Have made it into Chapter 7 of the HUGH MONN, PRIVATE DETECTIVE PREQUEL NOVEL: PRIVATE BATTLES.
Wish I could say more, but at least there has been some progress since last week.
I know some of the slow writing pace is having to deal with all of life's other responsibilities.
For example: I have two different doctor appointments this upcoming week, although one of them is just chauffeuring the dog and a cat to their vet.
Yet I (only being human) reluctantly realize that part of it is procrastination on my part.
And a lot of that stems from still trying to figure out who exactly HUGH MONN was before he became a private detective.
Not that I don't know at least some of the character's backstory.
It's just that I never really had to sit down and think about, let alone develop all the details of it before now.
We all have things we have to figure out in life.
Who you are now, compared to who you want to be.
It's the same for fictional characters, just that most of the time, they're already past that point when you first meet them.
But because HUGH's original publisher went out of business and I'm having to start all over again, I figured to start fresh with some new material instead of just reworking the existing words.
And of course I've still have to either develop my self-pub game or find another publisher when the time comes.
Definitely sometime by Spring 2026.
So with all 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
9 November, 2025
