Your First Draft Is Allowed to Suck
A first draft is not a failed final draft. Let’s talk about perfectionism, placeholder prose, realistic drafting goals, and why your earliest attempt doesn’t need to be beautiful—it just needs to exist.
What does it take to publish a book?
So you want to publish a book—but no one told you about editing stages, cover timelines, or why marketing matters before launch. Let Hawthorn & Aster’s resident gay bookish auntie walk you through the process with clarity, humor, and real-world advice.