rosie writes

hi. i'm rose. i make things. this is my blog for those things.

[tornerosa]

About Me

Rose ◇ Simmer ◇ Writer

This blog is like a digital scrapbook for my Sims creations, stuff related to the novel(s) I'm attempting to write, and other various creations. I created the Expansion Legacy challenge and you can follow my attempt at it in this tag.

I also use this blog to store anything I'd like to reference or use later, such as writing tips, blog themes, and post dividers. I tag all my non-Sims stuff as #non sims if you wish to blacklist it.

Links:

Sims tags ◇ Other tags

my art ◇ my writing ◇ Blue Jay short stories

[tornerosa]

26 Huckleberry Street

2 bedrooms, 1 bathroom

This quaint little cottage is perfect for an artist. In my series of short stories set in the 1950s, this house is home to a painter named Mary Helen Little-Lamb, and the walls are covered in her artwork.

Bonus awful screenshot:

[poirott]

Geraldine McEwan as Miss Marple → Fave outfits in Season 1

AGATHA CHRISTIE'S MARPLE (2004 - 2013)

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── ✶ OLD WEB DIVIDERS !

please credit ; like & reblog to use, thanks <3 for recolors, ask me !

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If Your Scene Feels Lifeless, Someone Is Being Too Polite

Stories stall when everyone behaves. Real tension appears when someone:

• asks the wrong question • says something they shouldn’t • notices something uncomfortable • refuses to drop the topic • misunderstands something important • interrupts at the worst moment

Conflict doesn’t always look like shouting.

[ariaste]

Couple more options for tension:

They want something REALLY REALLY REALLY bad, but for some reason they can't ask for it -- or can't have it even if they did ask.

They don't notice something that the audience HAS noticed (like in a horror movie when the monster is sneaking up behind the protagonist, or if someone drinks a glass of unboiled water during a cholera outbreak because they don't know about germ theory)

Takes a risk (or otherwise does something they "shouldn't" do) which the audience has to sit through for a prolongued period of time (e.g. slips away from the party to go into the host's private office and rifle through their papers before the guards catch them)

Loses when they thought they were going to win

[tornerosa]

The Expansion Legacy Challenge: Generation 9

We're back in the Ripley household for Generation 9 of the Expansion Legacy challenge! Now that Morgan Ripley has finished the Discover University pack, it is time for her daughter Robin to spread her wings and seek her own path.

After experimenting with various crafts and skills as a teen, Robin discovered a fascination with fabrication. Following this passion, Robin moved to Evergreen Harbor as soon as she turned into a young adult. She found herself a recently-remodeled barndominium-type place and made herself at home, bringing her teenage sister River with her.

To complete the Eco Lifestyle pack, Robin must reach the top of the Civil Designer career as well as finish the Master Maker aspiration. She's already made some progress on both, but life hasn't been all sunshine and roses: her house got burgled, and when she called the police, a werewolf showed up! This also happened to her grandmother Stella back in Generation 7 – I guess the Simtopia police allow werewolves on the force. How progressive.

That's all for now, but stay tuned in for more updates on Robin's journey!

[thecutestgrotto]

Helloooo!! I requested 40’s dividers a while ago, and it was in your queue for a while for sets you’re working on and I can’t find them… just wondering if they’re gonna be done or if I’ve just missed them???

Omg I KNEW someone requested that! I went to go look for the request before I started and it wasn’t there or I somehow missed it? and I figured I made it up, I didn’t have a lot of inspiration at the time so I shrugged my shoulders about it. Sorry about that, hope these work for you! 💗

1940s Aesthetic

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[tornerosa]

2-4-1 Wakabamori

3 bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms

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⎯ ׅ ‌꒰۪۪ ᩧ book dividers 𑣲 like & reblog

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Quarry Park

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My Stories

The View of the Sea from the Hill

Tales from the Town of Blue Jay

[tornerosa]

The View of the Sea from the Hill

a short story by tornerosa

Genre: comedy, drama

Word count: approx. 12,451

Summary: A portrait of a summer in 1980s Maine

Ruby spent the majority of her childhood thinking her grandfather was a pirate. This thought wasn't without evidence: he did work on the ocean, and the dinner parties her grandmother occasionally hosted were frequented by fellows with eyepatches and folks that could only be described as scallywags. Her grandfather did nothing to dissuade this belief, always finding a way to work phrases like "me heartie" into conversation. But, alas, Ruby was born in 1975, not 1775, and the age of the pirates was long gone. Of course, that didn't stop her from dreaming.

The art above is from a work by @laurenillustrated and was not made for this story, it just looked like a good header.

Read on wattpad.

[tornerosa]

Waterfront Workspace

[tornerosa]

The Expansion Legacy Challenge: Generation 8

Welcome back to the Expansion Legacy challenge! Morgan Ripley is set to complete Discover University, and she has spent her teen years studying hard. All her work paid off and she was able to graduate from high school early, starting college right before she turned into a young adult.

Despite her bohemian upbringing, Morgan has always been a preppy sort of gal. She grew up wanting to be a child psychologist, and so she enrolled in Foxbury Institute, aiming for a psychology degree. This, plus the skills she learned as a teen, will someday help her in the Education profession.

Morgan moved into the Tidal Tower dormitory, but quickly discovered that dorm life was much more chaotic than she'd ever thought it would be. Since she'd grown up in serene Sulani, she wasn't used to this many people being in her space, especially when she was trying to focus.

Luckily, being a mermaid means that she always has somewhere peaceful she could escape to.

That's all I've got for now, but hopefully I'll be able to update again soon as Morgan tackles the Academic aspiration and eventually the Education career.

[tornerosa]

Morgan's first two semesters in university went by with very little incident, and she ended up discovering something unexpected: college life is absolutely boring. She spends most of her day in class or doing homework, and has very little time for anything else. For her third semester at Foxbury, she only signed up for two classes, hoping that she would have more time and energy to live up to her Party Animal potential. One of the first things she did with her tiny amount of free time was head out to the local pub just to see what she could get up to. There, she met an aspiring journalist named Scott Wylie, who had just graduated from the University of Britechester. Over many games of ping pong, Morgan and Scott developed a friendship, which then developed into a relationship.

But romance wasn't the only thing she discovered at Pepper's Pub: after a date with Scott, Morgan also stumbled upon a secret meeting of cloaked individuals. Everyone scattered when she walked up to their little ritual area, which just left her absolutely determined to find out more about them. After a semester's worth of offering sacrifices to the statue at Foxbury and scouring research machines for information on secret societies, Morgan was finally offered the opportunity to join their ranks.

Meanwhile, Scott randomly inherited an old house there in Britechester, and he invited Morgan to move in with him. Although the house wasn't really Morgan's style, she accepted, and was very glad to move out of the noisy dorms. After living together for a short while, Scott proposed, and they later had a small wedding at the ritual grounds.

That's all for now!

[tornerosa]

Less than a year into their marriage, Morgan and Scott welcomed a baby girl named Robin, who was quickly followed by another baby girl named River. Raising two young children while being a full-time student was difficult, but Morgan powered through and managed to graduate with a Distinguished Degree in psychology as well as complete the Academic Aspiration.

Although Morgan was now qualified in multiple career fields, she wanted to take some time off for herself and her family, so she didn't get a job right away. Instead, she focused on fixing something that had been bothering her for some time: her olden-timey house. After a whole lot of painting and redecorating, Morgan finally had a house she was proud to call home.

This house and the original house are available on the Gallery.

When that project was done, Morgan got herself a job as a professor, and then took a little vacation to Sulani with her husband to celebrate. The family also adopted a ragdoll cat named Lulu.

Once Morgan reaches the top of the education career, she will have completed the entire Discover University expansion pack. But she's not quite there yet!

See you next time!

[tornerosa]

After finally reaching the top of the Education career, Morgan has finished the Discover University expansion pack! Now it's her daughter Robin's turn to take on the world.

Please ignore the fact that Robin's dad Scott is lurking in the background of this picture. He's not relevant.

See you next time!

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