This is Part 3 of a 3-part series. For five days, from June 26-30, 2018, I wrote a 50,000-word contemporary romance novel after an epiphany at a writer’s retreat. Read Part 1 – Journal here. Read Part 2 – Pre-Writing here. Her Billionaire Bodyguard is now published. Check it out […]
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This is Part 1 of a 3-part series. From June 26-30, I wrote a 50,000-word novel in 5 days. Her Billionaire Bodyguard is now published. You can check it out here. Below is the play-by-play of how I did it. Friday, June 22 Initially, I just wanted to write a […]
How I wrote a 50,000-word novel in 5 days – ...

I did it! I wrote a 50, 021 word novel in 5 days! I had already pretty much wrapped up my story at 43k, but I wanted to technically reach the 50k mark so I doggedly chased that number by adding several scenes. I know it was crazy, but I […]
How I wrote a 50k-word novel in 5 days
I reached a milestone today. I wrote the most words I’ve ever written in one day: 12,270. To give you perspective of how that breaks down: during a 20 minute sprint, I can usually produce 500-700 words. So my output today means that I sprinted roughly 20 times, which translates […]
How I wrote 12,000 words in one day

Photo: my clean kitchen sink (and rubber ducky soap dispenser) I am getting really good at this sprinting thing. Today, I wrote 2,279 words towards Book 3 in 3 separate 30 minute sprints. Why I haven’t I done this sooner? It’s amazing how the story flows when you are […]