Yes, but not immediately. The earlier stories are already (in the US) available as single ebooks, and I’m sure FUGITIVE GREEN and BESIEGED will also be released in that form eventually–but probably not for 6-12 months after release of the hardcover. Hope you enjoy them when you get them, in whatever form!

Best wishes,

–Diana

Putting aside the intriguing question as to whether flitting about the world to sign people’s books and pose for photos with them is actually Really High on my list of desirable activities…

What I owe my readers/fans is the best book I can write–not the book they think they should get on demand. Now, as far as folk asking when the next book will be out, I don’t really _mind_ them doing that–I just wonder why they do. On the very rare occasions when I find myself curious about whether a favorite writer has a new book out or coming soon–and I don’t happen to run into them on Twitter [g]–I go to Amazon.com and look. But that’s just me. [shrug]

Best wishes,

–Diana

Well, you can wait for another year or so. [g] Once SEVEN STONES has been out for awhile, the new stories will probably be available as single e-books, just as the older ones are (in the US).

Best wishes,

–Diana

I’m so sorry to hear about your husband. I’m glad, though, that you can feel him with you when you read the books; that’s a lovely thing to hear.

Thanks, and all the best,

–Diana

Roger “knows” his father didn’t make it back, because he was two years old at the time and hadn’t seen his father since he was born; he had no idea that Jerry a) came back and b) died in the Tube station collapse.

As to whether the future can be changed or not, that’s a conundrum that occupies the minds of our time-travelers quite a bit. My own theory is that yes, things quite possibly can be changed–but only small, personal-level things that don’t involve a lot of people. As Jamie points out, Claire’s changed the future dozens of times, by having saved people who would otherwise have died (and perhaps killing one or two who might have lived, if not for her–like the Comte St. Germain (if, of course, he’s really dead….)). But I think they _can’t_ affect the outcome of an event that’s the result of a lot of people pushing in assorted directions–more than likely, Culloden would have happened even if they could have brought themselves to kill Charles Stuart, because so many other people and forces were working toward that end. Whereas, if Jamie had taken Murtagh’s advice and slit Charles throat two years before, in Paris…. But the bottom line is that the time-travelers _don’t know_ what the effect of their presence may be…but they have to act, anyway. And the same exact thing is true of all of us, whether we’re time-travelers or not.

Hope that helps!

–Diana

Glad you’ve been enjoying the books! As for Master Raymond, I’m pretty sure his body ages at the same rate as anyone else’s; that seems to be true for the time-travelers we know more intimately. And yes, he is indeed related to some of the time-travelers we know; we’ll likely find out a bit more about that as the story evolves.

Claire’s life with her Uncle Lamb was that of a world-roaming academic adventurer; hence her non-squeamish attitude toward things, and her essential self-confidence and sense of competence in unusual situations.

(You’ll meet Master Raymond in “The Space Between” (if you haven’t already)–one of the novellas to be published next month (June 27th) in the collection SEVEN STONES TO STAND OR FALL. Hope you enjoy that one, too!)

Best wishes,

–Diana

No, of course Young Ian isn’t dead, the very idea…! I know there are a couple of excerpts posted (on Facebook, at least) featuring Young Ian and Rachel.

Best,

–Dian

It’s not publisher greed that inspired SEVEN STONES TO STAND OR FALL, but requests from Diana’s readers from around the globe. The five previously published novellas in SEVEN STONES were scattered through both space and time, appearing first in various multi-author anthologies by different publishers in different years. All are becoming harder to find, month by month. A few stories were made available as ebooks in some countries, not in other areas. So this book collects five of Diana’s beloved works of short fiction into one volume, plus adds two brand new stories.

A short description of each story included in SEVEN STONES is detailed here:

http://www.dianagabaldon.com/books/novellas-and-short-fiction/seven-stones-to-stand-or-fall-2/

Cheers,
Loretta

PS – Diana’s “Chronology of the Outlander Series” explains how her books and short fiction are interwoven through time:

http://www.dianagabaldon.com/books/chronology-of-the-outlander-series/

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Best,

–Diana