Comments on: Inspiration and Bookshelves https://dianagabaldon.com/2015/09/inspiration-and-bookshelves/ Author of the Outlander Series Mon, 30 Mar 2026 14:45:02 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.40 By: Sandra https://dianagabaldon.com/2015/09/inspiration-and-bookshelves/comment-page-1/#comment-501722 Sun, 28 Feb 2016 17:25:48 +0000 http://www.dianagabaldon.com/?p=5572#comment-501722 I had to laugh, as your bookshelf looks alot like mine. :-)

]]> By: Diana https://dianagabaldon.com/2015/09/inspiration-and-bookshelves/comment-page-1/#comment-480244 Tue, 27 Oct 2015 09:17:41 +0000 http://www.dianagabaldon.com/?p=5572#comment-480244 Dear Sid–

Not consciously. [g]

–Diana

]]> By: Sid Lee https://dianagabaldon.com/2015/09/inspiration-and-bookshelves/comment-page-1/#comment-479955 Mon, 26 Oct 2015 20:02:29 +0000 http://www.dianagabaldon.com/?p=5572#comment-479955 I’m reading KIDNAPPED by Stevenson. Could Alan Breck be an inspiration for Jamie’s character?

]]> By: JeniEmm https://dianagabaldon.com/2015/09/inspiration-and-bookshelves/comment-page-1/#comment-475643 Tue, 20 Oct 2015 02:39:48 +0000 http://www.dianagabaldon.com/?p=5572#comment-475643 Hi Diana – lovely to see a little platypus on your shelf – very ancient little animal all the way from Australia! Loving both the books and tv series…just hoping that not too much ‘adaptation’ happens in bringing your story to life, however, with you writing scripts for the second series, fears are much allayed! I am sure you will do your best to keep them on the straight and narrow. Also, so looking forward to No. 9, but ‘no rush’!! :-D

]]> By: Deb Andrews https://dianagabaldon.com/2015/09/inspiration-and-bookshelves/comment-page-1/#comment-473172 Sat, 17 Oct 2015 05:12:36 +0000 http://www.dianagabaldon.com/?p=5572#comment-473172 I like the shells, rocks, and other miscellaneous treasures. Do you make use of Bartlett’s Quotations? Oh, memories… lol

I’ve loved your books: a perfect recipe of history, fantasy, sci fi and romance, with a strong female character. No other books I’ve ever read or seen have those ingredients in them. Your books aren’t typical romance and that’s exactly why I enjoy them. I tried the Harlequin novels. They were too formulary and bland for me (don’t mean to offend-just an opinion).

I’m also a Doctor Who fan and I’ve seen the episode that started it all for you. As undergrads a friend and I decided to take a short trip on the spur of the moment (very uncharacteristic for me!) and travel from Long Island, NY to Boston, MA as Peter Davison was there. We met him and while gushing, told him of our adventures on our car trip. He probably thought we were a little crazy! But we had fun. We both needed stress relief.

My husband is part Scot; we’re trying to look up his family (there may still be some family remaining in Scotland) but we’re at an impass. It needs more research.

Thank you for working so hard on so many projects simultaneously! Have a safe fall, a Happy Thanksgiving, and a Merry Christmas!

]]> By: Florance Kennedy https://dianagabaldon.com/2015/09/inspiration-and-bookshelves/comment-page-1/#comment-450175 Sun, 13 Sep 2015 17:11:10 +0000 http://www.dianagabaldon.com/?p=5572#comment-450175 I’m just listening to a CD I got a while back which accompanies the book ‘We’re Indians Sure Enough – the legacy of the Scottish Highlanders in the United States’ by Michael Newton. Many of the songs were created around the time that Jamie and Claire went to America, by the newly-arrived Scots Gaelic speakers. Fascinating stuff. I expect it has already found its way to your bookshelves! I think it was originally written as a PhD thesis.

]]> By: Sandra Turek-Shelton https://dianagabaldon.com/2015/09/inspiration-and-bookshelves/comment-page-1/#comment-450124 Sun, 13 Sep 2015 15:57:39 +0000 http://www.dianagabaldon.com/?p=5572#comment-450124 I’m glad to see that I’m not the only one that picks up rocks and stones (soil too, in glass containers of course) and add them to the bookshelf with my precious books! I’ve even had family and friends bring me rocks from their travels! ♥

]]> By: alcessa https://dianagabaldon.com/2015/09/inspiration-and-bookshelves/comment-page-1/#comment-449955 Sun, 13 Sep 2015 10:09:39 +0000 http://www.dianagabaldon.com/?p=5572#comment-449955 Been reading Shepherd’s Crown by Terry Pratchett right now and I instantly thought of Jamie when a stable boy named McTavish popped up … (any chance Pterry was your fan? :-)

]]> By: Cathy Carpenter https://dianagabaldon.com/2015/09/inspiration-and-bookshelves/comment-page-1/#comment-448038 Fri, 11 Sep 2015 03:24:01 +0000 http://www.dianagabaldon.com/?p=5572#comment-448038 Diana,
Your collection is beautiful. It looks like they are form a lot of different places. I espcially like the dark green and blue stones as well as the lavender quartz. Just taking a wild guess, but did these inspire all the little stones that Raymond sends Claire? Or maybe the idea that gemstones are the key to “steering” through the stones like Bree and Roger? Didn’t Lord John have stones of some sort too?

Love your everything about your books! Have fun writing book 9!
Cathy

]]> By: Becky https://dianagabaldon.com/2015/09/inspiration-and-bookshelves/comment-page-1/#comment-446079 Tue, 08 Sep 2015 18:48:13 +0000 http://www.dianagabaldon.com/?p=5572#comment-446079 Oops….I meant STARZ, not Showtime. :-)

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