Reminder that this is coming up in just over two weeks! Come and see @johnfrench.bsky.social interview me about my new fantasy novel THIS IS WHERE THE FUTURE BLEEDS at Nottingham Waterstones! www.waterstones.com/events/mike-...

I'm sending out an email on how to create characters with depth in fiction, and how it's easier than you think. I'm sending it out tomorrow, so if you sign up now, you'll get it within a virtual eyeblink. Click the link to sign up: john-french.com#mailchimp-po...

Come and hear me talk about THIS IS WHERE THE FUTURE BLEEDS at @srfantasyclub.bsky.social tomorrow evening from 6.30! Come and hear RJ talk about MORTEDANT'S PERIL! Throw things! It's important enrichment activity for authors!

What relics from ancient battles are these? Various protagonists and antagonists from the various narrative skirmish campaigns I ran… a while ago. #warhammer #inq28 #warhammer40k

This is Where the Future Bleeds by @mikebrooks668.bsky.social It’s got wasps that live in frozen time, monsters, killers and a thoroughly trustworthy (honest) bunch of heroes, who might just save the future. Come and listen to Mike talk about the book at Waterstones Nottingham on the 30th of June

Trying very hard not to start developing a new rpg system and setting. I keep telling my brain that I don’t have the time but it’s not listening.

As a reward for lots of writing, I am now going to attempt to binge all the graphic novels I have bought over the last two years, and been using to build a fairly serviceable fortress wall next to my desk. #writing #comics

We announced a lot of exiting things at Chaosium Con UK this past weekend! Can you spot anything you missed?

Pure nostalgia - Warrior Priest from the original Warhammer Quest released over 30 years ago, painted at the time (can you tell?) #warhammer #warhammerquest #oldhammer

Amazing time at Chaosium Con UK. Great games and panels, and some amazing stuff coming out for #callofcthulhu

I broke my coffee maker this morning. On any day this would be a tragedy, but as today is a 'finish-writing-some-really-important-stuff day' its a full blown caffeine based disaster. #sendespresso #writing

Another relic from the red-foam cases - the original Scyla. Might find a place in an #Inq28 game. #warhammer #oldhammer

New post on substack all about the writers reality. This time we talk about how what you have already done determines what you can do. open.substack.com/pub/johnfren...?

A Grey Knight conversion from long ago, in a time when I sometimes attempted clean paint schemes. So long ago that the case I found it in had red foam. #warhammer #warhammer40k #inq28

Getting myself into the mood to write some cosmic horror by reading this brilliant adaption from Ian Culbard. Have you seen the yellow sign? #horror #kinginyellow #cthulhu

A bit of AoS terrain suborned for Inq28 and 40k. A burning thing of darkness and screaming souls... What might be trapped inside? #Warhammer #warhammer40k #inq28

Gotta say, @johnfrench.bsky.social's Dropsite Massacre was a fun read. Weaving a gorge of depth into its events while somehow still gripping the tension tight even though almost everyone reading knows exactly how things will end going in. Hearty recommend for anyone who enjoyed the Horus Heresy.

I love John le Carré’s work. You have to pay attention and that attention is rewarded. It’s slow, unhurried, but tense - serious in a way that is often at odds with popular literature. Given how much I love his work it’s taken me a long time to get to this- can’t wait.

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Pure Chaos nostalgia in the cabinets at Warhammer World. I remember seeing these minis in print back at the dawn of time. #warhammer #oldhammer #warhammer40k

Still one of the most useful and inspiring books on writing I have read.

Love this cover. Cado Ezechiar, The Hollow King trying his best to project vampire with honour rather than monster who will kill everyone in his way. Artist Artur Treffner #warhammer #ageofsigmar #vampire

Still have my copy from all the way back. Still amazing. #warhammer #warhammer40k

How should you judge a writing tool or software. Read the full article here: open.substack.com/pub/johnfren...

If you are a writer I bet you have either asked this question, or you have strong opinions on the answer: open.substack.com/pub/johnfren...

What's that - me chatting about my journey through writing for the Horus Heresy, and the Dropsite Massacre? Come this way:

This Is Where The Future Bleeds is out at the end of June, and I'm starting to book in some events! So if you want to see me interviewed by @johnfrench.bsky.social, then get your tickets for Nottingham Waterstones on launch day, June 30th! www.waterstones.com/events/mike-...

Not an art book but a ideas book - love seeing Banks’ thinking at work. #books #scifi

My Legio Ignatum Reaver Titan now has a city to walk through. #adeptustitanicus #warhammer #warhmmer40k #horusheresy

The pious, The Relentless, and The Penitent #warhammer #warhammer40k #inq28

Re-reading this for the first time in ages. It’s not the best of his work, but Banks just proves again that even not at his peak he is better than almost everyone else. #books #scifi

Finally it's Daughter of Crows day! The book is WONDERFUL. Go and buy yourself a copy! Interview with author @marklawrenceauthor.bsky.social is here: youtu.be/yA-_GZhBVdg

If you go down to the crypts today… You had better take a sacred symbol and a flamer. #warhammer #warhammer40k #necromunda #inq28

Over on Instagram today I’m talking about my favorite notebook and how it can help someone (like me) who has a hard time filling up or organizing a traditional notebook. www.instagram.com/reel/DWS-flS...

Folks mentioned in this week's column include: @evandicken.bsky.social @garykloster.bsky.social @denny-flowers.bsky.social Ness Brown, @jonathandbeer.bsky.social Ian Green, Hal Wilson, @mikebrooks668.bsky.social Adepticon, @johnfrench.bsky.social #Warhammer #BookSky #BlackLibrary

‘You say it took you ten months to write your last book? How did you do that?’ - a great question that I got via Instagram recently. Part of my answer is that speed doesn't matter too much; the result is what counts most. The rest of the answer is this: john-french.com/how-to-write...

Eight years ago today, my Black Library debut went live. And I had no idea that MERCY, my original Sister Augusta short, would begin such an epic journey! #warhammer #warhammer40k www.blacklibrary.com/warhammer-40...

Round about just now, 15 years ago I was working on my first full length novel - The Lies of Solace, now sadly out of print. I learnt so much writing it. Maybe it’s time to write some cosmic horror again. #horror #books #cthulhu

Another champion for the Inquistorial warband. Finding a whole new purpose for all the eclectic special ed miniatures I’ve got. #warhammer #warhammer40k #inq28

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Excited to say my next book for Black Library has been announced! ZARDU LAYAK: THE CRIMSON APOSTLE is about the man with the coolest name / helmet combination in the entire Horus Heresy. www.warhammer-community.com/en-gb/articl...

New Brink - let’s go! #horror #comics #scifi

Is there anything more fun than an rpg scenario where everyone is chasing dangerous occult artifacts, and the main broker for those artifacts is secretly a ghoul for no particular reason? #ttrpg #callofcthulhu #horror #onlyinarkham

Albrecht Durer. Woodcut

There's something wonderful about holding the book you've worked on for so long - and this one is very special indeed! Many thanks to the team @discoverkelpies.bsky.social for bringing it to life - pre-orders are open now, and it's out on the 19th! discoverkelpies.co.uk/books/fantas...

World book day. Go read a book. That is all. Happy reading.

Book mail day! And what a handsome book it is! I can’t show you the inside but let me assure you the illustrations are gorgeous. The charcoal and green theme is fantastic.

This guy is definitely getting to escape his fate as a Dome Runner and go straight into my Inquisition warband #warhammer40k #necromunda #inq28

Assembling Inquisitor Barabbas Eiddon’s entourage of the mad, the bad and the righteous. #warhammer40k #necromunda #inq28

Am I exited? Maybe. NO WAIT - that’s a total lie! I mean, how can I NOT be excited would be the better question because this is a new Simon Stålenhag books book. Am I exited? Absolutely. And just the right amount of scared. #books #scifi #art