PROGRESS REPORT: WEEK ENDING DECEMBER 2, 2023

I'M BACK ON TRACK, more or less, concerning my writing.

After untangling all the tanglements, I've picked up where I left off on Chapter 30 of SOLITAIRE 2: THE AGENDA, although I haven't broken the 51,000+ word mark yet.

While the computer file is still technically the first draft, I have gone over the manuscript from start to where I am at the moment a couple of times since I began writing this novel. So I guess you could call it Version 1.4 or 1.5 at this point.

And that's beside my daily reread what I wrote yesterday before I resume writing practice.

Lots of research goes into each SOLITAIRE novel too. Besides the technology and other facts that need to be as accurate as humanly possible, I certainly don't have the budget to actually fly to any of the exotic locales I send the Secret Samaritan to.

Too bad the Internet doesn't provide Frequent Surfing Points for long term users. 😞

I've said on numerous previous occasions that I do it all to ensure the best possible book I can humanly produce, although you the readers are the ultimate judge of my efforts.

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

3 December, 2023

PROGRESS REPORT: WEEK ENDING NOVEMBER 25, 2023

WELL...😞

As I suspected, because of the Thanksgiving holiday and all the preparations that went into making sure all my family and friends had a good time, I got hardly any writing done last week.

While I have figured out where I missed the proverbial left turn at Albuquerque in the manuscript for SOLITAIRE 2: THE AGENDA; I'm still about a chapter and a half away from where I left off writing when I went back to make the necessary repairs while I tweaked this and that along the journey to make the novel even better than before.

Of course the proof is in the reading, so for now you'll just have to take my word for it until the novel is published sometime in mid-to-late 2024 at the earliest.

But to achieve that goal, I better get back to writing now.

Take care.

STAY SAFE! 😷

And I'll see you around the Internet.

Lee Houston, Junior

26 November, 2023

PROGRESS REPORT: WEEK ENDING NOVEMBER 18, 2023

 GOOD NEWS AND THANKFULNESS! 😀

I've just about got everything untangled and will be picking up where I left off on SOLITAIRE 2: THE AGENDA sometime this week, but not sure exactly when at the moment with the Thanksgiving holiday on the horizon.

Not that I'm a major fan of football games and shopping, but it is a great time for family get togethers and catching up with everyone on everything.

While everyone talks about sports and their (impending) purchases, let alone all the great food that's served that day, it's also important to stop and pause for a chance to remember and be thankful for everything you do have.

Although my health isn't the greatest; I have survived congestive heart failure, an aortic aneurysm and a second heart operation to replace a failing part from the original procedure that fixed the aneurysm.

So I do have a lot to be thankful for, even though in these stressful times I unfortunately lose sight of that occasionally.😕

Not one of the better parts of being human, but it goes with the territory.

Despite the fact that there are times when I am unable to verbally express myself (which I will be the first to admit is ironic for a writer), I am thankful for my family, friends, my readers and fans, and still being alive.

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

19 November, 2023

PROGRESS REPORT: WEEK ENDING NOVEMBER 11, 2023

 Yes, there IS progress to report this week! 😀

Unknotting the situation

While I'm still working on untangling the mess the later chapters somehow evolved into, I'm closer to the
end of doing so than last week, and have broken the 50,000+ word mark on SOLITAIRE 2: THE AGENDA too.

Hopefully by next weekend I'll be back where I left off and starting fresh on Chapter 30 of the manuscript. But to reach that point I better get back to writing now.

Take care.

STAY SAFE! 😷

And I'll see you around the Internet.

Lee Houston, Junior

12 November, 2023

PROGRESS REPORT: WEEK ENDING NOVEMBER 4, 2023

Still working on untangling my tangled mess. 

While I haven't started Chapter 30 of SOLITAIRE 2: THE AGENDA yet, I have added about another 100 words so far trying to straighten everything out although the overall manuscript is still slightly below the 50,000 word mark at the moment.

Hopefully next week will be a different story but with a Doctor's appointment splitting Errands Day between 2 different days this week, we'll just have to wait and see.

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

5 November, 2023

PROGRESS REPORT: WEEK ENDING OCTOBER 28, 2023

 Well, somehow I missed a plot point and now have a tangled mess on my hands.

I did finish Chapter 29 to SOLITAIRE 2: THE AGENDA, and am currently hovering just a hair below the 50,000 word mark.

I know how the book should end and what is supposed to happen between Chapter 30 and the conclusion, but I went back to an earlier chapter to double check a few details and the early stuff doesn't agree with the recently written material.

To (mis)quote that famous wascially wabbit, somehow I missed the proverbial left turn at Albuquerque.

Hey, being only human, it happens.😕

I have no idea yet where I zigged instead of zagged, because I've just started searching for my mistake(s) so I can correct them.

But once everything is fixed, I will pick up where I left off.

Hope everyone has a good week, a safe Halloween🎃 Tuesday, and I'll see you around the Internet.

Take care and STAY SAFE! 😷

Lee Houston, Junior

From Airship 27

29 October, 2023

A FRIENDLY REMINDER...

Solitaire's debut novel is still available at Amazon and makes a great Halloween Treat or Christmas present.

PROGRESS REPORT: WEEK ENDING OCTOBER 21, 2023

 

First, the Good News.😊

For all intents and purposes, I think I'm over the worse of whatever it was I've been dealing with this past week. I'm far from 100%, but definitely much better than this time last weekend.

The Bad News?😟

Haven't gotten much writing done.

Still on Chapter 29 of SOLITAIRE 2: THE AGENDA, but at least I managed to break the 49,000+ word mark.

Hopefully as this coming week passes, I'll be more up to writing and everything else because laundry and other things aren't taking care of themselves while I'm ill.

In any event, take care.
STAY SAFE! 😷

And I'll see you around the Internet.

Lee Houston, Junior

22 October, 2023