Di's Victorian Vexes

Really busy the past few weeks with regards to my game and simming. First off, I completed Myshuno! and started to think more about my characters and writing, which really pleased me. I’m still not at the stage where I can sit down tonight and start writing the next chapter, but I’m able to think about it and writing a certain character without having a panic attack. This is a massive step forward from where I’ve been most of the past year and a bit.


( Lots of blabber about my game follows. )

Five years ago today, a naïve young lady started a challenge that she thought would take a year, two tops, by plonking a sim called Gabe Legacy on a lot in a subhood of Pleasantview.


( Some ruminations and a few pictures )


But to finish, I do want to give something more to you all, as a token of my thanks and appreciation for all the support, encouragement and friendship you've given me over the past five years.  So, what I'm going to do, is something I've not done before and open this entry up to questions.  Is there something you really want to know about my sims or characters?  Perhaps you want to know how old Eddie is, or what's Sarah Jane's favourite colour.  Do you want to know more about Sophia's relationship with her father?  You can ask anything, but be aware that I'm not going to spoil my upcoming plot here.  Anything that does look like it'll be too spoilery, I won't answer, and anything that I'm not comfortable sharing with everyone, I might send you a pm about.  But ask away!

So this is only slightly late but the 30th June 2007 was the day I published my first chapter.  I've tried very hard to get a chapter out on that day ever since, but it's not happened this year.  To make up for it, I've put together a tour of my neighbourhood and some of my favourite houses and a couple of new community lots for you.  Enjoy.

[Poll #1739669]Leeetle poll for you all to take a gander at today.  As I was sorting my picspam for yesterday I realised how many houses I play in the rotation now, and that number's only going to increase.  up until now, I've tried to share pictures of all the houses, but i wasn't sure if you'd all like that to continue, so!  Poll for you.  Tell me who you want to see picspam of. 

EDIT:  I guess I should have mentioned that I'll always want to share the spares and cousins, what I want to know is who else you'd like.

Yeah, so I'm finding it really hard going writing chapter 14.1.  I have ideas as to what to write, but it's taking me so long to get it down in Word.  Normally when I'm writing during the week, I average 20-25 slides a night.  Not a great deal, but I tend to do other things at the same time, such as play the game or surf the net.  This week I'm averaging 12.15 slides.  It's only a short chapter too (about 100 slides) but with only 41 done I'm not sure if I'll hit my self-imposed deadline of uploading on monday night. 

I think part of it is I am so close to sending the second wave to university and getting started on Edward's story, I just want to get that done.  I am really looking forward to getting the kids to uni and having the plot start to take off again.  I don't want to say too much, but when my readers figure out what is going on I want there to be gasps, gasps I tell you, and shouts at the screen of "Nooooo."  You'll probably all find it very anti-climactic now, but there you go. 

With the boys at uni I can start thinking more about the BC too.  I still have two spaces left, so I'm hoping that there will be two more volunteers when the next chapter goes up, because Theo is in it and everyone can see how yummy he is.


I've also been procrastinating by re-colouring some of the eyes I made last year.


Anyway, I think that's enough procrastination for now.  Back to the writing.

Well, since I'm not out tonight, I thought I'd sit down and finish reordering my snapshots in my little folders following the other day's mini disaster.  I'm so happy that I've finally finished it, I can now start writing when the inspiration sparks.  I'm aiming to start writing this weekend once I've finished the current rotation in the main house, and since it's a bank holiday I should find the time to make a good start. 

I also want to start sorting pictures for my next interlude if I can, but I need to play one particular house before I can get that done *tries to be slightly mysterious.*


Well anyway, now I've finished sorting, I am going to reward myself by playing the main family for a bit. :)

Edit: just wanted to share that the Toybox is now at level 10, the final star coming from Denise Jacquet, woot.  I'm going to start planning the fourth business now, and try to get William some crafting bench badges.

Edit 2: William has finally got a gold flower arranging badge, hoo-bloody-ray!  I am very happy about this.