How I edited 40k+ words in 34 hours

Hi guys,

So this posts starts at 10am in the morning. I wake up three hours late to my original schedule of starting my writing at 7. So I'm already 3 hours behind. What's worse, my 99designs contest designer asks me for the ideas I need and the changes I have to make. And when all that gets over my internet stops working. The result?

4 hours gone. I still haven't edited chapter 11. The book cover for ConQuest has been redone. Printing for AcQuest is being discussed.7 hours out now. I'm almost done with one chapter. Optimized my Web images for fluid browsing. Drank coffee.12 hours gone. Two more chapters down. Few book cover design changes. Sent a few beta reader requests. Dinner. Image hunt for third cover.14 hours. I've looked up reviewing sites. Tracked Bookbub and BookSends data. Read through Timebound, didn't like it much.16 hours. A little hungry but I have a trusty packet of potato chips with me. 4 chapters done. Slight Internet problem so taking a break.17 hours gone. 5 chapters almost done and moving along quite fast. Feeling drowsy. I think I'll need coffee soon. Internet problem again.19 hours gone. 6 chapters done. A little tired but I'll manage. Got 9 more chapters to go. Got 6 subscribers on website too. Super excited!22 hours done. Haven't worked on any chapters. Loaded up my website at http://dhayaaanbajagane.com . Will write few blog posts and then edit book.24 hours done. Wooohoooo! Sucess. A grand total of 17 chapters edited (10 + the 7 from today), and a live website. http://www.dhayaaanbajagane.com 27 hours. Finished a total of 8 chapters. Website seems to have taken in some decent traffic. Mysterious. Professional launch on the 24th.30 hours gone. 9 chapters done. Still going at almost 3 hours a chapter. Spent lots of time on website revising too. http://Www.dhayaaanbajagane.com 31 hours gone and I have 10 chapters completed. That's a fast turnaround. Probably cause I haven't worked on http://www.dhayaaanbajagane.com  as much.32 hours gone and still 10 chapters complete. Website still the same. Working intensely on cover design for book 3. Hope to find a good one!33 hours. 12 chapters over. I've got a good start on a cover for book 3. No website updates to http://dhayaaanbajagane.com 34 hours. Break from book and website. Working up a few good puzzles. Exciting prospects about new book cover.

So that just about summarizes my entire twitter feed during the whole idea. But the fact is, it is possible! I was finished with about 43k words by the end of the stunt. So four to five days to finish the editing for one book shouldn't be too much to ask. Do remember, this is a once in a while thing cause it  drain's you completely.

This is what happened after I got my first nap after 34 hours,

Just woke up. After 38 hour night out, my mind said sleep! Went to sleep at 5pm, woke up at 8am. Worst thing? Missed a pasta dinner.

So that's what happens. You miss a pasta dinner. And those aren't very common, honestly speaking though. I don't think writers block is a hindrance at all. Us humans survive because of our instinct to do anything if our life depended on it.
A book deadline, thought not as scary, was still a time-based landmark, and the closer we got to it, the more our subconscious mind focused on it,

I was able to run through chapters easily and smoothly, while being as efficient and critiqued as usual. So the key to doing things fast is letting go till the end. But I still recommend you take a month and do your book editing thoroughly.

Have any thoughts? Feel free to share in the comments sections.