Nourish Me

Nourish Me

On writing a novel in three months

Don't try this at home (plus thoughts on process)

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Hoang Samuelson
Apr 16, 2022
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As I write this, it’s been two weeks since I last wrote for this newsletter1 and almost three weeks since I finished a 90,000 draft of my novel.

Whew.

I’m still trying to grapple with what I did. Is it crazy to write a book in such a short time? Yes. Was I tired? Absolutely. Did I regret it? Not at all. In fact, I wish I had started sooner. As my husband …

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