April Prompts Day 2 - Basket

April Prompts Day 2 - Basket

Featuring: Bella and mentions of Freddie and Zach, Juni, Lynn, Dawn, Nyx, Aster and Violetta, the latter 6 of whom belong to @pagesofcursive

Bella supposed she didn't need to do this. She could ask for help, or do something simpler. But her perfectionist nature won out, and now she was spending the night before the egg hunt finishing the last of the baskets. Juni might have helped, but the bakery was picking up in sales and demanded a lot of time from her. Bella impatiently stuffed a loose end of Zach's plum coloured basket into a more cleanly woven part of it. She grabbed the shredded teal paper that she was almost certain would end up all over the lawn the next day, matched only by Tora's lavender scraps. It would be such a pain to clean up. It would be worth it though. Hopefully.

Maybe Lynn could have helped. Bella grimaced. She hates pulling Lynn away from her work; she'd heard plenty of times, especially during college, how hard inspiration and drive was to come by for writing. She stood up from her position on the floor, stretching out her legs and flexing her toes, which had been jammed under the opposite thighs. Was that a cramp? She groaned quietly and pulled herself up on the table. Glaring down at Zach's basket as if it had personally deleted her work files, she bent over, cursing her endless hours seated at a desk, and carefully arranged it on the table next to Aster's basket. She ran her finger around the edge, marvelling at the craftsmanship. It was the only one she'd bought - it was a bit of a cop out, but Aster wasn't their kid. Technically none of them were, and Aster was almost part of the family, but she was running short on time and figured she wouldn't mind something more plain. Violetta's pink one sat next to it with cotton candy pink and white flowers twisted around the handle.

Freddie and Tora's baskets sat on the floor, begging to be filled. Bella sighed and sat down again. Dawn could have helped. There had been a lull at her theatre and besides, she could never say no to Freddie. Not that she'd admit it. At least she'd assisted her cousin in liberally coating the garden in chocolate eggs in not so inconspicuous hiding places. Shuddering at the thought of the sugar rush the next day, Bella packed Freddie's basket with white paper. He was a simple kid, thank goodness. She glanced at the table and considered getting up to put his basket up but decided against it. She was already down here, she might as well finish. Almost falling over in the process, she dragged Tora's sea green basket over. The edges were a little haphazard, on account of time, but it matched the rough and tumble three year old well. Besides, she made sure to sand off the more severe parts of it, so the kid wouldn't get hurt. Or at least it decreased the chances. Tora always found a way. Sprinkling the last bits of purple paper into her basket Bella seriously regretted not asking for help. The past few late nights working on the baskets were taking a toll. It would be worth it though, to see the five kids' joy the next day. With a huff, she hauled herself up and plopped the last two baskets onto the table. Yawning widely, she rubbed sleep from her eyes. It wouldn't do anyone any good if she fell asleep on her way to bed.

Despite her best efforts to at least maintain some dignity before collapsing, she was asleep before she'd finished lying down.

A, F and L And I'm not sure if I've explicitly mentioned this before, but I adore Over Land and Sea, or at least what I've sean of it(pun :D)

Thank you for the ask Eve! And I am so glad that you’re liking Over Land and Sea, I’m having so much fun with it and yeah, I’m glad you like it!!

A: Does writing energize or exhaust you?

Normally writing energizes me! I’ve written for a long period and then I walk out of my room and I’m shaking in excitement for what I just wrote. One time, I had to stop writing for dinner and I had been so engrossed with what I was writing that I could hardly eat cause I was so on edge to get back to it. 

Lately, though, it’s been exhausting cause I just haven’t been able to find the motivation and time seems to drag on with every word I type, but that’s not a normal thing so let’s hope it goes away soon!

F: Do you prefer to write stand-alones or series?

Normally I like to write stand-alones, but sometimes I just have way too many ideas that I just have to make it a series to fit everything. So it all depends on the story.

L: How do you select the names of your characters?

Name generators and baby naming websites. 

Boring, I know. But I go through lists of 100 names and I’ll quickly read through and only one name will stick with me. The name that does is the name I pick. Then I go to a different list and do the same thing. 

The thing with relying on my memory is that my mind is focusing on the personality of the character and then the name the stands out is the name that gives the vibe of the character and thus become the character. 

The one thing I don’t do is giving my characters names of people I know in real life. If I do, my mind won’t think of the character, it’ll think of the real person. And that’s not what I want. 

In response to this ask game!!

Here's the post I mentioned here.

And character links for your convenience

Bella

Freddie

Zach

Victor-Hecate

Fera

Nala

She's so cool!! And she's a badass, just as I hoped. Would she bring cake to tea parties with Uncle Seb is the question

Other information:

Some worldbuilding explanation required:

In some cultures of the world of JYTFS, being an assassin or warrior is considered to be specifically a woman’s job, with some rare exceptions. It’s a take-and-return, keeping-the-balance thing, and it’s highly encouraged for female warriors/assassins to have children. Warriors are those of the higher rank, those that get more respect, while assassins, while not completely illegal, dwell on the borders of legality. You know, the type of folk to find an occasional angry mob at their door, or have some arrests for uncertain reasons, but aren’t illegal enough to be imprisoned or executed just for doing what they do.

backstory under read more because it got quite long

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