PROGRESS REPORT: WEEK ENDING FEBRUARY 20, 2021

Wound up wearing my Editor's Hat most of this past week on a memorial project for a friend who sadly is no longer with us.😢

Not sure how much more I can say about it at the moment other than the fact that the working title amongst those involved is RED AND BLUE or BLUE AND RED, depending upon your viewpoint.

Either way I'm on the Blue Team and despite the color scheme, the project has ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to do with politics.

I've also managed to get some more writing done on my SCIENCE-FICTION NOVEL too!😀

Unfortunately I haven't completed another chapter since the last Progress Report because Blue took up most of this past week, but at least I AM WRITING! 😎

And yes, I still have to finish going over what My Friendly Neighborhood Beta-Proofreader reviewed of SOLITAIRE so I can send it back to let her finish checking out that novel.

In any event I better get back to it now.

Take care.

STAY SAFE! 😷

And I'll see you around the Internet.

Lee Houston, Junior

21 February, 2021

PROGRESS REPORT: WEEK ENDING FEBRUARY 20, 2016

Well folks,  as I celebrate the 150th post on this blog, another interesting week has passed for me.

Was actually going pretty good until a water line came loose in the basement, instantly making that area an indoor pool and, considering how cold it was outside at the time, I temporarily had to join the Polar Bear Club if I wanted to fix it.

Shut off the water. Reattach the disconnected section because the pressure caused it to work loose. Reattach everything else. Turn the water back on and be thankful I got it right the first time.

Gene Kelly at his finest!

All the while trying to stay warm while thinking that under better circumstances, I could have restaged the title number from Singin' In The Rain.
Fun. Fun. Fun. (Note the sarcasm.)

Yet, I did manage to get some serious work done too.
There are only five chapters left to proofread on PROJECT ALPHA, BOOK 2: WAYWARD SON!
Have pared my word count down from 71,041 words to 69,792 words; making the manuscript 1249 words leaner and better.

Barring anything unforeseen, like I plan all these <censored> interruptions to begin with, I SHOULD have the rest of the novel gone over this week before sending it to my friendly neighborhood beta/proofreader for her final pass.
HOPEFULLY I will be totally done and on to other projects by Saint Patrick's Day.
Then it will just be a question of when Pro Se Press publishes and releases it.
In the meantime, have a great week, and I'll see you around the Internet.
Lee Houston, Junior
21 February, 2016