Thanks for the helpful reminder! I have been saving my current WIP to Yahoo Notes. That way, even if the house burned down or all my electronic gear were stolen, it would be out there in cyberspace, easy to retrieve. Another good option is Google documents.
Hurray for backing up!
My old computer died (after seven years of near-constant use) a couple of days ago. I bought a shiny new computer, and today I transferred all my old files over, courtesy of an external hard drive I've been using. And lo and behold, it worked. The novella I'm working on is right there, and so is my latest cover (along with about ten thousand other files!). What lucky people we are to live in a time when it's so easy to back up your work that even a computer moron like myself can manage it. 
If you haven't backed up your work lately... go do it. Now.
If you haven't backed up your work lately... go do it. Now.
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Thanks for the reminder, Ellen. Nothing worse than losing hard work! Sorry to hear that your computer died. 
Good point, Dana. I'm thinking about backing it all up a second time and keeping it offsite-- like at my parents'-in-law house. But it's a good idea to send your current WIP offsite somewhere, too.
I didn't particularly want to buy a new computer, Suzanne, but the old one was pretty darn slow by modern standards. So having one that works better and runs videos is definitely a silver lining.
I didn't particularly want to buy a new computer, Suzanne, but the old one was pretty darn slow by modern standards. So having one that works better and runs videos is definitely a silver lining.
Forgot to mention that my external hard drive actually had a vast quantity more memory than my old computer did. Technology moves so darn quickly, doesn't it?
(And yeah, I do believe that marveling at the speed of changing technology means I'm getting old.
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(And yeah, I do believe that marveling at the speed of changing technology means I'm getting old.
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Haven't heard of Dropbox before. Just checked it out & it sounds great. Downloading it now. So glad I popped in here this afternoon!
Haven't heard of dropbox and will be checking it out! Thanks, guys.
I have about five different versions of Legacy that I emailed to myself in GMail. I will never use all that storage space up, and it works well!
I have about five different versions of Legacy that I emailed to myself in GMail. I will never use all that storage space up, and it works well!
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