Weekend Writing Warriors: Snippet 75- Anton

weekend writing warriorsIt’s time for Weekend Writing Warriors! Every Sunday, a bunch of writers post 8-10-sentence snippets from their WIPs on their blogs. There’s a lot of reading, commenting and great writing. Click on the link to see the full list.

King Arryk has finally rallied all of Kendryk’s allies and is ready to attack the forces besieging Princess Gwynneth in her castle. Anton is there with Arian Orland’s army, and just caught a lucky break. He’s been working with horse’s and it turns out Orland’s new page doesn’t know how to handle them. She doesn’t know much of anything in fact, so Anton is explaining to her that one of a page’s duties is keeping Orland’s pistols loaded.

She gulped. “Do I have to bring them to him during the battle?”

Anton stared at her. “That’s what pages are for.”

“But I’ll be scared.”

“I expect so. Most everyone will be scared, except for me.”

“You’ve been in a lot of battles?” she asked as Anton picked out a sword, a battle axe, two sabers, an arquebus and two pistols.

“A few,” he said. “Though this is the biggest so far.”

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51 Comments on “Weekend Writing Warriors: Snippet 75- Anton

    • I don’t think it matters, as long as you’re able to sign up on the site. We all seem to check in at different times throughout the day on Sunday. Would love it if you joined us!

  1. I think I would be a little scared, too, especially with this being the first battle for the page. Nice tease! 🙂

  2. Sounds like if that new page does take off, Anton will be there to step in. I love these little moments between your characters. Can’t wait to see what actually happens in that battle!

    By the way, I’m about 25% into Rise of the Storm and it’s a great read. I particularly like fantasy stories that have religious conflicts so this is right up my alley 🙂

    ~Marcia

    • Oh good- so glad you’re enjoying. I really struggled to get the story off the ground until I added the religious aspect; it provides to many opportunities for both external and internal conflict.

  3. He seems might confident. I hope he’s not all talk and is as brave as he seems. Enjoyed the snippet and the insight to the characters and their attitudes toward the impending battle.

  4. I love the way (& amount) he is picking out his weapons, it’s clear how bi this is going to be. Great snippet.

  5. I like this. It reveals Anton nicely. He’s calm in the face of danger. He accepts the page’s inexperience and fear without particularly indulging them; just lets her know in simple language that fear is pretty much part of the deal. Nicely done, and I hope they both come through alive!

  6. I’d be scared! I like the contrast between his calm manner and the way he selects his weapons to go and kill the enemy.

  7. You really get the age of these two across perfectly. How they say what they say is part of it, but I can feel their age in spite of your words. Really good job, Christina. (Sorry i am so late this week!)

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