drewsoltesz Blog The Sims Resource Blogs2008-06-25T22:07:45Zhttp://www.thesimsresource.com/artists/drewsoltesz/blogdrewsolteszhttp://www.thesimsresource.com/artists/drewsoltesz/blog http://www.thesimsresource.com/artists/drewsoltesz/comments/?blogID=7920 2008-06-25T22:07:45Z On a retro kick, and it just happened to coincide with the retro theme for the first week of July! I love themes! CLICK HERE: <A HREF="http://sims2crimestory.blogspot.com/">CRIME STORY</A> It is PG, set in the mid 1960's~and not to beg for comments, but I would love it if you did read and comment! You do not have to be a member of google, just click on 'anonymous' and leave a comment, signing your TSR name of course! A lot of the CC in the story is from TSR, be sure to check out the 'Retro Theme' lots of great stuff being added to it this month!<img src="http://isc.ibibi.com/images/misc/blogImages_7394.jpg" /> The man in this shot is the police Captain, and the blond hunk from my last two TSR stories...Can't help but use him again, LOL! <img src="http://isc.ibibi.com/images/misc/blogImages_7395.jpg" /> Here is a scene in the beauty parlour, all items from Shannigan here at TSR, the beauty posters are by me, will be uploading later in the month! Thanks again for all the support and have a great week!

On a retro kick, and it just happened to coincide with the retro theme for the first week of July! I love themes! CLICK HERE: CRIME STORY It is PG, set in the mid 1960's~and not to beg for comments, but I would love it if you did read and comment! You do not have to be a member of google, just click on 'anonymous' and leave a comment, signing your TSR name of course! A lot of the CC in the story is from TSR, be sure to check out the 'Retro Theme' lots of great stuff being added to it this month! The man in this shot is the police Captain, and the blond hunk from my last two TSR stories...Can't help but use him again, LOL! Here is a scene in the beauty parlour, all items from Shannigan here at TSR, the beauty posters are by me, will be uploading later in the month! Thanks again for all the support and have a great week!

http://www.thesimsresource.com/artists/drewsoltesz/comments/?blogID=7703 2008-06-10T00:30:04Z Hi...again, thanks for the great response to my latest story, <strong>'An Honorable Knight'</strong>. The Sim I used was so popular, I am going to use him again. (I got a lot of PM's and GB inquiries about him) to answer your question, I do not know where I got him, I get a lot of my Sim Males at all4sims.de, then add my own touches. One story is <strong>"SHIP OF DREAMS"</strong>, starring the blond hero/hunk from 'Knight'. <img src="http://isc.ibibi.com/images/misc/blogImages_7208.jpg" /> Here he is with his lady fair... The other Story is called <strong>"A Spurious Rake"</strong>. It is starring a character that is beloved to a bunch of us Sims2 Story bloggers, 'Gabe', I have inserted him here as a notorious rake of Regency England. Thank you beth and gayl... <img src="http://isc.ibibi.com/images/misc/blogImages_7209.jpg" /> Hopefully I can finish these before the end of this month. I may post the 'High Seas' story first, as there is an SA contest for June for a 'Nautical' theme! Thanks for the continued support and have a great week!! And wow...over 50,000 page views and 529,000 downloads...I am stunned, and very grateful!~~Karen

Hi...again, thanks for the great response to my latest story, 'An Honorable Knight'. The Sim I used was so popular, I am going to use him again. (I got a lot of PM's and GB inquiries about him) to answer your question, I do not know where I got him, I get a lot of my Sim Males at all4sims.de, then add my own touches. One story is "SHIP OF DREAMS", starring the blond hero/hunk from 'Knight'. Here he is with his lady fair... The other Story is called "A Spurious Rake". It is starring a character that is beloved to a bunch of us Sims2 Story bloggers, 'Gabe', I have inserted him here as a notorious rake of Regency England. Thank you beth and gayl... Hopefully I can finish these before the end of this month. I may post the 'High Seas' story first, as there is an SA contest for June for a 'Nautical' theme! Thanks for the continued support and have a great week!! And wow...over 50,000 page views and 529,000 downloads...I am stunned, and very grateful!~~Karen

http://www.thesimsresource.com/artists/drewsoltesz/comments/?blogID=6300 2008-06-03T17:53:36Z Hi, of the three Western Stories (sim photo) I am working on, it looks as if 2 will be uploaded here, and the third one will be at a blog I just started. The third story is just not suitable for the PG guidelines here at TSR and I understand and agree with their decision. "A Convenient Bride" is now posted! Another western/romance! The second story <strong>"Fort Bravo"</strong> needs more edits and will take longer. Not sure I am going to do it...If I follow the movie plot, it cannot be posted here, may have to change the ending, still debating. The third story is called <strong>'Thunder Valley'</strong> and can be found here: Introduction and 15 chapters posted. I have uploaded a lot I made for the story, can be downloaded here at TSR. <A HREF="http://drewsolteszsimsstoriesthundervalley.blogspot.com/"> THUNDER VALLEY</A> TSR will still be my main spot for posting stories, but now I have the blog as well, and would be honoured if you checked it out!! Thanks for all the comments and support! ~~Cheers and have a great week~~

Hi, of the three Western Stories (sim photo) I am working on, it looks as if 2 will be uploaded here, and the third one will be at a blog I just started. The third story is just not suitable for the PG guidelines here at TSR and I understand and agree with their decision. "A Convenient Bride" is now posted! Another western/romance! The second story "Fort Bravo" needs more edits and will take longer. Not sure I am going to do it...If I follow the movie plot, it cannot be posted here, may have to change the ending, still debating. The third story is called 'Thunder Valley' and can be found here: Introduction and 15 chapters posted. I have uploaded a lot I made for the story, can be downloaded here at TSR. THUNDER VALLEY TSR will still be my main spot for posting stories, but now I have the blog as well, and would be honoured if you checked it out!! Thanks for all the comments and support! ~~Cheers and have a great week~~

http://www.thesimsresource.com/artists/drewsoltesz/comments/?blogID=7466 2008-05-13T03:28:58Z Hi! Some Story news, I STILL have<strong> "Escape from Fort Bravo"</strong> to finish, that has been hanging around since January, LOL! It will be a two-parter. A western, of course. Will be posted here at TSR soon...I hope! LOL! Also I was so gratified with the response to my foray into the Regency era, <strong>"The Two Faces OF Aidan" </strong>I decided to go back even further into the 'Dark Ages' or Mediveal period to try my hand at another period in history. The story will be called <strong>"An Honorable Knight"</strong> , yes, it is a romance, and I have a few preview pictures up at my off-site blog <A HREF="http://drewsolteszsimsstories.blogspot.com/">DREWSOLTESZ SIMSTORIES</A> Thanks to cariadbach, I now know how to post pics in my blog, so here are a few more preview shots of the hero, Sir John Twinningham... Leave a message there (or leave it here!) and tell me what you think! Will be posting the story here at TSR hopefully in a few weeks. Thanks for all the continued support for my stories, the amount of wonderful comments I receive is very humbling and gratifying! Cheers and have a great week!<em></em><img src="http://isc.ibibi.com/images/misc/blogImages_7020.jpg" /><img src="http://isc.ibibi.com/images/misc/blogImages_7021.jpg" />

Hi! Some Story news, I STILL have "Escape from Fort Bravo" to finish, that has been hanging around since January, LOL! It will be a two-parter. A western, of course. Will be posted here at TSR soon...I hope! LOL! Also I was so gratified with the response to my foray into the Regency era, "The Two Faces OF Aidan" I decided to go back even further into the 'Dark Ages' or Mediveal period to try my hand at another period in history. The story will be called "An Honorable Knight" , yes, it is a romance, and I have a few preview pictures up at my off-site blog DREWSOLTESZ SIMSTORIES Thanks to cariadbach, I now know how to post pics in my blog, so here are a few more preview shots of the hero, Sir John Twinningham... Leave a message there (or leave it here!) and tell me what you think! Will be posting the story here at TSR hopefully in a few weeks. Thanks for all the continued support for my stories, the amount of wonderful comments I receive is very humbling and gratifying! Cheers and have a great week!

http://www.thesimsresource.com/artists/drewsoltesz/comments/?blogID=7037 2008-04-04T17:53:53Z I cannot believe in little over a year and a half since I have been posting stories and my humble creations I have reached 40,000 views and well over 400,000 downloads! I just want to thank everyone here at TSR that have ever read, downloaded and commented! Have been here since 2003 and have not had a bad experience, everyone I have ever dealt with has been generous, kind and altogether gracious! *clinks glasses with everyone* Cheers!! Have a great week!

I cannot believe in little over a year and a half since I have been posting stories and my humble creations I have reached 40,000 views and well over 400,000 downloads! I just want to thank everyone here at TSR that have ever read, downloaded and commented! Have been here since 2003 and have not had a bad experience, everyone I have ever dealt with has been generous, kind and altogether gracious! *clinks glasses with everyone* Cheers!! Have a great week!

http://www.thesimsresource.com/artists/drewsoltesz/comments/?blogID=6744 2008-03-03T18:41:18Z By a 65-35 split, the majority wants me to continue on my mini-western theme. Good thing, because I have things planned (story and objects wise)in this same genre. I will be uploading my first bedroom set soon, also a western theme, with more in the planning stages. Also another western rug set is in the works. Have a great week! PS: Hope to have the conclusion of <strong>'Wagon Master'</strong> posted end of this week or beginning of next week. Cheers.

By a 65-35 split, the majority wants me to continue on my mini-western theme. Good thing, because I have things planned (story and objects wise)in this same genre. I will be uploading my first bedroom set soon, also a western theme, with more in the planning stages. Also another western rug set is in the works. Have a great week! PS: Hope to have the conclusion of 'Wagon Master' posted end of this week or beginning of next week. Cheers.

http://www.thesimsresource.com/artists/drewsoltesz/comments/?blogID=6408 2008-01-29T20:24:36Z Well, I must say this is a shock to say the least, did not expect it as I am so limited in what I can do re: recolours. I must assume then that it is maybe for my stories more than anything else, LOL!! Or I can hope that is the reason, my writer's ego would like to think so! Thank you for all the warm congrats...I will try to continue to stretch my wings re: objects, etc. and of course, the stories. I am basically a humble, low-key person, so being singled out like this was a surprise, thank you. <strong>Wagon Master</strong> update at the end of this week or first of next week. What was going to be a two-part story looks as if it may have 4 parts! LOL! Will also be updating my story blog as well. Cheers ~~Karen~~

Well, I must say this is a shock to say the least, did not expect it as I am so limited in what I can do re: recolours. I must assume then that it is maybe for my stories more than anything else, LOL!! Or I can hope that is the reason, my writer's ego would like to think so! Thank you for all the warm congrats...I will try to continue to stretch my wings re: objects, etc. and of course, the stories. I am basically a humble, low-key person, so being singled out like this was a surprise, thank you. Wagon Master update at the end of this week or first of next week. What was going to be a two-part story looks as if it may have 4 parts! LOL! Will also be updating my story blog as well. Cheers ~~Karen~~

http://www.thesimsresource.com/artists/drewsoltesz/comments/?blogID=6240 2008-01-11T00:19:52Z You are not going to believe this but I have <strong>three western stories</strong> (Sim Photo) on the go! As you can tell from my screenshots, I am going crazy! But I am also having a lot of fun! Some of the fun is hunting for appropriate downloads to fit the story, I have found some great ones! One of my stories takes place at a Fort, which I have built and uploaded here. I did not include the CC, but instruct as to where to download it. I have always enjoyed the western genre, in print and in movies, and I am so gratified that Hollywood still manages to make a good one every so often. <strong>3:10 to Yuma</strong> with Russell Crowe and Christian Bale comes to mind, better than the original. Also saw a very good oater on Turner Classic Movies <strong>Westward the Women</strong> 1951 with Robert Taylor about him bringing 100 mail order brides back to California for some lonely ranchers, surprisingly gritty for 1951!! (sounds like a good Sim story!! LOL!) Also thanks to the great comments for the conclusion of <strong>Van Helsing</strong> I will answer them all! Cheers~~Have a good week!

You are not going to believe this but I have three western stories (Sim Photo) on the go! As you can tell from my screenshots, I am going crazy! But I am also having a lot of fun! Some of the fun is hunting for appropriate downloads to fit the story, I have found some great ones! One of my stories takes place at a Fort, which I have built and uploaded here. I did not include the CC, but instruct as to where to download it. I have always enjoyed the western genre, in print and in movies, and I am so gratified that Hollywood still manages to make a good one every so often. 3:10 to Yuma with Russell Crowe and Christian Bale comes to mind, better than the original. Also saw a very good oater on Turner Classic Movies Westward the Women 1951 with Robert Taylor about him bringing 100 mail order brides back to California for some lonely ranchers, surprisingly gritty for 1951!! (sounds like a good Sim story!! LOL!) Also thanks to the great comments for the conclusion of Van Helsing I will answer them all! Cheers~~Have a good week!

http://www.thesimsresource.com/artists/drewsoltesz/comments/?blogID=6116 2007-12-30T17:46:12Z I will try and have one, as I have been deathly ill with the flu all Christmas week! Could not even eat Christmas dinner!! WAH! AS for my resolution? it is boring and standard, to lose weight. I have started already before Xmas, I only mention it here to remind myself to stick with it. It is only the last few years I have been gaining weight, and it has to stop. As for <strong>VAN HELSING</strong> Because I have been sick I am behind, will try and finish it up after the New Year, and post the conclusion ASAP. I am toying around with a western, (as you can tell from my latest screenshots) whether I will post it, who knows? I am also behind in reading my buddies blogs...same reason posted above, it is on my list! Got Celebrations stuff pack for Xmas, my family asked if I wanted any EP's I said no!? Shocking isn't it? So far I have only 2 EP's, and I think that is all I will stick with. If it wasn't for creating objects and stories, I wouldn't be playing. I cannot remember the last time I just 'played the game'. That's it for this week...<strong>Happy New Year</strong>...Cheers!

I will try and have one, as I have been deathly ill with the flu all Christmas week! Could not even eat Christmas dinner!! WAH! AS for my resolution? it is boring and standard, to lose weight. I have started already before Xmas, I only mention it here to remind myself to stick with it. It is only the last few years I have been gaining weight, and it has to stop. As for VAN HELSING Because I have been sick I am behind, will try and finish it up after the New Year, and post the conclusion ASAP. I am toying around with a western, (as you can tell from my latest screenshots) whether I will post it, who knows? I am also behind in reading my buddies blogs...same reason posted above, it is on my list! Got Celebrations stuff pack for Xmas, my family asked if I wanted any EP's I said no!? Shocking isn't it? So far I have only 2 EP's, and I think that is all I will stick with. If it wasn't for creating objects and stories, I wouldn't be playing. I cannot remember the last time I just 'played the game'. That's it for this week...Happy New Year...Cheers!

http://www.thesimsresource.com/artists/drewsoltesz/comments/?blogID=5952 2007-12-16T03:59:09Z Ok, I will admit my eyes rolled a lot the first few episodes, I found Sophia Myles wooden as 'Beth' the reporter. I stuck it out because I am shameless in my visual enjoyment in watching <strong>Alex O'Loughlin</strong> in full vampire mode, even if some of the story lines were predicable and even lame, I stuck with it. (I would do my manicure during the dull bits) Now, I am glad I did. The last 4-5 episodes have been much better, I love the plot with Mick St. John's wife (and the one who turned him) showing up,(is she human, is she vamp?) and the subplot with his friend Josef (Jason Dohring) the 400 year old cynical partying vampire who does not believe in love, who it turns out, DID love someone, a human from 1955, and in trying to 'turn' her it went horribly wrong, now she lies in vamp twilight, not aging, but deep in a coma 50+ years later. I was convinced this show would have Beth getting into some sort of trouble every week and Mick having to 'rescue' her. YAWN. It does still occasionally happen, but if the show sticks to the vampires and their backstory, it is far more gripping than the 'rescue of the week'. Sophia Myles has improved a bit, I read somewhere she had a real problem adjusting to an American accent, that may explain her 'woodenness'. I just saw her in 'Colditz' with Damien Lewis and she was much better than in this series. So for now, I say <strong>Moonlight</strong> is OK and I can see it has potential to get better...and there have been more episodes ordered, so if the writer's ever settle and get back to work, who knows? Cheers~~and have a great week...

Ok, I will admit my eyes rolled a lot the first few episodes, I found Sophia Myles wooden as 'Beth' the reporter. I stuck it out because I am shameless in my visual enjoyment in watching Alex O'Loughlin in full vampire mode, even if some of the story lines were predicable and even lame, I stuck with it. (I would do my manicure during the dull bits) Now, I am glad I did. The last 4-5 episodes have been much better, I love the plot with Mick St. John's wife (and the one who turned him) showing up,(is she human, is she vamp?) and the subplot with his friend Josef (Jason Dohring) the 400 year old cynical partying vampire who does not believe in love, who it turns out, DID love someone, a human from 1955, and in trying to 'turn' her it went horribly wrong, now she lies in vamp twilight, not aging, but deep in a coma 50+ years later. I was convinced this show would have Beth getting into some sort of trouble every week and Mick having to 'rescue' her. YAWN. It does still occasionally happen, but if the show sticks to the vampires and their backstory, it is far more gripping than the 'rescue of the week'. Sophia Myles has improved a bit, I read somewhere she had a real problem adjusting to an American accent, that may explain her 'woodenness'. I just saw her in 'Colditz' with Damien Lewis and she was much better than in this series. So for now, I say Moonlight is OK and I can see it has potential to get better...and there have been more episodes ordered, so if the writer's ever settle and get back to work, who knows? Cheers~~and have a great week...