PROGRESS REPORT: WEEK ENDING DECEMBER 10, 2016

Right now Hugh Monn, Private Detective, is still attending that funeral I mentioned in last week's Progress Report, and the event is not turning out as solemn as one might think it should.
WHY?
Well, you'll just have to wait until BOOK 3 comes out to learn why.

A friendly reminder that WHEN THE SHADOW SEES THE SUN: CREATIVES SURVIVING DEPRESSION anthology is available from Amazon in both print and e-formats.
(There are 3 different links in that last sentence.)

A lot of authors (including yours truly) got together to share our stories of our own close encounters with the darkness in order to help the family of Logan L. Masterson, who lost his own battle with depression earlier this year.
Hopefully besides them, this book can help someone else too.

Afraid that's all for now.
See you around the Internet.
Lee Houston, Junior
11 December, 2016

PROGRESS REPORT: WEEK ENDING JULY 4, 2015

I hope that everyone who celebrated America's Independence yesterday did so safely and had a great time.

While I did manage to get some work done on ALPHA, BOOK 2: WAYWARD SON this past week, most of my creative time was spent on Anthology Avenue.

I'm almost finished with the short story for the Tommy Hancock Benefit anthology to be released from Airship 27, but something is just not quite right with it in my opinion, so I want to tweak it a little more and hope to get the tale as perfect as humanly possible and turned in later this week.

Otherwise, back to ALPHA 2, barring anything unforeseen.

Take care, and see you around the Internet!
Lee Houston, Junior
5 July, 2015

PROGRESS REPORT: WEEK ENDING JUNE 20, 2015

ANTHOLOGIES, ANTHOLOGIES, AND MORE ANTHOLOGIES

This past week's creative output has all been on anthologies.

FIRST, I proofread the last story for the Super Swingin' Hero 1968 Special, coming soon from Mechanoid Press, that I have been helping Jim Beard out with.
A prose homage to the late Silver Age of comic book history, this anthology will feature the creative talents of Lisa M. Collins, Chuck Miller, Robert Kennedy, Thomas Deja, Sam Grafford, Bonnie Sterling, Mark Halegua, Jim Beard, myself, and the legendary DAVID MICHELINIE!

No, you did not misread that last name.

SECOND, I am currently working on my contribution to the Tommy Hancock benefit anthology from Airship 27: The Legends of New Pulp.
As far as I know, and Captain Ron Fortier at A27 can correct me if I'm wrong, while enrollment on the project is closed, there are over 60 people signed up to contribute their creative talents in a benefit anthology to help Tommy and his family out with his medical bills.
At this point, I am a little beyond the half way point of the 4000 word minimum requirement. While I don't know what the exact final total will be (yet), I will definitely be finishing the story under the 8000 word maximum.

Afraid I don't know the release dates for the above books yet, but when I do...

Meanwhile, there was a third possible anthology that I might have contributed to in order to help someone else, but the person behind it has a narrow set of submission parameters for that project, and unfortunately I don't have anything that currently qualifies.
I wish both the project and the person it is supposed to benefit well.


So what does the week ahead hold in store?
Other than the fact that today's both the Summer Solstice AND Father's Day, the only thing I know for sure is that I'll be continuing work on my story for the Hancock benefit anthology.

Hope you have a great week, and I'll see you around the Internet.
Lee Houston, Junior
(Not counting the subtitle, Anthologies was used once, anthology 5 times)
21 June, 2015

A BENEFIT ANTHOLOGY FOR TOMMY HANCOCK

Okay folks, Tommy Hancock, my friend and Editor-In-Chief at Pro Se has taken ill. Details below, but the call is going out to all writers and artists in the New Pulp community to pitch in and lend the man a hand.
If you qualify and are interested, keep reading.
If not, please wish Tommy well and go on about your day.

LEGENDS OF NEW PULP FICTION

A benefit anthology for Tommy Hancock

Airship 27 Productions is extremely happy to announce their newest project will be a very special New Pulp Fiction anthology to benefit New Pulp publisher/editor/writer Tommy Hancock.  Tommy was recently hospitalized and diagnosed with having congestive heart failure.  In a recent to letter to friends and colleagues, Tommy elaborated on his condition and the challenges ahead on his road to recovery.

Within hours, writer Jaime Ramos approached Ron Fortier, Managing Editor of Airship 27 Productions about the possibilities of producing a one-of-a-kind New Pulp anthology that would benefit Tommy and his family and help defray some of the medical bills they will be accruing in the weeks and months ahead. Fortier was immediately receptive and the two will share co-editing credits on the project.

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS TO BOTH WRITERS AND ARTISTS.

If you are a published New Pulp writer or artist and would like to contribute to this benefit anthology, you are asked to contact Fortier and request the book’s guidelines and set deadline for both story and artwork.  Note, this being an Airship 27 Production, it will feature interior illustrations for each and every story in the anthology.  Also important, this is a call for new stories, not reprints.  Once the book is assembled, it will be available at Amazon in both hard copy and on Kindle.  All profits from the sale of the book will go directly to Tommy and his family.

This is an opportunity for the entire New Pulp community to come together as a family that truly cares for one another.  Again, interested creators should contact Fortier at (Airship27@comcast.net) to sign on and request the official guidelines.