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John French
@johnfrench.bsky.social
Award winning script writer, novelist, and games designer.
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Love fantasy, horror and building worlds.
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Hi!
Greetings and introductions! Here's the blurb: I am a writer. If you like Warhammer, you might have run into me via the Ahriman series, or in the Horus Heresy novels. I post about books, writing, an painting miniatures because all of those things are great.
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Award winning Script Writer, Novelist, and Games Designer - John French
John French is an Award winning Script Writer, Novelist and Games Designer, writing for a variety of works for fantasy and sci-fi genres.
www.john-french.com
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Apropos of nothing, you should read some Hilary Mantel.
January 26, 2026 at 9:11 PM
This one is for the writers whose word count resolutions are dying in January. Like mine are…
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 of motivation.
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January 24, 2026 at 10:28 AM
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There’s a Black Library bumper crop on Warhammer TV today, as my guest spot on Battle Report goes live along with a Scribes & Scriveners episode with the unmatchable @squintywitch.bsky.social!

See me play 40K like it was intended—by making weird little sound effects every time my minis do stuff.
January 21, 2026 at 1:49 PM
Stage by stage for my ruined zone mortalis tile:
#warhammer #warhammer40k #necromunda
January 21, 2026 at 3:41 PM
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The Black Library Weekly, your recap of the fictional universes of the Games Workshop brands, is here!
Black Library Weekly: Auspex Scans Clear...For Now
The Black Library Weekly, your recap of the fictional universes of the Games Workshop brands, is here!
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January 19, 2026 at 4:01 PM
An unpainted Sissendra from the Blades of the Hollow King keeping me company at my writing desk today (though she does look as though she is about to try and stab my fingers)
#warhammer #warhammerageofsigmar #vampires
January 19, 2026 at 3:21 PM
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I pulled my personal Trazyn and Orikan models out of the display case at Warhammer World to let them tussle with @princeofbieltan.bsky.social’s beautiful Salamanders army on Battle Report!

Genuinely one of the most fun gaming experiences I’ve ever had. Thanks so much to the entire WarhammerTV team.
January 18, 2026 at 9:11 PM
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The 2025 @goonhammer.com Book Awards!

Who will win Best 30K/40K Novel? Nominees include:

> Ashes of the Imperium by Chris Wraight

> Dropsite Massacre, by @johnfrench.bsky.social

> Krakenblood, by @malkydel.bsky.social

VOTE NOW!

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#Warhammer
January 17, 2026 at 10:29 PM
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January 17, 2026 at 10:36 PM
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Book post is the best post. #books
January 17, 2026 at 12:32 PM
One of my favorite books when I was growing up and reading Lord of the Rings for the first time. The look of the films are so ubiquitous and established now that it’s sometimes hard to remember that there were are are other ways of visualizing Middle Earth.
January 16, 2026 at 3:57 PM
Ruined zone mortalis tile in all its painted glory
#warhammer #necromunda #warhammer40k
January 14, 2026 at 4:15 PM
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The sudden urge to save my progress in Resident Evil
Perfect writing ambience in the coffee shop today with @georgemann.bsky.social
January 13, 2026 at 7:50 PM
Perfect writing ambience in the coffee shop today with @georgemann.bsky.social
January 13, 2026 at 12:19 PM
Writing secrets, stories from dark fantasy realms, and insight into building worlds and telling tales - I have a newsletter just for you.
Click the link in and sign up:

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January 12, 2026 at 3:33 PM
What books do you buy and keep in hard back?
These books (and a few more…)
#books #scifi #horrorbooks
January 9, 2026 at 7:37 PM
Just some adventurers out in search of a coat of paint and a dungeon…
#warhammer #warhammerquest #warhammertheoldworld
January 7, 2026 at 8:19 AM
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Folks mentioned this week include:

Chris Wraight, @johnfrench.bsky.social @malkydel.bsky.social Dan Abnett, @notsosilentrobb.bsky.social Darius Hinks, The Proclaimers, @adamtroke.bsky.social Eddie Eccles, @guyhaley.bsky.social John Banks, Marvel Comics

#Warhammer #BookSky #BlackLibrary
January 5, 2026 at 6:55 PM
January 2, 2026 at 8:18 PM
Down to the underhive market we go…
#necromunda #warhammer #warhammer40k
January 2, 2026 at 1:52 PM
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G) All the "rules" of writing are subject to fads and fashions. There's nothing objectively superior about a given skirt length, or the tightness (or not) of jeans. If you're stuck on a particular era of style as the only right one, you miss out on a lot.
December 31, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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!!!!!***SUPPORT INDIE AUTHORS***!!!!!

#FAY (#FollowAllYear)

@andiewington.bsky.social @ericamarks.bsky.social

For a very funny action adventure get #TheHeroInterviees and you will be introed to the main characters of #SilenceOfTheDead which involves a whole lot of pie death. Watch yourself!
December 31, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Thank you to all who voted to make Dropsite Massacre the Black Library Book of 2025!

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December 30, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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December 28, 2025 at 12:58 PM