from "A Leaf on the Wind of All Hallows" Copyright 2009 Diana Gabaldon

Msg # 65441.79

Oh my, I'm longing to read the whole thing!

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• Very evocative! (NT) -- Kate Smith, 07:41:19 12/05/09 Sat
• Wow! Thank you! (NT) -- Lucy, 22:33:07 12/06/09 Sun

...that's the working titel of the story about Roger Mac's parents. It's in an anthology called STAR-CROSSED LOVERS and will be out in about a year or so.

And we have already the first excerpt --> Msg # 65414.79

After reading Echo it makes sense. I, for myself, am eagerly awaiting it.

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• Vicki, please, can you send out the word? (NT) -- Carmen, 04:19:31 10/09/09 Fri
  • I'll do it right now. Sorry, but I was away from Friday until now. (NT) -- Vicki, 14:47:29 10/14/09 Wed
• Wow! Thanks! Very cool. (NT) -- Lady JenF :), 15:07:56 10/14/09 Wed
• oooh. Jerry AND Frank. :-) very cool. (NT) -- shellb, 20:27:32 10/14/09 Wed
• Now I've got to go reread the part where Claire tells Roger about what Frank told her about the missing pilot. My first response is to wonder why Frank wouldn't make a connection between Rev. Wakefield and this lieutenant when Roger is introduced? Well, maybe not. Lots of Mackenzies, I suppose. (NT) -- Ellen P., 15:20:58 10/20/09 Tue
  • Frank is a selfish, self-centred turd who wouldn't much remember a nobody Scot pilot (The Rev is English and a historian). There is a lot more of Black Jack in Frank than Claire knows, he just has a 1900's civilized veneer on him. (NT) -- Jayn, 16:29:03 10/23/09 Fri
    • But how do you Really feel about Frank *g*. Actually, I'm not a fan of Frank and wasn't from the beginning, even before Claire met Jamie. Anyway, I'm so excited about this excerpt and cannot wait to see more of this story. Diana keeps finding new ways to draw us in. (NT) -- MairiS, 22:25:09 10/27/09 Tue
    • Not a Frank lover, are you? I'm with you on the BJR part. There is certainly a bit from him in Frank, but isn't it a bit in us all? Even Herself admitted it on more then one occasion. All in all, I do not think Frank is a bad guy. (NT) -- Carmen, 05:40:44 11/14/09 Sat
  • Missing Pilot -- Dryden Robertson, 12:18:37 11/13/09 Fri
    • It's in the latest installment aka Book 7 :o) (NT) -- Carmen, 05:17:14 11/14/09 Sat
  • Maybe Frank would have made the connection sooner or later,but back than his thought were more focused on his own ancestry (NT) -- Carmen, 05:25:40 11/14/09 Sat
  • Although not one of the 4 over-arching story lines in Echo, this mystery qualifies as another cliff hanger in my book. We knew from the beginning that Frank was working for English Intelligence during the war, so he might have known of other covert operations. Sorry, met my character limit, more inside...... -- Missa, 14:57:37 11/14/09 Sat
    • I'm missing something. what are you guys talking about? (NT) -- sharon fisher, 12:48:39 11/22/09 Sun
• This is delightful, seeing two characters meet each other who you never expected would meet. Like Briana facing off against Laoghaire. It's like DG is shuffling the cards and seeing which two faces come up together. Fun stuff. (NT) -- Amy, 18:26:56 10/28/09 Wed
• Amazing, thank you! (NT) -- Lucy, 22:05:02 11/18/09 Wed

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• Well, nothing is lost in the internet :o) Come inside for a link. As for making it into the book, all these excerpts did it more or less, in the whole or altered. -- Carmen, 03:50:10 10/09/09 Fri
  • upps, messed up the link >>> -- Carmen, 03:52:01 10/09/09 Fri
    • Carmen, all I am getting is that stupid darn 'can't find the page' thing. Is there another address/route? (NT) -- Jayn, 14:34:06 10/23/09 Fri
    • Carmen, tried the link again and it worked, maybe just too much traffic earlier. If you notice the date this excerpt is 10 years old, I think DG has just played with the plot lines since this idea, I don't think we'll see it. (NT) -- Jayn, 21:18:41 10/23/09 Fri
      • lost thread -- Susan, 13:59:55 10/24/09 Sat
    • Thank you! -- Marina, 18:42:26 11/01/09 Sun
• Keep reading -- Anna, 10:48:25 10/22/09 Thu
• lost exerpt ab. Jamie and Claire in Prison -- Susan Goetz (Susan Goetz), 13:39:41 10/24/09 Sat
  • I'M with you, Susan. But then, I only read Echo once. Yet. These are the kind of books you have to read more often to fully admire the plotweaving and get all the hinds (NT) -- Carmen, 03:09:42 11/13/09 Fri
• I've been wondering about that very one too! So thanks for enquiring. I just assumed it would turn up sooner or later. *vbg* (NT) -- Lolkate, 04:44:30 11/13/09 Fri

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• Terrific! Now hopefully DH could sort out her publisher Orien in the UK to get it published on the due date promised. - teh 22nd September. I think they're just playing silly buggers. (NT) -- Lolkate, 10:41:39 07/30/09 Thu
• "I finished: Thrilling, SHOCKING, Surprising, Brililliant! Bravo!" Hmmmm, I don't think I like the word (Shocking)??? I gives me goose bumps!!! (NT) -- Mitzi, 15:10:11 07/30/09 Thu
  • I don't think I like that her editor finished editing (I think) in only 24 hours (or less?). Unless they're going to go over the galleys and make final changes. Don't know if I like the 'shocking' part either. (NT) -- Lemora, 20:21:12 08/11/09 Tue
    • From what she's said on Compuserve, her editors have been working on sections as she finishes them; this would probably just refer to the very last bit of the book. (NT) -- MsNaugha, 18:41:15 08/12/09 Wed
• One of the chapters is called "The Black Chamber". Hmmm.... So, I'm wondering if Roger and Brianna find a hidden S&M dungeon in the basement of Lallybroch --maybe Jenny and Ian were more adventurous than any of us ever dreamed.... I have no trouble imagining Jenny Murray as a Mistress of Discipline. I can see her skinning the cow, tanning and dyeing her own black leather and sewing her costume. (NT) -- Lemora, 20:30:43 08/11/09 Tue
  • Lmao! That's verra funny! I guess she might know the Marquis de Sade, even if Jamie didn't! (NT) -- KathleenM, 14:46:06 08/12/09 Wed
    • No, Jenny's a bottom, remember? :) (NT) -- sharon fisher, 08:12:37 08/30/09 Sun
      • She's a very bossy bottom. (NT) -- Lemora, 17:51:30 10/26/09 Mon
• option for UK readers -- dea, 15:37:55 08/25/09 Tue

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• Ok, my head is going to explode now! WHAT DOES IT ALL MEAN?????????????? (NT) -- Annabel, 21:55:21 08/21/09 Fri
  • It looks like they won't go back to Scotland until the last half of the books??? (NT) -- Mitzi, 00:23:57 08/26/09 Wed
  • aeitb -- Lady Maggie, 22:41:21 10/04/09 Sun
• I can't take it! One more month! (NT) -- Annie Stewart (squealing with glee!), 00:16:10 08/22/09 Sat
• I want to read 'Ae fond kiss' - me thinks that will be romantic. (NT) -- Danielle18, 05:39:48 08/22/09 Sat
  • Hmmm, I'm not sure, but I googles it and a Burns poem came up. It may mean a farewell kiss, which could be good or could be sad. (NT) -- Cathryn_L, 11:10:23 08/22/09 Sat
• Is This the Last One? -- Gail, 15:13:08 08/22/09 Sat
  • Gail, there is _at least_ one more... (NT) -- JudithONH, 17:38:37 08/22/09 Sat
    • I heard that there are two more books to come...Is this true? (NT) -- Ayira from Panama, 18:29:30 08/25/09 Tue
• I think the possibly of a sequel still lurks about...or a prequel...I'll read DG's grocery list... (NT) -- Nancy V, 18:45:33 08/22/09 Sat
• 103!!! Oh wow oh wow oh wow!!! (NT) -- Sue (anxiously reading ABOSAA again in preparation), 01:09:10 08/23/09 Sun
• I started my reread of ABOSAA last night....Can the next 28 days come quick enough? (NT) -- AmandaW, 18:23:07 08/23/09 Sun
  • I'm a couple hundred pages into FC, as of early this morn. I'm confident I'll make my self imposed deadline of finishing FC by the end of August. (NT) -- Cathryn_L, 11:21:08 08/24/09 Mon
• I'd love to do a re-read, but I may rent the CDs from Recorded Books.......it's faster. (NT) -- Lady Lesley, 14:30:55 08/24/09 Mon
• OMG - I am hyperventilating with anticipation here - can't wait for the book to come out :) Roll on the next 26 days or so *vbg* (NT) -- MariaM, 19:21:31 08/25/09 Tue
• I did my reread of all the Claire books (not the John books) last month in preparation. :) (NT) -- sharon fisher, 08:28:30 08/31/09 Mon
• LOVE how Herself enriches my vocab! I had to look up "oenomancy" - dictionary.com says it's "divination by wine" - very intriguing! (NT) -- Lady Cate, 13:11:24 09/02/09 Wed

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• Where will we discuss the new book? (NT) -- sharon fisher, 10:02:45 09/19/09 Sat
  • Hi Sharon, there will be a separete board for discusion. Judi will most certainly announce it on the books board in time. (NT) -- Carmen, 05:29:47 09/20/09 Sun
    • Carmen!! Welcome back, haven't see you for a while!! (NT) -- Vicki, 08:30:11 09/21/09 Mon
• Link to excerpt -- Greetings from Sweden, 16:08:00 09/19/09 Sat
  • Thank you. (NT) -- Carmen, 05:33:01 09/20/09 Sun
• Off to an exciting beginning. Lots of intrigue already, and only one chapter in. Can't wait to get the rest on Tuesday. Suppose I can get away with reading all day? (NT) -- Ellen P., 16:09:16 09/19/09 Sat
• Amazon shipped mine today! (NT) -- sharon fisher, 12:57:51 09/22/09 Tue

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• Yeah, when is that coming out? (NT) -- sharon fisher, 12:03:19 09/15/09 Tue
  • DG says sometime in 2010 (NT) -- Carmen, 05:34:17 09/20/09 Sun

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• Barnes & Noble's website says it's also available 9-22 NFM (NT) -- Leigh Ann, 22:22:08 09/10/09 Thu
• I'm hoping the audio and book will come out at the same time. I've pre-ordered both and it would wonderful if I could listen/read at the same time (in slow motion). I did that with ABOSAA and it was so great!!! (NT) -- Mitzi Hinkey, 03:04:47 09/12/09 Sat

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• Holy Cow!! Gives the shivers doesn't it! (NT) -- Isabeau, 14:33:57 07/17/09 Fri
• email notifications -- LadyRuby, 10:06:06 07/18/09 Sat
  • I second that! I appreciate the email notifications so much! (NT) -- Page, 16:55:50 07/18/09 Sat
  • You're very welcome!!! (NT) -- Vicki, 18:50:53 07/19/09 Sun
• OMG....nervously awaiting this one! (NT) -- Lady Lesley, 17:19:29 07/18/09 Sat
• Sounds like the death of a major character is in store -- one who's been in all the books up to this point. (NT) -- Lemora, 18:16:28 07/19/09 Sun
  • Yes, DG says the theme of this book is mortality. I just hope it's not someone we love and can't live without... (NT) -- TerriC, 09:02:31 07/21/09 Tue
    • Maybe the theme is mortality in the sense or looking at ones own and not in the iminent sense. we can hope least (NT) -- Annabel, 09:17:00 07/21/09 Tue
• Yikes! I wish the book would hurry up and come out already. Thank you ladies for the emails by the way. I'm a little slow at getting to them but I'm glad they are there. (NT) -- Lucy, 17:27:45 07/23/09 Thu

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• Ouch!!! Misspelled (niece)...sorry about that. But what do you think about his niece being a "healer" type female and about the same age as William??? Maybe a good mate candidate for Ian??? Can't wait till this book is on the shelf!!! (NT) -- Mitzi, 19:57:52 06/28/09 Sun
• Sounds as if maybe Willie has left a love interest in England who is using nursing a brother in America to come see Willie? (NT) -- Ellen P., 17:42:32 06/29/09 Mon
  • Actually Willie would be her first cousin. The love interest seems to be someone named Henry. (NT) -- Sheila H, 11:00:03 06/30/09 Tue
    • But maybe not. I just read it again and Henry might be her brother. I don't remember the names from the Lord John books(if we ever knew them). (NT) -- Sheila H, 11:03:41 06/30/09 Tue
      • But wouldn't Willie and Dottie be 1st cousins by marriage only? (NT) -- Mitzi, 16:00:07 06/30/09 Tue
        • But then again,....Kissing Cousins!!!....Oh, I like that idea!!! (NT) -- Mitzi, 20:33:07 06/30/09 Tue
      • Actually no relationship at all. Willie's FOSTER father (married to Willie's aunt) is Dottie's Uncle. (NT) -- Margaret D., 13:54:22 07/19/09 Sun
• In BOTB, LJG's nephews are Six year old Benjamin, 5 year old Adam and 3 year old Henry. (NT) -- Mitzi, 15:50:41 06/30/09 Tue
  • Chaper 35 BOTB, LJG attends the baptism of Lady Dorothea Jacqueline Benedicta Grey, his niece. That does make Willie and Dottie very close in age, indeed!!! (NT) -- Mitzi, 16:36:57 06/30/09 Tue
• oh, that was interesting wasn't it? Thank you. (NT) -- Lucy, 23:03:35 07/01/09 Wed

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• thank you. (NT) -- sharon fisher, 23:19:16 07/09/09 Thu

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• It's working for me Sharon. Did it come back up for you? (NT) -- Vicki, 11:06:24 07/05/09 Sun
• It is working for me. But I was reading that Compuserve is being shut down. (NT) -- sharon fisher, 03:13:38 07/06/09 Mon
  • That's the first I've heard of it. Where were you reading it? (NT) -- Vicki, 17:13:54 07/07/09 Tue
    • see below for link -- sharon fisher, 22:38:18 07/07/09 Tue
  • It's Compuserve Classic which shut down. That was where the writer's forum started. It's hosted now by netcape. There was a whole discussion about it in one of the forum's folders. But it's still up and going fine and nothing changed unless you had one of the old log in IDs which had to change. (NT) -- SheilaH, 15:22:04 07/08/09 Wed

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• It seems I do know how to make a link, it works and everything!!! Sorry it's my first time making it work :) (NT) -- Lucia, 04:07:22 06/24/09 Wed

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• Sorry Cathryn, in the message I sent out I said that Karen had posted the link!! Mea culpa... (NT) -- Vicki, 19:12:22 06/03/09 Wed
• I ran down to Borders today to see if they had the Pre-publication booklet and they did! It was a little excerpt piece of heaven! There is a letter from Diana in the beginning explaining the structure of the book and then pages of the book! Yippee! and it is free! (NT) -- cherylc, 20:09:41 06/05/09 Fri
  • I did too! I picked mine up on Sunday. I slowly read through them excerpts, & many I hadn't seen before, so that was an extra special treat. I didn't remember any of the Willie excerpt--it was nice & long too. *G* I know I've read parts of the one with Claire thinking about Lizzie's impending birth, but not the whole birthing scene, or the mmmph scene that followed was new to me too. I enjoyed them all! (of course) (NT) -- Cathryn_L, 11:46:14 06/09/09 Tue

• Join the club, Jenn!{g} But personally, I don't see her killing them off arbitrarily - she could have done that 5 books ago. She knows her fans and I don't think she'll disappoint us. (NT) -- Bedelia, 14:49:16 10/06/08 Mon
  • next book -- chc94, 09:14:54 05/28/09 Thu
• I am on the exact same band wagon. (NT) -- Danielle, 05:14:45 10/09/08 Thu
• I'm not for sure, and of course, with DG, until it's on the page, nothing is for sure, but I think that somewhere along the line she indicated that they would die together in maybe the early 1800s, but the main thing I remember is that they die together. (Apologies to the board goddess if I shouldn't say that, and feel free to delete.) (NT) -- JudithONH, 18:42:33 10/10/08 Fri
  • I remember her saying something like that. It wasn't something carved in stone, just more an offhand remark in response to a question. I think it was to reassure people that there was no way that Jamie would die in Scotland with Claire in America kind of thing. (NT) -- Vicki, 13:27:33 10/11/08 Sat
• Where did DG say that? Not that I doubt you, but I'd be surprised to hear she gve away anything that explicit. She hints, but she doesn't usually say much definite. (NT) -- MsNaugha, 07:03:32 10/11/08 Sat
• I thought that Jamie had a dream of Claire at a desk writing with a desklamp? You know how his dreams go..very eerie. He also says that her hair is silver or grey..I am not sure of the exact quote. This says to me that she goes through again? O, I hope they stay together to the end. I couldn't bear them apart again... (NT) -- persianquinn, 08:35:11 10/12/08 Sun
  • Do you remember where that scene is? I also remember Jamie describing a dream he had to Claire, where she is sitting at a desk writing a letter and it is in her own time. But when she asks him to describe what she looks like, he doesn’t remember….I have always hoped that dream was one he had prior to her return, when she was writing her departing letter to Bree….But then again, I also have a shadow of memory of him saying something about her being older, but can’t place than in any of the books. Was that maybe a future excerpt we read??? (NT) -- Mitzi, 00:47:47 10/13/08 Mon
• I think it's in ABOSAA, sometime after they decide Bree and Roger will go back. I don't remember him saying she looked older, so I always thought that he was dreaming of when she was writing her goodbye letter to Bree. I could be wrong though (all the books merge together a bit for me, and it's been a while since I read ABOSAA). I truly hope that she doesn't go back again though. They need to be together till the end. (NT) -- Jenn, 13:50:36 10/13/08 Mon
• I don't own ABOSAA yet but I will but it is from that book. I may have to get it from the library again to see exactly what was written. (NT) -- persianquinn, 22:04:32 10/13/08 Mon
• I did try to check quickly, but couldn't locate it. I'll try to do so again when I have free time. Lord knows it could take a while to find...lol (NT) -- Jenn, 14:59:44 10/16/08 Thu
• I just purchased the three books I needed to complete my series. They had them in Borders in paperback which is what I wanted. The hardcover is tough to read in bed. I got the other three at a garage sale..25 cents each if you can imagine. I have been looking for the scene in ABOSAA but haven't found it yet. Will repost when I do...I don't know if I want to read that one again..I just finished a month ago or start all over..what a dilemma :):) (NT) -- persianquinn, 22:14:46 10/21/08 Tue
• Found it!!!!! It's the very first part of chapter 68 Savages in ABOSAA. He doesn't say she has white hair or looks any older, that it's just her. I'm truly hoping that he's seeing when she wrote her letter of farewell to Bree. (NT) -- Jenn, 14:55:19 10/22/08 Wed
  • That’s what I remember too!! She asks him what she looks like and he can’t say she is older/younger, etc…It’s just her. Soooo, we are left not knowing how old she is or who she is writing to and can only guess if it is before she came back to him or a future scene in the book we haven’t read yet. I was really hoping this reference to his dream describes what he saw before she came back to him in Voyager, but after seeing some of DG’s comments on the way this next book is shaping up, I think we will be left dangling from a hangmen’s noose…just barely breathing till the next book comes out!!! (NT) -- Mitzi, 23:34:05 10/22/08 Wed
    • I agree 100 percent. I for one can't wait for each book to come out, but I know when we do finally get to the last one, I'm going to be torn between wanting to read and not wanting to, for fear of what happens. My biggest fear is that she has to go back for whatever reason, and Jamie's dream was actually of the future and her writing her memoirs or something of the sort. I could truly drive myself nuts in between books. I guess if I get a bit sad though I can just start from the beginning again. (NT) -- Jenn, 00:13:52 10/23/08 Thu
• Just like a famous story about a boy that is a wizard...I know what happens in the next movie, it makes me sad, but I still wanna see it! Im the kind of person that even if you tell me the end, I still wanna read it for myself. Even more so if it's DG...I guess that is a backhanded way of saying she's an awesome writer :D (NT) -- Celesteblue, 19:33:47 12/22/08 Mon

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• Awe, thanks Cathryn, what a comfort it must have been for Claire...it felt like she was almost speaking to Bree here. The time and distance between them seemed somehow diminished...I loved the closing line. Thanks for sharing with us! (NT) -- Jane, 21:25:12 03/09/09 Mon
• Wow! How am I going to wait until Sept. 22? (NT) -- LizT, 11:07:37 03/10/09 Tue
• How sweet!!!! Awwww! (NT) -- Lady JenF, 17:47:35 03/15/09 Sun
• thanx for the letter! -- lmakua (joyful), 00:07:21 05/23/09 Sat

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• This page begins on #61 and goes up to page 80 - something. Couldn't find #43. (NT) -- Lemora, 01:03:33 05/17/09 Sun
  • I don't know how to post links but I found the exceprt under 63671.73 (the first one in the sequence up there). Thanks for posting the alert! (NT) -- JCT, 18:17:04 05/17/09 Sun
    • Thanks. I was looking for one of those yellow attachment icons to click on. It's part of the actual post on #73. It does contain a tiny spoiler --but if you minded that, you wouldn't be here. (NT) -- Lemora, 02:12:57 05/18/09 Mon
• Direct link to excerpt>>>>>>>>> -- Vicki, 09:29:08 05/18/09 Mon
• I thought the GN was suppose to come out this summer, any word on when?? (NT) -- annabel, 20:59:19 05/18/09 Mon
  • Possibly spring 2010? We don't have an exact date. Diana's part of it (the script) is done, but it is taking the artist a long time to finish his part, so it's not going to be ready by this summer as she had hoped. I'll post here if I hear anything new. (NT) -- Karen Henry, 06:29:10 05/19/09 Tue

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• Jamie's age... -- Sheree, 22:24:47 05/05/09 Tue
• I could have sworn he was born in 1721 - they had a conversation about it in Outlander I think... That would make him 55 in 1776. (NT) -- cherylc, 07:26:01 05/06/09 Wed
  • Yes, that's right...May 1, 1721. (NT) -- LindaMc, 18:44:48 05/09/09 Sat
• He turned 50 in TFC. I don’t remember which year that was, but I think that would make him early to mid fifties at the end of ABOSAA. (NT) -- karenc, 13:07:23 05/06/09 Wed

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• thanks! I was hoping there would be a new one. I'm dying to know what was in the {} sections. :-) (NT) -- shellb, 10:52:36 05/02/09 Sat
• Thanks Karen. I love the glimpses we get into Jamie's mind. (NT) -- Jay-Lee, 13:02:00 05/02/09 Sat
• Thank you, I can't believe how easily she can reduce me to tears. (NT) -- Lucy, 12:17:56 05/06/09 Wed