I got so caught up in this, I actually forgot I was reading! That sounds super weird, but I’m not sure how else to describe it. 😆 The prose is so perfect; I can’t wait for the next part!
Your talent at replicating the Robin Hood style is amazing! My brain can’t believe this isn’t part of one of the originals.
Also, as someone who is currently grasping at straws to write any descriptions or non-dialogue, I’m admiring how nicely done it is here, whereas with writing Melody, it’s been like having to run into a wall of brambles every two inches. Reading this is a very refreshing escape from that!
Thank you! I spent a lot of my childhood soaking my brain in Louis Rhead's Robin Hood stories, and I did just tone it down a bit from that, plus all the time I've spent reading the 17th-18c style that the ballads are preserved in.
And you're very kind to say so about the descriptions! I've been writing on tight wordcounts recently and not giving myself much room for being poetic or descriptive. It was so nice to stretch my legs a bit.
I need to find some of those copies and give them a read! I’m not sure if I ever read the full account of Robin Hood, but I was very fond of him growing up, and the Errol Flynn film is one of my favorite movies.
I can imagine! I am putting reading descriptive stories like this one onto my to-do list. I figure my imagination might soak up enough to remember how to write.
There are two big novelizations that try to bring most of the cycle together, that's Howard Pyle's in 1883, and Rhead's in 1912. They're both very purposeful about presenting the stories as historical and moral tales; Rhead in particular can get a bit preachy, while Pyle's version of medieval English can be confounding (I wrote a ton of notes when I was scheduling it for homeschool.) Both are glorious things to be soaked up for the imagination, anyway.
I got so caught up in this, I actually forgot I was reading! That sounds super weird, but I’m not sure how else to describe it. 😆 The prose is so perfect; I can’t wait for the next part!
Oh, I know what you mean! That's great to hear, thank you. 😁 I'm excited to publish the next part!
Splendidly done I need to read more Robin Hood.
Thanks very much! Tangentially, you remind me that I still need to read Chanson de Roland...
Absolument it is one of the best stories out there!
Well done. You hooked me into reading the next parts.
Thank you, and thank you for sharing it.
Your talent at replicating the Robin Hood style is amazing! My brain can’t believe this isn’t part of one of the originals.
Also, as someone who is currently grasping at straws to write any descriptions or non-dialogue, I’m admiring how nicely done it is here, whereas with writing Melody, it’s been like having to run into a wall of brambles every two inches. Reading this is a very refreshing escape from that!
Thank you! I spent a lot of my childhood soaking my brain in Louis Rhead's Robin Hood stories, and I did just tone it down a bit from that, plus all the time I've spent reading the 17th-18c style that the ballads are preserved in.
And you're very kind to say so about the descriptions! I've been writing on tight wordcounts recently and not giving myself much room for being poetic or descriptive. It was so nice to stretch my legs a bit.
I need to find some of those copies and give them a read! I’m not sure if I ever read the full account of Robin Hood, but I was very fond of him growing up, and the Errol Flynn film is one of my favorite movies.
I can imagine! I am putting reading descriptive stories like this one onto my to-do list. I figure my imagination might soak up enough to remember how to write.
There are two big novelizations that try to bring most of the cycle together, that's Howard Pyle's in 1883, and Rhead's in 1912. They're both very purposeful about presenting the stories as historical and moral tales; Rhead in particular can get a bit preachy, while Pyle's version of medieval English can be confounding (I wrote a ton of notes when I was scheduling it for homeschool.) Both are glorious things to be soaked up for the imagination, anyway.
(And the pictures! https://archive.org/details/boldrobinhoodhis00rheauoft/page/n7/mode/2up)
Yay, thanks for the link! I shall have to get some reading time this weekend!