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”
Tag: YA Fantasy
Updated Book Review Page
As long time readers of this blog and fans of my books know, I’ve never been particularly shy about asking (begging, cajoling, or pestering?) for a book review. Feedback helps everyone improve and in the publishing world reviews are the gold standard. While reviews are important to every author, they’re… Read more“Updated Book Review Page”
Map Monday, Why do we remember Marco Polo?
The first time I heard the name Marco Polo was as a kid at the community swimming pool. As part of a then popular game the person who was ‘it’ would keep their eyes closed and call out ‘Marco,’ which elicited the response of ‘Polo’ from the other players. Using… Read more“Map Monday, Why do we remember Marco Polo?”