Sunshine Blogger Award

The Rules:

1. Thank the person who nominated you and add a link to their blog.

2. Answer the 11 questions sent by the person who nominated you.

3. Nominate 11 bloggers and add their links. (y'all, I'm not including questions to answer. If you want to, you can answer questions from the ones that I answer below).

4. Notify the bloggers you included.

5. Keep the rules in your post.

Nominated By: SandyBeachGirl, author of Listening to My Heart

♥ Thank you so much for the nomination. I honestly didn't think that I would get one because while this award was going around, I had fallen off the face of the planet. Thanks for thinking of me. And yes, I loved that thing you did with the hearts at the end of your post, so I'm replicating the idea. LOL ♥

What is the Sunshine Blogger Award?

Well, it is of course an award for bloggers from other bloggers. It is a beautiful way to share all the amazing things other bloggers do and write about. To recognize their efforts in inspiring others to do what they love.

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***2 - Hmm... Sandy didn't actually ask any questions, LOL, so I guess I'll just answer the ones she answered, per her suggestion.***

Originally asked by violincat on Sandy's blog:

1. Do you have any favorite characters in your own stories? Who?

I do. Picking one right now is pretty difficult. I only just returned to my blog a few months ago, so I've been a bit detached from my characters for a while. I would consider Maximus my favorite probably, because he had flaws that made him seem very real as a person, and he was able to learn from mistakes and become a better man, rather than the rowdy teenager he used to be. 

2. What are your favorite genres to read or watch?
I'm going to go with 'watch,' because when I try to read books I fall asleep. LOL. I like watching historical dramas, action movies with a plot, psychological thrillers, and guy humor (think The Hangover series).

3. Which fictional character do you wish you could be real life friends with?
Batman. I want to be real life friends with Batman.

4. Would you rather land the perfect job or true love?

I would rather have the perfect job because if I'm going to be doing it for the rest of my life, then it better be damn perfect, or I will hate my life, and then I won't even feel like I'm capable of finding true love if I'm unhappy in other parts of my life. I've been there before, with a shitty, not perfect job, and oh man, was I a bitch to be around. LOL.

5. Do you cook or bake? If not, would you want to learn how to?

I do both. I like to follow recipes for the most part, to see how close I can get it to looking and tasting like the recipe says. I like trying new things too, but nothing too exotic, I don't like the idea of eating organs or whatever. *throws up* LOL, no offense if any of you reading this enjoy that sort of thing, it's just not for me. I would like to try making kolachis this Christmas. Hehe, we will see though.

6. What is your dream career?

My dream career is to be an actress.

7. What is the one thing you absolutely can't live without?

Sii--imssss. Okay, that's probably not true, considering I fell off the earth regarding my Sims for almost a year. LOL. I could not live without movies. Countless times a movie has spoken to me, inspired me, and even once, saved my life, so literally... that statement is true, I could not live without movies.

8. Which country do you most want to visit?

That's a tough one. Can I pick a continent instead? LOL. Hmm.. I will go with France, since I am trying to learn how to speak French.

9. Are you a day or night person?

Night person. I am a night owl, for one, so I think a lot clearer at night, my average bed time is about 2:30 am, and I find there are more agreeable television shows at night than there are in the day.

10. Would you want to become famous?

My dream career kind of goes along with this, but it's not so much that I want to be famous, it's like a side effect of the dream career coming true. Mostly I want to do so well at the job because I love acting a lot, and if I do well, then the fame sort of just comes with it. But to be famous, just to be famous? No. Not at all.

11. What do you like most about gaming?

If we're talking Sims, then I love the creativity that the game allows. I used to think I had lost my ability to be creative due to some personal factors, but Sims helped me realize that wasn't true in the slightest. If we're talking gaming console games, then I love the stress relief I can achieve by punching someone in the face or shooting them in between the eyes.

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Originally asked by livinasimminlife on Sandy's blog:

1. What made you want to write SimLit?

I thought, there sure are a lot of people writing stories, I wonder if I can do it too. So I tried it out, and had a few failures at first, but then eventually got success, and found my groove.

2. What's your favorite breakfast food?

Everything. Breakfast food is my absolute favorite kind of food. Bacon and eggs probably tie for first place as far as favorites go.

3. Who is your favorite SimLit character (of your own creation, modified EA-generated, or base game)?

Maximus, my founder for my legacy, is my favorite because he was the first character I wrote to be as realistic of a person as I could make him, with flaws, and things that he could learn from to become a better person. I really figured out how to write personalities by making one up for Maximus.

4. What's your favorite activity to do in the sun?

Clean my car, or just take care of it. I don't have a garage, so my car is always exposed to the elements. I have a huge pet peeve where I don't like it when my windows are dirty, so I often go outside when it's sunny and use glass cleaner on my windows. I also one time used this amazing wheel cleaner and my rims sparkled like diamonds, it was great. And yes, I am a nerd. Feel free to laugh.

5. If you were facing the apocalypse, which one of your Sims characters would you want with you and why?

Hmm... this is a wonderful question... that I don't have an answer to. LOL. Just kidding. I would pick Frances Belcourt, from my story Blink of an Eye, because he lives in a post-apocalyptic world at the moment, and he was a former police officer. So he has skills.

6. Why did the chicken cross the road?

Because it was a Russian chicken, and the vodka was on the other side of the road.

7. What's the silliest or weirdest thing your Sims have ever done in game?

Sometimes my Sims wish to either "move in" or "marry" their significant others, and it's silly and wierd because they already live with them, or are already married to them. So then I find myself asking if they suffer from memory loss.

8. Have you ever written a fictional version of a significant event in your life in any of your SimLit stories?

Yes, I have, except it has never been exactly the same as real life, it's always been partly from real life.

9. Name a character you love-to-hate (and this can be from any source - i.e. games, books, movies, etc.).

Dr. Gregory House from House M.D. I love how blunt he is when he cuts through the bullshit and gets down to the truth, without caring what other people think of him. I see a lot of myself in his character and I can relate to him.

10. Name three things (or people) that make you smile.

Christian Bale, acting, and cars.

11. If you could visit any fictional world, what would it be and why?

Gotham City, mainly because I love Batman. LOL.

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Originally asked by DandyLion240 on Sandy's blog:

1. What's your favorite color?

Black, with neon colors paired, or really bright colors by themselves.

2. Do you like to travel?

I think traveling is fun, but I don't do it often.

3. If you could go anywhere, where would it be?

Scotland. I want to see the castles.

4. How long have you been playing the sims?

I have been playing the Sims since winter of 2013.

5. What motivated you to start writing?

I saw some other Sims stories and thought, I wonder if I can write. Since I'd only written for school, I had never written about stuff I actually wanted to write about. I wanted to see what it was like to write about things I cared about, and it turns out it is awesome.

6. If you could meet anyone from the past, who would it be?

The Founding Fathers. I'd take them all with me to storm Washington DC, and bitch slap the shit out of all the politicians who are currently there.

7. What's your favorite song?

So Small by Carrie Underwood, it makes me realize things aren't that bad when I falsely believe that they are.

8. Day or Night?

Night. I'm a night owl, I think clearer at night, and most of the shows I like watching are on at night versus the day.

9. Do you plan out every detail of the stories you write or do you just let the story take you to unexpected places?

I do not plan out every detail of my stories. I tried doing that once, when I was trying to figure out my writing style, and I ended up getting stuck in a huge rut, and then having to stop the story with which I planned all the details for. I write chapter by chapter, with one general goal in mind, and that seems to work better for me.

10. Do you like to write in first or third person?

I like to write in first person. I can write in third as well, but I prefer first because I feel like it makes the story have more of an impact on my readers. I like to write to make people feel things, and I feel like when I write in first it does that to a deeper level than when I write in third.

11. If you could do anything right now, what would it be?

I would have a lot more movie experience under my belt and I would be a successful actor.