My Writing
Writing has been part of my life for as long as I can remember. From the stories and ideas that first found their way onto the page to the books I write and publish today, writing has never really been about simply putting words together. For me, it is about the characters, the places, the atmosphere and the voice of the story, and most importantly, the story itself and the connection it creates with the reader.
Over the years, those stories have grown into a collection of books spanning different genres and subjects. Each book represents another journey, another set of ideas and another story that I wanted to tell. This site is also where I share information about my books, including my latest release, along with selected background material and other writing projects.
An important part of my writing journey has also been the tools I use to create those books. One of the most enduring has been WordStar, which I first encountered at college when I was sixteen. That long relationship with WordStar, from version 3.0 through to the WordStar 4.0 I still use today, is the subject of the section below, CTRL D.site.
My Latest Release
The Coin Catcher Chronicles
The Coin Catcher Chronicles
Growing up in Canberra, Australia, and attending Deakin High School, William was a quiet, almost invisible kid. Academically average and far from a star athlete, his interests leaned toward music, comics, and reading. One day, his life took an unexpected turn when he inherited a small box of seemingly ordinary coins. Little did he know that these coins held a time-travelling secret that would change his life forever.
My Entire Collection of Published Works
Below is a link to all of my published works.
Why are they free?
My greatest enjoyment has always been in writing itself. There is also something incredibly satisfying about self-publishing and seeing a book go from an idea in my head to something that other people can read.
But I have become increasingly uncomfortable with the direction modern publishing and digital platforms have taken. We are living in a time when we are encouraged to believe that we own things, when in reality, we often only have a licence to access them. Entire libraries can disappear because a licence expires, and one day you can log into your Kindle only to discover that a book you paid for is no longer available.
To me, that's a sign of the times, and it's something I fundamentally disagree with.
That principle has become more important to me than the money I was making from these platforms. So I delisted my published works and decided to make them freely available instead.
As a small protest against a business model built around access rather than ownership, I have made my books available in a variety of formats, completely free of charge.
No strings attached. No subscriptions. No royalties. Just the books.
You can find my complete collection through my Java Free Press page at the Internet Archive:
Java Free Press is an independent open-access publishing imprint dedicated to preserving and freely distributing the works of William Dirk Mayberry. The archive includes fiction, essays, educational works, self-help writing, and personal reflections released in EPUB and PDF formats for long-term accessibility and preservation.
Many titles are available in both English and Bahasa Indonesia. English editions are identified by their orange covers, while Indonesian editions are identified by their green covers. Readers can select the language version that best suits their needs, with each edition presented in its respective language.
All works are provided free of charge for reading, educational use, and archival preservation through the Internet Archive. I hope you enjoy
CTRL D.site
CTRL D.site is a small part of my continuing journey as a writer and a place where I explore the tools, methods and ideas behind my writing. At the heart of it is a piece of software that has been with me for almost my entire writing life: WordStar.
I first began using WordStar 3.0 when I was sixteen, at college. Many years later, and after writing many books, I still use WordStar, now WordStar 4.0. While computers, operating systems and writing software have changed enormously over the decades, WordStar has remained familiar to me. It is simple, direct and stays out of the way of the writing. CTRL D.site is, in part, a record of that continuing relationship with a writing tool that has followed me from my first days as a writer through to the books I write today.