PROGRESS REPORT: WEEK ENDING APRIL 26, 2025

 While I unfortunately didn't get more than a couple of paragraphs proofread on SOLITAIRE 2: THE AGENDA
since my last Progress Report😢, that is because I have been dealing with a major new development within the writing side of my life.

Alas, I cannot share any details with you at this time because no official announcement has been made public yet. However I can say that what is going on behind the scenes at the moment affects a lot of my past creative catalog and its future.

Wish I could say more but, other than hopefully completing the S2 editing this week, I have to keep silent on the matter while I try to get things worked out to deal with the repercussions of the situation.

In any event, take care.

STAY SAFE!

And I'll see you around the Internet.

Lee Houston, Junior

27 April, 2025

PROGRESS REPORT: WEEK ENDING APRIL 19, 2025

 Only 3 chapters left before I finally finish proofreading SOLITAIRE 2: THE AGENDA! 😀

And depending upon how you choose to celebrate today HAPPY/HOPPY EASTER!

Lee Houston, Junior

20 April, 2025

PROGRESS REPORT: WEEK ENDING APRIL 12, 2025

 Only got another chapter of SOLITAIRE 2: THE AGENDA proofread this past week, but at least this time it wasn't all life's interruptions and other things at fault.

I got some writing news that I will be able to share with everyone in time.

Just not right now.

This new development does mean that I will have to rethink my writing schedule beyond completing the proofreading on SOLITAIRE 2 and finishing that SHERLOCK HOLMES story I was also trying to create when I decided to concentrate my full creative energies on S2 because of all the previous interruptions trying to bounce back and forth between the two.

But in any event I better get back to it now.

Take care.

STAY SAFE.

And I'll see you around the Internet.

Lee Houston, Junior

13 April, 2025

PROGRESS REPORT: WEEK ENDING APRIL5, 2025

 Only managed to proofread another chapter of SOLITAIRE 2: THE AGENDA this past week, but I've been as busy as a bee🐝 on other matters.

Passed my latest Cardiologist visit April 2. As much as I like my doctor, unfortunately those are practically all day affairs because it's about a 35 mile drive one way just to see him.

Housework, laundry and a lot of other stuff came up which postponed my weekly grocery hunting trip—a term I first coined during the original COVID😷 period this country experienced because of all the empty shelves and long lines in stores—to yesterday.

And on top of all of this, there may be another writing project in my future after I finish proofreading SOLITAIRE 2 and creating that SHERLOCK HOLMES adventure I'm in the middle of, but it's too soon to tell.

In any event I better get back to it now.

Take care.

STAY SAFE!

And I'll see you around the Internet.

Lee Houston, Junior

6 April, 2025

PROGRESS REPORT: WEEK ENDING MARCH 29, 2025

 I've made it to Chapter 23 of 34 proofreading SOLITAIRE 2: THE AGENDA. Even with all the revisions, additions and other changes I'm still a hair under the 60,000 word mark but it's the quality of the work not the quantity that matters most.

I've also been thinking about my future projects past SOLITAIRE 2.

Next will definitely be finishing that SHERLOCK HOLMES story I was working on concurrently until I decided to concentrate entirely on SOLITAIRE 2 when I had the writing time available.

Beyond that?

At some point I will obviously start working on what will eventually become SOLITAIRE 3, no subtitle at the present time.

There's always ZEPHYR LILY to get back to but horror/fantasy adventure takes time to get "just right" without being cliche or repetitive of everything else out there in that genre.

I still have that SCI FI NOVEL I wrote whose manuscript needs another review before I consider sending it to any potential publisher

AND I've been kicking around some other ideas that unfortunately haven't been developed/grown enough yet to start devoting writing time to them.

All of the above PLUS my first of two semi-annual trips to the Cardiologist this week, my weekly Errands Excursion and taking care of The Free Choice E-zine when I'm not "working" on my own writing.

So I better get back to it now.

Take care.

STAY SAFE!

And I'll see you around the Internet.

Lee Houston, Junior

30 March, 2025

PROGRESS REPORT: WEEK ENDING MARCH 22, 2025

 I'm about to start proofreading Chapter 20 of SOLITAIRE 2: THE AGENDA

I know. It seems like a slow long drag, and you wouldn't be wrong in your assessment from some perspectives of the overall project.

It takes time to make sure all the I's are dotted and the T's crossed and all the other grammatical cliches that apply, but it's worth it.

I've corrected a couple of mistakes—Hey, I'm only human—and added about another 300 words to the overall manuscript so far to flesh out a thought here and a sentence there.

With all the other commitments of life I have to deal with, time is still a precious commodity when your entire "staff" is me, myself, and I but I will have this manuscript completely proofread and off to the publisher.

Hopefully by the end of April at the latest.

So I better get back to it.

Take care.

STAY SAFE!

Have a great week and I'll see you around the Internet.

Lee Houston, Junior

23 March, 2025

PROGRESS REPORT: WEEK ENDING MARCH 15, 2025

 I've made it to Chapter 18 of SOLITAIRE 2: THE AGENDA, which now puts me at the halfway point of the manuscript since it has 34 chapters.

I only had one decent writing day, time wise, this past week.

Otherwise it was catch as catch can.

A moment here. A couple of minutes there. You get the idea.

You have to understand that when I proofread any manuscript, I go word by word by line by sentence by paragraph by scene by page by chapter until I've reread the entire manuscript from its first word until the very end.

Had family over today, so nothing got accomplished professionally except this blog post and The Sunday Funnies on The Free Choice E-zine.

Not sure how the coming week will turn out but I am going to bed now.

Take care, and I'll see you around the Internet.

Lee Houston, Junior

16 March, 2025

For those celebrating, HAPPY SAINT PATRICK'S DAY🍀, but please party responsibly.