Author Archives: Lee J. Russell

Falling in love with “Red Dwarf”…

It was around 2003 or 2004 when I fell in love with the British sci-fi comedy show “Red Dwarf”. I had been somewhat aware of the series when it launched in 1988 but the external model shots looked so unrealistic that I didn’t bother to try it… what a mistake!  My epiphany came late oneContinue reading “Falling in love with “Red Dwarf”…”

“Atomic Blonde” – a great fun film starring Charlize Theron

Last night I really enjoyed watching the DVD of 2017 action-thriller “Atomic Blonde” – the films rocks fast like a Sam Peckinpah version of ‘The Bourne Conspiracy’ with x1000% of the violence. Charlize Theron is very convincing in the role of lethal MI6 officer Lorraine Broughton, sent to Berlin to recover ‘The List’ (of allContinue reading ““Atomic Blonde” – a great fun film starring Charlize Theron”

How Book Bloggers Boost Sales for Indie Authors – from shaylaraquel.com

Like many (ie most) indie authors I find book marketing to be a painful, arcane art that is full of hard work, confusion and disappointments. That just drives me to try harder and fortunately the internet is full of good advice, like… … this helpful blog article from Shayla Raquel (@shaylaleeraquel) about “How Book BloggersContinue reading “How Book Bloggers Boost Sales for Indie Authors – from shaylaraquel.com”

Awestruck by the drive & dedication shown by the climbers in the film “Meru”…

I’ve just finished watching the film “Meru” on Netflix and I was left completely in awe of the drive and dedication of the climbers to reach the peak of Mount Meru, a nearly 22,000-foot tall Himalayan mountain. In 2011, Conrad Anker, Jimmy Chin, and Renan Ozturk were the first people to reach its summit viaContinue reading “Awestruck by the drive & dedication shown by the climbers in the film “Meru”…”

Next vlog about the writing of the Brexit Conspiracy-Thrillers is now on YouTube…

In my latest video blog I give an update on how I planned & prepared to write my new series of Brexit Conspiracy-Thrillers, and show some of the software that I now use. The vlog is on my YouTube channel at https://youtu.be/NQ4My7eXwN4  The tools I show include: FreeMind – mind mapping software MS Word &Continue reading “Next vlog about the writing of the Brexit Conspiracy-Thrillers is now on YouTube…”

A review of the books I read in 2017, mostly as preparation for my new post-BREXIT espionage-thriller novel…

I haven’t blogged for a while because I’ve been both deeply engaged with my day-job and also starting to write my next book, a currently un-titled post-BREXIT espionage thriller. Progress with the writing has been slower than I had wanted but I’m now about 30% of the way through and hope to make good progressContinue reading “A review of the books I read in 2017, mostly as preparation for my new post-BREXIT espionage-thriller novel…”

Autumn waves at Ramsgate beach

We’re at that time of year when some of the seaweeds are dying back and we see their detritus floating in the water. I just added a new short video from 8th Sept of Autumn waves breaking at Ramsgate beach to my YouTube channel at: https://youtu.be/j8rHOYHe0Ww The tideline looked almost black with all the redContinue reading “Autumn waves at Ramsgate beach”

New YouTube vlog about the writing of the Brexit Conspiracy-Thrillers…

I’ve added a video blog about the writing of my new series of Brexit Conspiracy-Thrillers to my YouTube channel. In this first episode I introduce the post-Brexit social-economic background to the books: take a look at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3qzA5TEe0w The stories begin just a few years after a very hard BREXIT. The EU has collectively decided toContinue reading “New YouTube vlog about the writing of the Brexit Conspiracy-Thrillers…”