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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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28th April 2025

Ahriman: Undying Released in Paperback

Ahriman: Undying, the fifth book in the Ahriman series, is out now in paperback.

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26th February 2025

Story: The Sound of Bells

Our correspondent is on the trail of a member of the royal family who were responsible for the cataclysm that changed the world.

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26th November 2024

Story: The Tower of Quills

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...

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30th September 2024

Track of Words Interview

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...

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6th September 2024

Build Worlds – Part III

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.

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5th July 2024

The Big Breaks are Small

Why you should stop waiting for success.

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25th May 2024

Ahriman: Undying Released

Ahriman: Undying is out now in hardback, audio, and e-book.

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22nd May 2024

Story: The Palace of Crows

Astronio ventures into a deserted palace that was at the centre of the Cataclysm.

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15th May 2024

The Dead Kingdom Released

The Dead Kingdom is out now in hardback, audio, and e-book.

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16th April 2024

Build Worlds – Part II

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...

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20th March 2024

Build Worlds – Part I

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.

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22nd December 2023

Get Notes and Fix Problems

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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