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David Wake

@davidwake.bsky.social
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Author of the Derring-Do Club adventures, the Thinkersphere SF series, cosy mystery, comedy and more...

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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I watched this last night. It's terrifying, but hopeful. I feel it's my duty, as a human, to share it. I'd appreciate it if you shared it too. It's specifically made for people in the UK, but it's about everyone, and, the more people see it, the better chance we'll have. www.nebriefing.org/the-film
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National Emergency Briefing
A 50-min film centred around the National Emergency Briefing. The frank facts, but also the huge opportunity if Government steps up and leads a WW2-scale response. Designed to be watched by communitie...
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David Wake @davidwake.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Another image of myself at the recent Discworld convention (2026, not what my reused lanyard says)
David Wake in front of his Derring-Do Club banner.
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David Wake @davidwake.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
I have this idea for a new way to present #AI in an #SF novel. I've been planning it for a while now. It struck me today that I may not get to write it, as the human race will be destroyed by AI. There's an irony there. (Even more so, if I used AI to write it.) #booksky net.
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David Wake @davidwake.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Just read up about Star Trek Day. The original series was first shown in Canada on 6-Sep-1966 and in the US the day after Seven of Nine Day, on 8-Sep-1966. It wasn't shown in the UK until three years later, 12-Jul-1969, to coincide with the moon landing. At this point, they'd stopped making it!
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David Wake @davidwake.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
The new book is available on Amazon. amzn.to/4cXZ0Yu #booksky, #cosymystery, #cozymystery
The cover of The Murder Clubs of Conky Whallop.
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David Wake @davidwake.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
#booksky, Be apprehensive, be slightly apprehensive...
The KDP pop-up of The Murder Clubs of Conky Whallop under review to be published.
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David Wake @davidwake.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Morgen hosted the first 'ask me anything #writing related' with guests David Wake and AA Abbott. The conversation turned to self- vs traditional #publishing, plotting, planning, description vs dialogue, editing then the software we use. #booksky. www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3ch...
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MMF #25 Ask Morgen Anything Writing Related
YouTube video by Morgen Bailey
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David Wake @davidwake.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
And, of course...
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David Wake @davidwake.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
It's official – coming soon, more murder, more mystery, more mayhem... and this time with a flapjack recipe. #booksky, #cosymystery #cozymystery.
Part of a sewn badge with the word 'official' but with blood stains!
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David Wake @davidwake.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Some thoughts on the software I use for #writing across on my website. It's a wee bit complicated. davidwake.wordpress.com/2026/08/31/m... #booksky #publishing.
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My Writing Programs
I was doing a self-pub mini-fest ( with fellow authors, A. A. Abbott and Morgen Bailey, and the topic of what software we use to write cropped up.  It would be interesting to know what others …
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David Wake @davidwake.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Stiff Little Fingers The Cure Fad Gadget Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark Monday Jazz Nights in Southport The Void They Might Be Giants The Bootleg Beatles L'Augmentation The Sam Band
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David Wake @davidwake.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Just been to Brierly Hill Market to do some author readings. Here's Dawn the Poet and I doing the opening chapter of The Murders of Conky Whallop. #booksky.
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David Wake @davidwake.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
After another convention (#Discworld last weekend), here's the obligatory picture of myself with an empty box that once held #books. This is in the dealer's marquee (or oven) during teardown. #booksky.
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David Wake @davidwake.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Here. Dawn and I at the #Discworld Convention, this weekend. I'm expressing my inner Tintin. A Dragon in the Title is going down well. #booksky.
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David Wake @davidwake.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Spare moment! :–) Hopefully I'll be too busy selling books. I am taking a proof copy along of the next novel to scribble on with red pen in my spare time.
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David Wake @davidwake.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Felt but no time!
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David Wake @davidwake.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
No, it doesn't :–( And the wizard in my books does have stars on his outfit. I wonder if I've any felt left.
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David Wake @davidwake.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
I hope I enjoy it too. I certainly intend to. :–)
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David Wake @davidwake.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Next weekend, Hinkley, and it happens every two years. dwcon.org
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Discworld Convention 2026
Discworld Convention 2026 — programme, guests, tickets and FAQs.
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David Wake @davidwake.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
I've a dealers' table at this coming weekend's #discworld convention. If you're going, come and say, "Hi." I may be wearing a wizard's hat.
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David Wake @davidwake.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
I've just been interviewed by Morgen Bailey on her #self-pub mini-fest series. We talked about my first #self-published book, 'I, Phone'. It was nice to revisit the #novel. #booksky #writing. www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxt1...
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Self-Pub Fest MMF #24 Tell Us About Your Books ~ David Wake
YouTube video by Morgen Bailey
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David Wake @davidwake.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Good grief, it can predict cake – that is the future.
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David Wake @davidwake.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Happy birthday. Was it detecting too much cake?
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David Wake @davidwake.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
I've done proofing... partly because the paint hasn't dried to allow a second coat.
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David Wake @davidwake.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
I'm proofing at the moment, so I'm not actually typing to write, so it is allowable. I mean, it is.
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David Wake @davidwake.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
I've just made the secondary menu redundant.
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David Wake @davidwake.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Oh dear, all those are actually real things.
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David Wake @davidwake.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
What! Of course not. I just have to blacken the tilting mechanism, add a red stripe, change all the keycaps to custom ones, improve the secondary menu to do more than one thing, get rid of the spell key, put the multi-bracketer in a better position and then I can get on with the next novel.
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David Wake @davidwake.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
I've repainted my keyboard tilting kit, and typing without it as the paint dries is hard. Good job the writing task at the moment is going through a proof with a red pen.
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David Wake @davidwake.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
I've just moderated a panel in the #self-pub mini-fest on 'The Writer's Toolbox'. I had some great guests, thanks to them. #booksky #writing. www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqVk...
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Self-Pub Fest Monday Mini-Fest #23 ~ The Writer's Toolkit
YouTube video by Morgen Bailey
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David Wake @davidwake.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
If occasional blackouts are the price we pay, fine by me.
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David Wake @davidwake.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
You wait for ages for a new book, and three proofs arrive at once. #writing #booksky. Coming soon...
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David Wake @davidwake.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
I was on a 'Paths to #Publishing' panel last #Eastercon. #writing. #booksky.
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David Wake @davidwake.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
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David Wake @davidwake.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
No, I'm sort of between projects doing some tidying up. And I should be getting ready for the Discworld Convention.
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David Wake @davidwake.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Good grief, in that case, what were you picturing?
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David Wake @davidwake.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
A little. There was a bit that stuck out that I kept catching with my sleeve and I wanted to lower it. I managed a couple of millimetres, so that's progress.
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David Wake @davidwake.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
I have just been modifying my computer keyboard with a table saw and a woodworking router. #writing.
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David Wake @davidwake.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
"Verify your age" I started writing my current work-in-progress on a typewriter.
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David Wake @davidwake.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Here's the last panel from the #self-pub all day festival. This one's on marketing. It doesn't have me on it and I should watch it. #booksky. www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_uI...
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Self-Pub Fest 5th July 2026 All-Day Festival ~ Marketing
YouTube video by Morgen Bailey
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David Wake @davidwake.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Another panel from the #self-pub all day festival. This one on general #publishing with a few fellow New Street Authors. #booksky #writing. www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKQ-...
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Self-Pub Fest 5th July 2026 All-Day Festival ~ Publishing
YouTube video by Morgen Bailey
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David Wake @davidwake.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Another panel from the #Self-pub fest all day. This one was on 'what else' is needed. A sort of catch all for #publishing and #writing. www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0SO... #booksky
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Self-Pub Fest 5th July 2026 All-Day Festival ~ What Else
YouTube video by Morgen Bailey
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David Wake @davidwake.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
The second panel of Sunday's all-day self-pub festival was on #covers and #book #formatting. www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMwz... #booksky
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Self-Pub Fest 5th July 2026 All-Day Festival ~ Design Panel
YouTube video by Morgen Bailey
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David Wake @davidwake.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
I was a panelist at the #Self-Pub Fest, 5th July 2026 All-Day Festival. Here's the #Editing panel. #writing #booksky. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ParD...
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Self-Pub Fest 5th July 2026 All-Day Festival ~ Editing panel
YouTube video by Morgen Bailey
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David Wake @davidwake.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Weirdly, interfaces on websites tend to be rubbish. e.g. logout can be anywhere: hidden under a dropdown (Amazon), top right (KDP), bottom left (savings), top left (eBay). When I write programs, I have the buttons arranged in the order I use them, left to right, so 'close' is always top right.
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David Wake @davidwake.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
I wouldn't. But I can complain about interface changes. To be honest, the Nationwide changes aren't an issue in terms of functionality. Lloyds is.
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David Wake @davidwake.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Just watched a video of a 'how to write' talk that used me for some of its examples. Very odd. And thankfully not in the sense of 'do what Jane Austen did, not what David Wake does'. #writing.
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David Wake @davidwake.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
I have done that, other than keeping the Lloyds for some legacy reasons.
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David Wake @davidwake.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Lloyds and Nationwide. I've kept the first because I liked their online interface. I might not now, but then they are all like this.
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David Wake @davidwake.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Two banks have changed their online interfaces: one is reverting accounts to their original names and only allowing them to be renamed via their app. And the quick transfer has disappeared. It's all to make things 'easier' – sigh. #enshittification #ffs.
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