London Writers' Salon 24-hour writing sprint ... or a plod for me!

Since childhood, I've always been the tortoise and never the hare - when parents compared me to my sibling. I'm proud of that fact so nothing changes when it comes to me participating this weekend in LWS 24-hour writing sprint. I'll be plodding at my desk doing what I can, as I can, when I can. I'm not aiming to do the full 24-hours around the clock, I need sleep but I am doing nothing else from 8pm tonight. Marathon or sleep - my only options! 

My current project is nearing completion so this event is perfectly timed for me to take full advantage and work alongside other authors from around the globe.

Between each on-the-hour session there's a small comfort break so I'll be grabbing the opportunity to stretch my legs and grab a fresh cuppa. 

My book is the fourth in my Lakeside Cottage series set in Hawkshead, Cumbria. The previous three books ran along the lines of cottage booking, fun and delight as expected, conflict and chaos ensued amidst the love, laughter and life within the situation. Book four begins in chaos due to a double booking of the cottage. But it's a big cottage, sometimes people have big hearts and solutions are easily found ... or rather, they should be!

The LWS marathon kicks off at 8pm tonight which happens to be 8am in Tonga!

We'll chase 8am across the time zones:

Tonga - editing session
Wellington, New Zealand - editing session 
Port Vila, Vanuatu - editing session
Melbourne, Australia - editing session
Tokyo, Japan - sleep
Singapore - sleep
Chi Minh, Vietnam - sleep
Dhaka, Bangladesh - sleep
Male, Maldives - sleep
Port Louis, Mauritius - sleep
Antananarivo, Madagascar - editing session
Berlin, Germany - editing session
London, UK - editing session
Azores, Portugal - editing session
Cape Verde - editing session - my 9th hour
The South Sandwich Islands - a research session for a new project
Buenos Aires - fresh writing on a new project (a break from editing)
New York, USA - my 12th hour - editing session
New Orleans, USA - editing session
Mexico City, Mexico - editing session
Vancouver, Canada - editing session (My back is aching) 
Anchorage, USA - editing session - my 16th hour!!! 
A boat near French Polynesia - editing session
Honolulu, Hawaii - my 18th hour - the final hour of editing!

My back and shoulders are arching but I did it! Eighteen hours of the twenty-four hour writers' sprint. I've manage to edit a shed load of words, completed a little research and written a few thousand words on a new idea. Not a bad way to spend a weekend. It goes without saying, I'm taking tomorrow off! Woohoo!