Hallo, Outlander fans!
Yesterday morn, I turned the nose of my Subaru Forester (named Sophea) northward towards our wonderful neighbor, Canada!
Five+ hours later, I arrived in beautiful Surrey, B.C., for the Surrey International Writer’s Conference at the Sheraton Hotel. I will also be attending Outlandish Vancouver events! 👍🏻
The weather was beautiful. Fall colors riddle the cities streets and parks!
Time to check in to my hotel, situate my stuff, grab a quick shower, then head 10 miles south to Indigo Chapters, Grandview Corners. Deliberately arrived 1 1/2 hrs early to ensure a good seat and still, I was in the second row! So many faithful Outlander fans! 😜
The panel included Lisa Palmer, KC Dyer, Michael Slade and Herself! Same panel as last year, and a real treat as every author is lively, clever and articulate!
But, first, we were entertained by a crooner, whose name I did not catch! I am sure someone will be able to identify him. We heard several songs, including Sinatra and Presley tunes.
The moderator enters and announces the authors one-by-one.
First, Diana strides in looking confident and lovely in deep Burgundy velvet! 🤗
Everyone is seated and ready for action!
The moderator, presented a series of questions to the authors. For the sake of brevity, I recorded only Diana’s responses. Apologies to those folks who wanted to hear the hour-long panel in its entirety!
The first question was, how do you do research for your books?
Diana continues her response regarding research methods and sources.
Next question, and an interesting one: How did your writing change after you were published? Again Diana’s response.
In a nutshell, her writing process did not change after she was published. Why mess with a proven approach? 😁👍🏻
Third question: did you experience any mistakes that you were unable to avoid? She explains a difficulty but this one appears to have happened just once! 😉
Dinan continues her response!
Fourth question: What media have you consumed lately that you can recommend to fans? Yes, she has an answer and wishes she could share it in full!
But, surprise! She does share what she can about writing Episode 511 for Outlander! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
That ended the panel discussion for this evening. Fans who purchased a book at Indigo lined up for autographs. Unfortunately, I have one or more copies of every Gabaldon book they had on hand, so no autograph for me after this event!
More to come. Stay tuned!
The deeply grateful,
Outlander Anatomist
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