Hello, and Happy Weekend!

I thought I would take this time to do one of my little updates since it has been about a week since anything was published. It’s actually pretty quiet here on the home front, but I was feeling pretty blah this week. I had no inclination to do much of anything, and I felt like my brain was fried. I did try to work on a chapter but the flow just wasn’t coming. I totally scrapped my first attempt. Now, I’m pretty sure I’ll be scrapping a part of my second attempt. I hated the results and so won’t subject you guys to have to suffer through what I felt was subpar writing and unnecessary fluff. I guess that’s what happens when you try to write when you’re feeling a bit unwell. My muse is gearing up to get back in action though so a new chapter won’t be far off.

I decided to do further consolidation in regard to my stories. I had a couple other things going that were going to be crossovers with Forever in Time. My original plan was to do the legacy format, but I have since abandoned that endeavor. I decided it was time to make my life easier and eliminate the potential complications a crossover can bring. In coming to that decision, I incorporated my story Serenade into the mainframe of Forever in Time. Since FIT characters were mentioned and the twisted, evil Shane Clayton appeared in both stories, I felt it would be easier for me to manage if everything was included in one story and not spread out on two separate blogs. So, Debbie has officially been included here and will make further appearances. These first few chapters had been written in first person POV and I was too lazy to adjust to third person, I made it so they would be journal entries from Debbie. I actually do enjoy writing in first person POV but felt it would be too confusing and disjointed to switch from third to first person. Anyway, further chapters featuring Debbie will be written in third person POV to match the other chapters unless otherwise specified.

With Robin and Alina, they will be fully incorporated into the main FIT story once I get them to a certain point where I can end their mini-story, which is called Heartsongs & Enchantments. They have been moved to this blog to keep all FIT related material in one place. They should be getting their own update very soon. I have some revisions to make and need to get screenshots, but they’re coming. 🙂

Because I have moved all of that from my other blog to here, I took down the posts from over there for continuity and simplicity’s sake. That blog will still be used but is getting a makeover. I’m currently doing a Midnight Sun challenge (Sims 3) and making it into a mini-legacy (3 to 5 generations but haven’t decided yet). That is housed on what started out as my legacies blog. Any legacy type story I do in the future will also be housed on that blog. As I said, that blog will be getting a makeover and more material added. I have some things in the making where it won’t be a story per se. It’ll be screenshot heavy with some commentary. That is nice for when I need a break from all the work it takes to put together an actual written story and staged screenshots. Plkus, it’s more lighthearted and gives me a little timeout from the hardships, tragedy, and drama that my story characters go through. What I have been doing is a 100 Baby Challenge (Sims 3) that I will begin moving from an old Blogger blog to my other WordPress blog. It is called Kira’s Keep and posts for that will trickle in starting either tonight or tomorrow, depending on how ambitious I get. I’m also planning a fun little adventure for my Sim Self. I have SOOOO many handsome Sims in my stash who’ve caught her eye that she has decided to start a male harem. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 What I thought I’d do is document the adventures and hijinks she gets up to with each of her partners and show the kiddos she has with said partner. Each “couple” will have its own Save, as I’ll probably be playing with different occults for certain pairings. Plus, it’ll give me an opportunity to play in different worlds and with houses I have backed up. The title for this will be announced when I get this off the ground.

Now for more news about things that will be added here.

To go along with Forever in Time, I’ll be beginning a supplemental series of posts called Meet the Families. These posts will introduce any further new characters before they appear in the main FIT story. I thought things might get lost in the shuffle if I just slid them in and have them suddenly appear. I will also be continuing with the A Life to Live content, which will have short stories/one-shots featuring our beloved FIT characters pre-FIT. An example of this is a short story called The Imprinting. What will also be included in that category are funny vignettes or other instances that will have happened “off scree” from the main events. An example of this is a story entitled The Taming of the Shrew. 

Updates to my character list will be coming, too. Included in the update will be a section for supporting characters as well as minor ones.

Well, I think that’ll do. I hope you all are having a wonderful and relaxing Saturday. Be good to yourselves and your Simmies. 🙂 Lots of ♥♥♥ to you all from me and my Simmies to you and yours.

Sweet Nightingale (Sharon)