Map Monday, The Migration of Monarch Butterflies

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”

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”

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?”