August 2011 – Harmony of the Othar Saga Update
Progress on book four, Blood of Hauden, is going very well, and I have been able to maintain the pace
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June 2011 – Harmony of the Othar Saga 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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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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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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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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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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Welcome to the February 2011 issue of the Musings of the Othar. A snowy January is behind us, and although
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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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Welcome to the January 2011 issue of the Musings of the Othar. I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday season.
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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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Welcome to the December 2010 issue of the Musings of the Othar. Like last month, I will keep this short
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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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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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Welcome to the November 2010 issue of the Musings of the Othar. I will keep this short and simple since
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The Harmony of the Othar Saga has been a work in progress, spanning nearly two decades. What possessed you to
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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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Welcome to the October 2010 issue of the Musings of the Othar. It is hard to believe that this issue
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The Harmony of the Othar Saga has been a work in progress, spanning nearly two decades. What possessed you to
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Welcome to the August 2010 issue of the Musings of the Othar. As usual, a busy summer has gone by
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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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Let me start by saying that I enjoyed Nicola Rhodes’ SCI’ON – The Shadow Worlds – it did exactly what
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Welcome to the July 2010 issue of the Musings of the Othar. I hope everyone has a fun safe 4th
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This month’s Feature Article will be taking a look at Robert J. Sawyer’s Hominids. It’s been a long time since
Read moreJuly 2010 – Musing of the Month
In lieu of Sawyer’s Hominids receiving the Hugo Award despite its flaws, I will frame this as an open discussion
Read moreJuly 2010 – What We’re Reading, Watching, etc.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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My viewing time was limited this month, but I did find time to watch the Two Towers again; of course,
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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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