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.
David Wake
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Author of the Derring-Do Club adventures, the Thinkersphere SF series, cosy mystery, comedy and more...
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...
Self-Pub Fest MMF #24 Tell Us About Your Books ~ David Wake
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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.
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...
Self-Pub Fest Monday Mini-Fest #23 ~ The Writer's Toolkit
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I have just been modifying my computer keyboard with a table saw and a woodworking router. #writing.
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...
Self-Pub Fest 5th July 2026 All-Day Festival ~ Marketing
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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-...
Self-Pub Fest 5th July 2026 All-Day Festival ~ Publishing
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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
Self-Pub Fest 5th July 2026 All-Day Festival ~ What Else
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The second panel of Sunday's all-day self-pub festival was on #covers and #book #formatting. www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMwz... #booksky
Self-Pub Fest 5th July 2026 All-Day Festival ~ Design Panel
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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...
Self-Pub Fest 5th July 2026 All-Day Festival ~ Editing panel
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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.
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.
Just been talking on another #SelfPub Mini-Fest with Morgen Bailey about stand-alones versus series, or stand-alones, series, serials, seasons, settings and spin-offs. Quite proud of that aliteration. www.youtube.com/watch?v=YksA... #booksky #publishing
Self-Pub Fest Monday Mini-Fest #19 ~ Series vs Standalones
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Another self-pub mini-fest on publishing (and AI) with Morgen Bailey, Andrea D Woolhead and myself. #selfpub #booksky #indie #publishing. www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_hH...
Self-Pub Fest Monday Mini-Fest #16 ~ The Publishing Industry
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Another #selfpub #minifest, this one with Morgen Bailey and myself on #publishing routes. We also express opinions on AI. #booksky #writing. youtu.be/yl_GfutTNno
Self-Pub Fest T&T #19 ~ Routes of Publishing
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Another mini-fest, this one on script writing with Morgen Bailey and me. #scriptwriting #selfpub www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOrR...
Self-Pub Fest T&T #18 ~ Scriptwriting
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If you prefer the cover on the left, then vote by buying a copy now. If you prefer the one on the right, then vote by waiting a week and buying it when I've done the rebrand :–) #cozymystery #comedy #booksky
Myself and a few other New Street Authors had a natter about writing groups earlier this towel day. www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_ec... #booksky #publishing
Self-Pub Fest Monday Mini-Fest #14 ~ Writing Groups
YouTube video by Morgen Bailey
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This is on the BBC website. I've tried clicking the change button, but it doesn't do anything!
Another self-pub mini-fest panel, this time on book covers. youtu.be/bflB82zJdO8 #booksky #cover #bookcover #writing
Self-Pub Fest Monday Mini-Fest #13 ~ Cover Design, Illustrations and Formatting
YouTube video by Morgen Bailey
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As a writer who touch-types, super-glueing my fingers together was not, perhaps, the most intelligent thing I've ever done. #writing #notwriting.
In a major (for me) strike back against enshittification, I've written a macro to get rid of Word's 'modern' comments, which were slow, didn't have a cursor, nicked screen space and required keyboard to mouse faff. No more. In yer face, Microslop! #writing #enshittification #writesky.
My thoughts on spelling. #writing #spelling davidwake.wordpress.com/2026/04/28/s...
Spelling be/bea/bee
At school, I was terrible at spelling. I don’t think trying to learn strings of letters by rote really work and my brain always wanted to sort spelling out so that it was more logical. I could ne…
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Here I am talking about editing on another Mini-Fest. #booksky, #writing, #editing. youtu.be/w8pqKIQWwnQ
Self-Pub Fest Monday Mini-Fest #12 ~ Editing
YouTube video by Morgen Bailey
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