PROGRESS REPORT: WEEK ENDING MARCH 5, 2022

Work on my contribution to that ANTHOLOGY PROJECT I was invited to write for got delayed by a couple of days because TEAM BLUE (Nancy Hansen and myself) got the PDF GALLEY from Airship 27 on the book we had previously worked on for Mark Halegua.

As soon as Rob Davis goes over all the suggested corrections and finalizes what will be the finished product, the novel will soon be released and the subject of Airship 27's upcoming 83rd monthly podcast!

More on that within the next couple of weeks! 😀

I celebrated my 60th birthday yesterday! 😎

Considering I have SURVIVED 2 bouts of pneumonia, congestive heart failure AND an aortic aneurysm, which resulted in a MAJOR heart operation in January 2008 which I thankfully did not know until AFTER the fact that I had less than a 50/50 chance of surviving, PLUS my more recent heart operation of October 2022 because the 2008 artificial heart valve I received was starting to go bad, I'm genuinely surprised I made it to my 50th birthday, let alone the Big 6-0!

Hmm... I wonder if I can make it to triple digits? My 100th birthday will be March 5, 2062. 😉

In any event, now that Rob is working to get the TEAM BLUE book ready for public release, I can go back to finishing the ANTHOLOGY STORY before finishing my SCIENCE FICTION PROJECT before starting work on what will eventually become SOLITAIRE 2.

March 8, 2022

So 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

6 March, 2022

PROGRESS REPORT: WEEK ENDING MARCH 4, 2017

As far as writing goes for this past week, I am on Chapter 5 of the current HUGH MONN, PRIVATE DETECTIVE story while awaiting the opinions of my friendly neighborhood beta/proofreader on Chapter 4.

But today (March 5th) I am taking a well deserved day off!

Although they have taken a toll on my health, having made it through both congestive heart failure AND an aortic aneurysm within the last decade, I happily celebrate my 55th birthday today, glad that I have made it this far!


March 6th I will return to writing.
Today is for celebrating life!
Lee Houston, Junior
5 March, 2017

PROGRESS REPORT: WEEK ENDING MARCH 5, 2016

Well, yesterday was my birthday, but I gave myself a present.
I finally finished going over the manuscript for PROJECT ALPHA, BOOK 2: WAYWARD SON!
I trimmed it from 71,041 words down to 68,996 words, not counting the 243 words on the Acknowledgements page.
At the moment, my friendly neighborhood beta/proofreader Nancy Hansen has it to go start her final pass.
After I get it back and make THE final review, then I'll be submitting it to Pro Se Press.
Then you folks can start asking Pro Se's Editor-In-Chief Tommy Hancock when the book will be released.

I have to return the favor and go over Nancy's latest anthology project, at least to make sure the four short stories are assembled properly without any formatting errors.

After that, I'll get back to that Sherlock Holmes short story I started and owe Ron Fortier at Airship 27.

Then...?
It will be time to start coming up with a mystery/adventure worthy of being the third book in the HUGH MONN, PRIVATE DETECTIVE series!

So, it looks like I've got a busy (and hopefully warmer) Spring ahead of me, so I better get back to "work" now.
See you around the Internet.
Lee Houston, Junior
6 March, 2016