PROGRESS REPORT: WEEK ENDING NOVEMBER 17, 2018

First and foremost everybody:

Now then, my friendly neighborhood beta-proofreader has decided that between the impending holiday and needing to finish going over what will be the fifth novel in her Jezebel Johnston series before submitting it to Airship 27, that the two of us will not be trading files until after the first of December at the earliest.

I will still be going over her latest fantasy novel while she reviews HUGH MONN, PRIVATE DETECTIVE, BOOK 3: FEMME FATALE, just not when I originally thought.

So what have I been doing?
WRITING.
Duh!

At the moment, I am backtracking to finish my Zephyr Lily story for Jim Beard's 1970s comics homage anthology, because that has been green lighted again! 😁

Then I will be racking up the frequent time traveling miles between a few other projects I want to get underway, including another Sherlock Holmes adventure.
So while all of this might be a whole lot easier if I had my own TARDIS😉, I certainly won't be idle, despite the fact that I will be taking Thursday off.

In any event, take care, and I'll see you around the Internet.
Lee Houston, Junior
18 November, 2018

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PROGRESS REPORT: WEEK ENDING NOVEMBER 10, 2018

You can't see it from your side of the Internet, but I'm doing my "happy dance" right now because I have finished the manuscript for HUGH MONN, PRIVATE DETECTIVE, BOOK 3: FEMME FATALE!

Tuesday, my friendly neighborhood beta-proofreader and I will trade files.
I will review her latest fantasy novel while she reads Hugh.
When done, we will trade back and go over each other's respective notes, making corrections where needed before going over the manuscript one last time from start to finish.
Then, when everything is as perfect as humanly possible, I will submit FEMME FATALE to the publisher and go on to my next project.

"But what is that?" you ask.
Stay tuned!

HAPPY VETERANS' DAY!
Lee Houston, Junior
11 November, 2018

PROGRESS REPORT: WEEK ENDING NOVEMBER 3, 2018

I AM on the very last chapter of HUGH MONN, PRIVATE DETECTIVE, BOOK 3: FEMME FATALE!
However, I'm not sure if it will conclude with Chapter 25 or 26.
It's just a question of how long I decide to make 25.
Regardless of the chapter number, I am currently 134 manuscript pages and 63,000+ words into the novel, so I do have to conclude everything before reaching 70,000 words.

With the false starts, dead ends, restarts, and having to pause everything because of my mother's passing last October, I will be the first to admit this one has been really tough to write.
Yet the end IS in sight!

When FEMME FATALE is done, I will be going over my friendly neighborhood beta-proofreader's manuscript for what will be her next fantasy novel while she reviews Hugh.

After that...?

So I better get back to writing.
Take care and I'll see you around the Internet.
Lee Houston, Junior
4 November, 2018

PROGRESS REPORT: WEEK ENDING OCTOBER 27, 2018

I am certainly glad that this past week is over and done with.😣
The eye exam went well. Mine are as healthy as a 56 year old man's can be. 😎
Still need the reading glasses, but at least the prescription hasn't changed.
Eye health is as important as anything else concerning your well being, and I do the best I can to stay well, living a post congestive heart failure and aortic aneurysm life.
But because of the eye exam and some other stuff, I didn't get much writing done this past week. 😢

Hopefully things will be back to what passes for "normal" soon.

Still on HUGH MONN, PRIVATE DETECTIVE, BOOK 3: FEMME FATALE, so I better get back to writing now.

Take care, and I'll see you around the Internet.
Lee Houston, Junior
28 October, 2018

PROGRESS REPORT: WEEK ENDING OCTOBER 20, 2018

WELL...

I did write when I could, and work is going great on HUGH MONN, PRIVATE DETECTIVE, BOOK 3: FEMME FATALE.
Still feel that I'm within a chapter or two of completing the manuscript!

BUT...
I didn't get as much writing time as I would of loved to have this past week because other things kept coming up.
Not really sure how this coming week is going to go either, especially since I have an eye doctor's appointment and I will be getting dilated during it, so that day I'm not really counting on.

OTHERWISE...
I'll just keep doing the best I can with what I've got, so I better get back to writing now.

Take care, and I'll see you around the Internet.
Lee Houston, Junior
21 October, 2018

PROGRESS REPORT: WEEK ENDING OCTOBER 13, 2018

Hugh Monn, Private Detective

Current writing project is still HUGH MONN, PRIVATE DETECTIVE, BOOK 3: FEMME FATALE.
Am on Chapter 24 (of a possible 25 or 26) and have just broken 60,000 words.
Should (and note the stress on that first word) have the manuscript finished by the end of the month.
Then it goes to my friendly neighborhood beta-proofreader for review, while I tackle a few short story projects until I receive the results of her review.

Until then, going back to writing now.
Lee Houston, Junior
14 October, 2018

PROGRESS REPORT: WEEK ENDING OCTOBER 6, 2018

Other than the fact that I'm still on HUGH MONN, PRIVATE DETECTIVE, BOOK 3: FEMME FATALE, there really isn't much to report.

I did go back and re-read everything I had so far before picking up where I left off.
Have a list of plot points and unanswered questions that I need to address before I type those last words "The End".

24 chapters and almost 59,000 words at the moment. For those who keep track of such statistics, the longest individual chapter is 7 pages, but you also have to remember that the manuscript format is different from the final print/e-book version, because Pro Se prefers authors to skip a line between paragraphs.

When HUGH is done and being reviewed by my friendly neighborhood beta-proofreader, I will be working on a couple of short stories until FEMME FATALE is completely finished and I turn my attention to whatever becomes PROJECT ALPHA BOOK 3.

With that in mind, I better get back to writing now.
Take care, and I'll see you around the Internet.
Lee Houston, Junior
7 October, 2018