{"id":1074,"date":"2006-09-16T09:27:31","date_gmt":"2006-09-16T08:27:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dianeduane.com\/outofambit\/2006\/09\/16\/greetings-to-the-instapunditry\/"},"modified":"2006-09-16T09:27:31","modified_gmt":"2006-09-16T08:27:31","slug":"greetings-to-the-instapunditry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dianeduane.com\/outofambit\/2006\/09\/16\/greetings-to-the-instapunditry\/","title":{"rendered":"Greetings to the Instapunditry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Wow, more than <strike>a thousand<\/strike> fifteen hundred of you have been in since Glenn put up that posting. Welcome!<\/p>\n<p>For those of you curious about what&#8217;s going on around here at the moment:  a prec\u00eds &#8212;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>First of all, the usual blogging. Tales of travel, cats, food, the home life of a writer married to another writer, etc etc.  (BTW, <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Peter_Morwood\">Peter&#8217;s<\/a> first four books are back in print in the USA from DAW, in two omnibus editions: see <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Book-Years-One\/dp\/0756403065\/\">here<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Book-Years-Vol-2\/dp\/0756403073\">here<\/a>.)<\/li>\n<li>If you&#8217;re interested in the <em>Young Wizards<\/em> books: there&#8217;s a website <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youngwizards.com\/\">here<\/a> and a pretty lively discussion forum <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youngwizards.net\/eve\">here.<\/a> For those of you who haven&#8217;t heard of the series before, let me answer what might be your first question about it:  the first novel came out in 1983.   \ud83d\ude09  For the beginnings of an online wiki-format encyclopedia of the YW universe, see the <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youngwizards.com\/ErrantryWiki\/index.php\/Main_Page\">Errantry Concordance.<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li>Food is a continuing interest (as both Peter and I love to cook). Check out <a href=\"http:\/\/www.europeancuisines.com\/\">EuropeanCuisines.com<\/a> for links to recipes from the Continent. (Don&#8217;t miss the star of the collection, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.europeancuisines.com\/PetersMumsSodaBreadRecipe.html\">Peter&#8217;s mum&#8217;s soda bread recipe<\/a>. Please note that the accompanying video tutorials are down at the moment while we edit them for posting to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/\">YouTube<\/a>.)<\/li>\n<li>The third book in the &#8220;Feline Wizardry&#8221; sequence is being published online (with paperback \/ hardcover publication to follow): <a href=\"http:\/\/www.the-big-meow.com\/\">see here for details<\/a>. Due to a chaotic summer, I&#8217;m somewhat behind on the original schedule, but am in the process of getting caught up.<\/li>\n<li>Got a new book out in paperback. Check the column to the left, which links to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lulu.com\/content\/386161\">description at Lulu.com<\/a>, or have a look at the book&#8217;s own weblog (with reader comments) <a href=\"http:\/\/raetiantales.blogspot.com\/\">here<\/a>.  &#8230;This is the fantasy novel that sold twice and nevertheless didn&#8217;t get published, due to personnel changes at the first publisher, and the second publisher getting bought by a third one. &#8220;This novel rated PG-15 for mature themes, language (Romansch), and the reinvention of democracy&#8230;.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Other than that, I&#8217;m working on a couple of books and a couple of movie scripts at once, cleaning the house (friends are arriving tomorrow), doing some weeding, and baking apple tart again. 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