It happened again

[elrhiarhodan]

This time, 1600 words lost.

I would have used gdocs, but it's blocked.

Excuse me while I go kill myself.

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Comments

[photoash.livejournal.com]

OMG O_O that is terrible!! I am sorry!

What about writing it in your email program where it will autosave as draft? (gmail online or if blocked then thunderbird or outlook?)

[elrhiarhodan]

The thing is, I was using Word, with autosave every 2 minutes - plus I was carefully control-S'ing, but there seems to be a problem with documents I download. Even though I've saved them to a "real" directory, that "save" isn't taking. It just keeps writing to a temp directory...and when I close Word, everything is LOST...

But I am now at the point where I had stopped at 5:30 pm, and it truly is a better fic for all the trauma.

Time to go to bed. I can't think straight anymore.

Neal's out of danger, and Peter's really to start whaling on someone. I'm happy.

[hoosierbitch.livejournal.com]

Oh my god - Elr, I am SO SORRY. That SUCKS. *hugs*

Can I second Ash's suggestion? I do that when I'm writing on my phone...

*more hugs*

[elrhiarhodan]

HB, Ash:

Thank you for your heartfelt sympathies. On my drive home, I used the Voice Notes app to recapture much of the work that was lost. Of course, I'm struggling to recapture some of the nuances, but it seems to have mostly come back (except for the last bits of dialogue - they were so easily written that they didn't get a chance to stick in my mind).

And I have to confess, the bulk of the re-write actually came out a lot better...more pornishly (which is always a good thing). I'm just so weary.

I spent much of last night - til midnight - recovering the first set of lost words (after being up until 2 am finishing and posting Public!Sex IV).

I'm babbling (which is, coincidentally what Neal's doing now, after being held at gunpoint. Peter to the rescue!) so maybe it's time to call it a night.

But the muse is flicking that whip - and I'm nothing if not obedient to her.

Sigh. I'm definitely babbling.

[hoosierbitch.livejournal.com]

I'm glad you remembered most of it - and that you're happy with the majority of the rewrite! If it helps at all: I am SO excited to see what you write next, I'm really looking forward to reading it!!!!

[augustbird.livejournal.com]

DDDDD: *kicks technology for you*

[elrhiarhodan]

Thanks...I wanted to pitch the damn thing out the window. Problem was, I'm on the first floor and the window doesn't open.

I hate, hate, hate PCs. I need my iPad ... and it's still a month from delivery.

[katikat.livejournal.com]

I'm using WordPad for writing because my Word is set to Czech so all the " and ' are upside down there.