PROGRESS REPORT: WEEK ENDING AUGUST 2, 2025

 Work proceeds apace on SHERLOCK HOLMES: THE ADVENTURE OF THE SHAKESPEAREAN FOLLY.

I had to stop and do some research last week in regards to The Bard's plays, but it has paid off as the story approaches the 10,000 (out of 15,000 for the average Airship 27 short story) word mark.

I'm sure that at least a few astute observers out there have noticed changes to some key Amazon listings in recent days, if not the Facebook pages of myself and a few other people as well.

Unfortunately all that is part of the MAJOR DEVELOPMENT PENDING that I still cannot officially discuss with anyone publicly at this time, but rest assured that myself and everyone else involved are working on the problem(s) and, in my case, once the SHERLOCK HOLMES story is finished, I will be devoting my full attention to the matter, even if I have to wait awhile longer before I can actually say in complete detail what is going on.

With that in mind, I better get back to writing now.

Take care.

STAY SAFE!

And I'll see you around the Internet.

Lee Houston, Junior

3 August, 2025

PROGRESS REPORT: WEEK ENDING AUGUST 3, 2024

 IT'S BEEN A BUSY WEEK WRITING WISE, SO LET'S GET GOING.

First off, Chapter 29 to SOLITAIRE 2: THE AGENDA is turning out to be a major action chapter!

Have broken the 52,000+ word count on the overall manuscript and am not finished with this section so I can go on to Chapter 30 yet!

I did have to stop and do some research on tightrope walking and blackjacks in regards to Chapter 29.

What does one have to do with the other? 😐

You'll just have to wait until the novel is published to find out.

Secondly, I did have to pause SOLITAIRE work for a day because Robert J. Mendenhall sent out to all his contributors the galley draft for CODE NAME INTREPID: CLASSIFIED VOLUME 3, so I needed to go over what will be the final, published version of my story "Operation Colossus" to make sure everything was all right before the book is officially released sometime before the end of August.

And dig this great cover by Jeffrey Hayes of Plasma Fire Graphics!

That's U.S. Army Air Corps Lieutenant Richard "Rick" Justice squaring off against...

well, truthfully I'm not sure what he's facing at the moment because I haven't had a chance to read the other five adventures in the anthology yet but I'm sure that between John L. French, Brian K. Lowe, Brian K. Morris, James Palmer, Mendenhall and myself there won't be a dull moment anywhere in the book.

In any event, I better get back to writing now.

Take care.

STAY SAFE!

And I'll see you around the Internet.

Lee Houston, Junior

4 August, 2024

PROGRESS REPORT: WEEK ENDING AUGUST 3, 2019

Most of this past writing week was on Sherlock Holmes' "The Adventure of the Unimaginable" rather than "The New Idea".
Holmes' is definitely past the halfway point now, but is leaning more towards being a small novella than a traditional short story. It remains to be seen how it all turns out.
Not sure how much writing time I will have this coming week, because I am looking at several appointments and other commitments in the days ahead.


I am trying to drum up interest on The Free Choice E-zine for the world to have its own mini-celebration in honor of The Woodstock Music Festival's 50th anniversary August 15, 2019.

Not really asking for much.
Just trying to encourage people to Tweet, Instagram, Facebook, blog or whatever their memories of the festival.
#REMEMBERINGWOODSTOCK
I was only 7 and lived nowhere near New York State at the time, so I obviously have no personal memories of the event.
However I love the music of the 1960s and if time travel were possible...

In any event, better get back to writing now.
Take care, and I'll see you around the Internet.
Lee Houston, Junior
4 August, 2019