Breakfast at Milliways

Claire. She/her. Lesbian. British. Married to a German lady. Proud nerd.

[buttpoems]

It can be really nice

[cloogle]

thank you for taking part in swarla summer!!

Thank you for running the event! 😀

[lesbiangabriellle]

VICKY MYERS AS LISA CONNOR-SWAIN ON CORONATION STREET

[cloogle]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Yes, this is me writing fanfiction again for the first time in over twelve years (!) Lisa and Carla… they’ve just reeled me in. I couldn’t get this out of my head until I wrote it down. And, for a one shot, it took me far too blooming long to write! 😅

Lisa is stressed and can't sleep. The couple chat in bed about nice things.

Submitting to swarlasummer (thank you). Number six. Intimacy. Comfort. Behind closed doors. ☺️

[mollybeenoel]

[jimbenton]

[nezu]

german emotions

[an0neemouse]

Two things absolutely changed my life as a writer. You ready?

One- Your characters can be bad people, they can do bad things. There doesn't have to be a reason or a moral. You can make them bad if you want to. No other reason needed.

Two- it doesn't have to be good, it just needs to be written. On my last book i literally wrote the words "dumbest version" on the top of the page because I had seen some advice to do that. It changed everything. I stopped trying to make it perfect, I just tried to make it. Period. Full stop. You can edit bad writing. You can't edit a blank page.

And honestly? Defiance is the best writing I've ever done. All because I let my characters be bad and I gave myself the freedom to write it badly.

[sometiktoksarevalid]

[writingdose]

[carlaconnors]

We’re our own little love story, aren’t we? Our own little team. And we’re not just looking at each other’s eyes; we’re looking in the same direction now, aren’t we? Standing side by side. Hand in hand. Forever, please.

[sapphic-bombshell-vixen]

Where can I watch the entirety of the ‘Bad Girls UK’?

[cloogle]

ITVX has all 8 series but I imagine a VPN would be needed if outside the UK.

[asmeesh]

1$ flea market score. Tiny glass 1960s perfume bottles. I love them.

[shit-show-no-go]

Can you swap their heads ?

[asmeesh]

omg you can

[asmeesh]

Their meeting was foretold in the ancient texts

[theinvisiblespoon]

[carlaconnors]

We’re our own little love story, aren’t we? Our own little team. And we’re not just looking at each other’s eyes; we’re looking in the same direction now, aren’t we? Standing side by side. Hand in hand. Forever, please.

[azaablue]

the best fanfiction you've ever read was written by a woman in her 40s before she made dinner for her kids. it was written by a teenager after school when they should've been studying for a history test. and a barista came up with the idea while they cleaned the espresso machine and busser fact-checked it on their break and the post-doc edited between writing grant proposals and the nurse apologized for typos in the notes after a long shift and behind every drabble and one-shot and multi-chapter fic there is a person with a wonderful and interesting and chaotic life and it is such a privilege that we get to be a part of it because they decided to do this thing we all share, for fun.

[tethered-heartstrings]

"stress" by yoan capote - made of bronze and concrete

[tethered-heartstrings]

[cloogle]

“Lisa and Carla are equals. Neither woman is weak. Neither needs rescuing. They both have history, grief, pride and sharp edges. They can clash, but they can also understand each other in a way few others can. Lisa does not try to control Carla, and Carla does not ask Lisa to stop being strong. Instead, they create a partnership where both women can be powerful and vulnerable at the same time.”

What a wonderful article.

https://soaplandtv.co.uk/article/lisa-swain-the-woman-behind-the-badge