Daniel I. Russell's Blog, page 13

FINALLY FINAL

RESIDENT EVIL-AUSSIE-WRITER

That year went quick, didn't it folks? This Friday sees one year since I stepped foot once again on Australian's golden soil (it's really more of a clay-ish red, but that doesn't quite work song wise...) and therefore, my visa runs out. Booo!

However, our long awaited permanent visa application has been sent to immigration this week, so we're watching the inbox and post box closely for any news. We hope we'll be fine, as we have well over the number of statements, ph...

I FORGET TO PUT THE TITLE IN...WHAT A FOOL!

A WORD IN YOUR EAR...AND A TONGUE

If you can ignore the imposing, and frankly quite unsettling, image of Skullvines Press honcho Jerrod Balzer trying to stick a tongue in his ear, one might ask, who is this confused looking man...and what is he holding?

I'll tell you for who. That there is one and only bestselling horror author Brian Keene, the writer of The Rising, Castaways and the new release, Urban Gothic.

And what is he holding? Why, it's only a brand new copy of hot-off-the-press book Tabl...

Do you do Voodoo?

INTERNATIONAL MAN OF MYSTERY (WRITING)

Willkommen in Deutschland, mein Freund!

This week saw an epic email land in the Manji Towers inbox. The editor of Voodoo Press, who release horror/thriller paperbacks in Germany and surrounding countries, contacted me with regards to some of my work, in particular a story for an upcoming anthology. After a bit of research and seeing this classy Rose Noire anthology, I agreed and things developed....

...leading to the sale of translation rights for BOTH Samh...

Uppers and downers

Happy...erm...Thursday everyone. If you live in the vicinity of Manji Towers, I hope you remembered to put your bin out.

As per the title of today's blog post, there's been a few good things, and a few bad things, happen of late. Let's do the bad stuff first so I can end on a high (hahahahahaaar!)

DOWNERS

We enter the vast, paperwork filled world of the visa, with us attempting to get my visa on a permanent basis. Many friends, family and work mates have stepped forwards to provide statements (t...

He gets his forehead from me...

HAPPY NEW YEAR

I feel cheated. Really cheated.

We didn't go out to celebrate New Years last night as 1, we have three children, and 2, can't be doing with drunken arseholes. So we did what I've done for the past ten years or so: got in pizza, beers and movies. The pizza was great, the movies were good and I had...one beer. Yup, just the one.

Then why I am I so exhausted this morning? I'm sat at the desk yawning with a coffee in my hand, searching for a couple of matchsticks to prop my eyelids op...

Free Christmas Fiction!

Should my story 'It Comes But Once a Year' have not made the shortlist for Festive Fear 2, I was entertaining the idea of this silly little Christmas piece. I wanted to do some new, free fiction for Christmas, so took an hour out to write it. Don't expect any Bram Stoker winning short here, just some Christmas fun. The ending sucks major balls anyway.



Merry Christmas!



A VERY ENGLISH CHRISTMAS

Every year the same old bleedin' shite.

Ken, lying in a recliner, popped the button of...

Sucky sucky things, Festive Fear and good deeds by a bad writer

THE EMPEROR'S THUMB

Woke up this morning to find an email from Jerrod Balzer, one of the editors over at Skull Vines Press (and the artist of that stunning rendition of Vulva, the Albino Nympho Alien Lesbian from the upcoming Tabloid Terrors 3: Alien Perverts Wrecked my Pubes. How many of you can to this page to see what THAT was all about, eh? You sicken me.), requesting a meeting. We agreed 10am Aussie time, which gave me chance to help Sherie sort out the kids and the baby, all the time wor...

...rising from the flames...

Like most human beings, I'm aware that some people don't like me (jerks), so this next bit is just for them. Sitting comfortably? Ready to rub your hands together, throw your head back and laugh like some comic book super villain?

Good.

This week, I experienced a very, very weird feeling in my career. Some of you writers will have heard about the Leisure Horror Fresh Blood contest. I entered this in July, as with my novels not having been released in print, I was eligible. The contest closed in...

Sexy guitars, albino lesbians and threatening elephants...it's a shit business.

Has my absence from the internet been noticed of late? Us writers tend to be a reclusive sort (unless we're trying desperately to pimp our books), but I try to be readily available. There's been a few things happening here at Manji Towers that have kept me away from my corner of clowns (not you, my decor). Here's a brief rundown:

YOUR PARENTS ARE HERE. LOOK BUSY.

My parents arrived here from England a week ago and they've been living with us, seeing the sights and doing the Aussie thing. I thin...

Blood. Mucus. Amniotic fluid. Urine. The beauty of childbirth!

I asked Tobin if I could blog about him. He had to think about it for a bit...




















This post had to come. Ah, to use hindsight! I'm finding all things writing-wise pretty hard of late, just due to the lack of sleep. You can confirm this with Sherie. I'm such a grouch after a bad night's sleep. But I had a nap over lunch and have my massive clown mug full of coffee, so let's hit this.

A lot of people know the...