Outlandish Observations

Here are this week's Friday Fun Facts about Diana Gabaldon's books. 1) I have never seen a possum in real life <g>, but I think this p

Great news for Lord John fans today! Random House (Diana Gabaldon's US publisher) has just released a new cover for the paperback of LORD JOHN AND

Diana Gabaldon's THE FIERY CROSS won the first round of Audible.com's Tournament of Audiobooks, 59%-41% over THE NIGHT CIRCUS, with well over

Young Jeremiah MacKenzie is a very resourceful lad, who keeps finding ways to entertain both himself and us while he's stuck down in that tunnel.

Diana Gabaldon announced this morning that she's finished writing "Virgins", the story about Jamie and Ian as young mercenaries that wil

Here are this week's Friday Fun Facts about Diana Gabaldon's books. 1) The picture above shows a silver quaich , similar to the one used at t

I was delighted to see the following tweet from Diana Gabaldon yesterday: I'm really glad that she's enjoying the Friday Fun Facts, and it'

Diana Gabaldon's THE FIERY CROSS (the unabridged version, read by Davina Porter) is in Audible.com's 2012 Tournament of Audiobooks ! The first

Here's an update on THE SCOTTISH PRISONER. The book has only been out in hardcover for 3 1/2 months, but the paperback edition is coming soon.<b> Trad

I don't have a drop of Irish blood myself, but I'm reliably informed that everybody's Irish on St. Patrick's Day!  So, in celebration

Here's this week's collection of Friday Fun Facts about Diana Gabaldon's books. I hope you enjoy them! 1) The picture above (from Wikiped

Here's a fascinating article in the Ottawa Citizen (a Canadian paper) about the use of Scottish and Irish Gaelic in Diana Gabaldon's novel, T

Some of you may have seen the meme going around Facebook that consists of a series of pictures with captions like "What my friends think I do&q

Here's a very interesting interview with Diana Gabaldon from The Author's Road . It's about 30 minutes long, but definitely worth watching!

My open letter on Diana Gabaldon's Facebook page appears to have had the intended effect. The casting calls have stopped (at least temporarily), a

Have you seen these pictures by Cindy, aka Captivated2, posted on DeviantArt ? Click on the pictures to enlarge them. So many of the fan-made drawings

Here are this week's Friday Fun Facts about Diana Gabaldon's books. 1) There really are white deer, just as Lord John described them in AN E

I posted the following on Diana Gabaldon's Facebook page this morning, and also put a copy of it on Compuserve where Diana will see it.<b> AN OPEN LET

Diana Gabaldon has a new blog post up, all about her (very eventful!) trip to Lithuania. This is "Part 1", and I expect that means we'll

Today, March 5th, is the 242nd anniversary of the Boston Massacre . Here is Paul Revere's famous engraving depicting the massacre. Click on the pic

The new Pixar movie BRAVE comes out on June 22 in the US, just one week before I leave for Scotland. I definitely have to see this movie!  What a perf

Here's some good news for OUTLANDER fans in the UK: The unabridged audiobook of Diana Gabaldon's THE FIERY CROSS is finally available on audib

Here are this week's Friday Fun Facts about Diana Gabaldon's books. 1) The picture above shows a groundhog kiln from the Seagrove, NC , area

The topic for the March poll is, "Who is your favorite villain in the OUTLANDER series?" What do I mean by "favorite" villain? Tha

Here are the results of the February poll: What did you think of THE SCOTTISH PRISONER? 40.55% - I loved it! (Option 1) 14.44% - I enjoyed seeing half