On Friday, Natasha from the Maw Books Blog, launched a new bloggy-marathon event. This it is not centered on reading around a theme or for 24/48 hours, but to catch up on all those bloggy things on our to-do lists, that keep getting pushed to one side to talk on twitter or actually, you know, read a book!

This seems just the sort of thing I need to be getting on with, I have a bunch of reviews that need writing for a start, and I’d like to get a buch of discussion/soap-box posts etiher brain-stormed or written out, for those rainy-day times when I have nothing else to post.

So I’ve signed up.

Here is what Natasha had to say on the event:

So, it’s with a little fear and trepidation that I announce the first edition of the Bloggiesta! The Bloggiesta will focus on blog content, improving/cleaning up your blog or working on your social network profiles.  I’m pretty open on what you can do during the bloggiesta but reading actually won’t count!  I know, I know.   The point is to catch up instead of adding another book to the “to be reviewed” pile.

Actual blog content is what I’m really aiming for with some technical/housekeeping bloggy stuff mixed in for good measure.

How to play:

1. The date is Friday, June 19th beginning at 8am, Saturday the 20th and ending Sunday the 21st at 8am (8am your time, wherever you are).  That is a total of 48 hours, of which you should aim high for a total of 18-24 hours spent on the challenge. (I chose both a weekday and a weekend to hopefully accommodate different needs and not take up your entire weekend.  And yes, that’s only a week away!)  The hours spent on the challenge do NOT need to be in a row. Use the entire 48 hour time frame and see what you can do with it.  I say aim for 24 hours but really if you can only do six, twelve or eighteen that’s fine too. I just like to have something to aim for.
2. If you are on Twitter, use the hashtag #bloggiesta to join the chatter.
3. Visit Natasha’s original blog post to find out more. And sign up using the MrLinky form.