So, I've been caught up in the 70 Days of Sweat. Then on Wednesday, I was writing along and I hit save. I got a message saying something like, "Some characters will be lost if you continue." That was odd, since I'd saved this file before with no problem, so I tried to get out of it. Unfortunately, MS Word shut down completely and somehow deleted the file.
I was a bit heartbroken about it. I told myself to look at it as an opportunity to rewrite the story now that I know the characters and make it better, but it still killed me to think of losing 50 pages. So, I ended up jotting down notes for another story to keep my mind occupied.
In the meantime, I had a couple of friends take a look at my computer to try and find the file. On Sunday, I was able to recover most of the text. Talk about going from trick to treat! Yes, I could have rewritten it, but I'm so glad I don't have to.
Backups. Always a good thing. I knew that, but I guess I needed the reminder.
2 Comments:
Great subject line. Not so great trick. I'm SO glad it was almost all retrieved. Phew! P.S. Can't wait to read it!
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Heather, at 6:10 PM, November 02, 2007
Oh my god, we have the same name!!
But my name is Sebastian Lia.
An alterego?
I live in Argentina, speak spanish (sorry for my english) I´m a Tv producer and a writer too!!
I have a corious life, I discovered at 35 that Im medium. I have a blog:
www.yomedium.blogspot.com (spanish, sorry)
funny.
sebalia@yahoo.com
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Sebastián, at 1:54 PM, November 05, 2007
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