Comments on: Best Before…2013?

By: Jen in Oz

Jen in Oz — Sat, 09 Nov 2013 10:37:52 +0000

When my older sister was diagnosed recently with breast cancer which had metastasized into the bones (she hadn’t been having her regular checkups because she felt she should be immune because she has been helping our younger sister deal with her own third recurrence of breast cancer and now a double mastectomy!) I told her she had to hang out until at least next March because that’s when MOBY is due out.
Luckily (VERY!!) it has turned out that all she needs is medication (tamoxifen and herceptin and something else) and no chemo- or radio-therapy or surgery for treatment. But she is very much hanging out for the next book… AND the TV series!
(And yes, I have been having my regular mammograms and ultrasounds. I even had genetic testing and don’t have the bad mutations in BRCA1 or BRCA2. )

By: Angele

Angele — Sun, 20 Oct 2013 20:37:08 +0000

Thank you Diana for writing the Outlander series. I love them so much, I have read them so many times over. Anyone can feel part of the story, and you cant wait to see what happens next.
I have been waiting so long for the eighth book, you have no idea how happy I am to see its coming soon. And a TV series, awesome I cant wait to see it.

Thank you from a very devoted fan.

By: Cheryl Stumbo

Cheryl Stumbo — Wed, 11 Sep 2013 06:05:25 +0000

Amy — You might check out Ancestry.com. I have found family connections there. And a few I NEVER would have found if I had not ordered/purchased their DNA swab kit and submitted it (also my father’s, which I gave him as a Father’s Day present). The site connected me to a relative I’d never known of, based on both our submitted genetic tests.

– Cheryl

By: Raelin Vint

Raelin Vint — Fri, 23 Aug 2013 12:19:11 +0000

Dear Diana,
My daughter talked enthusiastically about your books for over a year before I finally “broke down” and agreed to read the first one. After all, we moms must explore those things our children are passionate about in order to enhance our relationships….right? A mother’s duty is never done. Time travel just didn’t get it for me. Hah! I have devoured your series twice and am prepared to begin again. I love the detail, the complexity, the characters, the history…. I could go on. I love the development of the relationship between Jamie and Claire and the fact that it is taking them through their lives. I had pretty much thrown aside romances because they are often so shallow and the characters were one dimensional.
The only bad thing I could ever say about your books is that they tend to spoil one for picking up something else to read! I find them so unique and I’ve yet to find another that creates as much depth of feeling, at least for this reader.
By the way, once I’ve finished a book I enjoy I may treasure the memory, but I never reread. There is just too much out there to explore. Never reread, that is until being introduced to Diana Gabaldon.
Thanks so much!

By: Patti Hunter

Patti Hunter — Fri, 12 Jul 2013 22:49:54 +0000

I’ve been a Be The Match participant for years also. I think its a wonderful thing to do. I’ve got 11 more years before my own “expiration” date.

By: Diana

Diana — Fri, 24 May 2013 22:50:51 +0000

Thanks so much, Karen!

–Diana

By: Karen

Karen — Fri, 24 May 2013 20:01:56 +0000

Dear Diana,

Thank you for raising awareness of the National Marrow Donor Program – Be the Match Registry on your blog! It has been on my list to do for some time, and I completed my registration today, and will shortly be mailed the “q-tip” registration kit. The registration process was quick and simplified and the FAQ on the Myth/Facts – http://marrow.org/Join/Myths_and_Facts/Myths___Facts_about_Donation.aspx – on the donation process dispels the unfounded fears/concerns around donating (pain, bone loss, lack of anesthesia, etc.)

Hopefully, I may be called upon to volunteer to an individual needing assistance before my, well, own expiration date of 60!

Your books have been apart of my life since you published Outlander in 1991; thank you, again, for your masterful literary gifts to all of us.

By: Ken MacKay

Ken MacKay — Sun, 05 May 2013 16:35:15 +0000

Another 66 year old male reader here who loves your books and is patiently waiting for MOBY.

I am Scottish and my grandmother was a Fraser from Abriachan on Loch Ness side.

My grannie used to swear at us in Gaelic when we annoyed her but my dad would never translate for us. I have since figured out most of what she was saying.

As i am a fast reader i am putting off rereading the previous books again until i get some indication as to a likely publishing date.

I also have bionic knees (39 years now and they are still going fine) hope yours last as long diana (they should be good for a few more books yet).

Ken

By: Diana

Diana — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 06:00:10 +0000

Dear Leanne–

Best of luck! I’ll keep you in my prayers.

–Diana

By: Leanne

Leanne — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 03:24:57 +0000

Thank you to all those who have registered with “Be the Match”. My husband was diagnosed with ALL 14 months ago and will probably require a bone marrow transplant in the next six months. Here’s hoping we find a match so our kids can have a dad!