Monthly Archives: May 2012

Cursed Blog Tour, First Stop – Candace’s Book Blog and the SciFi Chick

Posted on May 31, 2012 by Benedict

And the blog tour for Cursed is underway!  First up, SciFi Chick did an interview with me which is now up on her website, and Candace from Candace’s Book Blog is running a guest post of mine on how a … Continue reading →

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Cursed US release today!

Posted on May 29, 2012 by Benedict

And it’s finally here!  The second book in the Alex Verus series, Cursed, is out in paperback in the US as of today! Here’s a link to the PW starred review, and the first chapter.  And you can buy it … Continue reading →

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Cursed Blog Tour

Posted on May 28, 2012 by Benedict

For the release of Cursed (whose US edition comes out tomorrow!) I’m going to be doing some interviews and guest posts on a spread of book blogs, all of whom have been nice enough to invite me along.  The current … Continue reading →

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Encyclopaedia Arcana #20: The Concord (Part One)

Posted on May 25, 2012 by Benedict

The Concord is a treaty between Dark, Light, and independent mages, and forms the main common foundation of international mage law.  It lays down rules that all mages are required to follow, no matter their nationality or faction, and was … Continue reading →

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One Week To Cursed!

Posted on May 22, 2012 by Benedict

Cursed will be released in the US a week from today, on May 29th!  A large box full of author copies just arrived by post a few days ago and they look excellent. One thing I really like about the … Continue reading →

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Encyclopaedia Arcana #19: Fire Magic (Part Two)

Posted on May 18, 2012 by Benedict

Part One of this article described the powers of fire magic:  this part will look at the nature of fire mages, and their place in the magical world. Why So Much Fire? Elemental magic is the most common family of … Continue reading →

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Alex Verus on TVTropes

Posted on May 15, 2012 by Benedict

I’ve been a fan of TVTropes for a few years now.  If you like books, films, TV series, or games – most things, really – then once you start browsing it’s hard to stop.  I’ve long since lost count of the amount … Continue reading →

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Encyclopaedia Arcana #18: Fire Magic (Part One)

Posted on May 11, 2012 by Benedict

Fire magic is probably the most iconic type of magic out there.  It’s common, widely known, and very very noticeable. Playing with Fire At a basic level, fire magic gives control over heat:  creating it, manipulating it, and moving it.  … Continue reading →

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Traffic Wars

Posted on May 10, 2012 by Benedict

Since I started this website at the beginning of the year, I’ve kept an eye on the traffic stats via a program called AWStats (I’ve heard a lot of people use Google Analytics for the same purpose, but AWStats came … Continue reading →

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Encyclopaedia Arcana #17: A Mage’s Name

Posted on May 4, 2012 by Benedict

Newcomers to the magical world have a lot of questions.  One question that everyone asks sooner or later is “How come mages have such weird names?” It’s a fair point.  For every mage who calls themselves Alex or Anne, there … Continue reading →

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