkCnLaurel: He must be the same age as my son. LOL

Becky2856: by the ghost

DGabaldon: Fropped - F--ing dropped!

Vaxmin: lol

Jenco56: lol

Becky2856: ROFL...like that one!

BYTHEHEX: LOL

AnamCailte: ROFL Diana :o)

IABLUBLURR: LOL

Skyblue712: LOL!!!

Jrpahomegv: Thanks

Aelis10: As a budding writer in awe of your work, I'd love to know...do you formally plot these books or do

TELAV428: Cool

Llrex2: Oooh, I see where claire gets her tongue from!

SasnchWnch: lol

DGabaldon: My pleasure. <g>

MacGreggor: ROTFL!

ScotLass76: LOLLOL:

Becky2856: LOVE IT!

Ebdmom: And I though only Claire cursed :)

Aelis10: you write "by the seat of the pants" as they say? ga

Deana2899: must be a compuserve thing<snicker>

Dleexyz: love it too!

NAIL MAMA: lol

IABLUBLURR: ; )

DGabaldon: No, I don't plot them; they wouldn't be any fun to write

DGabaldon: if I knew what was going to happen. <g>

Crawfordea: You are the bomb,G!

Jenco56: lol

MM CEA: ?????

TABBAK: LOL

IABLUBLURR: !!!!!!!

JaneE2059: ! for a comment...? for a question...please wait until you are called <G>

DGabaldon: Hey, _I_ don't curse. Never! That's why I said "fropped."

Aelis10: Not even an outline of some kind in your head?

Dleexyz: well like real life then....

BncyPncy: LOL

Nancalee: Did Geilis intend bodily harm for Bree, or Royal rewards?

TABBAK: LOL

Llrex2: Uh huh.

DGabaldon: Well, we'll know more about what Geillis intended, probably,

DGabaldon: when we learn the details of the Fraser Prophecy. <g>

Jenco56: oooohhhhh

Leekennick: I'm still waiting to be called. ?'s didn't work.

DGabaldon: No, no outline as such--it's just that as the story goes on,

Muireann: can't wait.

Juliamb7: !

Dleexyz: i'm with diana on not swearing...

Jenco56: love those answers

Nancalee: I just knew you would say that!

MUL5R: ooh, I can't wait!!!

DGabaldon: I _do_ know a few particular things that will happen--but

ScotLass76: My b/f 's on the bed reading Diana's Voyager right now:)

Nancalee: yes?

DGabaldon: I don't know how, and I don't know when. They just kind of

DGabaldon: give me a foothold on the story; a place to work from. ga

TABBAK: Diana...thank you so much for joining us tonight! We'll look forward to seeing you again later tonight!

MM CEA: b/f in bed how nice!!!!

BYTHEHEX: I'm so happy Aelis got her question answered, she waited so patiently!

Llrex2: Bye!

AnamCailte: that last book is going to be really really

AnamCailte: long--lots of stuff to go in it! :o)

Muireann: Bye bye!

Jenco56: thanks diana!

TABBAK: If you are in the queue and you can come back...you'll be first!

Nancalee: you truly amaze me the way you weave a story

Dleexyz: thanks everyone!

IABLUBLURR: bye!!

Becky2856: Bye Diana...thanks you!

Muireann: Thank you!

SS0563: Goodbye and thanks, Diana.

NAIL MAMA: Bye Lady Di

JaneE2059: {{DIANA}}

Vaxmin: Thanks, Diana.

LangSaar6: Thank you for coming

KCulp56797: Thanks Diana...your books are fabulous

ScotLass76: Bye Diana

SasnchWnch: Night Diana. Thank you.

BYTHEHEX: Nite Diana, thanks for everything

Deana2899: Thanks Diana..see you later tonight:)

TABBAK: (Not you, Diana...the audience!)

DDDEYO2: Thanks Diana!!!!

CES051398: bye

DGabaldon: Bye, guys, and thanks so much for coming!!

Juliamb7: bye thank you

TELAV428: THANKYOU!!!!!!!!

Ebdmom: Thanks Diana

CotyB: ::::clap clap clap::::

MM CEA: bye diana!!!

JobyWoods: Tahanks Diana

ScotLass76: Thanks:)

Sue3027: Thanks Diana!

Beealamb: THANK YOU

Frigga4F: Thanks Diana, byby for now

Eph522: Fare thee well, Diana.

Nancalee: Thank you so much

LADY1743: Bye Diana

CotyB: cheers!

DGabaldon: I'll see you (or possibly some more of you <g>) later on

Jrpahomegv: Bye Diana, and thanks!

Becky2856: woo hoo!

AnamCailte: g'night Diana.... thanks for chatting

Bextir: Thank you sooooo much!

Crawfordea: Thanks!!!!!!!

BncyPncy: Our pleasure!! Thank you for being you!

Skyblue712: Thanks

Rie811: thank you

BerettaYV: Thanks!!

BYTHEHEX: Wahoo for Diana!!!!!

CMoore105: thanks

DKR nj: thank you very much

FLPORCH: thank you- now go write some more

Llrex2: {holding up my Bic lighter}

Nancalee: for your time and ,of course, the books

DGabaldon: tonight. Happy Maundy Thursday--or for those

ScotLass76: See ya, too:)

BkCn SKY: Thanks Diana

NAIL MAMA: Write write write

Rie811: Thank you

Vaxmin: lol lrex

Muireann: I'll be here later! Yeah for PST!

DGabaldon: celebrating Passover--Hag Sameach!!

MacGreggor: Already sang at the service..

TABBAK: Thank you! We'll be back!

Eph522: Skip a few PTA meetings and write faster!

Dleexyz: thank you diana!

BYTHEHEX: LOL

BkCnLaurel: LOL

JaneE2059: LOL'

BkCn SKY: Diana, I wanted to let you know how much my

BkCn SKY: husband loves your books and he is anxiously

BkCn SKY: waiting for your next one :) GA

Llrex2: Gee, do you think she'll stick around to sign my book?

Muireann: lol

JaneE2059: good, HElen..have you read them?

BncyPncy: LOL

MUL5R: lol

ScotLass76: LOL

DGabaldon: Tell him thanks, SKY. <g> 'Preciate the male vote!

TABBAK: LOL

ScotLass76: :)

Outlndr43: we made it without getting booted from AOL!

KCulp56797: Diana, I enjoyed seeing J & C in Into the Wilderness

BkCn SKY: your welcome I will

Ebdmom: Well, are we all going to just hang around for the next three hours?

MM CEA: boy...that was a fast hour!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ebdmom: I'm ready

Becky2856: sure why not!

TABBAK: I'm going to get some dinner! <G>

BkCn SKY: no I haven't yet Jane but I will :)