While many fans are still struggling to decide if they should accept George R.R. Martin's apology for not finishing "Winds of Winter" before season six of "Game of Thrones" airs on HBO in April, one author – who also happens to be a very good friend of Martin – assures her own fans and followers of the television series based on her novels, that she will not let "Outlander" catch up with the books.
Diana Gabaldon is the writer behind the nine books so far that make up "Outlander" as well as a number of spin-off novellas. She is currently writing the 10th installment of the series and, needless to say, she writes like lightning.
The television series based on her books, also titled "Outlander," has also gathered a fan-following, and is scheduled to air its second season on Starz in April.
But while Martin is set in his writing rituals of being at home on his typewriter in order to work his magic onto paper and cannot do so when he is distracted by free trips to Dubai, for instance, Gabaldon said that she is not stuck to routine and can write even if she is traveling.
"[Everyone] has their process. He likes to travel, and he can't write when he travels. I write when I travel and so forth," she said to a panel at the Television Critics Association last Friday when asked if the "Outlander" series will face a similar dilemma as "Game of Thrones" by having the TV series over takes the novels.
Now, before anyone thinks that Gabaldon is throwing shade at Martin, it is worth noting that she counts the "A Song of Ice and Fire" author as one of her best friends for decades and even posted about having breakfast with him on her Facebook page.
However, she did explaine that her personal work ethic was instilled with her when she began writing while holding down two jobs and raising her three young children. She was forced to write in every spare moment she could find and that habit stayed with her.
She reminded the panel that different writers have their own "writing mechanism" and it should not be held against an author for not being able to give definite deadlines for their work.
