Dear Mr Cornwell,

I saw you don’t now plan to write the next Sharpe novel, as you had previously planned, because of other events which I hope are only good developments in your life…?  If you are not writing a Sharpe novel next year, maybe you will consider a Sharpe short story or two ?

I saw a very interesting book by another author who writes books in series format as you do.

He wrote a essay about each series, as you did with Sharpe’s Story giving us more information, and a short story from each series too.

Maybe this would give Starbuck and Hookton fans a little more fiction, and students of your work a little more background, on each series you have written ?

All collected together into one career spanning Anthology book of essays and short stories.

If you don’t write a novel next year I hope you might consider essays and short stories ?

I wish you good health!

Ernie