Sunday, May 18, 1997
An Evening With Diana Gabaldon: UN-EDITED
Book Central @ AOL
Once again, the group enjoyed extra time with Diana Gabaldon after her AOL
Live public chat was finished. :) This is our insane....eerrrr....unedited
version of the event.
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Gwhite05: just left the chat. Had some real doozies in my row
BC Dreamin: yes Laura
ZanzibarBl: don't you all think diana handles the repetitive questions with
such grace???? ;-)
OnlineHost: DGabaldon has entered the room.
Onward001: BCTara -- I'm logging, and I usually don't have trouble...
ZaneZoe: Gw file - log - chat log
JSOpal: I'm not logging..lol...
BC Maxy: PLEASE..ANYONE WHO ISN'T HERE FOR A SPECIAL CHAT WITH DIANA.....
JaneE2059: hi Harriet
BC Dreamin: LOL bette
Lrwkar: I'm not logging, don't have a clue as to what that is
BC Maxy: MAKE ROOM FOR THOSE...
Onward001: VampDoc -- will do...
CathySharb: Hi Diana
HarrietSLP: Hi everybody!
BC Dreamin: HI Diana
DGabaldon: Hi, guys!
Axlerod3: me... I don't know how....figure you need one illiterate in any
group
ThumperTK: Hi all
BCTara: Hi Diana!
Jenco56: not me, haven't a clue as to how to log, not technically literate
_at all_
LMALCOTT: hi Diana
Jenco56: Hi Diana
LaurelLyda: Hi Diana
Sassenak: Hi Diana
ZanzibarBl: hi diana!
FRENCH RD: Hi DG
BoDiva: hi big D.
BC Maxy: I WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME DIANA GABALDON!!!
Axlerod3: Hi Diana
ZaneZoe: Hi Diana
ClaireFrsr: hi diana!!!
VampDoc: Thanks, Onward! :)
Onward001: Hi Diana, welcome!
CiaranZZZ: hi Diana!
TStuart809: Hi Diana
JaneE2059: hi Vamp
HarrietSLP: Hello Diana!
Ebdmom: We apologize for some of those questions you had earlier--you can
pick your friends...
Gwhite05: hi, Diana!
JSOpal: welcome!..Diana
LenGilb: Welcome Diana, thank you so much for stopping in!
Lrwkar: Hi Diana
Toobsyforu: Hi Diana, you are wonderful
JuzU: hi Diana
RTEDIT: Hi Diana!
KByrns: Yeaaa Diana!
Ibette: Thanks for coming, Diana. Good to see you!
BC Dreamin: what aweful questions
Sassenak: Thank you for coming!!!!!!!
JaneE2059: <applause for Diana>
BC Maxy: DIANA, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING....
JSOpal: come in and relax...lol
Onward001: <><><><><><><
ClaireFrsr: <><><><><><><>
DGabaldon: Thanks. <g> No problem with the questions--after all, I wrote the
ThumperTK: {{[Wild Clapping}}}}}}}
Ebdmom: HALE DIANA
BC Dreamin: welcome.
TStuart809: clap, clap,
Ibette: <><><><><>Diana!<><><><><>
BC Maxy: PUT YOUR FEET UP AND LISTEN TO THE APPLAUSE
ZanzibarBl: whew! what a reception!!!!!!
Ibette: Thunderous applause!
Gwhite05: Here, here!!!!
JaneE2059: <<<Standing Ovation>>>
Sassenak: <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
BettyB6754: Standing ovation!
ZaneZoe: What a group!!!
Ebdmom: I'm typing with my toes, cause it's a standing ovation
TStuart809: you are loved
Onward001: up there with you Sass
FRENCH RD: <><><><><><><><><>
ZaneZoe: LOL
RAbele921: <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><
LenGilb: Are you all going to let her get a word in edgewise? :)
JaneE2059: LOL Betty
BC Dreamin: shhh......
Lrwkar: writers should rule the world
LMALCOTT: probably not, Len
Toobsyforu: {{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{We Love You Diana!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!}}}}}}}}}}}
BoDiva: we're letting take a breathe first.
BoDiva: (oops)
LMALCOTT: LOL, writers do rule!
JaneE2059: LOL
DGabaldon: books; other folks may not read as thoroughly as I do. <g>
Sassenak: well, the pen is mightier than the sword
ThumperTK: you know it
DGabaldon: Sorry--had to go turn off the IM's--I can't talk to ten people
_and_ you
JaneE2059: hi Bo
Ebdmom: Diana, there are a few, who read your works quite thoroughly
DGabaldon: guys all at once.
BC Dreamin: smart
Lrwkar: where do you get your inspirations from?
DGabaldon: Reckon there are, Ebd--thanks!
BC Maxy: IN A MOMENT WE WILL GO TO A MORE FORMAL CHAT...
LaurelLyda: Diana, Thank you so much for my bookplates. They came the day
before Mother's Day.
Sassenak: Are we going formal?
BoDiva: actually, there a few of us who read them obsessively.
Ibette: Yes, everyone be cool with the IM's!
LMALCOTT: Ack, Start protocol...I can't keep up!
DGabaldon: Oh, I just stare at a wall until things start to happen...<g>
JaneE2059: :-))
ZanzibarBl: ???????
BC Maxy: IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS FOR DIANA ...PLEASE TYPE A ?
ZanzibarBl: i wanted to get that in! :-)
DGabaldon: No, really, you get inspirations from everywhere, and everything.
BC Dreamin: ?
Jenco56: ?
Gwhite05: ?
LenGilb: Diana, I'm going to give up my spot for another more deserving fan,
but thank you again!
BC Maxy: IF YOU HAVE COMMENTS...PLEASE TYPE A !
Onward001: ?
Sassenak: Queue zanzaibar, BC dreamin , jenco
ATaibhsear: ?
RAbele921: ?
ThumperTK: !
Ibette: Thank you, Len.
BeflThea: ?
TStuart809: ?
BC Maxy: PLEASE DON'T IM DIANA OR I
DGabaldon: <peeking out from under rock> Is it OK to come out now? <g>
Sassenak: or me
LMALCOTT: Marsha...turn your IM's off
Sassenak: ?
Toobsyforu: A
Axlerod3: Sass...naughty
JaneE2059: LOL
BC Maxy: DIANA ...TAKE A SIP OF DIET COKE....
BC Maxy: AND LETS CUT DOWN ON BANTER LADIES....
Toobsyforu: ?
BC Maxy: :)
DGabaldon: <slurp!>
JaneE2059: ;-)
BC Maxy: oK...LETS START WITH ZANZIBAR'S QUESTION....
Sassenak: Queue - Zanzibar, BC dReamin, Jenco
ZanzibarBl: First, thank you for your input on my research paper. (it got an
A and I will post-someday)
ZanzibarBl: Now, will we see anymore of Rabbie McNabb?
DGabaldon: Oh, good! Congratulations! As for Rabbie MacNab--I don't know,
DGabaldon: at the moment. I suppose we might. ga
Sassenak: Queue - BC Dreamin, Jenco, GWhite
Ibette: ?
EckmanABC: !
LaurelLyda: !
BC Maxy: bcdREAMIN
BC Dreamin: this is long so it will take a couple of posts.
DGabaldon: OK, shoot.
BC Dreamin: I've been curious about something since I read Drums of Autumn.
When
BC Dreamin: did you decide to add the other part of the Fraser clan in the
story?
BC Dreamin: he clan crest, the leaping stag vs. the Strawberries.
Toobsyforu: Is There any chance The Outlander series will continue after #6?
BC Dreamin: Was this always a part of the master plan, or did you just
recently research
BC Dreamin: this and want to add it? /GA
DGabaldon: I didn't know there were two parts. <g> I have a lady who's
DGabaldon: obsessed with the strawberries in Tennesee, and keeps peppering me
DGabaldon: with strawberry-strewn notepaper, sweaters, serving platters, you
name it..
DGabaldon: but I did know about M. Frezeliere--he's mentioned in one of my
Highland
DGabaldon: Clans book. I just hadn't found a suitable spot to stick that
stuff in.
Toobsyforu: ?
DGabaldon: Not room for _everything_ I know, after all. <g> ga
BC Maxy: Jenco?
Jenco56: Will we get a replay of Jamie & Randall's last encounter in Fiery
Cross, or book six? GA
Onward001: Do you every begin a story, write some, read it, hate it, trash it
and start another? Or do
Onward001: <sorry>
Sassenak: Queue - Jenco, GWhite, Onward
DGabaldon: No.
BC Dreamin: ?
BettyB6754: ?
Axlerod3: ?
Aplebe: ?
BC Maxy: GWHITE?
Gwhite05: Have you ever been affected by a book as Outlander has affected so
many of us? GA
Sassenak: Queue - Onward, ATaibhsear,RAbele
DGabaldon: Well, I dunno. <g> Judging from the effects...um. Er...I can't
DGabaldon: think of any, offhand. <g>
BC Maxy: ONWARD?
Onward001: sorry about that... just wondered if you get your ideas and run
with them, or if some
Onward001: of them stall somewhere along the line?
DGabaldon: Well, I work in little bits and pieces, and sometimes I start
something
Ebdmom: ?
DGabaldon: and it just doesn't gel for me. If so, I just save it in a file,
and start with something
TStuart809: ?
Sassenak: Queue - ATaibhsear, RAbele, ThumperTK
BC Maxy: ATAIBHSEAR?
DGabaldon: else (another scene, I mean, not another book). I may come back
DGabaldon: to it later, and it will come together--or I may just salvage
phrases
DGabaldon: or images from it and use them somewhere else. ga
ATaibhsear: There are two grimoires mentioned in the books...one Claire
steals and gives to Roger before
ATaibhsear: going back to Jamie and one Roger gets from Fiona. Are these the
same or different books?
DGabaldon: I don't _remember_ Claire stealing a grimoire anywhere--let alone
giving it to Roger.
Sassenak: Queue - RAbele, ThumperTK, BeflThea
BC Maxy: RABELE?
RAbele921: Will we ever see any more of Hamish? GA
MacGreggor: !
DGabaldon: Oh, I think so. <g> Book Six, probably. ga
BC Maxy: THUMPERTK?
ThumperTK: Diana, your books make reading sooo enjoyable!!!
LauretteA: ?
DGabaldon: Thank you!
Sassenak: Queue - ThumperTK, BeflThea, TStaurt
BC Maxy: BEFLTHEA?
BeflThea: Did you enjoy history in high school? I want to "turn on " the
kids. Your
BeflThea: characters are great! Very close to the feeling
DGabaldon: Well, some I enjoyed and some I thought was boring--depended on
the teacher. <g>
BC Maxy: TSTUART?
BeflThea: ok what made the diff?
TStuart809: What was Geillie's motive in helping Claire at the witch trial?
Sassenak: Queue - Sassenak, Toobsforu, Ibette
DGabaldon: It helped if the _teacher_ cared; if he or she found it a 'live'
subject,
DGabaldon: rather than a collection of dates and facts. ga
BeflThea: thanks
DGabaldon: Geilie--well, it may have been a sense of altruism for a fellow
time-traveler (after all,
DGabaldon: Geillie had good reason to think _she_ might be able to escape
DGabaldon: burning, which indeed she did). Or merely an instinct for
contrary behavior <g>.
BC Maxy: SASSENAK
Sassenak: I was wondering about the Outlandish companion. What will it
include? (FYI - I made the
DGabaldon: or perhaps a sense of obligation. ga
TStuart809: thanks
JaneE2059: ?
Sassenak: timeline on the web as a companion for myself and the group but am
curious about what you ar
Sassenak: planning -GA
DGabaldon: The OUTLANDISH COMPANION will include family trees, clan maps,
lists of
DGabaldon: characters (and which books they appear in), timelines (yes, I'd
love to
ALangel: ??
DGabaldon: look at yours!), annotated bibliographies, glossaries of Scots and
Gaelic words
Sassenak: I'll email you the hyperlink
DGabaldon: (with pronunciation guides), synopses of the first four books,
trivia on how I came
Mlvsjcat1: ?
DGabaldon: to write various pieces, information on which characters are
historical,
DGabaldon: which are fictional, and which are Real People <g>...essays on
Historical Fiction
DGabaldon: and Political Correctness (the two don't go together!), and
whatever else I
DGabaldon: can think of. Oh--if the publisher will spring for artwork, we'll
do things
DGabaldon: like drawings of Claire's rings and Ellen's bracelets, and photos
of the Highlands
DGabaldon: around Lallybroch. <g> ga
BC Maxy: TOOBSFORU?
Toobsyforu: Is There a Chance The Outlander Series could go further after #6
Anniehale: ?
Sassenak: queue - Ibette, EckmanABC,LaurelLyda
DGabaldon: I don't _think_ so. But I'll know for sure after I've written the
sixth book. <g> ga
BC Maxy: IBETTE?
Ibette: Since we started re-reads during weekly book groups, some of us are
still wondering......
Sassenak: queue -EckmanABc, LaurelLyda, BettyB
Ibette: Who hit Jamie with the axe? Will we ever find out for sure?
Sassenak: ?
DGabaldon: Yeah, I think you'll find out. Depends how it fits with the
story, though,
DGabaldon: as to _where_ you may find out. <g> ga
BC Maxy: ECKMANABC ?
EckmanABC: I just wanted to thank you for MANY hours of enjoyment/pleasure.
The audio help in rush hour
DGabaldon: My pleasure! Did you hear that Recorded Books is releasing an
unabridged
Sassenak: queue - Laurel Lyda, BettyB, Ebdmom
DGabaldon: commercial version of OUTLANDER?
EckmanABC: Thank you
BC Maxy: DIANA...DO YOU KNOW WHEN?
DGabaldon: Call 1-800-638-1304 for information and orders--but they told me
DGabaldon: they thought it would be available this August! _I'm_ excited! <g>
ga
LaurelLyda: Thank you so much for my bookplates. They are fantastic.
BC Maxy: ME TOO!!!
BC Maxy: LAUREL?
Sassenak: queue - BettyB, Ebdmom,MacGregor
DGabaldon: Glad to do it. I think I've _almost_ caught up with the
bookplates. <g>ga
BettyB6754: Now that Brianna has learned the date of her parents deaths, will
we have to face losing Jamie and Claire?
Sassenak: queue- Ebdmom, MacGregor, Laurette
DGabaldon: Boy, you think _I_ know? <g>
BC Maxy: EBDMOM?
Ebdmom: Which of the series, to date, has been the easiest to write, the most
difficult, and how long
DGabaldon: Or put it this way--if I _did_ know, would I tell you? <g>
Ebdmom: did it take to write Outlander??
BCTara: ?
DGabaldon: They're all about the same overall; all have difficult parts and
easy parts.
BettyB6754: Thanks!
RTEDIT: ?
Ebdmom: Thanks
Ebdmom: ga
DGabaldon: It gets a little more difficult as I go on, because I'm handling
so _much_
DGabaldon: story complexity, and trying to structure each book to stand
alone,
DGabaldon: as well as to interlink with the others. That's challenging and
time-consuming--
DGabaldon: but really, really interesting! ga
BC Maxy: MACGREGOR?
MacGreggor: Diana, I believe the "stolen grimoire" referred to earlier is the
notebook of Geillis' that
Toobsyforu: ?
BC Dreamin: ?
MacGreggor: Claire purloined from the institute
Pengidel: Is the author of bone deep online?
DGabaldon: Oh, that. No, it isn't the same book Fiona later gives Roger;
it's just a notebook full
RAbele921: ?
DGabaldon: of Geilie's early jottings and ideas. Her real grimoire is the
cloth-bound
DGabaldon: book Fiona finds among her things. ga
Ebdmom: ?
BC Maxy: LAURETTE?
LauretteA: Already answered it, thanks :-) ga
Sassenak: queue- Jane E, Alangel, Mlvsjcat
BC Maxy: QUEUE?
JaneE2059: Will Claire and Jamie ever return to Scotland? BTW, I'm looking
forward to the Companion!
BC Maxy: JANEE?
Pengidel: Is Darian North in this chat room
DGabaldon: Yes, I think so, though I don't know when or how. ga
BC Maxy: ALANGEL?
Sassenak: queue- Alangel, Mlvsjcat,AnnieHale
ALangel: Travis McGee was prob. one of the best protagonists in this century,
How did John D.
Axlerod3: ?
ALangel: McDonald influence you?
Sassenak: Queue -AnnieHale, Sassenak, BC Tara
DGabaldon: By showing me how to handle both consistency and evolution in a
DGabaldon: continuing character--and showing me how to use pacing; the
intermix of
DGabaldon: quick action with fairly quiet contemplative periods. ga
ALangel: Are you like Claire?
DGabaldon: Well, I don't swear. At all. <g> ga
ALangel: He said he was not Travis but meyer
DGabaldon: Yeah, but he _liked_ Travis a lot. <g>
ALangel: Didnt we ALL?
BC Maxy: MLVSJCAT?
DGabaldon: <sigh> ga
Mlvsjcat1: Everything seems to "mean" something. Do you "plan" coincidences,
or take something that
Mlvsjcat1: was casual and build on it? I'm thinking of
DGabaldon: Er...well...they just sort of fall into place as the book grows.
You do
DGabaldon: know I don't plan books ahead of time, or write in a straight
line?
Mlvsjcat1: bonnet's story that was first referenced on page 7 . Thanks. ga
DGabaldon: I just do small bits and pieces, and eventually they sort of start
to fit together.
DGabaldon: At the same time, _sometimes_ I'll see an entire chain of "events"
concerning some
BC Maxy: ANNIEHALE?
Sassenak: queue- Sassenak, BC Tara, RTEDIT
Anniehale: Thanks for producing such great reads. Where are the sites for
Lallybroch, Wentworth &
DGabaldon: character of situation. But not always.
Anniehale: Ardsmuir - or do i have to wait for the companion<G>
DGabaldon: I made them up.
BC Maxy: lol...SASSENAK...
Sassenak: What does Dougal whisper to Jamie before his death?
DGabaldon: Stay tuned for Book Six....<g> ga
Sassenak: uh
BC Maxy: BCTARA...?
BCTara: You've said before that each book has a "shape". What shape is Drums?
DGabaldon: It's shaped like a stem on a rose bush--a long, arcing central
stem, with smaller
Sassenak: queue - RTEDIT, Toobsforu, BC Dreamin
DGabaldon: twigs--each with a bud <G>--coming off it--and then a final
DGabaldon: inflorescence, with a big whorl of bright crimson petals. ga
BC Maxy: RTEDIT?
RTEDIT: It seems that Geillis is younger than Claire in 1968...but are they
the same age in 1745 and
RTEDIT: beyond? thnak you for wonderful readings
Sassenak: queue - Toobsforu, BC Dreamin, RAbele
Gonsilla1: !
Bustergray: ?
DGabaldon: She's a little older than Claire in 1745; she was 22 (or so) when
she went back
DGabaldon: from 1968, but she came to a time earlier than 1745--maybe
1735--and has been
DGabaldon: aging normally there. ga
BC Maxy: TOOBSFORU?
Toobsyforu: You mentioned another series,will it also be timetravel?
DGabaldon: Not the mysteries; those are straight (well, as straight as _I_
get <g>) contemporary
ALangel: ?
DGabaldon: stories. Master Raymond's series involves time-travel, though. ga
BC Maxy: BCDREAMIN?
BC Dreamin: This is off the book questions completely, but something alot of
us here at
BC Dreamin: Book Central really want to know.
DGabaldon: OK.
Sassenak: queue - RAbele, Ebdmom, Axelrod3
BC Dreamin: Have you had a chance to read the Inlander Tale? And if so,
could you tell
BC Dreamin: us your reaction? We don't want a writing critique, though. <G>
We know
BC Dreamin: it's bad. /GA
DGabaldon: No, I haven't read it. <g> No time. ga
BC Maxy: RABELE....?
RAbele921: In Outlander, Claire sees the Comte St. Germaine's grimoire. How
did Geilie get it if
RAbele921: he still had it?
Sassenak: queue - Ebdmom, Axelrod, Gonsilla
DGabaldon: I don't know. Swiped it? <g> ga
BC Maxy: EBDMOM?
Sassenak: queue - Axelrod, Gonsilla, Bustergray
Ebdmom: Since RA stole my questions,. I'll just say how very much I
appreciate your putting up with
JaneE2059: ?
Ebdmom: us Folderfold--we truly love you
DGabaldon: I mean--if she swiped his original book, he'd likely make another.
ga
BC Maxy: AXLEROD?
DGabaldon: It's truly my pleasure. <smile>
Axlerod3: Ian is using Ottertooth's journal as note paper. When does its
importance become noted and
Axlerod3: by whom?
BC Dreamin: !
DGabaldon: You only know he's using the journal because I told you. (Just
so
DGabaldon: people don't start combing DRUMS for the reference! It's not in
there.)
DGabaldon: As to who notices--well, I reckon _Ian_ knows, doesn't he? ga
BC Maxy: GONSILLA?
Sassenak: queue - Bustergray, ALangel,Jane E
Gonsilla1: The shape of the book, a rose... Also with lots of thorns!
DGabaldon: Oh, yes. <g> ga
BC Maxy: BUSTERGRAY?
Sassenak: queue - ALangel, Jane E, BC Dreamin
Dungem: ?
Bustergray: You've said you wrote Outlander as practice, but did you mentally
have entire series plotted
KByrns: ?
Bustergray: especially the Jamies ghost thing in Outlander
DGabaldon: Oh, no. I never plot things out in advance; what would be the fun
of writing
DGabaldon: a book if you knew what was going to happen? I didn't realize for
DGabaldon: a long time who the ghost was. It was only after people started
asking about him
DGabaldon: that I realized what he was doing there. ga
Medicangl: !
Bustergray: thank you
BC Maxy: ALANGEL?
ALangel: DO you plan to set your mysteries in the current day? I LOVE
mysteries, esp. with female
Sassenak: queue- Jane E, BC Dreamin, Dungem
ALangel: protagonists!!
DGabaldon: Yes, the mysteries are contemporary. Set in Phoenix, with
flashbacks
DGabaldon: to Philadelphia. ga
ALangel: Great!! I'm looking forward to them
JaneE2059: Will Jenny and Ian ever come to the colonies (United States)? ga
Sassenak: queue- BC Dreamin, Dungem, KByrns
DGabaldon: Oh...yes and no. ga
BC Maxy: BC DREAMIN?
BC Dreamin: I just want you to know that we truly appreciate you husband
dressing up
BC Dreamin: for us and you in People Magazine. He is a very special person.
DGabaldon: Well, I'm very fond of him. <g> ga
BC Dreamin: He now has thousands of women in love with him for doing that for
you.
BC Dreamin: Please tell him thank you, from all of us
Sassenak: queue - Dungem, KByrns, Medicangl
Dungem: Practical question: How did you find your agent?
BC Maxy: DUNGEM?
DGabaldon: I was introduced to him by one of his clients, who was an
acquaintance
DGabaldon: of mine on the CompuServe Literary Forum. ga
BC Maxy: KBYRNS?
KByrns: Did Geillie know who Claire was when they met in 1745, from the
newpaper clippings or
BC Dreamin: and last we here are all sorry that the questions were so bad and
repeated
Sassenak: queue - MedicAngl
BC Dreamin: in the Globe and I hope we've redeemed ourselves. GA
KByrns: seeing her as she left?ga
DGabaldon: No, she didn't know. ga
BC Maxy: MEDICANGL?
Sassenak: queue - ??????
Medicangl: Just wanted to say that I love hearing you say you write without
an outline....that's how I
Medicangl: do it and it seems to work!ga
Bustergray: !
DGabaldon: Well, it's whatever works; I know lots of writers who _do_ need
outlines,
DGabaldon: and that works fine for them--just not for me. Or many others.
<g> ga
Sassenak: queue - Bustregray
BC Maxy: BUSTER?
Bustergray: please don't put series in movies, I think it will ruin intrique
and romance
DGabaldon: Can't say anyone's trying, at the moment. <g>
Sassenak: ?
Mlvsjcat1: !
Medicangl: ?
BC Maxy: SASSENAK?
TStuart809: ?
Aplebe: ?
Sassenak: As an English teacher, I am wondering if you have any ideas on
motivating JR/SR high school
Sassenak: students to write?
DGabaldon: I'll have to go in a few minutes, guys; my family's home from
church
JaneE2059: !
DGabaldon: and wanting dinner. As to motivating students...ah...no, can't
say I do.
Sassenak: queue- Mlvsjcat, MedicAngl, TStuart
Pengidel: ?
DGabaldon: My kids all write for recreation. I guess I'd just give them the
opportunity
DGabaldon: to write about anything they liked, but that's not very helpful,
I'm afraid. ga
Sassenak: no -that is helpful - thanks
BC Maxy: DIANA...I REALLY WANT TO THANK YOU FOR SHARING SOME OF YOUR TIME
WITH US...
DGabaldon: Well, you're more than welcome. <smile> Nice of you to ask me.
ALangel: We, your fans, love you!!
BC Maxy: MANY OF US HERE HAVE SPENT HOURS OF ENJOYMENT OBSESSING OVER EVERY
BoDiva: thank you so much diana. (go write!!!) <G>
BC Maxy: DETAIL OF YOUR BOOKS..
Jenco56: thank you!!
Anniehale: Bye & Thanks very much
Ibette: Yes, thank you very much, Diana!
Gonsilla1: 'Can't wait for the next book!
CiaranZZZ: Thank you!!!!
ZaneZoe: Come back again soon - when you're not writing
ClaireFrsr: Thank You so so much Diana.... we really love you and your work
and appreciate you too!!!!
Sassenak: Thank you!!!!
Mlvsjcat1: Thanks!
Toobsyforu: THANK YOU!!!
LaurelLyda: It is a wonderful obsession
Aplebe: Thank You, Diana.
Onward001: Thank you sooo much Diana!
BeflThea: Thank you, Diane
TStuart809: Thank you! Enjoy dinner!
Bustergray: thanks
KByrns: Thanks you!
Medicangl: Bye, Diana...thanks for your wonderful books!
BCTara: Thanks!
Guide PET: {S applause
RAbele921: Thanks, Diana, you are appreciated!
FRENCH RD: Thanks! We love you!!
Ebdmom: standing ovation--again
ATaibhsear: Thanks a lot Diana
JaneE2059: Thanks for the books!
HarrietSLP: Thanks so much Diana!
KByrns: (clapping)
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