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Date Posted: Wed, April 13 2022, 21:47:08
Author: CindyG
Subject: QOTD for Thursday, April 14, 2022

The following quote is from The Outlandish Companion (Revised and Updated), by Diana Gabaldon, “Prologue.” Copyright © 1999, 2015 by Diana Gabaldon. All rights reserved.

“The next stop was plainly the Arizona State University library, where I went the next day. I began my research by typing SCOTLAND HIGHLANDS EIGHTEENTH CENTURY into the card catalog—and one thing led to another.
I had not the slightest intention of telling my online acquaintances in the Literary Forum what I was up to. I didn’t want even the best-intentioned of advice; I wanted simply to figure out how to write a novel, and was convinced that I must do this on my own—I’d never asked anyone how to write a software review or a comic book script, after all, and I didn’t want anyone telling me things before I’d worked out for myself what I was doing.
So I didn’t say anything. To anybody. I just wrote, a bit every day, in between the other things I was doing, like changing diapers and writing grant proposals.”

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[> The old "If you want something done, ask a busy person." seems to fit DG's life here. What's just one more thing??? -- DianaH, Thu, April 14 2022, 6:58:20


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[> [> Such a wide spectrum too! Research grants, tech books to sweeping historical fiction - between all the above. I sound prejudiced but I always think of it as “ask a busy woman” LOL -- Kathy in PA, Thu, April 14 2022, 12:05:42


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[> [> [> I agree, Kathy in PA! -- DianaH, Fri, April 15 2022, 8:13:45


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