As long-time readers of this blog may recall, Monarch butterflies and their migration have always fascinated me. I even worked them into my YA fantasy series Misaligned, which I featured in an earlier blog post. Despite all of their wonderful attributes Monarchs cannot survive cold winters. Their solution is to… Read more“Map Monday, The Migration of Monarch Butterflies”
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Map Monday, Explores Mongo home of Ming the Merciless
For those of you not familiar with Mongo or it’s ruthless ruler Ming the Merciless, let me fill you in. Mongo is not a forsaken ex-European colony clinging to its past and Ming shares no lineage with the former ruling dynasty of China. In fact, strictly speaking neither Ming nor… Read more“Map Monday, Explores Mongo home of Ming the Merciless”
Why is Seven so prominent in YA Fantasy?
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?”