As it occasionally happens, I discovered a great piece of advice not on my usual rounds of favorite writer, agent, and pub-pro blogs. Today’s iteration of this phenomenon is from Andreas Kluth, a correspondent for The Economist. His site, The Hannibal Blog, is ostensibly about composing a book, so I guess this is technically a writer link.
Pazoom — writer-link icon activated! (Hope Andreas doesn’t mind being represented by Sappho.)
Anyway, to the link itself. Invoking a few historical examples along the way, Kluth stresses the importance of having a good First Reader. Every aspiring author should find this quite interesting. Enjoy!
Let’s just dive straight into the links this week!

As you might have noticed, I have added some sidebar graphics for the short stories Tyson’s Corner, The Chameleon Missive, and The Dun Cat of Mill Bridge, as well as a new graphic to add mood to the master page for all of the Observer Tales.