Comments on: A Brief Lesson…

By: Cindy

Cindy — Fri, 17 Jun 2016 15:14:24 +0000

As someone who was “misquoted” in the Wall Street Journal, I can empathize with your struggle to keep stories straight in the media! Glad you got this response but it would be nice if there was fair, accurate reporting to start with.

By: Jenny Wells

Jenny Wells — Sun, 12 Jun 2016 16:43:59 +0000

Diana, any casual observer of your history of work: your degrees, parenting, online presence, and tome of writing knows you are very, very smart, capable, and worth learning from. That is certainly been my perception of you.

I appreciate your diplomatic clarification. When I see the flurry around something like what you describe or what happened a few nights ago, etc. I know there’s much less to it than the hype. I think many of us who see who you are and your work for what it is are aware, too.

Thanks for being accessible, fun and honest with your fans.

By: Greg Bryant

Greg Bryant — Sat, 11 Jun 2016 11:38:57 +0000

Diane,
You continue to be an inspiration and facination for me. I find in your online communication as well as in your books an amazingly balanced and insightful style and a deep appreciation for beauty, truth and profoundly amazing characters.
Thank you.
From my point of view, you are one of the finest writers in the english language today. Outlander one of the most significant series of my life time.
Thanks to my ex-wife, I have read the complete Outlander series, many of the support series and although I suggest the TV series to people regularly as a quality show in its own right, I chose not to watch it. (For some similar addictive issues you acknowledge but more so… It just cant be the books.
I LOVE to tell people about the books, brag about reading them when no one knew who you were, and rave about how many times I have re-read them, and lustened to them on tale and CD!!
May Outlanders readership continue to expand thanks to the show, and may your words continue to improve life on earth.
Thank you for finding your voice and sharing it.
greg bryant

By: Isabela

Isabela — Fri, 10 Jun 2016 22:14:46 +0000

Hello! I’m Isabela， a brazilian fan of yours，and absolutely in love with your books (and now your blog)! I love to read，since I was a kid，and your books are my favorite ones. I know you must be very busy，but I want a tattoo written “I have lived a thousand lives”，mostly to pay tribute to all your characters (and others).
So if you could write it for me，it would be such a honor and mean the world! Thank you in advance (my email is isabelaufer@hotmail.com) ♡

Please don’t publish this comment，if you can. Sorry for the bad english.

By: Sharon Biggs Waller

Sharon Biggs Waller — Fri, 10 Jun 2016 17:16:06 +0000

Hi Diana,

Oh boy, do I feel for you. I’ve had this happen to me recently and it’s an awful feeling. The internet blows out of proportion on a daily basis (read Jon Ronson’s fabulous “So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed”) and it’s hard to get your voice heard through all the shouting. My publicist told me, after my own internet “thing” that we are all still learning how this works and we are all bound to get it wrong from time to time. Still, it makes me so angry that you have to watch every tiny thing you say! Even the most innocent remarks get blown out of proportion.
A good amount of bloggers don’t understand the rules of writing a story, about fact checking, and that’s to everyone’s detriment.

Forget those jerks. You are amazing.

Hugs,

Sharon

(Your source for all things Scots Dumpy!)

By: Lisa Wiktorek

Lisa Wiktorek — Thu, 09 Jun 2016 16:26:26 +0000

I love this.. but.. what exactly were you referring to in the show that you thought was Jumping the Shark? or (screwing the pooch)

your long time Fan,
Lisa Wiktorek

By: Jamie

Jamie — Thu, 09 Jun 2016 02:09:54 +0000

Thanks for the clarification! I tried not to read too much into those posts that pop up, but that particular one did have me scratching my head a little. I know now in the future to take those “click bait” blog posts with a grain of salt.

On an unrelated note, I just finished MOBY with my friend (she finished a couple hours before I did and patiently waited for me) and immediately texted each other to express our joy and excitement at the ending. Very excited to see book 9 when it is all ready. 8 books in 4 months, it’s going to be hard not to reflexively reach for the next book on my shelf, but this journey has been amazing and I truly thank you.

Thanks!

By: Elisabeth

Elisabeth — Wed, 08 Jun 2016 11:41:48 +0000

Diana you are the picture of diplomacy. Your restraint from tv watching is commendable as well. I enjoy your work, and look forward to the day I can spend time to watch Starz, but for now I’ll continue reading the books. Keep writing

By: Judy C Curtis

Judy C Curtis — Tue, 07 Jun 2016 13:16:08 +0000

I would like to know, why Jamie’s Fraser’s red plaid was not used in the series? All items in the Outlander Store are in that drab brown. For the wedding he did not change to Fraser red, as he did in the book. Why was that left out? Sincerely Judy Curtis.

By: Maria

Maria — Mon, 06 Jun 2016 06:14:47 +0000

so what was it that you thought the TV production “jumped the shark” on? I am quite curious? was it Claire’s WW2 PTSD…I thought that was an interesting adaptation, considering that you gave her PTSD in the later books after her incident by the malting shed, I think it was in A breath of snow in ashes “the incident ” the PTSD was in Echo I may be messing that up but the stories all fuse together in my head.