Hello again, my friends,

I hope you all are having a great week so far. Time has really flown for me this week, but I’m happy to report that I’m quite pleased with my productivity level as of late. I’ve been on a writing kick and have been pondering and contemplating my stories nonstop. It feel awesome to be writing again, I must say. The writing bug is one…eh…insect I definitely welcome.

I have updated my About page and made a few changes. When you travel to the URL that leads to my blog, the homepage will now be the “About” page rather than the posts page. I thought this would be more user-friendly for everyone and will give newcomers and visitors info on the content posted here. The top menu is easy to navigate, so you’ll be able to find posts for any of the stories and sections you want to read. Plus, the sidebar has a lot of navigation options.

Anyway, I just wanted to give you all a progress report and also report on some more decisions I’ve made regarding my stories. I now have Robin and Alina’s chapters reposted over here, having relocated them from my Legacies blog. Their permanent home will now be on this blog. I’ve tweaked some of the posts just a little to improve mood, wording, and other such things I felt needed attention. Plus, I caught a couple of typos which I took care of. I do my best to catch them but unfortunately miss one or two from time to time. I’m a one woman show over here and do the best I can to put out quality material.

From here on out, chapters for Robin and Alina – Heartsongs & Enchantments – will be new material. As per my update from a few days ago, I’m 99% sure that once I get them to a certain point, I’ll be incorporating them into the main Forever in Time story, which will complete the “mini-story.” They’re such a big part of the family dynamic that it’s going to end up being harder and harder to keep their story separate. There would be more of a chance for continuity errors, which I want to avoid as much as possible. I’ll keep you updated on when that transition will be happening. Plus, I’ll be adding them to my Cast of Characters page, which totally needs updating.

I gave my blog a slight makeover. I didn’t go drastic but felt it needed a little facelift. I changed the theme and colors, and I hope to add a few little doodads and decorative touches. However, I don’t want it to look too busy. I do want it to be easy to navigate between stories and sections. I’ll be updating the top menu to reflect the changes and story additions.

Since we are on the subject of story additions, now comes the part where I report some more decisions I’ve made. I am seriously horrible at keeping up with legacies, and my SimLit Legacies blog has been sorely neglected. Plus, I don’t think a lot of my followers here are aware that my second blog exists. I’ve begun a couple stories over there (I’m not too far into them yet) that can be considered crossovers with Forever in Time. They started out as legacies, but I will be switching gears. This means I’m going to bring a lot of that material from there over here to include them as supporting characters for the main Forever in Time story. It’s going to be a bit of an undertaking because I’ll probably have to rewrite a lot of stuff to get it ready for inclusion on this blog. I’ll keep them as mini-stories as a way to introduce the characters and then transition them over when they get to a point where that can happen. Again, I’ll update the Cast of Characters page and keep you all posted when those changes are made.

This means that Forever in Time will end up with a bit more characters coming in. But since this is a soap opera type of story, more characters are added quite often and of course, some go. I just think it’ll be better all around, as it will give more of an opportunity for these characters to shine and be involved. Plus, it’ll save me some headaches without having to finagle crossover timelines and such. I can just rotate as needed for whatever chapter is coming up instead of totally abandoning their original stories and leaving them in the dust.

I hope that makes sense. I’ll explain things as I go in hopes of lessening any confusion that may come up.

I still do want to do a legacy, but it will be one that is in no way connected to Forever in Time. Heck, I may even do it Sims 4 style – we shall see. But any legacy story will be on my legacies blog.

I also have a Midnight Sun challenge story over there, which I will be continuing. That will stay put and will be more of a mini-legacy. I think ten generations on a deserted island is overkill. 😀 So there will be either three or five; noting is set in stone yet.

Anyhow, that is my update for this go-round. I hope it excites you as much as it does me. I’m all about trying to make my life easier these days.

Be extra good to your Simmies and have a wonderful day. Stay safe and healthy. Tootles for now. 🙂

Much love and many blessings,

Sharon – Sweet Nightingale