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A romance is a courtship story. In the 19th century, the definition of the romance genre was an escape from daily life that included adventure and love and battle. But in the 20th century, that term changed, and now it's deemed only a love story, specifically a courtship story.

~Diana Galbadon

Topics: Adventure Battle Century Changed Courtship Daily Daily Life Deemed Definition Escape Genre Included Life Love Love Story Now Only Romance Specifically Story Term 20Th Century 19Th Century

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At one point, some years ago, a nice gentleman had it in mind to do 'Outlander' the musical. His idea was to start with a CD of what you call a song cycle, with a dozen high points of the projected show. It turned out very well, though we had to stop doing it when the TV show came along.

~Diana Galbadon

Topics: Along Call Came Cycle Doing Dozen Gentleman Had High His Idea Mind Musical Nice Out Point Points Projected Show Some Song Start Stop Though Turned Tv Tv Show Very Well Years Years Ago You Cd

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Whenever you're dealing with something that's difficult to describe, that you can't get across to someone in a sound bite, it sounds like the normal default is to pick what's easiest, and in the case of fiction written by women, fiction involving women, fiction involving any sort of relationship, the word that comes to mind is 'romance.'

~Diana Galbadon

Topics: Across Any Bite Case Dealing Default Describe Difficult Easiest Fiction Get Involving Like Mind Normal Pick Relationship Romance Someone Something Sort Sound Sound Bite Sounds Whenever Women Word Written You

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I've never seen anyone deal in a literary way with what it takes to stay married for more than 50 years, and that seemed like a worthy goal.

~Diana Galbadon

Topics: Anyone Deal Goal Like Literary Married More Never Seemed Seen Stay Takes Than Way Worthy Years

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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.

~Diana Galbadon

Topics: Books Carry Comic Comic Books Different Disney Graphic How Media Novel Pictures Story Text Than Understand Used Very Visual Walt Walt Disney Well Write Written You

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Normally, it takes me about three years to write one of the big books. It is usually four years between releases because of the huge amount of travel and PR and just nuisance going on around them. I have a lot of pressure from publishers and agents.

~Diana Galbadon

Topics: About Agents Amount Around Because Between Big Books Four Going Huge Huge Amount Just Lot Me Normally Nuisance Pressure Publishers Release Takes Them Three Travel Write Years

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I don't work in a straight line. I don't write with an outline. I write where I can see things happen, and then things get glued together.

~Diana Galbadon

Topics: Get Glued Happen Line Outline See Straight Straight Line Then Things Things Happen Together Where Work Write I Can I Write

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Cultural concepts are one of the most fascinating things about historical fiction. There's always a temptation, I think, among some historical writers to shade things toward the modern point of view. You know, they won't show someone doing something that would have been perfectly normal for the time but that is considered reprehensible today.

~Diana Galbadon

Topics: About Always Among Been Concepts Considered Cultural Doing Fascinating Fiction Historical Historical Fiction Know Modern Most Normal Perfectly Point Point Of View Reprehensible Shade Show Some Someone Something Temptation Things Think Time Today Toward View Would Writers You I Think

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I'm not one of these writers who says, 'Oh yes, the next book is due out in one year and three days.' I just say, 'You're gonna get it when it's done. It's gonna be good, but you're not going to get it until it is good.'

~Diana Galbadon

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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.

~Diana Galbadon

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Author

Born: January 11th, 1952

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