Diana Gabaldon's Blog, page 33

THE EXILE - LAUNCH PARTY!!

ONE WEEK AND COUNTING!! (September 21st!)



OK, time to get out the book-touring clothes and check for sweat stains…! (Well, yes, I do. Performing raises my body temp about five degrees, no matter what the ambient temperature is. I figure it's all the energy pouring in from the audience. Y'all are great—and hot. [g:])


Now that I've taken to Twittering (I'm "Writer_DG"), I notice that a few people seem to think that THE EXILE is just OUTLANDER done in pictures. If you've been following my blog...

Urram do Mair

It's Gaidhlig ; it means


"Honor to the Dead"

Incoming...!

That would be me.


In answer to questions about my immediate whereabouts this weekend at the Bookmarks Book Festival in Winston-Salem, NC:


1:00 - 1:45 PM - talk/reading on Main Stage


1:45 - 3:30 (with bathroom break somewhere in there, I hope) - book-signing
(No, there will NOT be copies of THE EXILE available; it won't be released until the launch part on Sept. 21)


3:30 - 4:15 - Panel discussion with two NC authors (whose names I unfortunately forget) about "Sense of Place" - on Main Stage


4:15 -...

Unexpurgated Artwork

Right, unexpurgated art. Well, here's the deal: There is a section at the end of THE EXILE (the new graphic novel), titled "The Making of THE EXILE," which is a behind-the-scenes look at the collaboration between me and Hoang Nguyen, who did the artwork for the book. It includes a mention of one panel, showing part of Jamie and Claire's wedding night, where the publishing people (reluctantly [g:]) decided that the art was a little _too_ graphic, and opted to have Hoang draw a blanket over...

Yeah, it WAS busy!

Monday, Monday…


Or at least I _think_ it's still Monday. Leapt into a plane this morning and flew home from Atlanta, after a delightful—but busy!—weekend at DragonCon and the Decatur Book Festival. (Well, it was Monday when I started this; now it's Tuesday…my, how time does fly…)


Both these events are wonderful, but it would be hard to imagine two gatherings (both involving thousands of people) more dissimilar. The Decatur Book Festival is charming: it's held in Decatur (reasonably enough...

And to Entertain You While I'm Gone...

Here are some brief video clips from the live launch of "Outlander: The Musical" in Aberdeen last month!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i37mve...


(Apologies for the poor sound; these were done with a small hand-held camera.)

BUSY WEEKEND IN ATLANTA!!!

IT'S GONNA BE A BUSY WEEKEND!!


I'll be appearing at the Decatur Book Festival and Dragon*Con in Atlanta this weekend—pretty much simultaneously! Events and times are listed below (please note that I won't be doing the events scheduled for Monday!).


Now, normally, I don't Twitter [g:]--no time!--but it strikes me that this weekend might just be the kind of situation where that might be helpful. So—just in case y'all want to follow me temporarily, my Twitter ID is "Writer_DG."


DECATUR BOOK FESTI...

Cliffhangers

Why, yes, actually I _have_ (in and amongst everything else) been working on Book Eight. [g:] I think I showed you a brief snip of the pickup to the Jem-in-the-tunnel cliffhanger last month; here's a likewise brief snip of the one between Jamie and Lord John:


Excerpt, Book Eight
Copyright 2010 Diana Gabaldon


He'd been quite resigned to dying. Had expected it from the moment that he'd blurted out, "I have had carnal knowledge of your wife." The only question in his mind had been whether Fras...

The Laird of Balnamoon

Well, having embarrassed the heck out of Mr. Scott-Douglas, [cough:] allow me now to introduce you to Mr. Kevin Walsh!


(I showed this picture to our excellent web-mistress, who said, "Does every Scot have a kilt pic? What they don't realize is, all they have to do is go on any Diana Gabaldon fan board, and pick up any single woman they want, from anywhere in the world! *g* Doesn't even matter what they look like, they just need the kilt and the accent." )


Kevin is both the singer and the son...

Pictures, You Say...

Pictures, you say. Well….see, the thing is, if I'm taking pictures, I'm always looking around for something to take a picture _of_. Which is not an unreasonable thing to do, but it stops me actually _seeing_ things.

And it gets in the way of the things that are looking for me.

For instance, the last bit of the recent trip was two and a half days in Ireland. This was research, as part of SCOTTISH PRISONER takes place there—but rather random research, as I wasn't looking for a specific batt...