Comments on: An Advent Candle

By: Abernacky

Abernacky — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 15:50:47 +0000

I’ve read all thats out so far, and I’m still with you on hoping this!

I think I will cry if/when Jamie and/or Claire die. And I’m not a crier!

By: Catherine Betzler

Catherine Betzler — Wed, 26 Dec 2012 23:15:33 +0000

Thank you, Diana! I am so glad to now have the time to get back to my reading, and am grateful for the wealth of good reading awaiting my attention.

By: EileenM

EileenM — Sun, 23 Dec 2012 09:22:01 +0000

All through my childhood, I wished that Santa would visit our home on Chirstmas eve. Even though I knew deep in my heart that the event was highly unlikely… we didn’t have a chiminey, and we were Jewish.

Knowing that Santa (like the tooth fairy) wasn’t real didn’t make the longing for being a part of something magical and beautiful easier to bear.

And now, as an adult (exactly two weeks younger than you Diana), I finally share the excitement of receiving Christmas gifts with these excerpts. Maybe not Santa Claus..but without a doubt, magic and beauty.

Thank you, for all the books and the excerpts. Looking forward to more excursions into the world of Outlander.

Wishing you and all a very Merry Christmas, and Happy New Year.

By: Mardell

Mardell — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 03:31:14 +0000

Thank you for the sneak preview. I am waiting anxiously and finding myself wondering “what Jamie and Claire are up to” as if they are real people. They have become a part of who I am. I long for an Outalander book to read before closing my eyes at night.

By: JoAnn

JoAnn — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 16:21:14 +0000

I can’t find it, either! Hope someone else sends us a lifeline…..

By: Lynnd

Lynnd — Sat, 08 Dec 2012 22:40:15 +0000

As others have mentioned, Lutherans celebrate Advent as well. I said to my husband today that I wish that popular culture still celebrated Advent as we seemed to do when I was a child (rather than our current trend of jumping from Hallowe’en to Christmas overnight) and that Christmas started on Christmas Eve and ran through the full twelve days. Thank you for posting these stories in celebration of this season.

By: Julie

Julie — Sat, 08 Dec 2012 22:24:53 +0000

Hi Marta – Please consider coming back to the Church! Remember, hypocrisy is not believing what you confess. Failing to DO what you confess is plain old sin, and the Church is full of sinners. As Jesus said, it’s the sick people who need a doctor, not the healthy ones. There is a reason that your heart is longing for the beauty of the liturgical year.

Also, nice excerpt, Diana!

By: Tracy Cartwright

Tracy Cartwright — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 20:24:06 +0000

That was the first thing that crossed my mind, Carol, when I read her bit about Catholics observing Advent! I, too, am Methodist, although I am quick to say my beliefs include more than just the Methodist doctrine.

I loved this excerpt…. although I am going to have to read more on this website, to discover what other stories have been published about Jamie and Claire, because I wasn’t sure what this book is?

I only recently discovered this amazing WONDERFUL series, and have read books 1-7 in a month’s time! And to think, I have to wait almost a year before book 8 comes out?! ARghhh… lol. So I am hoping there ARE other stories I can read to pacify my ponderings on this fantastic story.

By: Dawn Roberts

Dawn Roberts — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 20:17:08 +0000

Thank you so much for this wonderful exerpt from the next book. It only whetts my appetite for the new book all the more. I am also most finished re-reading all of the books and am so ready for the next. By this time I feel that Jaimie and Claire are so real to me that they are my friends. I can’t wait to see what adventures they get up to next.

Dawn Roberts,
Erin, Ontario

By: Anette

Anette — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 20:13:03 +0000

Completely bowled over by the last couple of excerpts. Maybe just coincidence, but having posted a ‘biggin’ for family bits… Thank you very, very much, Diana!!

I was wondering… as Ian wasn’t actually there when his dad died – as in the published story – but obviously the scene is vivid in your mind… is this because amongst the drafts for that part there was one in which he did stay rather than sail with Claire? For us there is only the one version, but for you… there must be so many bits which you re-wrote in the process of putting together any one of the books. Ever thought about posting some of those ‘alternate storylines’? Did you make any really big changes… like oh, I don’t know, William being a girl or the big white sow ending up as pork chops

Yours, ever curious,
Anette

PS: we all know that as one gets older time seems to just fly past faster and faster… only… when I think of the publication date for your next book it seems to almost go backward…mhmmph… (trying to emulate one of those Scottish noises here)