SOLVED. Fantasy book about a world where magic happens by writing with special ink. [s]

[Anne]

When I was 12 I read a book that was obviously misplaced in the childrens section, but I read it anyways, now 18 years later I want to re read that book, but I can't remember what the title or author was.

The story is about a world where magic happens by writing with special ink.
The ink was found by a historian reporting an medeval battle and ran out of ink, but found a black substance and wrote with that, found out that if he changed events the battle changed accordingly as he wrote.

Then the story skips forward a couple of centuries and there are a couple magicians who use the ink to live as gods. the ink supply is dwindling and no-one has a big supply.

The hero of the story gets involved with sorceresses which use a different kind of magic, gets chased by other magicians for his supply and somehow he gets trapped in our world on a mission to find a sister who is locked up in our world.

One of the magicians used the ink to buid a floating fortress and to make wings on his own body.

This is about all I can remember about that book.

Does anyone know which book this is? I tried googling but I just couldn't find it anywhere in any listings.

[Andy]

This link lists a few books with that theme http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php...

[She]

BUMP! :)

[Michele]

Really hope this one gets solved, sounds intriguing!

[Meg]

could it be inkheart

[Michele]

Inkheart for the click. But the magic there is from her father reading (he can "read her into" stories), not from special ink.

[Lobstergirl, au gratin]

Anne, are you still looking for this? Was it "Inkheart?"

[Bargle]

Magic ink story bump. Going by the OP's 1st post, Inkheart is too new. The OP's book would have been published no later than the 90s.

[Kate]

Anne hasn't responded since her first post in 2013. I'm moving this to the Abandoned folder.

[Ayshe]

Linking Bargle's thread for this book: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Anne, did you read it in English?

[Anne]

Blimey, I am amazed this question still stands! I am so so sorry for not getting back to you!

I still haven't found the title or author of this book! And unfortunately I can't remember anything about it anymore...

Only to find out my exhusband used my account back then to ask this question. That explains a lot why I don't remember it!

[Kris]

Anne, thanks for the update. I moved your request back to the Unsolved folder.

[Rainbowheart]

Still looking now, Anne?

[Bargle]

Now solved in my thread revival. The book is the De schrijvenaar van Thyll by Peter Schaap.

Other thread link:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

[Kris]

Anne (OP) posted: "Jul 15, 2020 08:38AM
I just got a message from him that this was indeed the book he was looking for! Mystery solved"

De schrijvenaar van Thyll by Peter Schaap - Fiona's find

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

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