{"id":1500,"date":"2023-06-03T12:46:59","date_gmt":"2023-06-03T17:46:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/elizabethmoon.com\/blog\/?p=1500"},"modified":"2023-06-03T13:53:23","modified_gmt":"2023-06-03T18:53:23","slug":"introducing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/elizabethmoon.com\/blog\/index.php\/2023\/06\/03\/introducing\/","title":{"rendered":"Introducing&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Many of you know David Watson as Don Iolo in the SCA, white-scarf rapier fencer, crossbow maker, storyteller, lute player, all-around great friend and good companion.\u00a0 Many of you also know him via my various newsgroups and blogs over the years, and those who know him in person know he&#8217;s got a background in history beyond what you&#8217;d expect of an SCA enthusiast.\u00a0 Mention &#8220;battleships&#8221; and his eyes light up even more.\u00a0 He&#8217;s been working on writing for some years now, and his first book is coming out August 1, this year, 2023.\u00a0\u00a0 Handy, since he&#8217;s going to ArmadilloCon in Austin the first (?) weekend in August.<\/p>\n<p>If you like ripping yarns set after the end of WWI, involving veterans looking for respite and excitement both, leftover weaponry, political upheavals (Russian Revolution, anyone?), the Tunguska Event,\u00a0 giant flying monsters&#8230;and MORE&#8230;in a pulp\/steampunk sort of crossover&#8230;get ready for the Aero Rangers to confront The Tunguska Terror.\u00a0\u00a0 What <em>really<\/em> happened to leave all those trees lying flat?\u00a0 It&#8217;s the first of a projected (and partly written) series of adventures with the Aero Rangers.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re going to be at ArmadilloCon this year, be sure to meet David and have a chat with him.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1501 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/elizabethmoon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Aero-Rangers-1-cover.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"311\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"http:\/\/elizabethmoon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Aero-Rangers-1-cover.jpg 311w, http:\/\/elizabethmoon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Aero-Rangers-1-cover-233x300.jpg 233w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 311px) 100vw, 311px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many of you know David Watson as Don Iolo in the SCA, white-scarf rapier fencer, crossbow maker, storyteller, lute player, all-around great friend and good companion.\u00a0 Many of you also know him via my various newsgroups and blogs over the years, and those who know him in person know he&#8217;s got a background in history <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"http:\/\/elizabethmoon.com\/blog\/index.php\/2023\/06\/03\/introducing\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[59,60,10],"tags":[17,7],"class_list":["post-1500","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-life-beynd-writing","category-other-writers","category-the-writing-life","tag-life-beyond-writing","tag-the-writing-life"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/elizabethmoon.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1500"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/elizabethmoon.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/elizabethmoon.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/elizabethmoon.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/elizabethmoon.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1500"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/elizabethmoon.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1500\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1503,"href":"http:\/\/elizabethmoon.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1500\/revisions\/1503"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/elizabethmoon.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1500"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/elizabethmoon.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1500"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/elizabethmoon.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1500"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}