Pen To Paper

Thursday night, my friend Kim and I made our way to Davis Kidd Booksellers in Nashville. We were on our way to meet Diana Gabaldon, author of the Outlander series. You all know that I just love this series of books, so I was very excited. The sixth book in the series was just released last Tuesday (A Breath of Snow and Ashes). Casey volunteered to drive us, since there is a Wild Oats Grocery next door. He figured he could peruse, while we rubbed elbows. We got there in time to grab a light dinner at Ruby Tuesday's. We settled for just the salad bar. We figured this would be the quickest meal by far. We drove the block down to the bookstore and arrived with about 15 minutes to spare. There were several groups of people already there, but nothing we couldn't deal with. We went upstairs and grabbed us a spot. Diana came out and spoke with the group for nearly an hour. She is such an interesting lady. She told us about how she originally came up with the idea of writing Outlander. She had seen a handsome man in a kilt on an old Dr. Who show! What a scream!! Anyway, she also told us about her writing process everyday and some upcoming ideas that she has for future novels. Diana then opened the floor to questions. She was so gracious to answer every question in detail. After she was finished, she started to sign novels for everyone. The wait wasn't bad at all, and soon Kim and I were proud owners of autographed copies of A Breath of Snow and Ashes. Diana was extremely warm and friendly in person and took the time to personally speak with everyone. Kim and I had taken other books out of the series to have signed, which she more than graciously did. She even stopped long enough for us to have our picture taken with her. What a great night! Afterwards, we stopped over at Carrabba's to have a bite of dessert. I had the Tiramisu and Kim had the Sogno di Ciccooata or the "Chocolate Dream". We went home satisfied and well stuffed Diana Gabaldon fans.

During the discussion.

Waiting to have our books signed.

With "Herself". L to R: Kim, Diana Gabaldon, and me.