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Michael @ Track of Words
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He/him. SFF author interviews, articles and occasional book reviews.
I *so nearly* started a re-read of Zaragoz off the back of this. I'm still very tempted...
November 8, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Here's the link. I love putting together these 'Behind the Scene' posts - thanks so much to James for this!

www.trackofwords.com/2025/11/05/b...
Behind the Scene: The Blackfire Blade by James Logan
Hello and welcome to this Behind the Scene post here on Track of Words, where today I’m joined by the excellent James Logan for an annotated excerpt from his second novel, The Blackfire Blade &#821…
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November 5, 2025 at 11:49 AM
The article covers all the details of how voting works, including the initial make-up of a 'Hall of Fame Committee'. I'm very happy to be a part of this, alongside some great names from the community - big thanks to @theblacklibrarian.bsky.social for inviting me!

Any questions, just shout :)
November 3, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Fab! Hope you’re enjoying it :)
October 17, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Absolutely loved it, felt like it was written just for me :)
October 17, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Here's the link to the interview. Thanks so much to E.J. for chatting to me, and for the wonderful book!

www.trackofwords.com/2025/10/17/a...
AUTHOR INTERVIEW: E. J. Swift Talks When There Are Wolves Again
Hello and welcome to this Track of Words author interview where today I’m joined by the brilliant E.J. Swift to talk about her wonderful new novel When There Are Wolves Again, which is out now in h…
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October 17, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Right?! Very exciting :)
October 15, 2025 at 9:19 PM
This article consistently gets hundreds of views each year, which makes me very happy!
September 29, 2025 at 8:45 PM
That's true, I imagine you must have definitely committed a lot of time to that book already!

And the Martha Wells Humble Bundle was amazing - I picked it up too, even though I already had quite a lot of the ebooks! One day I'll read her non-Murderbot stuff too. One day...
September 27, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Oof...so you still read about 200k words of it - that's an impressive achievement even so! What a great choice to go for Murderbot instead :) As I'm sure you know, I LOVE MURDERBOT!
September 25, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Oh nice - I haven't reread LoTR for so long! Glad you're enjoying it :) And yeah, I absolutely loved Solo - just finished it this morning. It's not a book that claims to have all the answers, but it's super thought-provoking and relevant to both remote workers and freelancers.
September 25, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Oh good choice! I hope Guy gets to write a third Cawl book, to make it into a trilogy with Genefather and The Great Work 🤞
September 24, 2025 at 4:11 PM