Hi all! I just have a little announcement about my blog. I'm not shutting down but I'm thinking of making a change in how I do all this. I really like the idea of blogging, sharing what's going on in my hood, and having some actual documentation of everything going on. And I see all of the wonderful bloggers out there who have such interesting hoods that are rich in history and have ongoing storylines. But I've been struggling getting there.
Blogging the way I have been, which is pretty similar to how all the blogs I follow have been doing it (which inspired me to start my own blog) just isn't going to work for me anymore. And I'm feeling pressured... not by any of you... more internally pressured to get updates done. I want my hood to progress dammit and, I said before, with my schedule and lack of creative writing skills, it'll take me 30 real-life years to age my sims 30 sim-years. I mean, really, Alicia was pregnant with her twins for 7 real life months. And at the rate I'm going, they won't become toddlers until probably this Christmas. And the Hu update that I'm STILL not done with yet... (I was halfway done but then I got the blue screen of death and lost everything), I've had most of those pictures taken since January. JANUARY! It's April... :-( *sigh*
So, I thought of this today... I can usually get a good 1-3 hours of simming time in a few nights a week and get a decent amount of pics from those. I'm going to start posting them instead of waiting until I "finish" the play session. What does that mean? Each households will have multiple updates spread over a couple of weeks, but they'll all be linked the same way (with next/last update links) and should be short, sweet and easy to follow. That way, I'll have more updates, I can keep moving things along in my hood without being "held up" by my permanent writer's block, and you all get something to read from me more than once a month. They'll be like journal entries or something... yea. ;-)
Sound like it'll work? Well, I hope so cuz that's what I'm going to be doing lol. So, hopefully after I rewrite the entire Hu update again, I'll get started with the mini updates. I already have some stuff to post for the Stevens.
I wasn't sure what you meant at first (it's early here!) but I get it now. You have to do this whatever way works for you. That sounds great - it would be awesome to see more updates from you! :)
ReplyDeleteSorry if it sounded confusing at first! I was still pretty pissed that I lost my entire Hu update and was rambling a little (plus I had this post all written out and lost it, too). But I'm hoping this will work out much better. If I started this earlier, my Hu update would have been posted 2 and a half months ago and I could have had at least 2 or 3 household updates posted by now.
DeleteI agree with Carla, however it works best for you. Remember it's a game to be enjoyed
ReplyDeleteYes, that's exactly what I want to get back to... it being enjoyable again. And I want to see some progression, finally. I want to see Alicia's (and Kyle ;)) babies grow up and have more sims have babies, get married, etc. It feels like I can't get anywhere.
DeleteOh I'm excited Danielle! I really hope for more updates from you and this sounds like a way that will get you progressing and updating at the same time! Looking forward to seeing you in my feed more!
ReplyDeleteThanks Maisie! I'm excited to try this out myself. :)
DeleteYou should do whatever works best for you. It sounds like a good system to me and hopefully you'll enjoy your game and blog more this way :)
ReplyDeleteI hope this will be easier. I was going to work on my first update yesterday but my mind was on other things. We'll see what I can get done today ;).
DeleteDo what works best! I wish I could find a system that works best for me because I'm also slow and take awhile to get updates out. I can't wait to see what you come up with.
ReplyDeleteMy first mini-update will go up tomorrow and I'm still planning on playing tonight :). You should think about coming up with a system that'll work for you. Once you see my first mini update, see if that'll be something you could do. Just break it up into chunks. :)
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