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Terrible things that happen to your mind and body while writing a novel in eight days

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Naomi K
Jun 14, 2011
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Fifth in a series of blog posts stemming from having done me some novel writing. Here are links to parts one, two, three, and four.

            By far the worst  and most unexpected obstacle to progress during that week was the horrible sleeplessness. My body really just rose up and tried to stab me in the back. Sometimes after midnight I’d usually start…

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