Our weekly roundup of links we hope you’ll find interesting and useful.

• Salon.com’s Laura Miller with a reader’s advice to writers.
• What a four-year-old knows about writing emotion, from screenwriter John August.
• A book publicist talks about media publicity.
• Got a nonfiction book? Go get yourself a an agent.
• Good overview of the pros and cons of first person and third person from writer Kris Cramer.
• The Guardian asked writers to give ten rules for writing fiction. Like this from Zadie Smtih: All that matters is what you leave on the page. We agree.

If you have a link of interest to writers that you’d like to see in a roundup, please email us or leave a comment.

Our weekly roundup of links we hope you’ll find interesting and useful.

• The Turkey City Lexicon is a terrific roundup of all the ways there are to write badly. If you’re not a science fiction/fantasy writer, don’t worry: with 60-plus writing traps, bad habits and story-killers on the list, every writer can find at least one thing to wince about…
• At The Elegant Variation, a thoughtful post on the common mistakes of debut novels…
• … while debut author Marie Mutsuki Mockett blogs about her experience of running with the big dogs.
• Here’s an insider’s guide to writing successful romance novels.
• If you missed this fabulous 2006 series from NPR on how writers create their fiction the first time around, get on over there now for brief conversations with writers about their process and how they handle writer’s block. Fascinating and all so different! (Hat tip to Scott Myers at Go Into The Story, one of our favorite resources for screenwriters)
• Alexis Grant has put together a great list of podcasts for writers. Be sure to check the comments for more suggestions.
• The Writer’s Digest Annual Writing Competition is open. Deadline May 14!

If you have a link of interest to writers that you’d like to see in a roundup, please email us or leave a comment.