[Millard]

Argh, worst nightmare. Lucky you had that back-up.

I'm super paranoid about that kind of thing. I'd recommend Dropbox as a handy backup, if you're working on something and get tired of pulling out the USB stick every time you add to it.

 

[Millard]

Wait, you wrote the entire book without backing it up somewhere else along the way?

Writer Russian Roulette.

 

[Millard]

As an absolute lazy-man option for backing up, if you really can't be bothered with anything else, simply emailing the document to yourself at the end of each session is a good pick. Plus, if you need to go back to a previous version, they'll all be there.