Comments on: The COMPANION, Volume II

By: Sarah

Sarah — Tue, 10 Jun 2014 19:47:51 +0000

A timeline with years/places/important characters. My best guess, a chronology. Which book were they in France with Bonnie Prince? Which book did they go to the Ridge? Is there a real place like Fraiser’s Ridge (Grandfather Mountain perhaps)?

Outlander 1 Virgins 1740
Outlander 2 A Leaf on the Wind of All Hallows 1941 1941
Outlander 3 Outlander 1743 1946
Outlander 4 Dragonfly in Amber 1744-46 1968
Outlander 5 Lord John and the Hand of the Devils / Lord John and the Hellfire Club 1757
Outlander 6 Lord John and the Private Matter 1758
Outlander 7 Lord John and the Hand of the Devils / Lord John and the Succubus 1758
Outlander 8 Lord John and the Brotherhood of the Blade 1759
Outlander 9 Lord John and the Hand of the Devils / Lord John and the Haunted Soldier 1759
Outlander 10 The Custom of the Army 1759
Outlander 11 The Scottish Prisoner 1760
Outlander 12 Plague of Zombies 1761
Outlander 13 Voyager 1766-67 1968
Outlander 14 Drums of Autumn 1766
Outlander 15 The Fiery Cross 1767-68
Outlander 16 A Breath of Snow and Ashes early to mid 1770′s 1970
Outlander 17 An Echo in the Bone 1777-78 1972
Outlander 18 The Space Between 1778
Outlander 19 Written in My Own Heart’s Blood 1778 1973-74

By: Sarah

Sarah — Tue, 10 Jun 2014 19:42:54 +0000

I’d love to have a list of herbs/tonics how, they are made/found and what they were used for. Whether soaps or medicines.

By: Diana

Diana — Sat, 13 Jul 2013 08:42:13 +0000

Dear John–

My main writing time is at night, between midnight and 4 AM. I normally settle the dogs with a couple of bones [g], then light a candle with a brief prayer, (I just say, “Lord, let me see what I need to see; let me do what needs to be done.”) then sit down and do a quick run-through of email and Twitter while I sip my Diet Coke and finish waking up. Then I start working.

It helps, btw, if you’ve left something set up _to_ work on, the last time you were at it. I.e., while your brain is still humming at the end of a work session, write down a few words of what you think you might work on next–maybe just the kernel of an idea, or maybe a paragraph of the scene itself. That gives you something to latch onto immediately, to get back into the page.

Best of luck!

–Diana

By: natural remedies

natural remedies — Thu, 11 Jul 2013 12:59:00 +0000

First of all I would like to say fantastic blog!
I had a quick question which I’d like to ask if you don’t mind.
I was curious to know how you center yourself and clear your thoughts before writing.
I have had a hard time clearing my mind in getting
my thoughts out. I do enjoy writing but it just seems like the first 10 to 15 minutes are generally
lost simply just trying to figure out how to begin.

Any recommendations or hints? Many thanks!

By: Kleopatra56

Kleopatra56 — Sat, 30 Apr 2011 02:34:52 +0000

I downloaded Outlander my e-Reader and started reading it in October. Seven months later I was ready for book 8 (yes, I read them one after the other) and was shocked that it hadn’t been published-yet. Yours is the longest series I have ever read and I absolutely LOVE it. But I can wait, impatiently, because I know it will be worth it.

By: Tamsin

Tamsin — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 01:44:43 +0000

family tree chart

By: Kathy M Davis-Litton

Kathy M Davis-Litton — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 20:31:46 +0000

ok – I’ll give it a try. (“Scottish Prisoner”)
Thanx again,

By: Diana

Diana — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 20:21:51 +0000

Dear Kathy–

We’ll definitely have recipes in THE OUTLANDISH COMPANION, Volume II. {g} As for Lord John…you may enjoy SCOTTISH PRISONER, as that’s a two-man book; viewpoint shifting back and forth between Lord John and Jamie.

–Diana

By: Kathy M Davis-Litton

Kathy M Davis-Litton — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 19:08:25 +0000

Also, I’ve noticed the people who time-travel are orphaned at a very young age ( Claire, Roger, Geillis Duncan..etc) or seem to come from nowhere. This reminds me of the Highlander series where the immoratals “might” have been dropped on earth from someplace extraterrestrial or it’s left to one’s imagination. I’m VERY curious where you’re going with that explanation (if there is one)??? ;o)

Thanx again,
Kathy

By: Kathy M Davis-Litton

Kathy M Davis-Litton — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 19:03:29 +0000

I’d love to see some recipes from the period like the one Jamie’s sister, Jenny, was perusing in “Dragonfly In Amber”, I believe she wanted to make something their Mother always made and the contents of the recipe were hinted at, but not revealed.

I have pondered this each time cooking is mentioned in one of the books and it always comes across rather vague and like camping out would be these days. I’ve read “old” recipes from he 1800s and 1900s and found the tools and units of measure to sound strange along with the names of some of the ingredients. So, I can’t help but wonder what the few recipes (written down) there would have been in the 1700s, must look and sound like.

KEEP IT UP! I love this STORY! (Especially the time-travel & the mystery & nuances that surround it)

Thanx bunches,
Kathy
^._.^
>*<

p.s. loving the Outlander series VERY much! (Lord John Grey; NOT so much)
p.s.s. LOVE that Adso (the family cat) has appeared in "The Fiery Cross" as we are a family of pet/animal lovers.