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Anyone else got an HP Stream and keep running out of storage space? Have you found a way to deal with it?
Depends on what is filling up your storage space. Apps? Data? Windows bloat? I got an old HP laptop and store all my data files on a thumb drive, but that don't help with apps or windows. How much RAM do you have?
Oh, wait. You said storage. Bigger hard drive?
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Surprise, surprise! They disconnected me at my old house today and said it could take some time before I was back online. I'm back already. Panic over. Well done BT.
I have just transferred
 Kingsleigh  (18+)
A Historical Novel WIP
#2281151 by Odessa Molinari Author IconMail Icon
to a single item to free up a book for Nano.

It is very much a work in progress, started some time ago. I would appreciate some feedback before I do any more work on it.
RIP Elizabeth II
Welcome Charles III
I think for the moment it's 'Charles, the former Prince of Wales'.
It's possible he may choose to take a regnant name rather than become Charles III. No-one really knows anything yet :/

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-59135132
It's official, he is Charles III
Just completed my 600the review.
That's awesome!
Those of you who live in Europe and Australia will know that Ukraine won Eurovision last night. Well done.

You will also know that the winning country hosts next years contest. I have visions of performers in flack jackets on top of tanks.

I am absolutely NOT putting myself forward to represent UK next year.
Which is better, longish chapters showing several scenes, or one scene per chapter?
When I write I go until I run out of gas [words and ideas] for this first draft, who said anything about beer? Then When the time is right or left, [i find the right timing and have directions} I start doing some editing as needed. This is usually when I do what I can to put scenes together or take them apart {writing as in flying blind], but if I have ideas in notes or outline form, I have scenes figured out on a simple basis. Many times I will change scenes when I am changing the focus of the story and characters.nnIfnthis makes no sense to you, go to the bank and maybe you'll get some cents of my writing ideas that are locked in a secret void in outer space, or then again, ...do you really think I'll write to you about my hiding place? It's in the story.
I have not yet written anything much larger than a long short story, but as an omnivorous reader, I think a chapter with only one scene would stand out like a sore thumb. I think it should only be used to create a significant narrative break or pivot point in the story.
Jon Little (they/them) Author IconMail Icon I think I did that in one of my books. Once.
For followers of The Chapter One contest, The Mermaid's Tail can now be found at
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The Mermaid's Tail  (18+)
The fifth Rebecca Brookes novel
#2268163 by Bookcase Author IconMail Icon
I'm stuck for a title for this one. Read "Outline"  and give me your ideas. 9K gift points if I use your idea.
A phrase in the outline sticks out: "There's More To It"
Some sort of nursery rhyme metaphor? I think When the Bough Breaks has already been used ...
Hush Little Baby? I sang that to my child when they couldn't get to sleep.
My story is told.
Now I can rest,
At least for a few days,
Then I'll make it my best.

Now for the next one!
Nice flow and cadence.
I've added a new entry to my book, "Dead Man Walking" :
         "Invalid Entry" 
Working on chapter forty. The story is almost told.
I've added a new entry to my book, "Dead Man Walking" :
         "Invalid Entry" 
My story is almost told.
Odessa,

I just started reading this and, as usual, it is a delight! Smart, witty, irony dripping in just the right places ("Thirty years ago, but not now.") What else could I have expected from your third Rebecca Brookes detective novel, especially when it starts with, "Help me; I'm dead."

Can't help but be excited to read this; and worthy of any Awardicon that any one could offer.

John
I've added a new entry to my book, "Dead Man Walking" :
         "Chapter Seven"  That's 8.5K towards my Nano target.
Are there any chemists on here who can answer this question? What chemical(s) were used in the manufacture of plastic but are now banned?
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