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I discovered that, given the indescribable nature of what I write, the only way to sell it is to give people free samples.

- Diana Gabaldon
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I'm a really slow writer. What I need to start writing on any given day, is a kernel, a line of dialogue, anything I can sense concretely.

For months, people have been asking my views about the Scottish independence referendum, and I've been saying, 'It's not my country; I don't live here. Much as I love Scotland, I think it would be inappropriate to express a personal opinion regarding Scottish politics'.

I've never been willing to commit to more than one at a time, because I just don't know - I don't plan the books out ahead of time. So I have no idea how much ground we'll cover.

I will literally read anything, regardless of genre, fiction or non-fiction, as long as it's well written.

Mid-afternoon, I'll go out and do the household errands, come home, do my gardening, go for an evening walk.

It takes me about three years to write a book. They're very complex, and they take a lot of research, but also because the more popular your books get, the more popular you get, and people want to haul you off and look at you.

When I turned 35, I thought, 'Mozart was dead at 36, so I set the bar: I'm going to start writing a book on my next birthday.' I thought historical fiction would be easiest because I was a university professor and know my way around a library, and it seemed easier to look things up than make them up.

I understand the visual media very well, as I used to write comic books for Walt Disney, and I've written a graphic novel. How you carry a story in pictures is different than how you do it in text.

I write where I can see things happen, and then things get glued together. I do have the final scene, but that really is an epilogue. It's not part of the plot.

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I discovered that, given the indescribable nature of what I write, the only way to sell it is to give people free samples.

I discovered that, given the indescribable nature of what I write, the only way to sell it is to give people free samples.

I discovered that, given the indescribable nature of what I write, the only way to sell it is to give people free samples.

I discovered that, given the indescribable nature of what I write, the only way to sell it is to give people free samples.

I discovered that, given the indescribable nature of what I write, the only way to sell it is to give people free samples.

I discovered that, given the indescribable nature of what I write, the only way to sell it is to give people free samples.

I discovered that, given the indescribable nature of what I write, the only way to sell it is to give people free samples.

I discovered that, given the indescribable nature of what I write, the only way to sell it is to give people free samples.

I discovered that, given the indescribable nature of what I write, the only way to sell it is to give people free samples.

I discovered that, given the indescribable nature of what I write, the only way to sell it is to give people free samples.

I discovered that, given the indescribable nature of what I write, the only way to sell it is to give people free samples.

I discovered that, given the indescribable nature of what I write, the only way to sell it is to give people free samples.

I discovered that, given the indescribable nature of what I write, the only way to sell it is to give people free samples.

I discovered that, given the indescribable nature of what I write, the only way to sell it is to give people free samples.

I discovered that, given the indescribable nature of what I write, the only way to sell it is to give people free samples.