What's your most memorable OUTLANDER-related experience?
As the #Droughtlander continues, I thought the following question might be a good way to pass the time while we wait.
What's the most memorable, interesting, amusing, or unusual experience you've had as a result of reading Diana Gabaldon's books or watching the OUTLANDER TV series?
Here are three of my favorites:
1) Visiting Scotland in 2012 on the Celtic Journeys OUTLANDER Tour. That was the trip of a lifetime for me, and I had a wonderful time!
2) Attending Diana Gabaldon's appearance in Annandale, VA, in April, 2013. (Here I am with Carol and Tracey of My Outlander Purgatory.) At the point in Diana's talk where she mentions how she got involved with the online forum that is now the Compuserve Books and Writers Community, Diana looked right at me and said to the audience of about 1200 fans, "The fabulous Karen Henry manages my folder on Compuserve. She's the bumblebee-herder." And I turned around and waved to the crowd. <g>
2) When the standalone e-book edition of Diana Gabaldon's novella, "The Custom of the Army", was published in May, 2012, I was stunned and delighted to find that Diana had dedicated the story to me! (The terms "Aedile Curule" and "Chief Bumblebee-Herder" refer to my role as volunteer Section Leader in Diana Gabaldon's folder on Compuserve, a position I've held since 2008.)
What about the rest of you? What's the most interesting, amusing, or unusual experience you've had as a result of the OUTLANDER books or TV series? Please post a comment here, on Twitter, or on my Outlandish Observations Facebook page.
What's the most memorable, interesting, amusing, or unusual experience you've had as a result of reading Diana Gabaldon's books or watching the OUTLANDER TV series?
Here are three of my favorites:
1) Visiting Scotland in 2012 on the Celtic Journeys OUTLANDER Tour. That was the trip of a lifetime for me, and I had a wonderful time!
2) Attending Diana Gabaldon's appearance in Annandale, VA, in April, 2013. (Here I am with Carol and Tracey of My Outlander Purgatory.) At the point in Diana's talk where she mentions how she got involved with the online forum that is now the Compuserve Books and Writers Community, Diana looked right at me and said to the audience of about 1200 fans, "The fabulous Karen Henry manages my folder on Compuserve. She's the bumblebee-herder." And I turned around and waved to the crowd. <g>
2) When the standalone e-book edition of Diana Gabaldon's novella, "The Custom of the Army", was published in May, 2012, I was stunned and delighted to find that Diana had dedicated the story to me! (The terms "Aedile Curule" and "Chief Bumblebee-Herder" refer to my role as volunteer Section Leader in Diana Gabaldon's folder on Compuserve, a position I've held since 2008.)
What about the rest of you? What's the most interesting, amusing, or unusual experience you've had as a result of the OUTLANDER books or TV series? Please post a comment here, on Twitter, or on my Outlandish Observations Facebook page.
1.) Meeting Diana, the cast,& crew at the Outlander Fan Gathering in Los Angeles January of 2014. I won tickets to go back stage from DirecTv.
2.) Sitting at the dinner table with Diana during the Outlandia Charity event. It was so wonderful just chatting with her and getting to know her a little. Afterwards, she started following me on Twitter.
3.) PaleyFest: I had 2nd row tickets. Had a blast with a bunch of Outlander friends from the Washington State fan group that I admin.
First, I was raised Presbyterian. My parents, grandparents made it very clear that people who descended from Scots were Protestants, NEVER Catholic. I had a lot of guilt about marrying a Catholic, joining the Catholic church, raising Catholic kids. But these books had Catholic Scots - by golly there is such a thing! Diana made it ok to be Catholic.
Second, I did not know there was such a thing as Scots Gaelic until watching Outlander and then reading the books. And I was very intrigued by this language. Last summer, we traveled to the town my mother's people came from in Scotland. I had the chance to speak to a local historian/genealogist who remarked that our family had spoken Gaelic. Now I was inspired to learn and when another Outlander fan on Twitter mentioned that she had found an online class through Atlantic Gaelic Academy, I signed up. It has been a great journey!
Thanks, Karen for all you do! "Peigi" (nom de Twitter)