Lurk no more...

[strangetomato]

Did you know that today is Delurking Day out there in the blogosphere?

 

That's right. So, let this be an invitation to anyone who'd like to introduce themselves and say hi. You know I'd love to hear from you. No pressure, of course, but you may as well delurk on Delurking Day, right? Come one, come all. Get a conversation started. I'm all ears.

This was a great day for me. I made some real progress on the next update, and there was RL good news all over the place. I was asked to interview for a job that had over 50 applicants and was pleasantly surprised to be offered another job that will stretch my experience significantly. I was also asked to be a bridesmaid in my "brother"s wedding this summer (actually a cousin, but we grew up together like siblings). I'd fully expect to win the lottery too, but I don't actually ever buy tickets.

Now, I should go out there and delurk too, shouldn't I?

Comments

[hathakleen.livejournal.com]

I lurk almost exclusively! If I'm going to come out and say something, though, then I suppose now is the time to do it.

Your story is my favourite sim story ever. It's the first one I ever found (I previously didn't even know that people really did storytelling with the sims), and though I've stumbled across a few more that have captivated me, this one will always remain my favourite.
I get the idea that I'm fairly unique in that I'd never played any pre-made families until only a few months ago, and so at first I was unfamiliar with the framework of the Strangetown sims and their lives when I found your story. It was incredible to realize that, after growing to love your Ripp and Johnny and Ophelia, they existed to pretty much the rest of the Sims-playing world with the same backgrounds, each with such different stories.
I'll say that I admire your storytelling skills immensely -- both your writing style and photography are wonderful and have the ability to easily evoke emotion. I've tried (am trying, am procrastinating) to start a story of my own, and to be honest, I don't know how anyone does it. It's hard work, and after getting just an introduction finished, I'm exhausted and need a long break ("long" being from September to now and beyond). I know you've taken breaks from storytelling, but they're really so short that it's mind-boggling! I both envy and admire your perseverance.

I guess my point is, you make awesome stories and I know that when Strangetown is done, I won't feel empty with the loss of a new chapter because I have faith that everything that can possibly be satisfied will be, and every word of it will have so much re-readability that I'll never think of it as being over.

I don't usually comment on single entries in anyone's journals, but this is my way of grouping all those unsaid things into one mega-comment. I'm kind of glad to say it all at last, but now I'm going to retreat back into lurkdom.

[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

Actually, I remember you making at least one comment before. I recognize your icon. But, either way, it's very nice to hear from you.

Thank you for reading the story so far, and for all the kind words. I was pretty unfamiliar with the backstories of Strangetown when I first read sim stories about it, and it really piqued my interest, so then I went into the game to dig up the backstories. It was a lot of fun. Trying to make a coherent story from it can be difficult at times, but I'm enjoying the attempt.

It's great to hear that you've been working on your own stories. I really enjoy the sim story format, because it stretches you to think about both text and images, like in graphic fiction. I agree with you about the fatigue too. I've lost a lot of my momentum, compared to when I started, but I hope to keep it going until I get out what I want to get (at the very least, there's one good gag I need to get out of my system, and it happens later, so that's my goal).

Thank you. :) That's so nice of you to say. I'll have to try to live up to those words.