Invisible Ink

Last year my short story 'All in the Family' was published in Invisible Ink 2. The anthology published the chosen stories anonymously and readers, when they were finished, were meant to log onto the website and vote for their favourite story. After six months, the story with the most votes would win £1000 and a publication deal with Baineth Publications (publishers of Invisible Ink).

The voting for Invisible Ink 2 closed in December 2008 and for months I've been hopping over to Baineth to see whether the winners of the competition had been announced.

Last week I received an email from the proprietor of Baineth Publications, Fiona Foster. Unfortunately, due to serious health problems, she has had to cancel the competitions and close down the publishing house.

I'm sorry to hear this, more for Fiona's sake than for mine. I don't mind not winning the £1000 and publication deal (although I could do with the money) but I am disappointed I don't know how many votes I got. Vanity, I know, but there you go. Even an inkpot isn't immune to ego. Perhaps it is better I don't know.

Voting at Invisible Ink is now possible

You can now vote for my story 'All in the family' at the Invisible Ink website. You will have to register an account with them to vote or leave comments, but don't worry, it is free and you don't have to sign up for anything. It is just to make sure you are a real person and not a robot (or so they say).

Writing Up Date

I have two pieces of good news to blog about today. First off, Alienskin Magazine. It has been years in the making, it was my first accepted work and first paid fiction sale and finally it is here, online, for all to read. It even has a really cool graphic to go with it and everything. I am so excited I could jump write (heehee) out of my skin. And to make it even better, it is in the anniversary edition of Alienskin Magazine. All those years ago when I first found it on the net - when it was still a monthly publication - and I dreamed of having a story in it, I never thought I would actually be in the anniversary edition no less. Go check it out now, be horrified and then come back and tell me what you think. It will only be online for two months, so snap it up while you still can. Click on the links above or here to access my story. My second piece of good news is that Invisible Ink Anthology 2 is finally for sale! Yes, dear readers this month you have not one but TWO of my stories to delight and entertain you. Pop on over to Baineth publishers and order your copy of the anthology now, read it when it arrives and then VOTE FOR MY STORY. There is a possible £1,000 prize and publishing deal in it for me if my story wins first prize as voted by you, dear readers, so help me get to that magic first place. Love and light, the Inkpot.

Invisible Ink Update

I'm sure you've been wondering what the story is with the Invisible Ink Anthology 2, in which my story 'All in the Family' is due to be published. It was supposed to be released at the end of June, but if you have been clicking on my link to the website recently you will see that it has been temporarily down for the last couple of weeks. I got an email from them today giving me an up date on what has been going on. Printer problems. They hope to have it all sorted out soon but expect another couple of weeks of delay. I can understand that, it is one of those unfortunate things that can plague book publishing. Better late than never, I say. Anyway, remember to get voting for my story once the website it back up and working again. Oh yeah, and buy the anthology too.