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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 July 2022

Story: Knives of a New Spring

The traveller Kalik gives an account of the Knife Dances of the Vale that mark the coming of spring.

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5th July 2022

Build Your Routine

To create, you need to build a routine. To create that routine you need to look at your time. Start small, and then build, until your routine takes the place...

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2nd July 2022

Ahriman: Eternal Out Now

Ahriman: Eternal is out now in hardback, audio and ebook

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9th June 2022

Story: New Gods, Old Sins

Letters from an Unknown land is a series of stories about a world of fallen empires, magic, war, and power. Told through journal entries and letters written ...

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25th May 2022

Save Your Darlings

Why you should keep what you cut from your work, and how that will make you a better artist.

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26th April 2022

Sigismund Out Now

My character novel about this iconic character is out now

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8th April 2022

Announcement: I am Writing for the Darktide Video Game

Darktide is one of the coolest games coming out this year, and I am getting to write for it

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21st March 2022

Five Books Every Writer Should Read

The five books that will make your writing and story telling better

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8th September 2021

Ahriman: Sorcerer Audiobook Out Now

The audiobook of Ahriman: Sorcerer is out now on Audible

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26th May 2018

In Memoriam – Alan Bligh

Remembering the late Alan Bligh

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2nd May 2018

1,000,000 words in print

At some point in 2017, without me realising it, I crossed over into having written over a 1,000,000 words of published fiction.

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27th May 2017

Alan Bligh Remembered

Obituary for Alan Bligh: games designer, writer and friend

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