Dannagran Dram

[tinhuviel]

Starting in 1981, I began writing a series of science fiction and fantasy short stories that were initially based on the Electric Light Orchestra album Time. They followed the misadventures of Laurinda and her intrepid band of pals as they travelled through time and space. The storyline culminated with a kind of novella called Dannagran Dram, which drew inspiration from the Alan Parsons Project's Eye in the Sky album.

For the most part, the stories were lighthearted and fairly decent, imagination-wise. The writing could be a lot better, but these were written from about the age of 13 until 16 or so, so it stands to reason that my style was immature at best. I've recently been listening to a lot of Alan Parsons Project, thanks to paulpearson23, and am feeling inclined to drag those old stories out and revamp them. It'd be fun to see where they'd go after having been retired for almost a quarter of a century.

The worst that could happen is that I find the stories completely unworkable and abandon them for good. The best thing would be that I'm able to develop the stories into a cohesive entity, using a lot of material I never got around to incorporating the first time. I could add the work to my "portfolio" and maybe even a find a market for it among young geeky readers. I'd love to intersperse some of the essays about Dannagran Dram throughout the original narrative, giving insight into the strange and wonderful country on a faraway planet. Some of the things I invented for this land are the Grisly Bear, a large bear that looks a lot like a Kodiak, but astoundingly ugly, usually with one eye much larger than the other. Or the Great Iyinskiian Beeping Bird, which is a bird smaller than a hummingbird with a call loud enough to burst a man's eardrums.

I think I know where these stories are packed. It's just a matter of digging through my junk to get at them.

Comments

[chardarkminion.livejournal.com]

Since prog rock has pretensions of being literature, why not write something that has pretensions of being music?

I'm being a sarcastic ass because I hate prog rock. With a passion.

PS. I love 'Time', though. Don't tell anyone but "Ticket to the Moon" is one of my favorites. Seriously, don't tell anyone. I'll lose hipster points.

[tinhuviel.livejournal.com]

Oh you're killing me here! How can you not love progressive rock?

[chardarkminion.livejournal.com]

It sounds like 12 sided dice and virginity.

[falkenna.livejournal.com]

Paul and I are glad it's been so helpful. Sounds like there is a lot of rescuable stuff in there.
btw, did the Bill Bailey play this time?

[tinhuviel.livejournal.com]

So far no luck, but I still have a DVD to try it on. It's just a matter of pulling it out of the closet.