Tales of Lerathian: The Puppet (Chapter Fourteen Excerpt)

Sorry for the lack of posts recently! I thought I would be able to squeeze in some small projects alongside my NaNoWriMo writing, but that unfortunately turned out not to be the case. I did manage to hit the 50,000 total though, so I'm hoping I'll be able to get at least the family tree for CMW and the short story I wanted to tell about Hunter and Eden out with my few extra free days. I've also decided to share with you this excerpt from Chapter Fourteen of my NaNo novel that I've been doing for the project for the past several years. I've finally almost finished it! It was difficult finding a passage to share that didn't really spoil anything, but I think this choice works rather well. It gives me a bit of a giggle. I hope it at least gives the rest of you a smile! Enjoy!

(I recommend reading the excerpts I've posted in the past so those unfamiliar with this story have at least a basic understanding of most of these characters.)

The Lucane Family in the Sims #2

After I posted the previous update on the Lucane family, I got bored one day and decided to run them around on free will during a play session. I don't really have anything to reveal or explain about the characters from the novel, so this post will be their Sim-versions just living their lives. As there really isn't much for entertainment in the house, everyone reads constantly. Jan (I'm omitting the circumflex that should be above the 'a' in his name as it messes up the format of the text) and Elle took a seat down next to each other at the dining table to get several pages in before they had to begin their work for the day.

The Lucane Family in the Sims

(I would suggest to anyone who hasn't read the chapters and excerpts I've posted of my 2013 NaNoWriMo novel, Tales of Lerathian, to go and at least skim through the prologue to familiarize yourself with the characters you'll see in this post.)

I've been wanting to do this for a while now, and I've finally gotten around to doing it! This post is centered around the main family in my most recent NaNoWriMo novel who I decided to make Sim versions of. At first, I only wanted to create the house. However, I couldn't make the house and not have the ones who were supposed to reside there. So Alar, Mareiel, Jân, Elle, and Nika were Sim-ified!

Just a little note, I have not mentioned the surname of the family in the story yet. As you might be able to deduce from the title, the surname is Lucane.

First up is daddy Lucane- Alar! I created his name randomly in my head, and only afterwards found out it was an actual word. "Alar" means to have wings or to be winglike in shape. I was very pleased at how well the meaning of his name relates to him as a character. Firstly, his meeting Mareiel allowed her to find her freedom to fly away from the world that constricted her and discover her true happiness. "To have wings" also brings to my mind the image of Alar himself having wings, and thus I occasionally take it one step further and personify him as an angel. Angels are known to be protectors and be unfailingly good- which pretty much sums Alar right up.

In terms of his appearance as a Sim, he and Jân are the ones I'm most pleased with.

Tales of Lerathian: The Puppet (Chapter Four Excerpt)

So I really wasn't planning on releasing any more from the novel past the chapter three excerpt. This was because the events that set the main plot of the book into motion happen, and in case this story does ever head towards being published I didn't want to spoil the main twists. After a little debating, I feel it's alright to release this little bit since it only vaguely talks about what happened. This will be the last of Tales of Lerathian I post to the blog though. I hope then that you really enjoy it! In this chapter one of my favorite characters is introduced. It'll be pretty obvious who it is. Enjoy!

Tales of Lerathian: The Puppet (Chapter Three Excerpt)

Time for another dose of Tales of Lerathian: The Puppet! This time you're getting a taste of the third chapter. Things didn't go perfectly when Jân, Elle, and Nika entered the Elvas capital of Marmaírein, but now that three weeks have passed perhaps we'll find the siblings in a happier place. This excerpt chronicles one of the field classes Elle takes with her peers. We meet her first friends, and Elle learns a very important piece of information. As usual, no editing has been done. Please disregard at this time any errors or typos you may come across.

Tales of Lerathian: The Puppet (Chapter Two Excerpt)

Here's another little dose of my story Tales of Lerathian: The Puppet for you. This excerpt is the first section in the second chapter. This chapter documents Jân, Elle, and Nika's arrival into the Elvas capital of Marmaírein. They face various struggles, and secret plans start to come to light. This particular section highlights the siblings' last night before they enter the city. As always, there has been no editing or re-working done to the text yet.

Tales of Lerathian: The Puppet (Chapter One) (UPDATED)

After a little bit of thinking, I've decided to go ahead and post the first full chapter of the Tales of Lerathian: The Puppet. Will I do the same with the upcoming chapters? Not sure yet. I'm just playing it by ear. I'm releasing this chapter in the same condition that I released the prologue. This means that I have not edited it at all. I have not re-read it at all. It is coming to you in the rawest state it will ever be in. That being said, I hope you enjoy as you take the full plunge into the story of Jân, Elle, and Nika.

EDIT: This chapter has now been replaced with all the changes I made to either fix mistakes, misspellings, or sections that needed improvement.

Tales of Lerathian: The Puppet (Prologue)

It's that time of year again! NaNoWriMo has started, and I've been hard at work on my novel. I'm still unsure whether or not I'll post full chapters as I did last year. However, I won't leave you empty-handed. Today I'll present to you the full ten-page prologue of Tales of Lerathian: The Puppet. In it you'll receive necessary tidbits about the world of Lerathian as well as the even more important introduction to our main characters- Jân, Elle, and Nika. Seeing as how I've only just finished writing this prologue, it does not have any editing done to it whatsoever. I haven't even reread it as I am now about to start working on the first chapter. However, I feel the prologue is of good enough quality to release. I hope you enjoy, and like always, feel free to drop a comment about what you think!