C. Hope Clark talks about arts councils, grants, writing/manuscript contests, grant panels, and personal connections. She suggests running in contests to see if your book is worthy of publication. C. Hope also advocates for personal connections with arts council members.
Time to Murder and Create: Listening to the Voices in Your Head
Cozy authors with various series speak on how to construct characters and crime, outlining, and what happens when the character you write talks to you.
