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Science Fiction, Thriller, Humor and Comedy

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David Wake started as a playwright, taking shows to London and the Edinburgh Fringe, and winning awards (and drinking lager out of one piece of silverware at the celebratory curry).

He completed an MA in Writing at Birmingham City University, co-edited the anthology and received that year's screenwriting award.

His novels cover SF, steampunk and more. He has two series, the Derring-Do Club adventures, the Thinkersphere near-future police procedurals and stand-alone ranging from samurai revenge thriller, political satire pub crawl and a cosy mystery.

He co-founded and co-runs New Street Authors, an indie publishing collective based in Birmingham, UK. He's the inventor of the drabble, which are stories of exactly 100 words.

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	The Derring-Do Club and the Empire of the Dead (The Derring-Do Club, #1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 32 ratings — published 2013 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Derring-Do Club and the Year of the Chrononauts (The Derring-Do Club, #2) 4.50 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 2014 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	I, Phone 4.21 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 2012 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Derring-Do Club and the Invasion of the Grey (The Derring-Do Club, #3) 4.25 avg rating — 12 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Murders of Conky Whallop 4.22 avg rating — 9 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Other Christmas Carol 4.29 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2011 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	New Street Stories - An Anthology of New Writing by New Street Authors by David Wake (Goodreads Author), David Wake (Goodreads Author), A.A. Abbott (Goodreads Author) 4.29 avg rating — 7 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Derring-Do Club in Death on the Suez (The Derring-Do Club #4) 4.83 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2019 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dawn and Dave of the Dead: The Walking Dead meets The Office. 4.14 avg rating — 7 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	#tag really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2014 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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I was doing a self-pub mini-fest (https://self-pub-fest.co.uk/) 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 use and recommend.

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I don’t really use anything other than Word to generate a bullet list of notes. Most of it is done in my head. Ot

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Thinkersphere (2 books)
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“It was during Latin that the Austro-Hungarians arrived with their dogs and zombies to kill everyone at the Eden College for Young Ladies.”
― David Wake, The Derring-Do Club and the Empire of the Dead

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