So you’ve written a first draft, now what? We all want our books to be perfect, but first drafts, like most newborn things, are often messy. So how do you bridge the gap between first draft and polished novel? Join us this Thursday as A.P. Hawkins discusses tips and tricks for what to do after finishing your first draft.

About Our Speaker

A.P. Hawkins is a biologist turned speculative fiction author based in Houston. Her short fiction has appeared in various fiction magazines and anthologies, including Analog Science Fiction & Fact Magazine and “The Librarian”, an anthology from Air and Nothingness Press. A.P. cohosts Writers Lunch, a weekly writing workshop where topics range from worldbuilding to tropes to time travel paradoxes. She’s also a co-founder of Tomeworks, an editing collective that helps genre writers build better books, and a first reader at Hexagon, a magazine for speculative fiction. When she’s not writing or editing, A.P. dabbles in gaming, cosplay, baking, crafting, and painting minifigures for TTRPGs.