Not literally, but creatively. Why, you ask? I almost lost my entire book. Entire book. All because of my stupidity.
Karma probably had something to do with it too. Spiteful thing.
I spent the majority of Tuesday working on my book... at work (shh!). My office's programs are all in the cloud. I didn't think this would be a problem, so I saved my book like normal to a USB I carry with me everywhere.
Only when I got home, the document wouldn't open. In fact, this error message popped up.
After a fair amount of "Oh my gosh. Oh my gosh" and "I'm going to die," I tried to think rationally. Maybe logging onto my office's cloud would allow me to open it. Only I didn't have the link to the log in website. Time to text a coworker. After a fair amount of taunting, he gave me the information I needed.
Hopeful, I tried opening my book again.
Same error message. There may have been tears and hysterical screaming at this point.
Then my sister came up with a genius idea that ended up saving my life. I opened my book through Word Pad, then copied and pasted everything into Microsoft Word. IT WORKED!
...Except all my formatting is now screwed up. But I have my precious words back.
And you know what I did after this? Backed my book up on every technological piece of equipment I could get my hands on.
Which is what I should've done in the first place. So, my advice to you, wonderful readers, back everything (EVERYTHING!) up. You never know what might happen. And when it comes to your precious book?
It's always best to be prepared.
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