Lallybroch

Currently obsessed over Outlander. Taking prompts and writing in AO3.

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[ladygloucester]

'Here of all places' updated!

Hi there!

Hope you're still around. I just got Here of all places updated on AO3. I know it's been soooo long and I apologize. I just hope that some of you still remember me and enjoy this new chapter ;)

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WEBSITES FOR WRITERS {masterpost}

E.A. Deverell - FREE worksheets (characters, world building, narrator, etc.) and paid courses;

Hiveword - Helps to research any topic to write about (has other resources, too);

BetaBooks - Share your draft with your beta reader (can be more than one), and see where they stopped reading, their comments, etc.;

Charlotte Dillon - Research links;

Writing realistic injuries - The title is pretty self-explanatory: while writing about an injury, take a look at this useful website;

One Stop for Writers - You guys... this website has literally everything we need: a) Description thesaurus collection, b) Character builder, c) Story maps, d) Scene maps & timelines, e) World building surveys, f) Worksheets, f) Tutorials, and much more! Although it has a paid plan ($90/year | $50/6 months | $9/month), you can still get a 2-week FREE trial;

One Stop for Writers Roadmap - It has many tips for you, divided into three different topics: a) How to plan a story, b) How to write a story, c) How to revise a story. The best thing about this? It's FREE!

Story Structure Database - The Story Structure Database is an archive of books and movies, recording all their major plot points;

National Centre for Writing - FREE worksheets and writing courses. Has also paid courses;

Penguin Random House - Has some writing contests and great opportunities;

Crime Reads - Get inspired before writing a crime scene;

The Creative Academy for Writers - "Writers helping writers along every step of the path to publication." It's FREE and has ZOOM writing rooms;

Reedsy - "A trusted place to learn how to successfully publish your book" It has many tips, and tools (generators), contests, prompts lists, etc. FREE;

QueryTracker - Find agents for your books (personally, I've never used this before, but I thought I should feature it here);

Pacemaker - Track your goals (example: Write 50K words - then, everytime you write, you track the number of the words, and it will make a graphic for you with your progress). It's FREE but has a paid plan;

Save the Cat! - The blog of the most known storytelling method. You can find posts, sheets, a software (student discount - 70%), and other things;

I hope this is helpful for you!

(Also, check my blog if you want to!)

[89words]

“We are dancing in the hollow of nothingness. We are one flesh, but separated like stars.”

— Henry Miller | Tropic of Capricorn 

[ladygloucester]

[ladygloucester]

From a dark place

[Trigger warning: self harm, suicide attempt]

She had never been strong. Even after everything she had gone through, she was still as frail and sensitive as the thinnest piece of glass. Ready to be broken again, at the will of whomever wanted to crash her with the fists of thoughtlessness, despise and hurt.

So, so many times she had tried to hold it together. To bite the bullet. To keep it civil. To hold the pieces she barely had glued together and already were crumbling between her fingers, once again.

It was just too much. If what a person can endure in a lifetime was somehow measured by the eldest, she felt she had carried pain enough for a five lives. And still —still not strong enough.

Did it matter? Did she matter? Beyond the smiles, the shy recognition, the tolerance, did anyone see her for who she really was? Was she so unworthy that no one was there for her while she was trying so hard to be whoever they wanted?

Does anybody know me?

The weight of the answer pushed the blade through the flesh. It wasn't unbearable. If anything, she welcomed the familiar feeling that stopped the endless rant screaming in her ears. But this time she pushed harder, deeper. Not as if it was planned, but suddenly it all made sense. It was actually the only thing that did. The warmth that sailed on her skin towards her fingertips was nice, calm. She sat down on the border of the bathtub and repeated the same motion again, and again. And then the other wrist. Again, and again.

Slowly, she slid inside the tub and looked at the ceiling. The tears kissed her temples and stuck a few strands of wet hair to her skin. The fluorescent light of the bathroom became too bright, the air a tad too cold, the darkness too inviting.

She, who had fought her whole life to pull through, to clean up the ashes of the fires others burnt, to sow new seeds and nurtured them to see them flower only for them to be stomped on again, and again. She had always had this thought in the back of her mind since she was a little girl. She was not made for this world. It was too hard, too hurtful, too indelicate.

She was already drifting away into that cozy slumber when far away, further than she could've reached, the door trembled.

“Claire? Claire! Let me in!! Claire!!!”

She took a last look at the hinges barely holding on and sighed.

“Go to hell.”

[ladygloucester]

Hey there!

Hi everybody!

I’m slowly getting back in the mood of continuing my fanfics here, so thank you all for bearing with me these past months of complete and utter drought.

I’ve been rummaging an idea I had some time ago and I’d love to execute, but I really need your cooperation with it. I’d love to write something… where you are the ones deciding what’s going to happen next. I’d give you a few choices at the end of every chapter and you can decide where the story goes by voting.

How do you feel about this?

[ladygloucester]

I miss you :(

Wish I had more time to write, fangirl and outlandering in general...

[ladygloucester]

Hey Lady G! I've been really intrigued by Cast Away. Do you have plans to continue it? Any volleyball companions involved? 😉 Thanks for sharing your work!

Hi there, lovely anon!!I plan on continuing all my fanfics, but these past few months life has had a mind of its own and my time for writing is close to zero.But thank you so much for dropping by and letting me know you’re still around 😘

[thelallybrochlibrary]

“Fanfiction is what literature might look like if it were reinvented from scratch after a nuclear apocalypse by a band of brilliant pop-culture junkies trapped in a sealed bunker. They don’t do it for money. That’s not what it’s about. The writers write it and put it up online just for the satisfaction. They’re fans, but they’re not silent, couchbound consumers of media. The culture talks to them, and they talk back to the culture in its own language.”

— Lev Grossman

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[thelallybrochlibrary]

[imagineclaireandjamie]

We are recruiting!

Dear readers and friends,

We are pleased to announce that we are looking for another Mod to join the ranks here at Imagine Claire and Jamie! 

If you are interested in being considered, please send us an ask and provide (or link to) a sample of your writing. This can be a story you’ve already posted on Tumblr, or a piece you’ve written for something else. Just make it something you feel is representative of you as a writer. 

Please send us your submissions by next Saturday, February 24.

We are excited to get to know you better and can’t wait to see who is interested!

With love,

The Mods (Bonnie, Eloise, Gotham, Lenny, Liv, MBD, and WTT)

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Then all at once, the fear left me. I could not leave him, and I would not. “Jamie,” I said, into the folds of his plaid. “I’m going back with you.” He started back, staring down at me. “The hell you are!” he said. “I am.” I felt very calm, with no trace of doubt. “I can make a kilt of my arisaid; there are enough young boys with the army that I can pass for one. You’ve said yourself it will all be confusion. No one will notice.” “No!” he said. “No, Claire!” His jaw was clenched, and he was glaring at me with a mixture of anger and horror.

“If you’re not afraid, I’m not either,” I said, firming my own jaw. “It will … be over quickly. You said so.” My chin was beginning to quiver, despite my determination. “Jamie—I won’t … I can’t … I bloody won’t live without you, and that’s all!” He opened his mouth, speechless, then closed it, shaking his head. The light over the mountains was failing, painting the clouds with a dull red glow. At last he reached for me, drew me close and held me.

“D’ye think I don’t know?” he asked softly. “It’s me that has the easy part now. For if ye feel for me as I do for you—then I am asking you to tear out your heart and live without it.” His hand stroked my hair, the roughness of his knuckles catching in the blowing strands. “But ye must do it, mo nighean donn. My brave lioness. Ye must.” (Dragonfly in Amber, Diana Gabaldon)

[ladygloucester]

“My brave lioness”.

And when you think Jamie can’t get any better...

[manders1984]

Caitriona Balfe and Sam Heughan Chemistry Test Sneak Peek

[sam-heughan-daily]

Sam Heughan meets the fans on set of Outlander S4 in Calderglen Country Park, Scotland | February 2018 | credit to tw: @tonnarob

[ladygloucester]

Anyone else is missing Sam’s real hair these days? The wig department in S3 and apparently S4 is quite partial to using roadkill for characterization...

[ladygloucester]

I’m so fucking tired of my boss and his complete and utter incompetence I could get a flamethrower and burn the whole ducking building to the ground.

[manders1984]

Master Post: Outlander Enhanced Scenes

I have compiled all of the Outlander scenes I’ve enhanced into a handy list below. Organized in chronological order and broken up by season. I hope it is useful. Enhanced just means brightened, but it all started out with the Episode 2x04 sex scene, which I did spend a long time enhancing to remove the blue tint.

I will try to keep this post updated as I post more clips. Please refer to this before you make any requests, in case I’ve already posted it. 

Finally, I’ve reached 3,000 followers, which is amazing to me! Thank you for following me, including all you porn blogs who are here because I post a lot of Jamie and Claire sex scenes. I hope you’ve enjoyed my rants and all of the things I’ve posted over the last three or so years.

Season 1

Enhanced 1x03—Surgery Scene

Enhanced 1x03—“He Needs a Woman, Not a Lassie” Scene

Enhanced 1x04—The Gathering Stables Scene

Enhanced 1x05—Trees Are Safe, Sassenach

Enhanced 1x05—”I’ll Be Right Here" Scene

Enhanced 1x07—“Tell Me About Your Family” Deleted Scene

Enhanced 1x07—Wedding Sex Scene #1

Enhanced 1x07—Wedding Sex Scene #2

Enhanced 1x07—Wedding Sex Scene #3

Enhanced 1x07—Deleted Wedding Scene

Enhanced 1x09—Makeup Sex Scene

Enhanced 1x09—“What Does Fucking Mean?” Scene

Enhanced 1x10—Full English Breakfast Scene

Enhanced 1x11—Fireside Fingering Scene

Enhanced 1x11—Claire Chooses Jamie

Enhanced 1x12—Drunk Jamie Scene

Enhanced 1x12—I Love You Scene

Enhanced 1x13—Sawney/Farewell Kiss Scene

Season 2

Enhanced 2x02—Dream Sex/Honeypot Scenes

Enhanced 2x04—Sex Scene

Enhanced 2x04—“Lean-To” Scene

Enhanced 2x05—Cut Apostles Spoons Scene

Enhanced 2x06—Baby Bump Scene

Enhanced 2x08—Fox’s Lair Scene

Enhanced 2x09—“Scottish Barbarian” Scene

Enhanced 2x09—Commando Raid Scene

Enhanced 2x10—Prestonpans

Enhanced 2x11—White Dove Scene

Enhanced 2x11—Church Scene

Season 3

Enhanced 3x02—Claire’s Dream

Enhanced 3x06—Print Shop Reunion

Enhanced 3x06—“Do You Want Me?” Scene

Enhanced 3x06—Reunion Undressing Scene

Enhanced 3x06—Reunion Sex #1

Enhanced 3x06—Pillow Talk Scene

Enhanced 3x06—“I Came Back To Be With You” Scene

Enhanced 3x06—Reunion Sex #2

Enhanced 3x06—Reunion Sex #3 (Full English Breakfast)

Enhanced 3x06—House of Joy Loop

Enhanced 3x06—“You’re Not Just a Printer” Scene

Enhanced 3x08—Fight Scene

Enhanced 3x09—Ginger Tea Scene

Enhanced 3x09—Acupuncture Scene

Enhanced 3x09—Man in the Moon

Enhanced 3x09—Ship Quickie + Cuddling

Enhanced 3x09—Oath Scene “I’ve taken an oath now and then, myself—and none of them lightly”

Enhanced 3x11—Turtle Soup

Enhanced 3x13—“We Lost Faith, We Will Not Lose Brianna”

Enhanced 3x13—Hug Scene

Enhanced 3x13—Noises Scene

Enhanced 3x13—Breath of Life Scene, Part 1

Enhanced 3x13—Breath of Life Scene, Part 2

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http://ladygloucester.tumblr.com/post/165442746560/redheaded-scots-and-red-velvet-dresses

@ladygloucester  … I love your stories!

[ladygloucester]

OMG!!! I had to get up and show it to my hubby because this is simply stunning!! We are absolutely fascinated by you incredible talent!!!!

This is the first time someone has done a work for one of my stories, so I can’t tell you enough how much this means to me, really.

I’m keeping this in a special place in my heart @cantrixgrisea ♥️