An Audience with Diana Gabaldon

James Crawford, author and chair of Publishing Scotland, chats with #Outlander author, Diana Gabaldon, in the Red Drawing Room at Hopetoun House in March 2019.
The exclusive ‘in conversation’ event was organised by national tourism body, VisitScotland, and book publishing industry body, Publishing Scotland.
It was one of a series of activities held to mark VisitScotland’s 50th anniversary and Diana Gabaldon’s Scottish Thistle Award for the Outlander Effect.
Hopetoun House, South Queensferry, has appeared in Seasons 1-3 of the Outlander TV series.
For more on Outlander go to www.visitscotland.com/outlander
#VSFifty
www.publishingscotland.org
www.hopetoun.co.uk
NB: The sound quality issues are due to an unknown technical fault during recording. Apologies for any inconvenience caused, we hope you still enjoy the piece.

[@katevenhorst1723]

I so admire Diana’s confidence. She is neither arrogant nor pompous, but purely confident: in her abilities and herself. Such an inspiration.

[@mainie_videoediting]

I feel like she's the female equivalent of George R R Martin, not just the fact that they're fantastic writers, but also the way they answer questions without a single second of hesitation or thought, like they just thought about their work so deeply that all of the information are just under the surface. They both understand human nature the way it works in real life and how people want to explore it in literature. so fascinating

[@janethollman7894]

I went to see her in Inverness, she was absolutely amazing. It was an amazing experience and we were spellbound. I can’t thank her enough for sharing the stories with us.

[@jen0718]

Diana is fascinating! This is the first full interview I’ve listened with Diana alone (as opposed to joint interviews with the cast at conventions and such) and she is so well spoken and intelligent.

[@carolcr4024]

I really needed to find out how she got the ideas and and plots for her books and she definitely answers this and more.
As others have said the audio is dreadful, such a shame but at least a record exists. What an amazing woman.

[@missOhdrey]

It’s unfortunate but there is a terrible amount of audio fry in this recording, ouch.

[@VisitScotlandEssentials]

Hello Audrey-Anne. The sound quality issues are due to an unknown technical fault during recording. Apologies for any inconvenience caused, we hope you still enjoy the piece. Thanks!

[@amandah.2202]

VisitScotland Connect I only heard it happen one time people are over dramatic 😂

[@EllePlowPlow]

@3:10 - writing from anything
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@11:35 - Claire, character building
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@13:40 - writing violence
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@19:14 - book to movie option
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@43:34 - working with her editor

[@jen0718]

Why doesn’t this interview have more views??!?! I know there are some sound issues but not enough for me to not watch in it’s entirety!

[@michelleplevier4084]

This was a wonderful interview. Thank you very much. It gives me a lot of inspiration to continue writing myself. Greetings from The Netherlands :)

[@kathygause7849]

Rules for twitter are perfect. Diana G. Is always an entertaining interview.

[@joannaa1724]

Thank you for sharing. It was hard to hear but better than not unloading

[@ReviewBoard-uy5nv]

Shame the audio is so bad, but the interview is great

[@kathleensack6346]

She is a genius.

[@sunshinesilverarrow5292]

Thank you for sharing, much appreciated! 🌞N

[@jen0718]

Her mind is fascinating!!!!

[@jen0718]

Incredibly intelligent woman!!

[@janetmonroe5031]

Thank you

[@katevenhorst1723]

Shame the sound quality is so terrible lol
The interview is fantastic though!

[@sallygonzalez5864]

Jaimes parents need to sound like john wayne and maureen ohara

[@beaed9296]

I love the books and the tv show but I have never understood why a lady from Oxfordshire would travel all the way up to Inverness to go to France!, she would go to south coast, Oxfordshire being south of England.

[@nancyfarmer1269]

❤

[@morgan21dm]

She is not 68 bro

[@RojaJaneman]

Having a purpose that u believe in and enjoy will give u joy and health like nothing else can possibly.

[@annrichards2797]

Terrible audio. Video ruined and unwatchable. Such a shame. Surely this can be fixed and re shown

[@RojaJaneman]

@06:15 classic ADHD

[@AcamaGirl]

Bad sound too bad. Cannot watch