Limitations on tanning. The process of tanning, known as melanogenesis, may take up to 48 hours to start. Therefore, it's recommended that you allow that amount of time to pass between sessions in a tanning bed. Businesses will not allow you to tan for more than 30 minutes in a bed, and less than that for certain beds.
It took Tolstoy six years to write War and Peace, beginning in 1862.
In England in the summer of 1889, Conrad began the crucial transition from sailor to writer by starting his first novel, Almayer's Folly. Interestingly, he chose to write in English, his third language. A journey to the Congo in 1890 was Joseph's inspiration to write Heart of Darkness.