Diana Gabaldon

Do you love historical romance? Do you want to learn what makes a first chapter capture a reader's (and literary agent's!) attention? Then you need today's episode. In today's episode, book coach and developmental editor Savannah Gilbo returns for a deep dive into the uber-popular, time-traveling romance, OUTLANDER by Diana Gabaldon. This conversation is jam-packed with insightful tips on how to pull readers into your story with world-building, set ups, and memorable, interesting characters without slowing the pace. Some other topics Savannah and I explore include: How to write an intriguing opening (and scenes) with what can sometimes feel like less intense stakes How many scenes are in this first chapter, and why each models a well-structured scene How to plant set ups and share meaningful backstory without dragging down the pace Plus, more! By the time you finish this episode, you'll know how to identify and answer some important questions that first chapters need in order to set up reader expectations. You'll also take away a handful of tools that you can use to tighten and polish well-structured scenes. So pick up a notebook and get ready to learn! P.S. Happy Valentine's Day! Rate + Review + Follow on Apple Podcasts "I love the Lit Match podcast!" ← If that sounds like you, I'd greatly appreciate if you took a minute or two to rate and review the show. Your rating and review will help other writers find this podcast, and they're super insightful to me. Thanks in advance! Books mentioned in this episode: Outlander by Diana Gabaldon The Writer's Guide to Beginnings by Paula Munier Story Grid by Shawn Clyne Follow Abigail and Savannah: Website: www.abigailkperry.com | www.savannahgilbo.com Instagram: @abigailkperry | @savannah.gilbo P.S. Don't miss Savannah's podcast, FICTION WRITING MADE EASY!

Romance, historical fiction & fantasy writers—tune in to learn how the opening pages of Outlander hook readers into the story. In this listener-voted episode, I team up with developmental editor and book coach Abigail K. Perry to analyze the opening chapter of Diana Gabaldon's genre-defying masterpiece, Outlander , on a macro and micro level. And truth be told, this might be one of our most challenging chapter analyses yet, but you'll learn exactly what makes these opening pages super engaging so you can apply it to your own writing. Here’s what we cover: [07:13] An Outlander chapter summary that reveals how Gabaldon masterfully sets up relationship tension and an interesting open loop that becomes hugely important later. [13:05] A chapter one macro analysis using the seven questions from Paula Munier’s book, The Writer’s Guide To Beginnings , to break down what makes this opening so spot-on (from genre to character to stakes). [39:50] How Gabaldon built Outlander's plot around three major story peaks to keep readers glued to the page. (I found this gem on her website and had to share it with you.) [43:01] A microanalysis of the two scenes within the first chapter using the "5 Commandments of Storytelling" from Shawn Coyn's book, The Story Grid —to learn how to make your quiet moments as compelling as the action-packed ones. [56:33] A discussion on how to write tricky relationship moments and emotional turning points in a way that feels natural and not forced. Whether you're writing historical fantasy , time travel romance , historical romance , or any genre-bending story , you'll get a fantastic overview of how Diana Gabaldon crafted an opening chapter that launched a global phenomenon (so you can do the same for your own novel). Tune in now. 🔗 Links mentioned in this episode: Check out the LitMatch Podcast with Abigail Perry here ! You can also get in touch with Abigail through her website or on Instagram @abigailkperry . ⭐ Rate + Review + Follow on Apple Podcasts "I love the Fiction Writing Made Easy podcast!" ← If that sounds like you, please consider rating and reviewing this show! Your rating and review will help other writers find this podcast, and they're also super fun for me to read. Just click here , scroll all the way to the bottom, tap five stars to rate the show, and then select "Write a Review." Be sure to let me know your favorite episodes, too! Also, if you haven't done so already, make sure you're following the podcast! I'll be adding a bunch of bonus episodes to the feed, and if you're not following the show, there's a good chance you'll miss them. Click here to follow now! Support the show 👉 Looking for a transcript? If you’re listening on Apple Podcasts or Spotify, scroll down below the episode player until you see the transcript.

Makers, Menders, and Writers | We Talk to Diana Gabaldon 2Ep25 Lowell Historian Kevin Schindler sits down with the one and only Diana Gabaldon, author of the wildly popular Outlander book series. They discuss Diana’s familial connection to the observatory, her creative process, and how Lowell Telescope Dome Engineer Stanley Sykes dealt with wild turkeys.

Listen to this post where I share author Diana Gabaldon’s advice to writers in her Book, The Outlandish Companion . Gabaldon is the best-selling author of the Outlander series. She also wrote non-fiction books, including the The Outlandish Companion . The Oulandish Companion is Gabaldon’s gift to her fans. In one section of the book, she answers the fan question, “How do you find time to write?” Enjoy and thanks for listening… Are you ready to write your book and learn a little bit about book marketing to successfully sell it when the time is right? Try a self-paced, video course taught by my colleague Kate Brenton and me. You will love it. It is the perfect way to get started on your book, the right way. The course is called Sit & Write: Begin - get it? Begin….. just $97 to get started on your dream of writing. Subscribe to my substack for podcasts & posts filled with book marketing and publishing information, plus my witty banter. As a founding member, you get a 30 minute Zoom with me to chat about your book idea. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit claudinewolk.substack.com/subscribe

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/718622 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Ein Schatten von Verrat und Liebe - Outlander, Band 8 (Ungekürzte Lesung) Author: Diana Gabaldon Narrator: Birgitta Assheuer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 52 hours 31 minutes Release date: October 31, 2023 Genres: LGBTQ+ Publisher's Summary: Jamie Fraser kehrt von den Toten zurück - doch seine große Liebe Claire hat seinen besten Freund geheiratet ... Outlander - Ein Schatten von Verrat und Liebe ist der dramatische 8. Teil der Welt-Bestseller-Saga von Diana Gabaldon: ein hochspannender, gefühlvoll erzählter und exakt recherchierter Mix aus historischem Roman, Zeitreise-Abenteuer und Familiensaga. 1778 ist ein dramatisches Jahr für die Frasers: Der amerikanische Unabhängigkeitskrieg steuert auf seinen blutigen Höhepunkt zu; William, der junge Graf von Ellesmere, findet zu seinem Entsetzen heraus, dass er Jamies unehelicher Sohn ist und damit von einem Rebellen und verurteilten Verbrecher abstammt; und die verwitwete Claire hat in die Ehe mit Lord John Grey eingewilligt, Jamies bestem Freund. Ihr Herz droht zum zweiten Mal zu brechen, als etwas geschieht, das sie in ihren kühnsten Träumen nicht zu hoffen gewagt hätte: Eines Tages steht der totgeglaubte Jamie quicklebendig vor ihr. Zumindest wissen Claire und Jamie ihre Tochter Brianna im 20. Jahrhundert in Sicherheit - oder? Niemand mischt so gekonnt eine ganz große, romantische Liebesgeschichte mit spannenden historischen Fakten und dramatischen Abenteuern: Diana Gabaldons Highland-Saga ist ein Jahrhundertwerk. Die historischen Romane der Outlander-Saga von Bestseller-Autorin Diana Gabaldon sind in folgender Reihenfolge erschienen: Outlander - Feuer und SteinOutlander - Die geliehene ZeitOutlander - Ferne UferOutlander - Der Ruf der TrommelOutlander - Das flammende KreuzOutlander - Ein Hauch von Schnee und AscheOutlander - Echo der HoffnungOutlander - Ein Schatten von Verrat und LiebeOutlander - Das Schwärmen von tausend Bienen

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/718622 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Ein Schatten von Verrat und Liebe - Outlander, Band 8 (Ungekürzte Lesung) Author: Diana Gabaldon Narrator: Birgitta Assheuer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 52 hours 31 minutes Release date: October 31, 2023 Genres: Historical Publisher's Summary: Jamie Fraser kehrt von den Toten zurück - doch seine große Liebe Claire hat seinen besten Freund geheiratet ... Outlander - Ein Schatten von Verrat und Liebe ist der dramatische 8. Teil der Welt-Bestseller-Saga von Diana Gabaldon: ein hochspannender, gefühlvoll erzählter und exakt recherchierter Mix aus historischem Roman, Zeitreise-Abenteuer und Familiensaga. 1778 ist ein dramatisches Jahr für die Frasers: Der amerikanische Unabhängigkeitskrieg steuert auf seinen blutigen Höhepunkt zu; William, der junge Graf von Ellesmere, findet zu seinem Entsetzen heraus, dass er Jamies unehelicher Sohn ist und damit von einem Rebellen und verurteilten Verbrecher abstammt; und die verwitwete Claire hat in die Ehe mit Lord John Grey eingewilligt, Jamies bestem Freund. Ihr Herz droht zum zweiten Mal zu brechen, als etwas geschieht, das sie in ihren kühnsten Träumen nicht zu hoffen gewagt hätte: Eines Tages steht der totgeglaubte Jamie quicklebendig vor ihr. Zumindest wissen Claire und Jamie ihre Tochter Brianna im 20. Jahrhundert in Sicherheit - oder? Niemand mischt so gekonnt eine ganz große, romantische Liebesgeschichte mit spannenden historischen Fakten und dramatischen Abenteuern: Diana Gabaldons Highland-Saga ist ein Jahrhundertwerk. Die historischen Romane der Outlander-Saga von Bestseller-Autorin Diana Gabaldon sind in folgender Reihenfolge erschienen: Outlander - Feuer und SteinOutlander - Die geliehene ZeitOutlander - Ferne UferOutlander - Der Ruf der TrommelOutlander - Das flammende KreuzOutlander - Ein Hauch von Schnee und AscheOutlander - Echo der HoffnungOutlander - Ein Schatten von Verrat und LiebeOutlander - Das Schwärmen von tausend Bienen

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/639550 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Das Schwärmen von tausend Bienen - Outlander, Band 9 (Ungekürzt) Author: Diana Gabaldon Narrator: Birgitta Assheuer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 58 hours 17 minutes Release date: February 25, 2022 Genres: Historical Publisher's Summary: Im historischen Roman 'Outlander - Das Schwärmen von tausend Bienen' müssen Claire und Jamie Fraser inmitten des amerikanischen Unabhängigkeitskrieges um ihre Familie und ihre Liebe kämpfen. 1779 steht für Claire Randall und Jamie Fraser mehr auf dem Spiel als jemals zuvor: Zwar sind sie überglücklich über Briannas Heimkehr - doch niemand weiß, ob die Gefahr, die ihre Tochter mit Mann und Kindern zur Flucht aus dem 20. Jahrhundert gezwungen hat, wirklich gebannt ist. Wie können Claire und Jamie ihrer Familie inmitten des amerikanischen Unabhängigkeitskrieges Schutz bieten? Währenddessen hadert der junge William Ransom noch immer mit seiner wahren Abstammung. Und Lord John Grey muss sowohl einen Weg zur Versöhnung finden, als auch neuen Gefahren entgegentreten - im Namen seines Sohnes, und in seinem eigenen ... Spannung und Dramatik, Leidenschaft, Liebe und Abenteuer: Seit 8 internationalen Bestsellern steht die Serie 'Outlander' für einen hoch spannenden Mix aus Zeitreise- und historischem Roman. Auch im 9. Band von 'Outlander' lässt Welt-Bestseller-Autorin Diana Gabaldon uns hautnah am Schicksal von Claire und Jamie Fraser, ihrer Familie und ihren Freunden teilhaben.

Diana Gabaldon is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the wildly popular OUTLANDER novels, the basis for the hit Starz series. In her latest novel GO TELL THE BEES THAT I AM GONE the year is 1779, and Claire and Jamie are at last reunited with their daughter Brianna—but the American Revolution threatens to tear them apart. On today’s episode, Diana Gabaldon talks with ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY’s Maureen Lee Lenker about her career, her writing process, and all things Outlander.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/399260 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Go Tell the Bees That I Am Gone Series: #9 of Outlander Author: Diana Gabaldon Narrator: Davina Porter Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 49 hours 27 minutes Release date: November 23, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.59 of Total 463 Ratings of Narrator: 4.91 of Total 118 Genres: LGBTQ+ Publisher's Summary: #1 New York Times bestselling author Diana Gabaldon returns with the newest novel in the epic Outlander series. The past may seem the safest place to be … but it is the most dangerous time to be alive. …Jamie Fraser and Claire Randall were torn apart by the Jacobite Rising in 1746, and it took them twenty years to find each other again. Now the American Revolution threatens to do the same. It is 1779 and Claire and Jamie are at last reunited with their daughter, Brianna, her husband, Roger, and their children on Fraser’s Ridge. Having the family together is a dream the Frasers had thought impossible. Yet even in the North Carolina backcountry, the effects of war are being felt. Tensions in the Colonies are great and local feelings run hot enough to boil Hell’s teakettle. Jamie knows loyalties among his tenants are split and it won’t be long until the war is on his doorstep. Brianna and Roger have their own worry: that the dangers that provoked their escape from the twentieth century might catch up to them. Sometimes they question whether risking the perils of the 1700s—among them disease, starvation, and an impending war—was indeed the safer choice for their family. Not so far away, young William Ransom is still coming to terms with the discovery of his true father’s identity—and thus his own—and Lord John Grey has reconciliations to make, and dangers to meet … on his son’s behalf, and his own. Meanwhile, the Revolutionary War creeps ever closer to Fraser’s Ridge. And with the family finally together, Jamie and Claire have more at stake than ever before.

#ads Stream any unabridged audiobook of your choice with premium access by starting your trial on: https://booksreader.space/al-1969/ Title: The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2020 Series: Best American Author: Diana Gabaldon - editor Narrator: Diana Gabaldon, Christopher Ryan Grant, Jay Snyder, Scott Keiji Takeda, Sean Crisden, Polly Lee, Rebecca Lowman, Nicola Barber, Emily Woo Zeller, Bahni Turpin, Andre Blake, Andi Arndt, Priya Ayyar, Kim Mai Guest, Therese Plummer Format: mp3 Length: 17 hrs and 45 mins Release date: 11-10-20 Ratings: 3.9 out of 5 stars, 39 ratings Genres: Science Fiction Publisher's Summary: Today’s fans of science fiction and fantasy have an appetite for stories that address a wide variety of voices, perspectives, and styles. There is an openness to experiment and pushing boundaries, combined with the classic desire to hear about spaceships and dragons, future technology and ancient magic, and the places where they intersect. With a diverse selection of stories chosen by series editor John Joseph Adams and Diana Gabaldon, The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2020 explores the ever-expanding and changing world of SFF today.

Llega a Librorum una de mis escritoras fetiche: Diana Gabaldon. En este nuevo episodio os hablo de mi lectura de la novela corta A leaf on the wind of All Hallows, ¡siempre sin spoilers! La leí en su versión original en Inglés y en ella se nos explican los orígenes de uno de los personajes que más protagonismo tienen a partir de cierto momento en la saga de novelas de Outlander, por la que la autora es conocida. Gracias por estar ahí una vez más y ¡felices lecturas! NOTA: La recopilación de relatos de la que os hablo es «Seven Stones to Stand or Fall» y el podcast de Oprah Winfrey es «SuperSoul». The post #41 A LEAF ON THE WIND OF ALL HALLOWS, DIANA GABALDON first appeared on Sons Podcasts .

Outlander Podcast Hosts Mary & Blake are once again joined by Outlander Author Diana Gabaldon to discuss season 4 and the beginnings of season 5. In this episode, we chat with Diana about her favorite parts of season 4, her prep for season 5, the differences in working with Ron as opposed to Matt/Toni, and […] The post Outlander Cast Chats About Season 4 w/Outlander Author Diana Gabaldon appeared first on Outlander Cast .