My World

Story updates, writing frustrations, and sim related things in general.




On hiatus...

May 17, 2009

Having a difficult time at home.  My youngest son, the autistic one, has been quite intense lately, and I'm having a rough time with him.  My oldest, who is my other 'difficult' one, has also been a lot of work.  They've had a lot of appointments - counseling, case conferences, dentist visits, doctor visits (my middle son fractured his arm a few weeks ago), and my husband has been running around in circles with the doctors trying to get a date set for his neck surgery.  Finally we have one, on June 4, the day after my youngest's 6th birthday.  Home life has been stressful and overwhelming, and I've been depressed and burned out.  I'm barely functioning at the moment.  I haven't been in the mood to work on my sims projects, because, let's be honest here, sometimes it's a lot of work and it's difficult and daunting to get good pictures.  I want to try to focus on my novel (that I've been working on sporadically for four years) and try to do *the final* read through and edit so I can submit it for publishing.  My goal is to have it finished by the time school is out.  It's about time I did something with it instead of thinking about it.  And, to put it simply, I'm getting sick of sims.  I'm afraid if I don't step back for awhile, I'll burn out completely.  I need a chance to miss it, if that makes sense.

So...I think it's in my best interest to take a break.  I plan on waiting until the kids go back to school in August to pick up the sims stories, unless my muse calls me sooner - but I'm certainly not going to try to force it. 

To fans of Between the Light and the Darkness, only 2 chapters left to post.  I will get those done (hopefully soon) during my break, because those pics are already done, and I'm not cruel enough to leave people hanging for three months waiting for the end.  Not quite, lol.

To fans of Every Family Has Its Secrets, very sorry.  But it will need to be put on hold for awhile.  I hate to do that, but like I said, I need a break.  It's been more work than fun, and that makes it just 'one more thing' I have to deal with.  I certainly don't want to quit, there's so much I want to share, so hopefully in mid August I'll get on with it.

To fans of The Weekend Warriors Chronicles,  I left it at a good stopping point - the end of their first adventure.  A second adventure has been in the works (the writing) for awhile now, and I have many ideas for furture adventures.  So I'm not aiming to quit this one.

Thank you all for your patience and understanding.  Thank you for your lovely comments.  Forgive me for not responding sooner - I'll try to get to it soon.

Between the Light and the Darkness update!

April 25, 2009

The Showdown continues!  Can't really tell you what this chapter is about, but let's just say that Shirra loses her temper and bad stuff happens. ;)

Between the Light and the Darkness - Chapter 31

April 14, 2009

The talking is done and now the real action starts.  You don't want to miss this!  Bloodshed will ensue, so be warned.

Every Family Has Its Secrets Chapter 4

April 7, 2009


Finally! Chapter 4 is posted.  Victoria gets to escape her depressing home life for some good ol' teenage fun with Shane.

Between the Light and the Darkness - Chapter 30

April 5, 2009


The Showdown continues.  What happens to Shirra when she runs away from home as a teen? In this chapter, we learn more about Shirra's past.  She meets someone instrumental to her progress in the arcane ways, and suffers deep heartache.


Mixed Lot

March 27, 2009


Lots of stuff going on today.  First and foremost, Chapter 29 of Between the Light and the Darkness has just been posted.  In this chapter, the showdown begins.  It is a long part of the story, and will span several chapters.  Thank you ZAYURY for your continued support and help transferring this story from Insim.  I probably woulnd't get it done without your help!!

News about hubby's back.  He saw the specialist, and it's almost a sure thing that he'll need to have surgery.  They want him to have an EMG, first, to see what his nerves are doing, and that's scheduled for April 1st.  We'll know after that what the next step is.

And lastly, I've pulled out my dusty manuscript of Merlin's Quest - a novel I started 4 years ago.  I made a promise to myself to polish it up and submit if for publishing this year.  And thankfully, my muse felt like working on it, so I spent two days rereading it and doing some minor editing.  I have a little more I want to add to it, but I'm hoping to have it ready to submit by this summer and actually send it out.  I may get lots of rejection slips, but just envisioning it on a shelf in a bookstore is such an exciting thought, that I have to try.  So, wish me lots of luck on that!!


Just a little note...

March 13, 2009

My husband might need surgery for a couple of herniated discs in his neck.  He sees a specialist on March 25th, and we'll go from there and find out for sure.  But this is just to let everyone know that if he does need surgery, we'll be disconnected from the internet for awhile.  He won't be getting his overtime, and we really need that.  

So...I will try to get a couple of updates done and catch up a bit on my reading.  My whole family has been quite sick this week (including me) and I just haven't been up to taking screenshots.

I'll keep everyone informed of the latest once I hear it.  Thanks muchly to all of you who have been reading.  I really appreciate it, and would not be inspired to continue without your support!!
 
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