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how it feels to only have ideas, but never finish the WIPs

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ciaran clear (1920 - 2000); seascape / ireland's teardrop / south strand / heaving to for the pilot

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how it feels to force yourself to finish the wip

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YOINK

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WRITING RESOURCES

Black Sails edition

Black Sails resources

Black Sails episodes transcripts

Black Sails wiki : terminologies

Black Sails wiki : locations

Black Sails wiki : characters

Black Sails wiki : objects

Black Sails wiki : events

Pirate flags in Black Sails

The Walrus reference images

Flint's Camp reference images

Nautical terms

Age of Sail glossary

Nomad Sailing glossary

NauticEd glossary

Safety Harbor Boat Club glossary

Wikipedia glossary

Pirate & Seafaring Expressions

What is a Shanty (surprisingly useful)

Maps

Spanish Main and West Indies

Islands of the Bahamas

Pirates havens in the Caribbean

Island of New Providence (Nassau)

Island of Jamaica (Port Royal)

Historical context

Age of Sail

Republic of Pirates

History of the British West Indies

History of the Bahamas

Eleutheran Adventurers (first Bahamas colony)

Pirates havens in the Golden Age of Piracy

Pirate & Maroon history of Jamaica

Queen Anne's War (1702-1713)

Wars involving Great Britain (18th century)

Act of Settlement 1701 (crown succession law)

First Maroon War (Jamaica, 1728-1739)

Ships

Types of sailing vessels

Ship of the line

Man o' war

Sixth-rate (frigate like the Walrus)

Ship diagram (rigging & sails)

Ship diagram (rigging & hull)

Ship related

Cannons on sailing vessels (18th century)

How to operate a cannon (video)

Careening in the Age of Sail

Life aboard a Royal Navy ship

Food on ships

A sailor's possessions

Seaman's chest

The swinging bed of the sailor

Navigation

Sea routes calculator

Travel time in Black Sails

Crossing the Atlantic in the 18th century

Wind belts of the Atlantic Ocean

Money & costs

Pirate money : doubloons & pieces of eight

Spanish dollar (= pieces of eight)

Treasure & Booty in the Golden Age of Piracy

Cost to outfit & run a pirate ship

Price of a ship

Plantations in the 18th century

Economy & jobs

Wage and prices (in pounds*)

Value of 100 pounds* in the 18th century

Mercantilism (economic policy in the colonies)

South Sea Company

Contraband trade in the Caribbean

Wrecking

* 1 pounds = 4 piece of eight (18th century)

Other

18th century names

Age of sail merchant ships names

POST WILL BE UPDATED AS I FIND NEW INFORMATION

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First Battle of Cape Finisterre

The First Battle of Cape Finisterre (14 May 1747) was waged during the War of the Austrian Succession. It refers to the attack by 14 British ships of the line under Admiral George Anson against a French 30-ship convoy commanded by Admiral de la Jonquière. The French were attempting to protect their merchant ships by using warships with them. The British captured 4 ships of the line, 2 frigates, and 7 merchantmen, in a five-hour battle in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Finisterre in northwest Spain. One French frigate, one French East India Company warship, and the other merchantmen escaped.

George Anson, 1st Baron Anson, most famous for his four year military circumnavigation around the world between 1740 and 1744.

France needed to keep shipping lanes open in order to maintain her overseas empire. To this end she assembled merchantmen into convoys protected by warships. Anson on Prince George and Rear-Admiral Sir Peter Warren on Devonshire had sailed from Plymouth on 9 April to intercept French shipping. When a large convoy was sighted, Anson made the signal to form line of battle. Rear-Admiral Warren, suspecting the enemy to be manoeuvring to promote the escape of the convoy, bore down and communicated his opinion to the admiral; the latter threw out a signal for a general chase.

Centurion under a press of sail, was the first to come up to the rearmost French ship, which she attacked severely, and two other ships dropped astern to her support. The action became general when three more British ships, including Devonshire, came up. The French, though much inferior in numbers, fought till seven in the evening, when all but two of their ships were taken, as well as nine East India merchantmen. The French lost 700 men killed and wounded, and the British 520. Over £300,000 was found on board the ships of war, which were turned into British ships.

François de Grasse, later the famous Comte, was wounded in this first battle. He was taken prisoner among the crew and officers on La Gloire, which was captured.

Following his victory, Anson was raised to the peerage. The French assembled another, much bigger, convoy which set sail in October. After Edward Hawke's defeat of this fleet in the Second Battle of Cape Finisterre, the French naval operations were ended for the rest of the war.

According to American historian William Williamson's 1832 account, the battle was a "most severe blow to the French interests in America. Besides immense property taken, there were found on board … numerous articles designed for the Acadians and Indians."

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A sailing ship on a high sea by moonlight, by Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky (1817 - 1900)

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Midshipman's Frock, Royal Naval uniform: pattern 1748-58

The midshipman's frock also features a stand up collar of blue wool lined with white velvet, which would often have been removed and re-attached. For example, in cold or inclement weather, the collar would have been sewn on to the coat as a stand-up collar. If it was not needed in this way it could be re-attached as a turn-down collar. This was standard practice with most 18th-century clothing - lace and buttons were constantly being removed from one garment and re-applied to another. The midshipman would have been no stranger to stitching.

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Explosion of San José during Wager's Action. Wager's Action off Cartagena, oil on canvas by Samuel Scott, 1747

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postcards of shipwrecks ca. 1900s-1930s

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But like, what if there was an alternate universe with soulmates and when you come of age, your soulmate's name appears on your wrist. And the name 'Holmes' appears on Molly's wrist and when she meets Sherlock, she jumps to the conclusion that he's her soulmate. She's confused and hurt when he consistently rebuffs her advances. How can he be so cruel if he's her soulmate?

But plot twist--her soulmate is the other Holmes brother: Mycroft.

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That sweet modest face as a reaction to "this is my brother Mycroft" 😍

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Mycroft Holmes aka The Iceman

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when you think starting a second fic will fix the block with the first one but you just end up with two unfinished works