Hi, I’m David Robinson, known to most people as DW. I’m a former adult education teacher, a former hypnotist, and I’m still a middle-aged zoon. I’m also a freelance writer, novelist and blogger, casting a cynical, ageing eye on this modern world and complaining about it most of the time.

I’m coming up to my big 6-0. I was born on the cusp of Capricorn/Aquarius and assuming mother’s watch was correct, I’m Aquarius by three minutes. This means that I have the usual Aquarian flair and creativity, while retaining a good deal of goatiness in my character: determination, strong work ethic, stupid enough to keep head butting the mountain even though it won’t go away.

I’ve published three novels. The publisher who picked up my first two went under and the novels disappeared faster than my old man when the rent man came calling. The third is still out there, fighting for its rightful place in the literary world. Entitled The Haunting of Melmerby Manor, you’ll find links to it somewhere on the site.

When not producing books, I spend a lot of my time blogging (again there are links kicking about here and there) and in the summer of 2009 I cobbled together three years worth of my better posts and self published them under the title Twaddle from DW. You can buy that from lulu and several other sources or even direct from me, but it’s better if you go to one of the others. That way I don’t have to put the thing in an envelope and address it.

As well as novels and daft blogs, I also produce works of non-fiction (keep coming back for details as the pieces become available) and I also work to order, so if you want me to tell your life story, drop me a line.

Amongst my current backlog of work I’m producing the biography of a transsexual about to undergo the op, and non-fiction works on sexual health in middle age, coping with arthritis, and humorous works on holidays, as well as two or three novels.

I also describe myself as a photographer and you’ll find examples on the site of my work. I don’t use a digital compact designed for muppets. I use a serious DSLR designed for advanced muppet.

Scour the pages as they become available, read some of the examples of my work, look at the pictures, and if you want to throw me a bouquet, chuck me a brickbat, or if you’re looking for a writer who can produce a piece of work on time, then email me. The addresses are kicking around somewhere.