Q: So, Dan, a number of people in the know say that your blog has been abandoned, that you’ve moved on to further your writing and directing career, leaving dozens of loyal readers and newcomers in the lurch. How do you respond?

A: Ha! I say, good sir, that you are mistaken. To pillage and slightly alter a blog post by the esteemed Keith Gessen, this blog isn’t dead until I am paid to write a regular column in The Monthly or The Bulletin.

Q: Touche. So what have you been up to of late?

A: Work, uni and more work. Video Ezy’s still around, still fun, despite countless bogans and the odd bout of verbal abuse; free DVD hires help me put up with the shit. Onion Media is flat out with a bunch of projects which I’m pretty heavily involved in where I can be. Uni’s very busy – still in pre-production for my upcoming political satire; my role as producer on a friend’s war mini-epic is now done as principal photography is complete, now he’s madly editing and VFX-ing. I’m also in the middle of composing an essay on media literacy, which is quite painful. And I have to come up with a thesis for next year by mid-October. Tops.

Q: Have you had any spare time to fill, and if so, what have you been doing to fill it?

A: I just recently acquired The Force Unleashed for both Wii and DS, so I’ve been playing the hell out of that. I’m presently in Melbourne for a few days’ R&R, though, so I’m catching up on reading – Keith Gessen’s All The Sad Young Literary Men was begun on my last trip down two months ago, and remains unfinished, so my goal is to finish that by the flight home on Friday. I’ve also been watching Aaron Sorkin’s most recent attempt at TV, Studio 60 On The Sunset Strip, which is naturally brilliant, despite the fact it flopped and died after a single season. But for now I’m just enjoying the city and the rest and doing as little as I can, trying to gather my thoughts and write as much as possible.

Q: Well, I guess that’s about it. When can we expect another post?

A: As soon as possible, I promise. Will update you on The Writers in the next few weeks, for sure.

Q: Thanks for your time!

A: No problem; the Hovel will always feel like home.

Q: You’d better sign off…

A: Oh right, yeah.

Until next time…

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