Dalziel's WEbook Profile

Dalziel

Join Date: 8/13/2008

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Pen name:
Dalziel
Location:
australia
Name:
Dalziel J. Hansen
School:
several
Gender:
Preferred language:
English

In short

About me:
I'm Australian, tallish, grey eyes, short brown hair, training to be a body builder, in the Air Force, single and with a fondness for brightly coloured ties. Still do a lot of designing, photography and artwork - each of my submissions has a small piece.
My claim to fame: Dropped out of signwriting tradeschool, dropped out of art school, dropped out of fashion design, completed a writing diploma (so I did finish something I started... finally) and joined the air force - which doesn't allow you to drop out. Or else.
I'm training to be a bodybuilder, but it's a slow process, and I'm fond of motor bikes and scooters. Used to be a roleplayer but now I just write - it cuts out the middle-man. I'm a non-planning writer in style; I have an idea and maybe and ending, some characters or dialogue, and from there I start writing and see what happens. I wish I was one of those organised, card-writing authors but I'm not. I like to see where a story takes me - I get to read it along the way and surprise mysef most of the time.

My Favorites: Reading and Writing

What I like to read:

Fiction: Crime, Historical Fiction, Horror, Humor/Satire, Military/Espionage, Mystery, Religious/Inspirational, Sci Fi/Fantasy

Non-Fiction: History, Humor, Reference, Religion, Science, True Crime
Favorite books:
Too many - see authors (above)
What I'm reading now:
Working through the entire series of Nero Wolfe books by Rex Stout, as well as the Adventures of Brigadier Etienne Gerard, by Conan-Doyle.
Favorite place to read:
Horror - in the bath
Sci-fi - at the kitchen table with a cuppa
Fantasy - on the sofa with my feet up
Non-fiction - on the train
Detective - at work or in a cafe
My other writing:
When Nothing Remains, book one of the Cheyne and Kranig series. With Nowhere to Go, book two is nearly done. Also The Knowledgeables, a present-day dark fantasy; The Hammer of Machera, a fantasy novel; Rufus Nox, a sci-fi novel; Pain Mage, a fantasy religious-political novel; The Wild Throne, a fantasy alternate history series; Starlight, Starbright, a sci-fi series; and a bunch of horror/fantasy stories. So far.
What I like to write:

Fiction: Crime, Horror, Humor/Satire, Mystery, Sci Fi/Fantasy

Non-Fiction: Humor, True Crime
Character I'd like to be for a day:
Sherlock Holmes or even Nero Wolfe - just so I could be so insufferably smart and smug.
Favorite authors:
Rex Stout, Clive Barker, Orson Scott Card, Conan Doyle, Louise Cooper, Joe Abercrombie, Douglas Addams, Eiji Yoshikawa, Oliver Sacks, Carl Sagan, Glenda Larke, R.A. Salvatore, Steven Brust, August Derleth

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