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John French is an award winning script writer, novelist, and games designer, known for his intricate world building, cerebral plots, and psychologically deep characters. He has written over twenty books over a decades-long career.
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Ahriman: Undying Released in Paperback
Ahriman: Undying, the fifth book in the Ahriman series, is out now in paperback.
Our correspondent is on the trail of a member of the royal family who were responsible for the cataclysm that changed the world.
A letter was recovered from a derelict Tower of the Cycle in the Northern Border Forests. There were no signs of what became of its inhabitants. What happene...
After eight years, and a lot of words written, I return to Track of Words to talk about how that time has gone, and mark the the site's 2,000th post. The int...
Sometimes you need to build a fictional world from a set of broad ideas. To do this you need to find and set the edges of the world.
Astronio ventures into a deserted palace that was at the centre of the Cataclysm.
World Building is ultimately about creating the illusion of reality and depth. To create that illusion, we need to use details, to evoke mood and tone with d...
Creating the world that your story takes place in is a difficult and vital art, and one that is best approached by building it up from small details.
Getting notes and feedback is vital to making sure that your writing is great, but to get the most from them you have to know yourself as a writer, what you ...
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- This is Where the Future Bleeds – A Conversation with Mike Brooks at Waterstones Nottingham
- Dropsite Massacre Wins Black Library Book of the Year
- Dropsite Massacre Released in Hardback and Audio
- Dawn of War IV Announced
- The Dead Kingdom Released in Paperback
- Ahriman: Undying Released in Paperback
- Ahriman: Undying Released
- The Dead Kingdom Released
