PROGRESS REPORT: WEEK ENDING JULY 8, 2023

 Well, I finished the previously mentioned Chapter 23 to SOLITAIRE, BOOK 2: THE AGENDA; but
when I went back over it again before starting Chapter 24 I wasn't happy with it so I added a couple of new scenes while rewriting a few others to some extent and broke the 38,000+ word mark in the process!

WHY? The image above holds the answer.

I could have left the chapter alone as is and already be well into 24, or maybe even starting Chapter 25 by now, but I want to offer the readers the best I can humanly create each time, and the new version of 23 is much better in regards to plot, drama and decoys.

Can't say much more without giving things away so on that cryptic note♫, take care.

STAY SAFE! 😷

And I'll see you around the Internet.

Lee Houston, Junior

9 July, 2023

And for those who came in late, SOLITAIRE's debut novel is still available in print and e-book formats from Amazon.

PROGRESS REPORT: WEEK ENDING JULY 8, 2017

My Editor's Hat

Wore my "Editor's Hat" for quite a while this past week.

First I went over the second submission for the 1970s anthology I'm co-editing with Jim Beard, like I said I would last week.
Then I got to go over the galley of an anthology that will have a story I co-wrote as one of its offerings.

After that, I resumed work on what will eventually be the third book in the HUGH MONN, PRIVATE DETECTIVE series.

Now, considering that the 1970s anthology has a solid end of September deadline, I'll probably go back to work this coming week on my contribution to it.
Then again, I already know that because of life commitments, there are two days ahead of me this week that I will be unable to get as much writing done as I would normally hope to accomplish, so we'll just have to see how things go.

In other words, I'll just have to take it one day at a time like I normally do.
Better get back to writing now.
See you around the Internet.
Lee Houston, Junior
9 July, 2017