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Archives Musing of the Month 

August 2011 – Harmony of the Othar Saga Update

August 13, 2011February 3, 2016 P.A. Seasholtz 637 Views 0 Comments Animus of Hauden, Heart of Hauden, Othar Saga, seasholtz, series, status, Tongue of Hauden

Progress on book four, Blood of Hauden, is going very well, and I have been able to maintain the pace

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Archives Musing of the Month 

June 2011 – Harmony of the Othar Saga Update

June 17, 2011February 3, 2016 P.A. Seasholtz 508 Views 0 Comments Animus of Hauden, Heart of Hauden, Othar Saga, seasholtz, update

After taking a hiatus from all writing activities that did not focus solely on completing Tongue of Hauden, I am

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Archives From the Editor 

April 2011 – From the Editor

April 4, 2011May 2, 2011 P.A. Seasholtz 587 Views 0 Comments 2011, april, editor, seasholtz

Welcome to the April 2011 issue of the Musings of the Othar.  This month’s Feature Article will be examining Suzanne

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Archives Feature Article 

April 2011 – Feature Article

April 4, 2011May 2, 2011 P.A. Seasholtz 579 Views 0 Comments 2011, april, collins, feature, hunger games

This month’s Feature Article will be looking at Suzanne Collins’ The Hunger Games.  Usually, I choose my books a little

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Archives From the Editor 

March 2011 – From the Editor

March 8, 2011May 1, 2011 P.A. Seasholtz 512 Views 0 Comments 2011, editor, fantasy, fiction

Welcome to the March 2011 issue of the Musings of the Othar.  I’m definitely looking forward to an early spring

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Archives Feature Article 

March 2011 – Feature Article

March 8, 2011April 4, 2011 P.A. Seasholtz 535 Views 0 Comments 2011, feature, leviathan, march, westerfeld

This month’s Feature Article will be examining Scott Westerfeld’s steampunk novel Leviathan, and while there may be no such thing

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Archives From the Editor 

February 2011 – From the Editor

February 5, 2011March 9, 2011 P.A. Seasholtz 592 Views 0 Comments 2011, editor, fantasy, fiction

Welcome to the February 2011 issue of the Musings of the Othar.  A snowy January is behind us, and although

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Archives Feature Article 

February 2011 – Feature Article

February 5, 2011March 9, 2011 P.A. Seasholtz 617 Views 0 Comments 2011, boneshaker, feature, february, priest

This month’s Feature Article will be examining Cherie Priest’s Boneshaker.   A lot has been written about Boneshaker, and like many

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Archives From the Editor 

January 2011 – From the Editor

January 5, 2011February 6, 2011 P.A. Seasholtz 464 Views 0 Comments 2011, editor, fantasy, fiction

Welcome to the January 2011 issue of the Musings of the Othar.  I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday season.

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Archives Feature Article 

January 2011 – Feature Article

January 5, 2011February 6, 2011 P.A. Seasholtz 555 Views 0 Comments 2011, affinity bridge, feature, mann

This month’s Feature Article will be examining George Mann’s The Affinity Bridge.  I think this is a book that turns

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Archives From the Editor 

December 2010 – From the Editor

December 6, 2010January 5, 2011 P.A. Seasholtz 627 Views 0 Comments 2010, editor, fantasy, fiction

Welcome to the December 2010 issue of the Musings of the Othar. Like last month, I will keep this short

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Archives Feature Article 

December 2010 – Feature Article

December 6, 2010January 5, 2011 P.A. Seasholtz 494 Views 0 Comments 2010, december, feature, mieville, perdido street station

This month’s Feature Article will be examining China Mieville’s Perdido Street Station, a work that I found immense in scope,

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Blog Chain 

November 2010 AW Blog Chain

November 21, 2010 P.A. Seasholtz 596 Views 6 Comments AW blog chain, november

OK, I’ll keep this short…no sense typing more than the theme allows.  Enjoy! ************************************************** “She is a mule,” black-hair said,

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Archives From the Editor 

November 2010 – From the Editor

November 4, 2010December 7, 2010 P.A. Seasholtz 546 Views 0 Comments 2010, editor, fantasy, fiction

Welcome to the November 2010 issue of the Musings of the Othar. I will keep this short and simple since

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Archives Feature Article 

November 2010 – Feature Article

November 4, 2010December 7, 2010 P.A. Seasholtz 652 Views 0 Comments 2010, feature, interview, november, seasholtz

The Harmony of the Othar Saga has been a work in progress, spanning nearly two decades.  What possessed you to

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Blog Chain 

October 2010 AW Blog Chain

October 6, 2010October 23, 2010 P.A. Seasholtz 811 Views 17 Comments AW blog chain, october

This month’s topic is: Masquerade. I had been running the outline for a new story in my head for the

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Archives From the Editor 

October 2010 – From the Editor

October 3, 2010November 4, 2010 P.A. Seasholtz 666 Views 0 Comments 2010, editor, fantasy, fiction

Welcome to the October 2010 issue of the Musings of the Othar.  It is hard to believe that this issue

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Archives Feature Article 

October 2010 – Feature Article

October 3, 2010November 4, 2010 P.A. Seasholtz 499 Views 0 Comments 2010, feature, interview, october, seasholtz

The Harmony of the Othar Saga has been a work in progress, spanning nearly two decades.  What possessed you to

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Archives Short Review 

October 2010 – Short Review

October 3, 2010November 4, 2010 P.A. Seasholtz 488 Views 0 Comments review, short

The Short Review this month will be looking at Mary Robinette Kowal’s Shades of Milk and Honey.  There seems to

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Blog Chain 

September 2010 AW Blog Chain

September 14, 2010 P.A. Seasholtz 739 Views 15 Comments blog chain, september

This month’s subject is: Seasons. The direction of this month’s exercise is as broad and open-ended as the subject matter

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Archives From the Editor 

September 2010 – From the Editor

September 2, 2010October 3, 2010 P.A. Seasholtz 539 Views 0 Comments 2010, editor, fantasy, fiction

Welcome to the September 2010 issue of the Musings of the Othar.  It’s back to school here, although many of

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Archives Feature Article 

September 2010 – Feature Article

September 2, 2010October 3, 2010 P.A. Seasholtz 579 Views 0 Comments 2010, feature, novik, september

This month’s Feature Article will be examining Naomi Novik’s His Majesty’s Dragon, and this review may be the easiest I

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Archives Short Review 

September 2010 – Short Review

September 2, 2010October 3, 2010 P.A. Seasholtz 538 Views 1 Comment review, short

This month’s Short Review will be taking a look at Elizabeth Mock’s Shatter, the first book in her The Children

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Blog Chain 

August 2010 AW Blog Chain

August 8, 2010 P.A. Seasholtz 739 Views 14 Comments august, blog chain

This month’s subject is: If you had to pick one color, and one color only, for an aspect of your

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Archives From the Editor 

August 2010 – From the Editor

August 1, 2010September 2, 2010 P.A. Seasholtz 518 Views 0 Comments 2010, editor, fantasy, fiction

Welcome to the August 2010 issue of the Musings of the Othar.  As usual, a busy summer has gone by

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Archives Feature Article 

August 2010 – Feature Article

August 1, 2010September 2, 2010 P.A. Seasholtz 603 Views 0 Comments 2010, august, clarke, feature

This month’s Feature Article will be examining Susanna Clarke’s Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell.  Winner of the 2005 Hugo Award,

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Archives Short Review 

August 2010 – Short Review

August 1, 2010September 2, 2010 P.A. Seasholtz 415 Views 0 Comments review, short

Let me start by saying that I enjoyed Nicola Rhodes’ SCI’ON – The Shadow Worlds – it did exactly what

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Archives From the Editor 

July 2010 – From the Editor

July 3, 2010August 1, 2010 P.A. Seasholtz 368 Views 0 Comments 2010, editor, fantasy, fiction, hominids, july, sawyer

Welcome to the July 2010 issue of the Musings of the Othar.  I hope everyone has a fun safe 4th

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Archives Feature Article 

July 2010 – Feature Article

July 3, 2010August 1, 2010 P.A. Seasholtz 554 Views 0 Comments 2010, feature, hominids, july, sawyer

This month’s Feature Article will be taking a look at Robert J. Sawyer’s Hominids.  It’s been a long time since

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Archives Musing of the Month 

July 2010 – Musing of the Month

July 3, 2010August 1, 2010 P.A. Seasholtz 482 Views 0 Comments 2010, feedback, july, musings

In lieu of Sawyer’s Hominids receiving the Hugo Award despite its flaws, I will frame this as an open discussion

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Archives What We're Reading 

July 2010 – What We’re Reading, Watching, etc.

July 3, 2010August 1, 2010 P.A. Seasholtz 573 Views 0 Comments movies, reading

In addition to Sawyer’s Hominids, I read Edgar Rice Burrough’s A Princess of Mars this month.  I will admit that

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Archives From the Editor 

June 2010 – From the Editor

June 4, 2010July 3, 2010 P.A. Seasholtz 595 Views 1 Comment 2010, editor, fantasy, fiction, halting state, june, stross

Welcome to the June 2010 issue of the Musings of the Othar.  This month’s Feature Article will be examining Charles

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Archives Feature Article 

June 2010 – Feature Article

June 4, 2010July 3, 2010 P.A. Seasholtz 663 Views 0 Comments 2010, feature, halting state, june, stross

This month’s Feature Article will be taking a look at Charles Stross’ Halting State. While I found Halting State to

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Archives Musing of the Month 

June 2010 – Musing of the Month

June 4, 2010July 3, 2010 P.A. Seasholtz 566 Views 0 Comments 2010, feedback, june, musings

Open discussion on the use of non-standard points-of-view in a story.  While the second person is rare, there are examples

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Archives What We're Reading 

June 2010 – What We’re Reading, Watching, etc.

June 3, 2010July 3, 2010 P.A. Seasholtz 650 Views 0 Comments movie, reading

In addition to Stross’ Halting State, I came across an interesting novel by Nocola Rhodes called, Tamer Black, Djinnx’d, which

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Archives From the Editor 

May 2010 – From the Editor

May 4, 2010June 4, 2010 P.A. Seasholtz 431 Views 2010, editor, fantasy, fiction, griffin's shadow, may, moore

Welcome to the May 2010 issue of the Musings of the Othar.  This month’s Feature Article will be returning to

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Archives Feature Article 

May 2010 – Feature Article

May 4, 2010June 4, 2010 P.A. Seasholtz 529 Views 2010, feature, griffin's shadow, may, moore

This month’s Feature Article will be returning to the Griffin’s Daughter Trilogy by Leslie Ann Moore, and we will be

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Archives Musing of the Month 

May 2010 – Musing of the Month

May 4, 2010June 4, 2010 P.A. Seasholtz 520 Views 0 Comments 2010, feedback, may, musings

Open discussion on how, as a reader, you approach books in a series.  Do they get read back-to-back when all

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Archives What We're Reading 

May 2010 – What We’re Reading, Watching, etc.

May 4, 2010June 4, 2010 P.A. Seasholtz 511 Views 0 Comments movie, reading

My viewing time was limited this month, but I did find time to watch the Two Towers again; of course,

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Archives From the Editor 

April 2010 – From the Editor

April 4, 2010May 4, 2010 P.A. Seasholtz 691 Views 2010, arpil, cherryh, editor, fantasy, fiction, fortress in the eye of time

Welcome to the April issue of the Musings of the Othar.  This month’s Feature Article will be taking a look

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