Author Archives: Benedict

Something a little unusual for this week!  Work’s going ahead on Book 3, and progressing well at the moment – I’m currently finishing up the first section, and should be sending it out to my beta readers shortly.  In the … Continue reading →

Alex Verus #11, Forged, is out in its German edition as of last week.  The Alex Verus books have been translated into quite a few languages by this point, but it’s been the German translation that’s been the most successful, … Continue reading →

Had been planning to do the Shaping article this week, but I’ve come down with a nasty bug and it’s taking all I’ve got to keep up work on the book.  On the plus side that’s making decent progress (first … Continue reading →

In to 2024!  Here’s what to expect for the next few months. Right at the moment I’m once again busy with edits on An Instruction In Shadow;  specifically, first-round edits from my UK editor.  Usually I do my US and … Continue reading →

So we’re finally coming to the end of the year! This year has been a very mixed one for me.  Professionally, everything has been great – An Inheritance of Magic was released to good early sales, and I wrote and … Continue reading →

And it’s that time once again.  Merry Christmas to everyone as 2023 comes to an end.  Next week’s post will be a wrap-up/look-back on the year, so see you then!

Some good news for this week – An Inheritance of Magic is getting a French translation!  The publisher is Bayard Editions, and they’re hoping to publish in October 2025.  The German translation has been in production for a long time, … Continue reading →

First-round edits on Inheritance of Magic 2 (a.k.a An Instruction in Shadow) are done!  Manuscript was emailed off to my editors as of yesterday. Finishing the first-round edits is the point at which a book really becomes ‘settled’ in my … Continue reading →