I tried to write a **vel in a month and **w I have a publishing offer

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I tried to write a **vel in a month and **w I have a publishing offer
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Back in December 2015, I wrote a fairly waffling account of my attempt to write 50,000 words in 30 days for National **vel Writing Month.

You can read the whole thing here (http://mashable.com/2015/12/02/how-to-write-a-**vel-in-a-month/) if you want, but the TL;DR version is this: I had very little sleep, drank far too much tea, and all-in-all felt like I had aged about 10 years in the process. But in the end I just about managed it.

After reaching the 50,000 word target, I had three main aims: 1) actually finish the book, 2) have a stab at getting it published, and 3) somehow become best friends with Stephen King and/or J.K. Rowling, who are pretty much my literary heroes and the subject of at least 80% of the articles I write for Mashable. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/07/01/crowd-funding-my-debut-**vel/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)

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