I am so glad my books have helped you during your cancer diagnosis and treatment. Thank you for your kind words!

Will keep you in my prayers and hope you get well soon. Many blessings to you and your husband.

Hugs,

Diana

Thanks for submitting a web comment. Diana is busy working on BEES so I am helping with replies to comments from readers.

Diana does read all comments, including yours, that are submitted to her web blog entries.

About the TV series, it is an adaptation of her books to video, which means that Starz bought the rights from Diana to make the series, and Starz decides the issues such as where episodes are filmed and what mountains are visible. She is an executive producer, which means they ask for her input, but final decisions are made by the producers, director, and writers of the series. So I’d suggest you send your input to Starz and Tall Ship Productions. Both have a large presence on social media such as Twitter and Facebook, including the producers. Or use contact information on the Starz corporate website.

By instructing Diana to “get inspired & finish it,” implies that she is not inspired and not working on BEES, which is not true in any way. Plus, direct evidence of her hard work which you can see and read includes the more than eighty (80) excerpts, aka “Daily Lines” that Diana has released from the new book, which are accessible from her official BEES webpage:

http://www.dianagabaldon.com/books/outlander-series/book-nine-outlander-series/

Once Diana finishes writing and researching the book, it will then be up to her publisher in the U.S.A. and publishers in other countries to typeset, design covers, and publish the book. The release date is always first in the U.S.A., and that date is decided upon BY THE PUBLISHER, not Diana. The release date specifies when the book may actually be purchased, or if you walk in a bookstore, you can walk out with one if they have it in stock. Release dates in other countries, languages and formats might be the same day as in the U.S.A., or could be later.

As to whether or not you “cock up your toes” before BEES is released in the country where you live, all I can say is please eat your veggies and think positively! Diana cares about you and all of her dedicated readers, which is why she works so hard every day.

Cheers,

Loretta M.
Diana’s Webmistress
webmaster@dianagabaldon.com

Diana has said that the ghost of the Highlander that Frank sees is indeed Jamie. (It’s in one of the FAQs on her website.)

And she’s also said that the mystery of why Frank sees him will be revealed in the last part of the last book of the OUTLANDER series of major novels featuring Jamie and Claire, which will be Book Ten, as yet untitled. Diana will write it after she finishes book nine, GO TELL THE BEES THAT I AM GONE.

After book ten, Diana has other projects planned, such as a prequel about Jamie’s parents, a book about Master Raymond, and a contemporary mystery novel (tentatively titled RED ANT’S HEAD) set in Phoenix, Arizona, which has nothing to do with Outlander.

Cheers,
Loretta
Diana’s Webmistress

Diana has not started a “completely different series” of books. Diana is working on Book 9 of the Outlander series of major novels.

And Starz hasn’t “prevented” anything to do with BEES. Diana’s publisher will determine the release date of the first-edition hardcover, once she has finished writing and researching it. So no worries! All is well.

Cheers,
Loretta
Diana’s Webmistress

That’s up to the folks who produce and manufacture the audio version of BEES. They set the dates, just like the publishers set the dates for the release of the print version of her books.

They do try to release the audio version as soon as possible after the print version in the U.S. The international scene is more complex.

Stay tuned. The release date for BEES will be posted here on Diana’s website when it has been set by her U.S. publisher.

Cheers,
Loretta
Diana’s Webmistress

The year, or season, is the first number of the episode, so “512″ means the 12th episode of the fifth season of the Outlander TV show.

Season 6 has been approved by Starz, but was delayed by the Coronavirus pandemic. Over the 2020 winter holidays, some of the actors said publicly that it may start filming in early 2021. But no release date has been set yet by Starz.

Cheers,
Loretta
Diana’s Webmistress

Just wondering: will there be any more content on Phaedre? I always found her character interesting.

Diana is working on BEES. And “release dates” of new books, as she has pointed out in multiple blogs and on social media, are chosen by her publishers, not her. This is true of all authors.

For more about her creative process:

http://www.dianagabaldon.com/resources/what-i-do/my-writing-process/

On Diana’s main home page, there are these links to information she has shared about the publishing process:

http://www.dianagabaldon.com/2020/01/brief-explanation-publishing/

http://www.dianagabaldon.com/2015/08/what-finished-means-to-an-author/

As soon as new information is known about BEES, Diana will post it right away here on her webpages.

Happy New Year!

Cheers,

Loretta
Diana’s Webmistress

I stand corrected! From June, 2014 to December, 2020 is six and a half years, not five and a half.

Thanks for pointing it out!

Loretta
Diana’s Webmistress