Have you ever noticed how prominent seven is in YA fantasy? Almost everything you read in the genre manages to incorporate it. Here are seven instances in the most popular YA fantasy series ever written, Harry Potter. The number of books in the series, years of study at Hogwarts, horcruxes… Read more“Why is Seven so prominent in YA Fantasy?”
Map Monday, What are the Seven Seas?
What are the Seven Seas? Sounds like a rather simple question to answer, but like most things in life it’s not. The phrase, “sail the seven seas” is an expression referring to traveling the oceans of the world. For some reason the number seven has a more than 4,000 year… Read more“Map Monday, What are the Seven Seas?”
Map Monday, Where are the world’s nuclear power plants?
During the anniversary week of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombings Map Monday featured two different nuclear targeting scenarios for the US. It was not only the most popular Map Monday post, but also the most viewed post in the history of this blog. A writer with a bigger ego… Read more“Map Monday, Where are the world’s nuclear power plants?”