"An homage to Bernard Cornwell..." Topic

Hi all!

Don't laugh, but as part writing exercise, part boredom, I wrote the start to an homage to Bernard Cornwell…basically the ultimate comfortable Sharpe story!

If you guys would mind stopping by the blog to read the opening excerpt, I'd enjoy that!

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And sorry, the last two lines of the excerpt on the blog shouldn't have been included…. I'll delete in the AM:)

Nice! I liked it.

I could hear Sharp and Harper's voices as I read it. I think you captured the feel just right.

Not Coornwell, but great reading none the less. Can't wait to see how it turns out.
Something wrong with this sentence,"had managed to peek in through the slats of the shutters and make get a rough count of Frenchmen". I think "make" or "get" needs to be deleted.

Is a shame Cornwell doesn't do any more Sharpe stories. There's really nothing else as good as them so it's nice to see someone revisit our hero.

Nicely done. It certainly captures the spirit and, more importantly, makes you want to find out what happens next.

Entertaining, but I'm not sure you have totally succeeded in recreating Cornwell's style – if that is your intention.

The reference to 'paygrade of a Captain' sounds anachronistic; then, one would have said 'rank of'.

Great and thank you for posting it.

Tony

Hey guys!

Thanks for reading, and the comments! It was funny… I hadn't read it since I wrote it, and then last night I remembered it and gave it a read, and sort of enjoyed just… reading it!

Griz, Artillery, Damp, thanks for the kind words! Yeah, I was hoping to hit all the notes, and all of the traditional things you expect in a Sharpe book. Yeah, I was hitting each note in a WAY condensed number of words, but felt it was still worthwhile:)

Band, totally an error; I literally haven't done one second of proofreading and revising, so there is a lot I would change, now that I've seen it again… gotta find the time and energy:)

Arthur, totally correct about that phrase, if I get to revise I'll be sure to change that:) Was there anything specific about the style that stuck out? A friend of mine read it and felt it was "too simple" in terms of vocabulary… any specific things you noticed?

I actually have the whole plot ROUGHLY sorted out… not sure I should spoil the basic finale? If nobody cares, I'll be happy to.

I only have 1 of the Sharpe's series on Kindle, but if I see them in the used book store I would pick them up.