You shouldn’t have to read twice and other writing links (#SFWApro)

So after I read the dreadful Tam Lin, I came across this online review that says “it’s a book that you haven’t had the complete experience of reading unless you’ve read it twice … If you hate indirection and re-reading, you’re probably not going to like it.”
I’ve heard variations of “to truly understand this, you have to see it/read it twice” over the years. 2001: A Space Odyssey, for instance. Some movies or books are complex enough you don’t really get all the details in one viewing.
But saying you won’t like it if you don’t reread it? I think if it takes more than one reading for you to like a book, the author screwed up. There are obvious exceptions (changes in personal taste, say), but if the book doesn’t work the first time, it’s not your fault you don’t want to reread it. As an unreasonable standard “you have to read it twice” ranks up with “don’t judge the author if you’ve only read one book” (as discussed here). None of us are entitled to a second chance.
•The renegade writer on building and maintaining relationships with magazine (non-fiction) editors.
•A list of sites for book promotion.
•Mari Ness discusses the much-loathed ending of How I Met Your Mother and the problem of getting hooked on your ending, even when the story’s changed.
•Should websites protect their finances by blocking ad blockers?
•The Author’s Guild talks to Congress about its ongoing battle with Google Books. It’s also appealing a court ruling in Google’s favor (wow, Robin Sloan must be having fits!). Hat tip to Rebekkah Niles.
•Law and the Multiverse is a great source for discussions of how the law applies to super-heroic/fantasy/SF issues. For example, did the owners of the Paris opera have a legal obligation to tell the buyers about the Phantom?
•Conservative specfic writers Larry Correia and Theodore Beale have actively pushed a slate of Hugo nominees on their blogs, a number of whom were indeed nominated. The reason? Depending who you talk to, to annoy people by pushing conservative writers or to recommend a bunch of works the two men really liked. At Whatever, John Scalzi argues that whatever reason the books got on the ballot, they deserve to be judged on their merits. And that no, this isn’t some outrageous shell game.
•More for comics fans than writers per se, but here’s one-time comics letter-writing legend and later Marvel editor Irene Vartanoff on the mysterious fate of lots of original Silver Age artwork. Much like the BBC destroying old Dr. Who episodes, Marvel didn’t have much use for its history back at one time.