About Ruzkin
Summing up my life in a few paragraphs would have been easy a few years ago. Now… not so much. Things seem to become more complicated the more you try to simplify and focus. That said, I wouldn’t change anything.
I’m Chris Hayes-Kossmann, known to friends as Ruzkin, born ‘85, living in Melbourne, Australia. I knew I wanted be a writer as early as six years old, but folk told me it was an impossible way to make a living, so I put it on the backburner for years. Now, I’ve decided to give all those naysayers the finger and follow my passion. This is the blog that will follow my rise to success, or my failure. I’m either going to work until I get published or die a bitter old man – either way, I’ll catalogue it here.
If you read anything I post, I hope that you’ll leave some serious criticism. I am not a thin-skinned whiner. If something is shit, then please, tell me it’s shit. If, on the other hand, you see something you like, then let me know. I appreciate every comment.
It’s good to have you with me on the journey.
Ruz
Hey Ruzkin, who are you? how did you hear about the Almanac launch? … I guess it’s easy to tell from those questions that I am from Sleepers (keen as ever to know whether our marketing works). I’m one of the eds – Lou Swinn. Just wanted to say a big thanks for such a charming and sweet review of the night and the book. Sometimes you feel as though you send a book out and don’t really know what people think of it – bar a couple of reviewers – so it’s so perfect knowing that you, the audience we want, are hearing about us and like the book. Thank You.
Lou
Ruzkin! Dude! Wassup!
I got bored and went googling the ol CGS lot (it appears that extreme boredom comes with the territory in sunny Launceston (especially after 4 years of Engineering… nearly finished!); which also often leads to extreme alcoholism… still the liver is evil and needs punishing occasionally
) and found this marvel of modern literature that could only ever be to be attributed to the often overactive and endlessly crative mind of the one and only parkour nut that I know of, the man Ruzkin himself.
By the way it turns out that I was in Hobart trying to fly my latest sailing creating (although it was freezing cold, snowing on the hills and blowing an absolute gale at the time :S) the same weekend you were down doing the whole leaping artistically off tall buildings thing in late Feb. ‘Tis a small world after all I guess; all cliches aside.
It would be awesome to catch up with you (and eventually the entire old group) at some stage and see what everyone has been up to over the last 5 years (I know, thats what school reunions are for but I couldn’t be arsed going and honestly I don’t want to come across 1/2 the guys we went to school with ever again). Clearly, you have been a busy little Russian – I thought that you were at ANU or UC doing something Engineeringish? Are you now in Melb doing a second degree in Arts/Literature or something? The important thing is that you’re doing what you want, which is nothing short of amazing. I’m envious!
Seriously though – when you get a spare moment, drop me an email. It turns out that I’ll be in Melb in a few days time on my way to my folks’ new place out in the country (they’re now out in Paynesville winding down into retirement) and it’d be great to fill the couple of hours between arriving and catching the train with a friendly face.
Emo
Good luck on your journey! I’ll be watching.
Hey
I saw you on youtube:)
I think you look veryvery hot
My english isn’t so good because I’m german
best wishes
Steffi