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…
Category: The Blackwood Crusade
A Tatty Book is a Lovely Thing
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
So awesome to hear that my lovely Blackwood book is still sending out ripples and appearing in dreams! I remember … More
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.”
Begging Letter #4: Tree-Climbing Sheep
In which Dr Williams comes across another strange petition in the intriguing medieval Blackwood archives…
Can a Witch REALLY Turn You into a Toad?
Concerning a bizarre claim by a Mr Warren of Lesser Crocklington in 1331.
Begging Letter #3: What shall we do with the Drunken Soldier?
In which Dr Williams comes across another strange petition in the Blackwood archives…
The Surprising Origin of ‘COOL!’
The word ‘cool’ (as a way of saying ‘splendid’) has been around for longer than most people think. It all started at the royal court of Edward I…
The Long Lost Secret to Good Fairy Cake
Why you’ll never be able to perfect that recipe, no matter how hard you try…
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