Wow Karen!!
My thanks for keeping us up to date on what DG is doing, you are really on top of it all and doing a wonderful job!!
I love your all your postings to your blog site. They invoke thought and discussion about all the books and the little insights you provide (like the pictures) or today’s post regarding the standing stone article on CompuServe was great too!!
Keep it coming!!
Mitzi.
Hi Mitzi:
Thank YOU for the kind words! I'm glad you are enjoying the blog so far. If you have any suggestions on things you'd like to see here, please let me know.
Thanks,
Karen
Hi, Karen!
I am enjoying your blog -- I love your 'links' to the Compuserve board that keep me informed of important news/issues involving DG and her writings. Are you open to some suggestions for your blog? You seem so well-informed about the books, I would like to see some interactive activities with other readers; how about selecting a theme, character, plot point, literary element, (or even a mini reread), and asking posters to get involved searching through the books to find their favorites related to your chosen topic. For example, the concept of the importance of "home and hearth" is a strong theme when DG takes us to Lallybroch and The Ridge....do you find elements of your idea of "home" in The Ridge or Lallybroch? What are some favorite descriptive paragraphs about The Ridge and Lallybroch? Or, another idea may be to focus on the use of "humor" in the books. There have been times I've just laughed out loud at some of the things the characters say! Just some thoughts.
Thanks for a great blog!
Hi Frances:
Thanks for the suggestions. I am very new to blogging, and obviously I'm still trying to think of ways to make this blog interesting and informative for other people. (To be honest, it's so new that I am still a little amazed to see that people have in fact found their way here <g>.)
If you are interested in in-depth book discussions, particularly around a theme, I would definitely recommend starting with the Ladies of Lallybroch Books Board. (Just curious: are you the same Frances who posts there occasionally? If so, then I apologize for telling you something you already know.) I certainly don't intend to set myself up in competition with LOL in terms of these discussions! For one thing, LOL is much better equipped for a wide-ranging discussion involving many different people. For another, it's much easier to have a discussion like that on a site like LOL that allows messages to be placed in threads, so you can keep track of who's replying to whom.
I'm still not sure yet just how this blog will evolve. Right now I see it primarily as a place to share information (as I become aware of it) and opinions (as time permits -- because I do tend to get a little long-winded sometimes, as those who know me from Compuserve will attest <wry g>) about anything and everything related to the OUTLANDER books. We'll see how things go. But I will definitely keep your suggestions in mind.
Karen
Thanks for your response, Karen. No, I am not the Frances who posts on other Outlander boards as I am relatively new to Outlander sites. I have been reading the books since around the time Fiery Cross was published, so I was very lucky to be able to be able to begin with Outlander and read all the way through to Fiery Cross without a long wait!! Then I discovered recently the LOL site, and there seems to be quite alot going on there and it will take me some time to navigate it and learn all the intricacies of that site. What I like about your new blog is that it is current and informative (without being intimidating);) I'll definitely be checking in to see how your blog develops and evolves over time. Good luck!
Looking for OUTLANDER discussions? Check out TheLitForum.com! This is Diana Gabaldon's longtime online hangout, and I have been Section Leader (moderator) of the Diana Gabaldon section on the forum since 2008. Diana is on the forum almost every day, and often responds to questions or comments from forum members, sometimes in detail. You have to register in order to read or post on the forum, but it's free.
June 7, 1729 - Lord John Grey is born (BOTB)
June, 1743 - Jamie and Claire are married (OUTLANDER)
June, 1757 - Lord John and Tom Byrd meet for the first time (LORD JOHN AND THE PRIVATE MATTER)
June 23, 1758 - Lord John is wounded in the Battle of Crefeld in a cannon explosion (LORD JOHN AND THE BROTHERHOOD OF THE BLADE)
June, 1767 - Jamie gives Claire a medicine box as a 24th anniversary present (DRUMS OF AUTUMN)
June, 1767 - Stephen Bonnet robs Jamie and Claire, taking Claire's gold wedding ring (DRUMS OF AUTUMN)
June, 1767 - Claire, Jamie and Ian arrive at River Run for the first time and meet Jocasta Cameron (DRUMS OF AUTUMN)
June, 1769 - Bree visits Lallybroch and meets her new relatives (DRUMS OF AUTUMN)
June, 1770 - Roger returns. from the Indians to claim Jemmy as his son (DRUMS OF AUTUMN)
June 21, 1775 - Claire is taken to trial for the murder of Malva Christie (ABOSAA)
June 2, 1777 - Claire and Jamie arrive at Ticonderoga (ECHO)
June 21-23, 1777 - William gets lost in the Great Dismal and encounters Young Ian (ECHO)
Late June, 1777 - Ian visits Emily and meets Swiftest of Lizards (ECHO)
June 28, 1778 - Claire is shot during the Battle of Monmouth (MOHB)
Early June, 1779 - Rachel gives birth to a baby boy; the MacKenzies return to Fraser's Ridge (MOHB)
June 21, 1780 - Roger is ordained as a Presbyterian minister (BEES)
June, 1969 - Roger visits Bree in Boston (DRUMS OF AUTUMN)
June 20, 1971 - Roger goes back to the 18th century to find Brianna (DRUMS OF AUTUMN)
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