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9b. Nissa doesn't believe in fate in the first place so anyone who told her it was her fate to x,y,z she'd probably just blow off. That's not a thing. #FantasyIndiesMarch

9a. Promise - depends on the fate. Again one of the gods she honors is kind of the god of fate but also chance? So she very much believes fate is a thing but not immutable. She's an "if there's a chance" kind of person. Del...is trying. Though she tends to be defeatest. #FantasyIndiesMarch

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8. Promise is afraid of crowds, of making a fool of herself, of letting people down. Del is, ironically and kinda tragically, afraid of fire. Nissa is afraid of enclosed spaces, afraid of being a captive and her life not being her own. #FantasyIndiesMarch

...Roaring with laughter. (And I can just *see* the dry look on @peter.petermorwood.com's face ...as he was born, as we say, up in the Wee North. "Bit hypersensitive there," I can hear him saying. "Question kind of answers itself...") 😏

7. “It’s her uncle, by the way,” Nissa said. “The one she’s trying to save.”

That, at least, gave Del pause. “Shit.” That would explain why she was so intent. It also made Del’s real intentions with the whole thing a little more awkward. Promise would probably be pissed. #FantasyIndiesMarch

6. Free Friday on a Sunday as I'm catching up. I have been hitting kind of a rut with this story lately, but today I have a completely free day and I'm enjoying getting some writing done, if slowly. I've written about 300 words so far and I'm going to sit down and write 200 more. #FantasyIndiesMarch

5. The risks for Promise are that if she doesn't find Zire's sprite in time, he might die. The risk for Del is either being stuck with her sprite forever or being severed from her sprite and losing the ability to heal. For Nissa, it's a risk of being a captive again. #FantasyIndiesMarch

I mean...you could say that

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4. Promise believes in fate to an extent, but not that it's immutable. One of the gods she honors is Lyteus, the god of the path but also the master of chance. Del isn't sure if she believes in it, but thinks if fate exists it's a bitch. Nissa absolutely does not believe in fate. #FantasyIndiesMarch

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3. There's a lot of lies but what would be the fun in telling you they're lies now? 😈 But Nissa lives on lies as a con artist. Embodies them. And Del lies to Promise about her reasons for helping her find Zire's sprite, when actually she wants to learn how to sever from her own. #FantasyIndiesMarch

I think about this Tony Benn speech much more than I used to

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A blurb graphic for When Yesterday Ends. The blurb reads: Nettles Hollow is as good a place as any to restart your life. At least, Ambrose Howl hopes so after his life falls apart. The town’s got everything he needs: a general store carrying his favorite cigarettes, a library he could get lost in, and a hedge witch who immediately befriends him. He settles in as an herbalist, using the knowledge he’d gained from academia that he’d left behind, and for once in his life, he feels like he could be content. It’s not so bad living in some rural, far-flung town. Until he’s visited and kidnapped by the skeleton valet of Renwick Frey, a fey lord living in hiding who is cursed to eat human hearts every five summers to remain alive. As his next victim, Ambrose saves himself by making the desperate claim of knowing how to break curses. Renwick is charmed enough to let him try, but if Ambrose can’t break the curse by summer’s end, then his heart is forfeit. The problem? He’s never broken a curse in his life, and given the mysterious circumstances of this one, he might even die before summer ends. Along the bottom is where to preorder the book, which is: https://books.earlronove.com/whenyesterdayends

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2. I don't think Promise has a lot of guilty pleasures? I was going to say she can be a little bit of a stoner but I don't know why she'd feel guilty about that. Del feels guilty about how much she likes books given how...flammable she is. Nissa loves all indulgences, no guilt. #FantasyIndiesMarch

A4. Right now, I'm trying to build more of an audience on Ko-Fi, so if you want snippets of Fox Eyes or any worldbuilding tidbits from me, you should check out my tiers! #ChaosChat

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A3. There's a focacia bread that Oak makes that Promise loves with walnuts. Del also goes for a more savory treat, but she loves cheesy bread. Nissa will go with that traditional super rich and decadent chocolate cake. #ChaosChat

Exactly!

A2. Not...that I have thought of, I'll be honest. I think the birthday traditions just vary based on whatever works for that person. #ChaosChat

Yeah! Nissa is meh about her real birthday and it was never a big deal growing up. But as a con artist who goes hard in creating a character, she loves to be people who make a thing of their birthday.

We're no longer doing the Hexmark serial but Cami, my Kids on Brooms character, has the MOST fun birthday answer bc she was born on "Treaty Day" or the day the Emperor literally killed almost all of the last ruling family. So pretty loaded, traumatic day for most adults in her life!! Very fun!!!

And that's what matters.

A1. So Promise's birthday is kinda loaded with "oh hey the day my mom dumped me here." But they'll usually do something special at the Grove like have her favorite meal or maybe Zire or Woad make her something. Del doesn't even know her birthday. Nissa doesn't bother with real birthdays. #ChaosChat

I love them both so much

Ahhhh, hi, #ChaosChat! And happy birthday to E! I'm Alex, and I write fantasy adventure and mystery. Most of the time. When I'm not struggling to get the words out.

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1. I'm Alex, and I write fantasy adventure and mystery. My current WIP, Fox Eyes, is an elemental fantasy quest story best summed up with the following emojis: 🦊🍂👿✨👪😭🐗🌩️🔥. #FantasyIndiesMarch