Book Ideas

So yeah, I get these occasionally. Most of the time I just put them back on the shelf because I don't consider myself a decent enough writer to do them credit. I thought this one was worth sharing though.

Origin of the idea: Pied Piper/the children lead off by the same/descendants of either party. I'll admit that this may have been prompted by Mr. Rick Riordan's recent works, but my main thought behind it was preserving the older, Pre-Tolkien folklore from Central and Western Europa. The stuff is prolific, interesting, and most importantly it hasn't been played to death by D&D novels.

Looking online for about five minutes brought me to the conclusion that the Piper isn't so popular a figure to write about, even though he's totes mysterious and majyykal. In my own memories, the only time he has popped up in a story not his own was in Garth Nix's series "The Keys to the Kingdom". Maybe it's his "Pied"-ness? People relate him to a clown, and then his dark backstory makes him an evil clown?? Understandable, I guess. Gamzee* more than proved what evil clowns can do. But still, magical music? What's not awesome about that idea? I mean, I guess in a written form there's only so much you can do to convey that whatever music someone is playing has super powers.

Then again, "Inkheart" by Cornelia Funke did a good job of portraying real life magical narrators, so eh? But I've been going back and forth with myself enough, and you're probably tired of this wall (hedge? curb??) of text. I'll leave it at this: if I manage to get this idea going, it'll probably be given out chapter at a time in this medium. That's how some non-talented authors start writing, right? Don't hold your breath though.

P.S.: You may have noticed my idea didn't extend beyond the origin. There are various reasons for this; the most prominent being that I didn't write down any of what I daydreamed for three hours, and I returned to the origin at least five times in that frame.

*Gamzee - Character from Homestuck, part of ms paint adventures by Andrew Hussie. Seriously, that comic has poisoned my mind. I'd say in a good way, but I'm almost behind on homework...

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