Diana Gabaldon's podcasts

Some of you may remember that Diana Gabaldon did a series of podcasts a few years ago.  There are 24 podcasts in all, recorded from 2006-2008.  I thought I'd post the links here, because these podcasts are quite interesting, and it's all but impossible to find them on Diana's website unless you already know they are there.

• Episode 1: A Breath of Snow and Ashes (August 29, 2006)
• Episode 2: What Draws a Reader In (September 5, 2006)
• Episode 3: On Writing: The "Kernel Process" (September 11, 2006)
• Episode 4: Ghosts (September 18, 2006)
• Episode 5: Sex Scenes (September 25, 2006)
• Episode 6: The Lord John Stories (October 2, 2006)
• Episode 7: Fans and Tours (October 9, 2006)
• Episode 8: Author-Reader Roundtable Discussion (November 6, 2006)
• Episode 9: The Writing Process (April 4, 2007)
• Episode 10: Research (April 11, 2007)
• Episode 11: Raising Continents (April 18, 2007)
• Episode 12: Characters (April 25, 2007)
• Episode 13: How a Book is Made (May 2, 2007)
• Episode 14: The Character Lord John Grey (October 1, 2007)
• Episode 15: A Glimpse Into My Busy Day (October 8, 2007)
• Episode 16: My History and Experience with the Web (October 15, 2007)
• Episode 17: Male Readers and My Novels (October 22, 2007)
• Episode 18: Writing and Clarity (October 29, 2007)
• Episode 19: New Projects and Publications (November 5, 2007)
• Episode 20: The State of the Wicket (September 22, 2008)
• Episode 21: Battlefields (October 6, 2008)
• Episode 22: Places To Which I Am Invited (October 20, 2008)
• Episode 23: Where Scenes Come From (November 3, 2008)
• Episode 24: The Voice of the Past (November 17, 2008)

If you like, you can also access all of the podcasts from the RSS feed here.  (Thanks to Catherine A. on Compuserve for letting me know about that!)

Diana has not recorded any new podcasts since 2008.  As she explained on Compuserve last week,

  I did them at the instigation of the US publisher, Random House, who a) asked me to do them as promo for AN ECHO IN THE BONE (hardcover and trade paperback), and b) arranged for the recordings--first in a studio in Phoenix, then over the phone with a recording engineer in New York.  c) They also took care of uploading the podcasts, making them available on an RSS feed and on iTunes--none of which I was able to do on my own.

  I wasn't equipped to produce more podcasts on my own, and without some pressing need, it wasn't worth my spending a lot of time or money to do so.  Nowadays, I could probably do them with "Garage Band" on my Mac, but I haven't had time or urgent need to figure that out as yet.

Hope you enjoy them!  I've asked Diana to see if she can put these links up somewhere on her website, because I think it's a shame that they're so difficult to find.