Author's Note – The Farmer Legacy

Happy New Year, everyone! Today brings to close a challenging year by most standards. The extra time at home (oh, who am I kidding? I’m always home anyway!) has allowed me to dedicate my time to writing the blog, and maybe a novel, full time. Since we’ve said ‘good riddance’ to one of the craziest years in the history books, I thought I’d bring you up to date on all the fun and happy things going on at the Farmer Legacy!

The Generation One rewrites are still in progress, and I’m getting closer to publishing a couple of chapters together. I’m not planning a break between the generations, so once the Farmer era has concluded, Destiny becomes the star of the show in every sense of the word. I am doing preliminary footwork on the Atwood era of the story, and I’m so excited to relive Destiny’s stellar music career. I’m currently writing a character profile for Arthur, which I’ve neglected to do for far too long. He’s definitely worth the introduction.

On August 5, 2020, I launched the Blogger site for the Farmer Legacy as a ‘sister’ site, so to speak. For now, only Generation One occupies the space at Blogger, but that will change as I update more chapters from the later generations. The stats that follow do not include the activity from Blogger—since it’s a new launch, the performance so far is sub-par and doesn’t reflect the popularity of the overall story. That’s okay, though! I’ll be actively promoting both sites through this coming year.

In September, I met the man who became my editor, and he has been an amazing addition to the Farmer Legacy. He is teaching me so much, and I have blossomed under his tutelage. He tells me he sees unlimited potential in me, and we look forward to many chapters written together. Chris has experience in the publishing business and a background in graphic design and commercial art. I am so blessed to have him on board!

So, now to the exciting part! Despite a months-long creativity block (from April to August), I wrote twenty-one chapters last year. I have not published all of them, but at least two are forthcoming in the next week or two. Compared to last year’s one-hundred-six chapters, it seems like a slow year. Broken down into geek, that’s 256 pages for Generation One, and 15 pages for Generation Five (Andy’s Surprise, Chapter 34), 114,028 words, 613,707 characters. I realize that is a fraction, almost one-fifth, of what I wrote during 2019. But here is where everything blows my mind. During the year 2020, The Farmer Legacy saw 751 page views by 374 visitors. Compare this to last year’s 411 page views by 194 visitors, and I think I can call this year a wild success!

This coming year, I’m hoping to get past the Generation Two rewrites and clean up Three, Four and Five before I continue with Danae and Andy’s saga. I’m also seriously considering submitting some of my work to a publisher. I’ve been researching possibilities, and I’m hoping that I’ll find one that could be a good fit with the romance genre. Of course, should a book deal arise, it will cease to be a Sims Fanfiction novel—I will erase all traces of the iconic game from the story, and there may be extra content that was never available on the blog. This will be a test of will and confidence for me, a test to see if I’m becoming the author I want to become.

Thank you all so much for the follows, the reads, your comments, emails, compliments, your abundant patience, and for telling your friends about this blog. I don’t take a single thing for granted—I’ve worked so hard to build all you see on this site. I appreciate everything—every bit of success is possible because of you. I look forward to this new year with my Farmer family and their descendants. As always, I’m available on Facebook, Twitter, WordPress Inbox and the Farmer Legacy Gmail.

From all my families to yours, wishes for a happy, healthy and prosperous 2021!

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Hello Sim and romance friends!

It’s me just checking in with a quick update on the status of the Generation One/Two rewrites. I know Fran and Charlie’s story has taken all year. Many odd circumstances have dragged out the creative process, but I’m pleased to announce I’m writing full time and that things are going forward. Chapter Fifteen, Part Five is way late, and I apologize to those waiting for its release. I know I keep saying, “It’s coming soon,” but once you see the size of this bad boy, it will be clear why it has taken so long. It is a whopping thirty-three pages long! I can thank my editor for that, and I mean it sincerely. His guidance, encouragement, and mind-blowing edits to this chapter have made it worth the wait. I can’t wait to share it with you.

My previously ambitious, “Finish by Christmas,” schedule for concluding Gen One will extend into the new year by a few weeks and postpone Gen Two a couple of weeks. I am looking VERY forward to revisiting Destiny’s stellar singing career, her sweet, old-fashioned, but modernized love story with her soulmate, Arthur, and their three beautiful daughters—Bree, Bella, and Bianca. Be prepared for some plot twists, for some new characters to emerge, and extensive character development within the Atwood family.

Beyond Gen Two’s rewrites, I will continue to revisit old storylines and clean up grammar errors, clarify plots and expand what needs done with Generations Three and Four into the coming year. No worries, though! Danae and Andy will return to the spotlight soon with their four “Murphy Munchkins.” They continue to be my very favorite family in the saga so far, and I’m excited to see where Elyse and her boyfriend, Howie, take the storyline for Generation Six. Twins Teddy and Tessa are already six years old for the next chapter as we jump forward a few years. They made their photo debut on the front page of the blog in the Generation Five family portrait. Who thinks Teddy is a chip off the ol’ block? *raises hand*

I’m always open to questions and suggestions. Just drop me a line here, and I’ll get back to you soon! From my “families” to yours, I wish you the happiest of holiday seasons, whatever it is you celebrate, and a joyous, prosperous and healthy new year!

—Wendy