A Helen Snippet

Being ship surgeon of the Wicked Fate means dealing with Helen. A lot. 😅

Excerpt on background of bottles and tinctures:

When Emilia returned, she found a large, muscular woman sprawled across her surgery table.

Helen covered her eyes with two unwashed hands. "I'm ready," she said with a dramatic sigh. "Cut me open."

Emilia had no idea why Helen was covering her eyes, but she'd stopped asking questions at this point. "I don't cut people open for stomach cramps, Helen."

Helen dropped her hands and sat up. Her long, red braid swung for a moment.
"So, there's no cure?"

Emilia knelt to retrieve a small, glass bottle from one of her wooden chests. "I made you a tincture."

She straightened and held out the bottle, but Helen leaned away, as if it were some kind of explosive.

Not that she would've *ever* backed away from one of those.

With a grimace, Helen said, "Does it taste bad?"

"No worse than Judith's rum."

—
from GODDESS OF THE SEA, 
LESBIANS, PIRATES, & DRAGONS: BOOK 2,
by Britney Jackson.

I enjoy sharing snippets—if for no other reason than that it gets me out of my head for a moment and makes me stop listening to that endless loop of: “I’m terrible. Everything I do is terrible. Why am I even trying? Etc., etc.”

The only problem is when I need to choose a snippet, my anxiety kicks in with: “Don’t choose the wrong one! Oh, no, I’m going to choose the wrong one!”

My brain’s fun, don’t you think? 😅

But that’s one of the things I like about hashtag games. A few years ago, the writing community on Twitter had tons of them. There aren’t as many anymore, but one of my favorites is still going. 💙

Searching for a specific word in the document means it’s less of a choice, and my anxiety cooperates better with that arrangement. 😅

It does result in some pretty random snippets—but snippets, nonetheless!

The word for this week was “woman,” and when I searched and this scene popped up, I thought, “Well, maybe my Helen fans will enjoy this one.” 😂

Anyway, I hope you enjoyed it, and I hope you have a wonderful week! 💙

Lots of love,

Britney

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