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  • CathyTeaCathyTea Posts: 23,088 Member
    @Carewren123 Hehe, I'm fine since I've already voted, but I wonder how other people are doing as well... There is a whole day left, not including today, but some people have schedules to keep... Hmmm...

    I plan to read them all today and if I need to, I'll catch up tomorrow! Really excited about this month's entries! :)
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  • CitizenErased14CitizenErased14 Posts: 12,187 Member
    Wooh I ended up being able to vote tonight :smiley:
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  • sweetnightingalesweetnightingale Posts: 2,084 Member
    edited July 2016
    Hi everyone,

    I hope everyone in the States is having a nice 4th. :)

    I know the voting for June is still going on but I do have my submission for July's theme and wanted to go ahead and submit that. I actually made proper word count (yay me!) with 1,275 total. :grin: So happy I didn't have to do some major cutting as I'd feared.

    Anyway, here is my submission.
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    Daddy's Little Girl

    This story features characters from "Forever in Time." It's a sweet little father/daughter talk between Aurora (my gen 2 heir) and her father, Tyrone, who has reservations about his daughter's relationship with former Casanova Silvan McBeth, Prince of the Fae.

    I hope you all enjoy it and don't think it's TOO hokey or boring. LOL!
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  • CathyTeaCathyTea Posts: 23,088 Member
    Like I always say... the idea of voting is always so much easier before actually reading the stories! Wow! Amazing entries this month, everyone! Every story's a winner...
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  • SilentWolf101SilentWolf101 Posts: 3,898 Member
    I just had a BRILLIANT idea for this month's story! I'm so excited to write it, because it'll fit this month's theme, as well as the major holiday for this month, while also bringing a relatively new issue (new to me, at least) into the light. So many things! :D
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  • putacece4lyfeputacece4lyfe Posts: 1,734 Member
    @Carewren123 if you don't mind I could really use some extra time!
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  • remi_narrowremi_narrow Posts: 478 Member

    Hey y'all! How's everyone doing? :) I just finished reading all the entries for the month of June and wow they're all wonderful! Great job you guys!

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    I wasn't able to write a story for June but I'll try to write one for this month. The theme is so cool! @Carewren123 And you know the funniest thing happened :joy: When I first read the theme and the rules for this month, I thought we were supposed to start and end our story with the sentence "I open with the close" LOL :lol: Gosh, I just realized that's only the theme and the sentence we have to use can be absolutely anything! I laughed at myself for like five whole minutes! I'm such a goofball :joy:
  • sweetnightingalesweetnightingale Posts: 2,084 Member
    Read all the submissions and got my votes in. :) Great job, everyone! I loved all the stories for June.
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  • mastressalitamastressalita Posts: 2,874 Member
    Thankfully none of the stories for June were jejune. *applause all around*

    (Ah man, I'm hysterical)
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  • ThymelessThymeless Posts: 1,184 Member
    This looks really fun! I'll try to write something for the July prompt - I have a couple of ideas but I don't know how well I'll be able to put them into practice yet. I guess we'll find out! :)
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    I still hope to get my June story out - into the for fun category, but for now I'll start thinking about what to do for THIS month. I need to get writing!
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  • sweetnightingalesweetnightingale Posts: 2,084 Member
    Thankfully none of the stories for June were jejune. *applause all around*

    (Ah man, I'm hysterical)

    Hahahahahs. Nope, no jejune stories at all. Some even had quite a kerfuffle. Tee hee. :grin:

    Hoping my story for July isn't jejune but it might very well be.
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  • TheSingingSimmerTheSingingSimmer Posts: 3,348 Member
    I'm back from my break. I'm going to make my story a little on the touchy side, as I like to cover controversial topics in my stories.
  • CitizenErased14CitizenErased14 Posts: 12,187 Member
    July's theme is so interesting, but I'm really struggling! I think this has been the most open-ended theme yet haha I guess I prefer structure!

    Maybe some kind of inspiration will strike...
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  • SilentWolf101SilentWolf101 Posts: 3,898 Member
    I got the entire story written out last night, and now all I have to do is add in the screenshots, if my game ever loads... *Glares at sims game*
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  • Carewren123Carewren123 Posts: 2,658 Member
    Goodness lots of new posts on the thread today. No time to respond to everything individually, but real quick...

    I'm glad a lot of people are liking the theme for this month. :) For anyone struggling with so much freedom in choosing what to write about, maybe you could try searching for interesting writing prompts online to see if you can find a good opening/ending sentence that you like. :)

    And since I did ask if anyone needed the time for June's vote to be extended I added one extra day @putacece4lyfe

    And @sweetnightingale I'll add your story to the list on the front page. :) Actually since you're our first entry this month I'll start that list!
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  • putacece4lyfeputacece4lyfe Posts: 1,734 Member
    Goodness lots of new posts on the thread today. No time to respond to everything individually, but real quick...

    I'm glad a lot of people are liking the theme for this month. :) For anyone struggling with so much freedom in choosing what to write about, maybe you could try searching for interesting writing prompts online to see if you can find a good opening/ending sentence that you like. :)

    And since I did ask if anyone needed the time for June's vote to be extended I added one extra day @putacece4lyfe

    And @sweetnightingale I'll add your story to the list on the front page. :) Actually since you're our first entry this month I'll start that list!

    Thank you! :)
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  • sweetnightingalesweetnightingale Posts: 2,084 Member
    @Carewren123 - Awesome! Usually, I'm late,to,the party, so it's very rare for me to be first on anything. LOL.
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  • CitizenErased14CitizenErased14 Posts: 12,187 Member
    I somehow went from "omg I don't have an idea" to "the story is written and I'm going in game now to screenshot"

    :joy: It will probably be submitted later tonight!

    I decided to take the theme one step further... :tongue: You'll see eventually hahaha
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  • SilentWolf101SilentWolf101 Posts: 3,898 Member
    Hehe, here's my submission! I didn't get nearly as many screenshots as I wanted to simply because I quickly realized that I could not do what I wanted. :| But anyways, enjoy! :D
    The Memories
    These memories will always haunt me.
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  • CitizenErased14CitizenErased14 Posts: 12,187 Member
    So... this happened :tongue:

    Behold, my July submission :smiley:

    Before Her Eyes
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  • AdamsEve1231AdamsEve1231 Posts: 7,035 Member
    Voted! Phew! Just in time. All such great stories this last month. It was so hard to pick. Good luck to everyone!
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  • Emma-LeeXOXOEmma-LeeXOXO Posts: 549 Member
    Hey Everyone,

    I was able to vote yesterday! I just wanted to say great job everyone on their submission. They were all fantastic!
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  • CitizenErased14CitizenErased14 Posts: 12,187 Member
    edited July 2016
    I came here to be all impatient about the results not being posted yet, then I remembered it got extended an extra day :tongue:;) (half-kidding. Hehe)

    @Carewren123 I'm super curious -- how's it looking this month? Lots of ties again? (I love voting teases, don't mind me :lol:)
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  • Carewren123Carewren123 Posts: 2,658 Member
    I came here to be all impatient about the results not being posted yet, then I remembered it got extended an extra day :tongue:;) (half-kidding. Hehe)

    @Carewren123 I'm super curious -- how's it looking this month? Lots of ties again? (I love voting teases, don't mind me :lol:)

    With the new voting method I can't tell as easily who's tied or in the lead or anything. There used to be a nice little bar graph that showed me the results - I just had to add up the points for all three questions in the poll. Now there are no graphs I have to add them all up by hand. Not a big deal. I just haven't done it yet. :) So right now I have absolutely no idea lol
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