I'm humbled that any of my stories were nominated at all, so to find out someone else nominated Listening for this is just. . .Wow! Thank you all so much who have nominated this story and also to anyone that reads this or any of my stories! This particular nomination came from hellohannah who currently writes Dustland Farytale and has a completed story called Doors (which was one of the first sim stories I was addicted to.) I highly recommend both (obviously since I nominated both for this same award.) :) ! Thank you hellohannah!
The Liebster Award is a way of bloggers supporting other bloggers. The rules for receiving this award are to:
- Post the award on your blog.
- Thank the blogger who presented the award and link back to their blog.
- Nominate 5-11 bloggers whom you feel deserve this award and have fewer than or equal to 3,000 followers.
- Answer 11 questions posted by the nominator, and ask your nominees 11 questions.
Nominations: These are the stories I originally nominated. I'm sharing them again since I love all of them! I've already asked them questions so I won't be posing additional ones.
blythelyre for The Torres Legacy
MrsOogieBoogie for The Insane Dubois Legacy
LateKnightSimmer for Echoes of Eternity
Marsar for A Pair of Brown Eyes
hellohannah for Dustland Fairytale and Doors
lilyparkersims for Jill's 100 Baby Challenge
RebornMonster for Life is an Odyssey
itsjulie for Through Colour Blind Eyes
lovesstorms for Ramsey Wishacy
hellohannah's Questions
1: Can you remember the first story/legacy you ever wrote for The Sims? (Published or unpublished, it doesn’t matter) What was it about?
It's actually this one. Listening to My Heart is the first thing I've ever written for The Sims. I picked a legacy since that's how I play The Sims; I create a family and then play many generations. So for me, it just made sense to pick a story format that fit with how I play.
2: You are locked in a room with one of your characters for 24 hours. Who is it and how do you pass the time?
Just one. . .? Well, Trev would want me to pick him. . .Lol! I think I would pick Steph, though. She would be a fun person to get stuck in a room with. We would talk about running and food, fix each others hair, maybe do each others nails. Dang! Why can't characters be real? I'd love to do that with her!
3: Some words we love the sound of and others make us cringe. What are some of your favourite and least favourite words?
I love to say awesome. I don't know why. Lol! It's my go to word. I also like the word wunderbar (German for wonderful). And I love to say Dude! especially to my son. Words that I can't stand are any that are disrespectful to others and are meant to hurt people. Unfortunately, too many to list.
4: Did you start playing The Sims when it first came out or was your first game on Sims 2 or 3? (or 4!)
I've played it since the beginning and have loved every minute of it and have probably spent a small fortune on them. :D
5: Who is the last Sim that you created? Did you just make them for fun or are they a part of your story?
Coach Nick Haines. He's Pamela's Dad in Trev's story; a very important character who I've grown pretty fond of.
6: Who is your favourite published author and what is your favourite book?
Oh Lord! Hard question. . .(can you smell the smoke as I try to think). . .Honestly, right now, and this is so cliche, but it's Jane Austen. I only read Pride and Prejudice in the last year and a half (I don't know why it took me so long) and ever since then I can't stop reading her books and also sequels that other authors have written based on her books.
7: How do you feel about criticism? Would you rather people kept honest opinions about your writing to themselves & avoid feeling hurt, or for them to be brutally honest with you about what can be improved?
I am one of those people that believes in telling the truth, but in a nice way. I love when readers ask questions when something doesn't make sense. It provides a way for me to look at how I wrote something and then figure out how I can write it better the next time. So I do appreciate it when readers engage in a discussion about elements of a story, but like anyone else, it's nice to hear that the story is appreciated.
8: Are any of your characters similar to you? Which ones? In what way?
Of all the characters that I write, the one that is most like myself is Star, and she is the hardest for me to write for. She's very much an introvert, likes her privacy, stands off to the sides and doesn't like to be the center of attention, which is why it's hard to write for her. At the same time, she is very passionate about those she loves and will step out of her comfort zone if it means that they benefit from her doing so.
9: If you had to be on a reality TV show, which would you choose to be on?
I don't watch reality shows. I know, I'm strange, but I watch very little TV. There's only 2 shows that I can't live without and it's Castle and Once Upon a Time. I will cry when both of them end. But if I was on Castle, I'd want to be the killer and have Nathan Fillion run after me, tackle, and then cuff me. I'm serious. . .can someone make that happen? If I was on Once Upon a Time, I'd want to be part of some plot line where Captain Hook falls madly in love with me and I sail away with him on the Jolly Roger. Again, if anyone reading this could make that happen, I would greatly appreciate it. :)
10: Think of a couple in your story, if they had never met, are there other characters that you think they would have ended up dating instead?
I think Amanda might have ended up with Johnny if Chuck hadn't been in the picture. Bridge. . .I just can't picture her without Carson. And George had given up on love until he met Steph so I can't really picture him with anyone else either. Maybe it's harder with the later generations since their partner has been an integral part of their stories since the beginning.
11: What’s the hardest/most uncomfortable thing you’ve ever had to write?
Honestly, it's sex scenes because I feel like I'm witnessing something that is, for the most part, a private act. And while the subject isn't embarrassing for me, I wouldn't personally sit in a room and take detailed notes about others engaging in such activities. And that's what it feels like for me since the characters are very real to me. So I have to go into a zone and just write what happens. But like all writing challenges, it gets easier each time so the most recent scene that I wrote between Jeff and Star (spoiler alert if you haven't reached that point in their story), was much easier than Bridge and Carson's, which was the first one I wrote.
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