Save. Save Often.

I am usually very good with backing up my files. I have a hard drive, a spanking new flash drive, and an internet document storage account. As a writer who has lost the occasional file in the past, I know better. I know to save and to save often. I know to save my work to multiple locations. I know this. I do.

I didn’t.

Dangit.

I had been working on an outline to restructure one of my recent stories. I saved the entire outline to my brand new shiny flash drive. I didn’t save to my hard drive. And I didn’t save to my internet document account. And somehow, between life and travel, I have misplaced my flash drive.

I am grief-stricken but not entirely in panic mode. I can re-create what I have written. I can re-create the other documents that were also on the flash drive. But, had I saved my work, and I am apt to do, I would not have to spend my much limited creative hours writing what I have previously written (insert heavy sigh).

So, just as a reminder to my fellow writing friends: Save. Save often.

Please.

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