Edit: Chasing Daylight has been started. The index can be found
here.
"Mom? Could you maybe write a story sometime that I could read?" she asked, folding her hands under her chin, "Please? You write good stories and I want to read them so much but they are too old for me."
When the nine year old asks so sincerely, and with just that little hint of flattery thrown in for good measure, who am I to say no? Since I have been struggling writing everything else recently as well, I thought the change of pace might be just what I needed, so I started writing.
Of course I failed miserably. The result is not suitable for a nine year old and I am now in a world of trouble the likes of which only a little girl can dish out. The glares are a bit frightening really.
Since I had failed in my original task I decided to turn it to something I had been wanting to try for awhile. I write to music, as I am sure most reading this do. What I don't do often is use prompts. I have always thought it would be fun to take an entire album from one artist and use it as a series of prompts.
Chasing Daylight will be a short series written for
slash4sims named after the album
Chasing Daylight by Sister Hazel. with each chapter (after the first one) taking it's title and inspiration from one of the songs on the album. I've mixed up the order a bit though. Because my muse occasionally needs a really swift kick to get going I will also be taking the
slash4sims monthly prompts and working them in when needed starting with May's prompts. Seriously, I have been mostly brain dead recently, I need all the help I can get to get ideas going. This is my "I need to do something before I go crazy" project.
The story is based in the same universe as Pleasantries but that is where the similarities end. Also, since it was originally intended for younger readers it will for the most part be PG 13. Some coarser language, but very little smut.
It's s fun light little story that takes a lot of liberty with "the real world". I hope you enjoy.