Twisties: I reckon most of you saw my series of articles on Twisted over at IBM developerWorks. Heck, a small thread on this list even criticized some of my examples :-). Anyway, in response to my articles, a publisher approached me; and basically asked me to write a book on Twisted for them (the note was a little less straightforward than this, but that's the jist). FWIW, I do not want to write a book on Twisted--at least not by myself. However, I -do- think that having a good book--one that was helpful and approachable to beginners--would be really nice to have on my shelf. So the idea picques my interst somewhat. There are several things readers of this missive might do with the information. If someone else just has the notion of writing a book themselves, I am very happy to put you in touch with my publishing contact. I cannot state one way or another whether this would be the best publisher for such a book, but at least there's an incling of interst there. On the other hand, if someone is kinda intersted in writing a book but unsure about the writing process, I might be interested or willing to have a role in such a process. Maybe contributing author, active editor, tech reviewer, or something else; obviously, if I have a role, I'll have an interest, but I don't know what the details might be. Yours, David... -- Keeping medicines from the bloodstreams of the sick; food from the bellies of the hungry; books from the hands of the uneducated; technology from the underdeveloped; and putting advocates of freedom in prisons. Intellectual property is to the 21st century what the slave trade was to the 16th.