Map Monday, Happy 50th Birthday to Star Trek

NBC broadcast the first episode of Star Trek on September 8th 1966.  Sold as a spacey version of Wagon Train the series took a cerebral twist.  Told through a sixties cultural lens it explored racism,  fear of technology, and weapons of mass destruction.  Unfortunately the five year mission of the… Read more“Map Monday, Happy 50th Birthday to Star Trek”

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?”