PROGRESS REPORT: WEEK ENDING FEBRUARY 25, 2017

Well, for better or worse, my prediction last week about the week ahead came true.

There were just too many other life commitments to honor that kept me away from the keyboard and writing more than I would have liked.

Now this week so far appears "normal", whatever that means.

In any event, I hope to have at least Chapter 4 of the current HUGH MONN, PRIVATE DETECTIVE story finished by next weekend's progress report, so I better get back to writing now.

See you around the Internet!
Lee Houston, Junior
26 February, 2017

PROGRESS REPORT: WEEK ENDING FEBRUARY 18, 2017

Okay, after making some serious revisions, Chapters 1-3 of the HUGH MONN, PRIVATE DETECTIVE story I'm currently working on are with my friendly neighborhood beta/proofreader Nancy Hansen, while I'm proceeding on Chapter 4.

The third book featuring the shamus of the far flung future is more than likely going to wind up being an anthology, but how many cases will comprise this volume remains to be seen.

However, the way this week looks, I have medical appointments and other personal commitments every day but Wednesday. So I'll be trying to get my writing done whenever I can, but how much will be accomplished this week remains to be seen.

Better get to it.
See you around the Internet.
Lee Houston, Junior
19 February, 2017

2016 BIBLIOGRAPHY UPDATE

It has occurred to me that for some reason, I have yet to update my Bibliography!
(my bad)
Anyway, while I did write a lot in 2016, not everything I wrote then has been published yet, so what has officially joined the ranks of my creative efforts are:

*REBEL, a short story introducing a new heroine for Jamie Ramos’ Singularity: Rise of the Post Humans (Pro Se)
*SINBAD AND THE SINISTER STATUE for Sinbad, The New Voyages Volume 5 (Airship 27)
*THE WAY OF A WRITER, my essay for When The Shadow Sees The Sun: Creators Surviving Depression, aka The Logan Masterson Benefit Book (Pro Se)
and of course:
*PROJECT ALPHA: PROVING GROUND the second book in my superhero's adventures (Pro Se).

Obviously I can't talk about the unreleased projects yet, but those who have followed this humble blog of mine are aware of at least some of the other things I have worked on last year.

And for my COMPLETE bibliography to this point...
2012
*THE WAY OF THE WORLD (first issue of Pro Se Press' Fantasy and Fear)
*Y-239 (first issue of Pro Se Press' Peculiar Adventures)
*DINEENA’S DILEMMA (Hugh Monn, Private Detective in Masked Gun Mystery issue 1)
*IN THE BEGINNING (Wylde World, Part 1, Peculiar Adventures issue 2)
*SHORTAGES (Hugh Monn, Private Detective in Masked Gun Mystery issue 2)
*A TAVERN TALE (Fantasy and Fear issue 3, Pro Se Press)
*THE FIRST STEPS (Wylde World, Part 2, Peculiar Adventures issue 3)
*HUGH MONN, PRIVATE DETECTIVE, Book 1 (Pro Se)

2013
*A BLACK FRIDAY IN AUSTRALIA (New Adventures of the Eagle, Volume 1; Pro Se Press/Pulp Obscura/Altus Press)
*PROJECT ALPHA, Book 1 (Pro Se)

2014
*THE DEATH DEALER (New Adventures of Diamondstone the Magician, Volume 1); Pro Se Press/Pulp Obscura/Altus Press)
*WOLF HUNT (Sheriff William “Bat” Masterson meets Little Red Riding Hood in Once Upon A Sixgun, Volume 1; Pro Se Press)
*CAPTURED featuring the Man In Purple (New Adventures of The Man In Purple, Volume 1; Pro Se Press/Pulp Obscura/Altus Press)
*HUGH MONN, PRIVATE DETECTIVE (Book 2): CATCH A RISING STAR (Pro Se)

2015
*IT ALL STARTED INNOCENTLY ENOUGH (Judson/Gardner for the Charles Boeckman Project; Pro Se Press)
*THE SOUND OF OBEDIENCE (Ghost Boy, Volume 2; Airship 27)
*THE SUBSTANDARD QUINTENT: COME TOGETHER (and I Co-edited Jim Beard's Super Swingin' Hero 1968 Special from Mechanoid Press)
*THE UNFAIR FARE (Legends of New Pulp Fiction, the Tommy Hancock benefit anthology, Airship 27)

2016
See above.
Those items have DIRECT LINKS, but everything can be found at Amazon

I am working on HUGH MONN, PRIVATE DETECTIVE, Book 3 right now.

PROGRESS REPORT: WEEK ENDING FEBRUARY 11, 2017

Hugh, by David L. Russell

Got Chapter 2 of the current HUGH MONN, PRIVATE DETECTIVE story back from my friendly neighborhood beta/proofreader Nancy Hansen and am going over it now.

I will be the first to admit that (in my humble opinion) there are a variety of reasons why a mystery story seems to take more time to create than a tale in any other genre, but I always do my best to make every story I write as good as I can within my human talents.

In any event, I better get back to writing now.
Take care and HAPPY VALENTINES DAY!
Lee Houston, Junior
12 February, 2017

PROGRESS REPORT: WEEK ENDING FEBRUARY 4, 2017

The first chapter of the new HUGH MONN, PRIVATE DETECTIVE story, is done and has already been sent to and come back from my friendly neighborhood beta/proofreader Nancy Hansen.

I'm well into Chapter 2 now, so I better get back to writing.

Take care, and I'll see you around the Internet.
Lee Houston, Junior
5 February, 2017