The Blackwood Crusade – Jo Danilo

Those Precious Good Reviews

Writers crave good reviews even more than they crave chocolate cake or a really fantastic pen. This is the first one I got, dug up from the archives…

A Tatty Book is a Lovely Thing

My own favourite book 'Northern Lights' by Phillip Pullman

My favourite books bear the scars of my love, so it was wonderful to see a tatty Blackwood Crusade in the school library.

The song from ‘The Blackwood Crusade’ by Jo Danilo

Originally posted on Sophie de Courcy and More:
This morning I woke up from a dream I could not remember, save that part of it was the haunting poem from Jo Danilo’s ‘The Blackwood Crusade’. It is a very touching poem. Here is is in full. ‘Tis just the beginning of you and me As…

Getting Praised for Daydreaming

When somebody totally gets what you were trying to say, understands how your world works, and bonds with characters you gave birth to, it’s like a little bit of sparkly magic.

‘Do Not Mistake Love for Happiness…’

“You have two paths, Catalina. The first will give you the smallest taste of something that you can never have, but something so divine that the very memory is enough to drive you mad for the rest of your life. Or you can leave now.”