Look up the word ubiquitous in the dictionary and you're likely to find Paul D Brazill lurking somewhere in the definitions. He's probably wearing dark clothes. Possibly even a cape. The weapons he carries, a precise tongue and a huge imagination.
When I first came to exploring Twitter and the world of blogs, I was fortunate to start following Paul fairly early on.
It was like having a map, compass and personal guide all in the one package.
He's been published all over the place (a link at the end should help you locate some of his work).
He works hard to help out his fellow writers by posting about and linking to competitions and submission calls.
He helps by pointing out books and stories and things of note.
That's why I've come to think of him as a really helpful, supportive and considerate bloke. And bloke does seem to be the right word in this case, fitting to his northern roots in Hartlepool.
As well as all of that he's a talented writer who can show many of us a thing or two.
Here he is (and not to be confused with a country), Paul D. Brazill.
Q1: Is it true that you were in Oceans 11?
Yep, in the early 80's I played bass in a couple of post punk bands and one of them was called Oceans 11 after the Rat Pack film.
Q2: Have you ever been to Brazil?
No. My name is apparently Irish and rhymes with 'dazzle'. My grand-dad on my dad's side was an Irish traveller who ended up in Gloucester, England at some point after WW1. No one knows how he got there.
My dad joined the navy when he was 17, at the start of WW 2 and travelled the world ending up in Hartlepool.
My oldest brother was a musician who also travelled the world and died in Gambia.
I now live in Poland.
None of us made it to Brazil, though.
Q3: When you lived in London you bumped into lots of celebs. Who was the drunkest that you encountered?
Tracey Emin, Derek Raymond and Shane McGowan were pretty sozzled when I saw them but the winner must be Pink Panther actor Bert Kwouk who was super hammered when I saw him in Gerry's Club in Soho. I was kicked out shortly after trying to gatecrash the club and I sometimes wonder if it was Cathi Unsworth who kicked me out.
Q4: Didn't you once get a film review published?
Sort of. When I lived in London, my then girlfriend used to work for Family Circle Magazine and sometimes she got press passes to film screenings. I saw about eight films including Robert Benton's 'Twilight'. I wrote a review for the magazine and they published this ':An atmospheric thriller'. Eat your heart out Anne Billson!
Q5: Didn't you go to a lesbian all girls school?
Sort of. I attended Dyke House Comprehensive School, after a fashion. I left at 16 with one O level. I did go to 6th form for about two weeks but realised very quickly that I wasn't going to stay, since I didn't exactly attend too much when I HAD to go to school!
Q6: What is it with the monkey?
Well, legend has it that during one of Britain's many wars with the French a shipwreck was washed ashore at Hartlepool. The only survivor was a monkey. The people of Hartlepool had never seen a Frenchman or a monkey so they assumed it was a French spy. They put it on trial and hung it. Seems reasonable to me.
Q7: Why have you never seen Star wars?
Dunno. Never got round to it. I saw 'Empire' at the cinema when it came out and liked it a lot but the rest of the stuff just passed me by.
Q8: Who did you vote for in the last general election?
Er, Tony Blair, actually. I helped get him in. sorry. I haven't voted since, mind you.
Q9: Best gig?
Morricone, Magazine, Rickie Lee Jones, The Fall, Gang Of 4. One of them. Maybe.All years, ago.
Q10: Best books that you've read recently?
Bloodlines-Mark Billingham; Bad Penny Blues - Cathi Unsworth.
http://pdbrazill.blogspot.com/p/online-stories_30.html
When I first came to exploring Twitter and the world of blogs, I was fortunate to start following Paul fairly early on.
It was like having a map, compass and personal guide all in the one package.
He's been published all over the place (a link at the end should help you locate some of his work).
He works hard to help out his fellow writers by posting about and linking to competitions and submission calls.
He helps by pointing out books and stories and things of note.
That's why I've come to think of him as a really helpful, supportive and considerate bloke. And bloke does seem to be the right word in this case, fitting to his northern roots in Hartlepool.
As well as all of that he's a talented writer who can show many of us a thing or two.
Here he is (and not to be confused with a country), Paul D. Brazill.
Q1: Is it true that you were in Oceans 11?
Yep, in the early 80's I played bass in a couple of post punk bands and one of them was called Oceans 11 after the Rat Pack film.
Q2: Have you ever been to Brazil?
No. My name is apparently Irish and rhymes with 'dazzle'. My grand-dad on my dad's side was an Irish traveller who ended up in Gloucester, England at some point after WW1. No one knows how he got there.
My dad joined the navy when he was 17, at the start of WW 2 and travelled the world ending up in Hartlepool.
My oldest brother was a musician who also travelled the world and died in Gambia.
I now live in Poland.
None of us made it to Brazil, though.
Q3: When you lived in London you bumped into lots of celebs. Who was the drunkest that you encountered?
Tracey Emin, Derek Raymond and Shane McGowan were pretty sozzled when I saw them but the winner must be Pink Panther actor Bert Kwouk who was super hammered when I saw him in Gerry's Club in Soho. I was kicked out shortly after trying to gatecrash the club and I sometimes wonder if it was Cathi Unsworth who kicked me out.
Q4: Didn't you once get a film review published?
Sort of. When I lived in London, my then girlfriend used to work for Family Circle Magazine and sometimes she got press passes to film screenings. I saw about eight films including Robert Benton's 'Twilight'. I wrote a review for the magazine and they published this ':An atmospheric thriller'. Eat your heart out Anne Billson!
Q5: Didn't you go to a lesbian all girls school?
Sort of. I attended Dyke House Comprehensive School, after a fashion. I left at 16 with one O level. I did go to 6th form for about two weeks but realised very quickly that I wasn't going to stay, since I didn't exactly attend too much when I HAD to go to school!
Q6: What is it with the monkey?
Well, legend has it that during one of Britain's many wars with the French a shipwreck was washed ashore at Hartlepool. The only survivor was a monkey. The people of Hartlepool had never seen a Frenchman or a monkey so they assumed it was a French spy. They put it on trial and hung it. Seems reasonable to me.
Q7: Why have you never seen Star wars?
Dunno. Never got round to it. I saw 'Empire' at the cinema when it came out and liked it a lot but the rest of the stuff just passed me by.
Q8: Who did you vote for in the last general election?
Er, Tony Blair, actually. I helped get him in. sorry. I haven't voted since, mind you.
Q9: Best gig?
Morricone, Magazine, Rickie Lee Jones, The Fall, Gang Of 4. One of them. Maybe.All years, ago.
Q10: Best books that you've read recently?
Bloodlines-Mark Billingham; Bad Penny Blues - Cathi Unsworth.
http://pdbrazill.blogspot.com/p/online-stories_30.html
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