Bhagwan @ Large

…and Mean

Lean, that is.

I’ve been hovering at +6 for the last 5 days, and I had a suspicion heading though the weekend that it was because of increased lean muscle mass from the walking and working out over the last few weeks.

I was right.

Thoughout the entire process, I’ve been conscious and aware that the lbs themselves are not the important measure, but rather the BMI, waist and Body fat %. When I was seeing the “expected” results continue, remaining in the “skinny” clothes, and maintaining a desireable waistline, I was pleased. But I was more pleased when the waist actually decreased over the weekend, while the scale reports the same.

So, I had to head back through the wayback machine to find the last reported weight AND waistline measure here on BX.com

It was July 2nd. That’s a long time. I’ve measured either one or the other multiple times since then, but have not been running them through the overall calculator.

So, behind the cut are the results.

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woke up

Thinking about the book.

A lot. 3 hours of somewhat restless sleep.

I just started reading the book I want to write. I’m going to be taking a lot of notes on how it is put together, how it evolves, and where it’s going.

that book is 305 pages long, and a napkin count puts its words at around 144K

I just spent an hour doing math, and 30 minutes preparing this summary. I’ve analyzed all work to date, removed the two appendices, and determined the following statistics

I have written 173 “pages” and 57,283 words (the difference between this and my NANOWRIMO total are in appendices and character outlines that will get folded into the book as a whole. They count, but at present do not advance the plot.)

According to my current outline, I am on pace to write 260 pages, and 94,192 words

We in the writing biz like to call that a “first draft”

Given the example of a real book *in my exact genre* , I should be writing 300 pages, and 126000 words

We in the authoring gig like to call that a book.

So I have a new goal. We are now tracking all three charts, as follows

57283 / 94192 / 126000

(61% current production of 75% actual product)

173 / 260 / 300

(75% current production of 87% actual product)

I’ll find a widget to track it.

Essentially, I’m taking December off, and going back into research mode. I’ll be researching two book.

His, and Mine.

I’ll be posting about other things, and updating as to my progress here and there. But I had to write it all down, so that I can maybe get another hour of sleep.

More later.