Comments on: BEES Workmanship Example

By: Ellen Lawrence

Ellen Lawrence — Mon, 27 Dec 2021 21:35:16 +0000

I have just finished reading Bees this morning. I tried to steel myself as best I could for his final chapter, a grueling event (but you paced it well). I am so glad that Jamie isn’t “gone” as I feared he would be.

I feel that I (and, no doubt, so many readers and Starz watchers) am so attached to him that I won’t know how to go on if he is not living. His experiences have become part of my experiences, his soul part of my soul. (Claire’s too, but I don’t love her in the same way, as you might expect.) I am grateful that he has at least one life left to live; that gives me hope that I so need as 2021 comes to an end.

With the end of the novel, it doesn’t hurt that William is such an amalgam of his fathers, Lord John and Jamie. Looking forward to your next book.

By: Loretta

Loretta — Thu, 10 Dec 2020 21:01:54 +0000

Hi, Nina,

No, GO TELL THE BEES THAT I AM GONE is not the last book in Diana’s OUTLANDER series of major novels. Diana has discussed this publicly and said there will be a Book Ten (no title yet), which will be the last of this series which focus on Jamie and Claire.

After Book Ten, Diana says she will likely write a prequel novel about Jamie’s parents, then maybe a book about Master Raymond. So lots more to look forward to!

Happy Holidays!

Loretta M.
Diana’s Webmistress

By: Susan Creel

Susan Creel — Mon, 19 Oct 2020 03:22:52 +0000

Pamela, that’s exactly how I feel. I hope your pain eases up. I’m in the midst of a full-fledged autoimmune flare up, and I am turning to the Outlander Universe for escape. Be well.

By: Nina

Nina — Sun, 27 Sep 2020 23:15:07 +0000

Thank you for taking us to another world with your beautiful writings. I can’t wait for the release for BEES. Would BEES be the last book in the series?

By: Loretta

Loretta — Fri, 18 Sep 2020 10:05:32 +0000

Hi, Joyce,

Diana has input into the series, and is an executive producer, but Starz owns the rights to the series and makes all of the major decisions. So sending your feedback to Starz would be appropriate.

Starz has a feedback form on their main website: http://www.starz.com

Diana reads all of the comments on this website and responds to some when she has time, and also sees all of the email sent to her public email address. Plus she is active on Facebook and Twitter pretty much daily.

Loretta
Diana’s Webmistress

By: Joyce Sanders

Joyce Sanders — Fri, 04 Sep 2020 07:32:51 +0000

This comment applies as much in 2020 lockdown as it did for the reader in 2019. I’ve just returned to the books this week and find them so …..well, comforting to be honest. I had just finished watching the last Episode of Season Five and found myself so disturbed by it that the only thing to do was abandon watching and return to the books. Funnily, one of the most distressing parts of the filmed version in which Briana is kidnapped by Bonnet, becomes really lovely and comforting in the book version because the group of women on the beach are not helpless, but take matters in hand as a group, to the point that Jamie later adds a humorous comment that one will have to watch out for the group of women in future.

By: Joyce S.

Joyce S. — Wed, 02 Sep 2020 03:06:20 +0000

May I please ask if there is a feedback location for other issues with Outlander? I submitted a response yesterday about the last episode of Season Five and now realise this is probably not the place for those comments. Sadly I can’t respond on Diana’s Facebook page because some of us small business people can’t link to Facebook because of the way it sometimes treats small business. I am a long-time fan, even back to the days when Outlander did not yet exist and I used to be able to go on Diana’s website and she actually responded in real time to her fans!

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By: Mac

Mac — Thu, 23 Apr 2020 03:44:22 +0000

Failte

I too await the publication with much excitement. I am from Scotland originally and even though I have lived in Australia for 24 years my accent is as strong as ever! I always go back every two years and visit, this gives me a chance to visit locations such as Falkland, Dysart, Culross and Midhope House, places I have to admit I had never visited before moving here. My family tree is extensive and connects to the time before Culloden and many tales after, such as Cluny Macpherson hiding in a cave, the gold disappearing (again I think Cluny had a hand, cannot trust these Macphersons).

My last visit was to Inverness and Culloden, along with the B’s, Ballater Badenoch and Balmoral, but I did get a chance to visit an area and a place called Rannas in between Inverness and Cullen. My eight times great Uncle Sir Andrew Hay had lived here and had fled to the continent specifically France when Culloden was over, he did hide out in the Highlands for a while but being seven foot two in his stocking soles, he would have been a bit conspicuous.

Reading your books brings my family history alive for me and pushes me to research much more.

Tapadh leidh agus fuirich gu math

By: Kristine Carter

Kristine Carter — Thu, 09 Apr 2020 10:03:50 +0000

Thanks so much for sharing this! Was absolutely fascinating to read. Your transparency is refreshing. It’s also a lifeline to us loyal fans, it gives us something to read and mull over until “The Bees” is released!
As much as I wish you would have finished already, please just keep taking your time with making your artwork. We want quality, not quantity, and you have never disappointed us. And it takes time to make quality, as you have so beautifully demonstrated with this example.
Stay safe during this crazy time! I’ll be continuing to re-read your books while in quarantine.
Best wishes,
Kristine