A former audiobook producer and script-editor, I spend my time trying to balance writing my own stories (whether blog, novel or screenplay) and settling into life in Sydney, Australia, where my husband will work until the end of 2011.
My other passions lie mostly in the stories of others: anime (Japanese animation); film (From Hollywood, Beijing, or Paris as long as the story moves me to tears, laughter or both!); and the history, mythology and spiritualities of the ancient world. I also love to cook (especially for friends) and I have recently rediscovered an old high-school flame: photography, albeit all digital now!
I live with my handsome, gentle, infuriatingly laid-back husband and our sixteen year old cat Brigid, named after my favourite Celtic Goddess – a name I also chose for my young protagonist in The Shadowkeeper.
You can also find me on Flickr and hanging around with other writers, on Facebook and Twitter, where I also host a weekly tweet chat about the craft of writing fiction under the hashtag #storycraft, using the account @Story_Craft.
Thank you for stopping by!
Danielle B Ruschena (nee le Patourel)