Comments on: What “Finished” Means To An Author

By: Deirdre C.

Deirdre C. — Sun, 28 Mar 2021 13:56:39 +0000

Thank you Diana for Jamie & Claire. Reading your novels over and over again has allowed me to escape from my now hum-drum life (since I retired last year). Your books have been a blessing to me. I can’t read anything else after yours, they seem so uninvolved and impersonal. So again I thank you

By: Jean

Jean — Wed, 10 Mar 2021 16:20:01 +0000

As is Katherine, above, i am savoring the series as i wait for book nine. But when i finished the series, again, for the zillionth time. (I am retired, so i have oogobs of time, especially in the winter.) there was some event in book three i wanted to reread, and you guessed it, here i am still reading at Fiery Cross, again, again…..
Thank you for such an addictive story, so stuffed with interesting characters and plot and activities, and events. I am amazed if you aren’t exhausted!

By: Elizabeth Y

Elizabeth Y — Sun, 31 Jan 2021 02:34:55 +0000

That’s true – the wait is agonizing, but all that editing is what makes the difference between A Good Book and mere fan-fiction. I appreciate it. Anyway, I tell myself, one Big Novel is about equivalent to ten “normal” novels, so I should be patient… and re-read the series… and read all the historical novels mentioned in the series… and read the Methadone list… and be patient…

By: Elizabeth Y

Elizabeth Y — Sun, 31 Jan 2021 02:30:12 +0000

Agree!

By: Loretta

Loretta — Wed, 06 Jan 2021 11:28:17 +0000

Hi,

The timing of release of the audio version of a new book is dependent on a lot of factors, since it is published by a different company than a print publisher. The audio publisher of a publishing region determines the release date, and of course tries to time it as soon as possible after the print book comes out.

So all those tasks for the audio versions are interwoven somewhere, but dependent upon the print version.

Cheers,
Loretta
Diana’s Webmistress

By: Katherine

Katherine — Mon, 28 Dec 2020 20:21:43 +0000

Diana: Many thanks for all the books you have written over the years. Also for the posts that explain more about the writing and publishing process. My admiration for authors has grown! As time has marched on with my mind and body aging and the pandemic arrived with mostly stay-at-home, I have been slowly re-reading your books. I look forward to whenever “Go Tell The Bees That I Am Gone” is published. Until then, please stay sane and safe and know that your books are treasured.

By: Akka von Kebnekaise

Akka von Kebnekaise — Tue, 22 Sep 2020 08:58:57 +0000

Thanks for making the whole process transparent – it might not be appealing to fans to have to wait long to hold your new book in hands, but I know from my own experience as a very bookish person that nothing is as disappointing as reading books which exhibit some or many handicraft mistakes, which are def. avoidable through such a process. Can’t wait to read novel no. 9 in the Outlander Series, though!

By: Yvonne Ennsmann

Yvonne Ennsmann — Mon, 24 Aug 2020 14:52:13 +0000

And ha!! You forgot

V: Everything from B – U happens again, when the book got translated into another language until an Austrian, German, French, ….. finally hold it in his hands *hahahaha*

By: Carol McDonald

Carol McDonald — Fri, 19 Jun 2020 20:25:26 +0000

THANKS A LOT!

Waiting patiently. . . .

really. . . . . .

I’ve read all of the Outlander books and most of the novellas and am. . . . blah- blah – blah. Sorry. I know you’ve never heard that before but. . . . . one more time from all of us poor, pitiful fans out here P – U – L =E =A = S =E release “Bees”.

By: Jo Laynne Boies

Jo Laynne Boies — Sat, 23 May 2020 05:32:36 +0000

I started reading these wonderful books before I retired back before 2000. The first one wasn’t Outlander but it caught my heart and I began to collect them one by one. In one of the books I found Jamie called “Nunke” and finally had an answer as to where the name for my great uncle, “Unke” came from. It answered I had had since I was 8 years old.

I was 80 this past April and am hopeful that I will survive to read the Bees! Love the characters and love that you stay true to historical facts and times. Loving history I appreciate the detail you use in each instance. My great grandfather was Irish and we have some scotch on the other side so I have learned a lot that was missing in my genealogical knowledge.

You are a great writer and provide so many of us with wonderful hours of pleasure where we are lost in that wonderful place where words take us into other realms and times. Your characters live and breathe in our imaginations and become as real to us as our own friends and families. Thank you for all of the hard work you do to provide this great pleasure. Only another reader truly understands the pleasure one finds in a book. I have seen some of the series and they are well done but I prefer the books. The pictures in my brain will suffice and nothing gets changed. Thank you for this great series. I have never enjoyed a series as I have this one and it has become a part of my life that I greatly enjoy.