Guardian's Key is Back

Morana III is here. It's a lot of talking, but from this point on, it's off to rescue Kerrin and then to the hot deserts in the southern parts of Neith. No more trees. Yay! If you've never tried to move things around when you're surrounded by trees, then you're really missing something. More often than not, you'll grab a tree and move it.

I'd really hoped to get to this much sooner, but it turns out that I've recently received a request for chapters and a synopsis for my non-Sims story. Unfortunately, that story had become one story problem after another. So now, I'm digging in and fixing the problems - which really aren't very horrible on the whole. So, as you can probably guess, the editor comes first, but I have every hope of taking a break and fitting in more Guardian's Key just as often as I can.

Speaking of books, Drew, from Drew's Sim Stories, has had two novellas published and a short due out in December. Want a good paranormal read that covers time travel and vampires, then check out her author's page: Karyn Gerrard.

I hope everyone in the US had a good Thanksgiving, however you celebrate it.

Take care,
Lachesis

Morana II

I'm back with more Guardian's Key. Lessa finally tracks down her parents. They've made themselves so inaccessible that by the time she finds them she's more than ready to let loose.

Guardian's Key, Part 8 Morana, Part II

Sometimes picking which picture I want to use can be a chore. I take so few, only three to four max of each from different angles and pick the one that best depicts what I'm trying to say. There are times, however, when making the choice falls into gut feelings and then I feel bad about the ones I don't choose. So, for shits and giggles, below are two pictures that almost, but not quite made the grade.

Enjoy!

As always, thank you all for spending some time in my world.

Take care,
Lachesis

New Sea of Moons Post

Back again, sooner than expected - yeah, for me, too.

It always bothers me how non-alpha male Kerrin comes across most of the time, and how little he tends to have to do since he's a non-magique. So, I desperately wanted to give you a closer look into what makes Kerrin Draonight tick. I hope this between the parts update succeeds in showing you another side of Kerrin.

You can be sure, what happens in the darkness will forever change him. Kerrin's been living day to day for far too long, it's time for him to see he has to embrace the man he is, the good and the evil halves of his personality.

Somewhere in Neith...

Oh, and if you're interested in seeing some of my non-Sims writing, I've entered the Mills and Boon New Voices contest for the second year. Cat's Destiny. It's paranormal, and no, it's not about a cat-shifter. I didn't realize that using the heroine's name in the title would give people the wrong impression until my husband mentioned it to me.

Thank you for reading.
Take care,
Lachesis

Spirits, I Hate Summer

First the good news, or I hope the good news, I'm back with the next installment of Guardian's Key.

Second, I want to thank everyone who's still hanging in there with me. I can't begin to tell you how much I appreciate it. Also, I seem to have picked up some new readers as well, and welcome all of you, and again, thank you for your patience.

I love this story and I so want to get the rest of it to you. Things are just starting to pick up and the real fun is about to begin. I've mentioned before that this story will complete the Kerrin/Lessa trilogy that started with A Vampire's Tale. Now that we're back in Morana where it all began, the questions are soon to be answered and their story will reach its conclusion. It's not going to be an easy trip for them by any means, but no longer will either of them be unsure of what their futures hold.

I'd love to be able to promise I'll be back before months go by again, and I'm going to really try, but I can't.

Thank you all,

Take care,
Lachesis

New Guardian's Key

I pushed aside the final plotting of my non-Sims manuscript to get this out. (Although, most likely I just used this as an excuse to not get to my final plotting.) 

Guardian's Key The Shadowqueen III

From time to time I start writing projects that I just seem to lose my love for, but Sea of Moons has never been one. I'm really excited to get moving forward with the story. This update ends our time with Telaan and company for a while. Kerrin still needs to be found and Lessa has mysteries that must be solved before too much longer. So next time, we're off to Morana to see how Lessa, Xavier and Kerrin are doing.

If you follow Lachesis' Tales, you already know that I've removed Wake the Dead from the story lineup. As much as I absolutely love Kai and Shani and the world they live in, the story just dried up for me. I should never have put it online before it was completely written. I'm very sorry I couldn't finish it, but I realized I had nowhere for it to go. I had no idea how to finish it. And with my renewed attempts at publication and a full-time job, I just didn't have the energy to fight it into a workable story. 

I want to thank everyone who followed along, read and loved the irascible Scot as much as I do. Just for you I would have loved to continue, but there was no way I was going to be able to do justice to any part of it. The story or the characters.

Okay, I seem to be dropping projects left and right here. Lachesis Presents is also going to go on permanent hiatus. After I bought Generations, I had to do something I've never had to do before - not even with Sims 2. I had to uninstall and reinstall the entire game from ground up. I removed my four pieces of cc and the mod that allows them to be use. And I deleted all my hoods and got rid of all my Sims except my self-Sim. Which means that all the families I was following at Presents no longer exist.

Since the great reinstall, I've had to delete families and restart two more times because of bugs that cause the kids to become unplayable, or they just plain disappear. The Sims 3 has become a game of frustration, and therefore I'm pretty sure Presents will just sit frozen in time for now.

I really do want to thank everyone for sticking with my giant economy-sized lags of late. I won't promise, but I'm really hoping I'm starting to get myself a bit more organized and will get back here much more often.

Until then,

Take care,

Lachesis

A New Guardian's Key

Sea of Moons, Guardian's Key, The Shadowqueen Part 7 (II) has been added. I wanted to say more, but we have thunderstorms moving in, so I'll just have to be short.

For those in the US: Happy Memorial Day - Enjoy!

Take care,
Lachesis

This, That, and The Other

Not much going on these days, but I do have some news to pass on.



 



If you like Drew's Sims Stories, you might be interested to know she's on the verge of publishing her first novella to Evernight Publishing. A very spicy time travel romance and, having firsthand knowledge (she thinks I critique her stuff to be helpful, little does she know it's because I want a free read), an excellent read. Coming later this month, give it a looksee if you're interested.

 Karyn Gerrard










 
Now there's me. I've made a number of comments recently that I was working on another "project". Well that project is to follow in Karyn's footsteps and be published. I've finished editing and updating an old romantic suspense manuscript, which I've entered in a contest and will soon start getting ready for publisher submission. Now that that's finished, I'm working on what I hope will be a quick paranormal novella which I can also get out. Then it's back to a manuscript called Just Call it Magic. Another paranormal which I hope will be around 75,000-80,000 words.

So, busy? Yeah, a bit, but I'm also going to start squeezing in the conclusion of Guardian's Key into that mix.

Want to keep up with my pen name? You can visit my writing blog Beyond Normal. Don't expect much, however, I'm worse at updating there than I am here. :)

Take care everyone,

Lachesis

Additions to Posebox Catalog

Goodbye_sun has finished eighteen poseboxes. Additions have been made to these categories:

Accessories, Action, Couples Carrying, Couples Lying, Couples Sitting-Kneeling, Couples Standing, Fighting, Kneel, Lay Furniture, Sit Floor, Sit Furniture, Stand, Stand Lean, Walk, Weapons.

A nice well-rounded batch of additions with the majority going into the Couples Categories.

Lachesis

New Guardian's Key

Guardian's Key, Part 7, The Shadowqueen has finally been added. :)

I'd offer up an excuse or explanation as to why I've been gone so long, but frankly, Nanda expressed her feelings about that idea, so I decided to skip it. Let me just say, I'll try to be better in the future.

This last picture was another of those shots where you're trying to get everything together and a Sim walks by. I thought the look Eri's maiden gave Telaan was too perfect not to pass on.

Thank you all for your patience and thank you all for reading.

Take care,
Lachesis

Oh, by the way, I succumbed. I bought Sims Medieval. I'll pass on my impressions before too much longer, but just let me say quickly:

If you're not interested in straight, quest oriented RPG's this game is not for you in any way, shape or form. There is very, very little true Sims-style play in this game. But more on that later.

Wow, Time Flies!

I can't believe this: two years ago today I posted this about starting the Posebox Catalog and why. I still remember the frustration of looking for that one particular pose.

For the anniversary of what has become one extremely large project, I want to thank everyone who has helped in any way in getting and keeping this catalog put together.

I also want to thank all the creators of the boxes who are still, even though The Sims 3 has been out for two years, doing new poseboxes.

Lachesis

Angels' Cloud Update - Greed

This should have been a Wake the Dead week to update, but unfortunately WtD's next Chapter needs to be finalized. Fortunately it's written for the most part, just needs to be polished.

Lucky for Angels' Cloud it was ready to go.

That's pretty much how things will probably go for a while, whatever story needs the least amount of work, or whichever one I feel like working on will be the next one published.

Take care,
Lachesis

Posebox Catalog Updated

Just wanted to pass on that the catalog has finally been updated.

Thank you, Goodbye_sun, for the pictures which are used in this update. I think I got them all now.

I have another project that's going to take my time tomorrow, so I'm afraid it'll be another week before you see another story update. Sorry about that, but I've really got to get this project done since I promised myself I'd finish it before the end of the month. Yeah, I know, cryptic, but it's a RL kinda thing, just wanted you to know I will be back next week.

Take care,
Lachesis

Guardian's Key Update

Okay, I'm a week later than I wanted to be, but I'm certainly hoping I can get my shit together and get back on some kind of good update schedule.

So, back to Sea of Moons and Guardian's Key Part 6 Return to Cronus (II).

Yes, Kerrin's about to get in a world of hurt. The sweet, loving vampire is about to temporarily disappear, and the fighter he was in his early years will return. Frankly, we won't be following him, exactly, but he won't come out of this the same. None of them will, to tell the truth. By the time this adventure is over, no one's world will survive intact.

And that's all the hints I'll give for where this story's going. :)

Thank you for reading.

Take care,
Lachesis