So, last Monday I’m working on the sequel to Subject A36, boosting the word count. All of a sudden, my laptop crashes, then starts up again. I try to open the file, which had around 2K words in it, and nothing. Says it’s corrupt, and there’s a little red X beside it. I take a deep, calming breath, tell myself it’s Monday, I’d planned to get in a few hours of writing, and of course something had to go wrong. What else did I expect? The writing gods scoffed, much in the same vein as Soup Nazi on Seinfield – No word count for you! I Google what to do about this problem, read through solution after solution, try several options, but nothing works. Again – what else did I expect? I call my computer guru friend, who immediately abandons her couch-buying expedition and comes to my aid. Although I insisted she didn’t need to drop everything, that’s just the kind of friend she is – how lucky am I? After arriving and then doing some research of her own, she restored my file, with not one word lost. Woo-hoo! Thanks, Susan!
The trailer of The Batman dropped this weekend, and I’m loving this darker version – it can’t release soon enough for me. Some fans are skeptical about Robert Pattinson as Batman, but I think he can pull it off. If you’ve only seen him in the Twilight movies, I understand your skepticism. But I’ve also seen several of his indie movies – don’t underestimate him. I think you’ll be surprised.
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So glad your file was restored. Remember its 2020, if anything bad is going to happen, it will be this year. I´m sure you have a backup of your WIP but even losing a part of it is so upsetting. Thank heaven for good IT friends!! I have sen Robert Pattinson in other movies and he is a good actor. In fact, he portrayed his character well in Twilight! Have a great week.
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I was actually trying to back up the whole folder when it happened, Darlene – but you’re right about bad luck and 2020, lol. I also thought Pattinson did a good job in Twilight, but I realize opinions vary. I’m loving the trailer – keep seeing new things every time I watch it.
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Your friend is a lifesaver, Teri. I’ve lost work before and whenever I attempt to recreate the scene I was working on at the time, it never seems to be as good on a redo. Fortunately, it’s only happened once or twice.
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I have a friend who lost over 15K words. Her BIL, who works in the recovery field, couldn’t even get it back. She was on a deadline and had to ask her agent for more time. I can’t even begin to think how you start from there. My 2K words seem like nothing compared to that, but you still panic.
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15K? OMG, that heart-wrenching. I once lost the start of a short story. Probably around 2-3K. Now, I am uber careful about back-up. I’d probably be physically ill losing 15K
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That’s what I call a fantastic friend! Awesome she was able to save the day (and your words). Shame you lost some writing time, but at least that’s all you ended up losing.
When you watch the new Batman, I’ll be interested in hearing what you think.
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Exactly, Tori! I’ll take recovering the words over writing time any day.
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Friend Susan deserves a big thank you gift! So glad she figured it out for you. And as for Batman – I am vengeance. How powerful and chilling is just that one line. Happy Monday ❤️
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Yes! That one line is so perfect – also for what it comes after. And Susan absolutely deserves a thank you gift!
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I wish I had a friend like that! In february I lost 16k to a corrupt file and had to start over. She deserves a big hug and lots of thank you gifts!
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Oh, Jina – that hurts. Over 16K words – I would have cried all day.
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I almost did. I got angry instead.
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Phew! I’m happy to hear your friend came to your rescue, Teri.
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And that wasn’t the first time, Jill. She’s mentioned in the acknowledgements in my last two books, lol.
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It’s great your friend could restore your file. I like that trailer as well.
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We all need a friend like her, Yesha – especially one who’s tech-savvy!
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Whew on the recovered file. What a great friend. Looking forward to Bad Moon Rising.
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I breathed many sighs of relief that day, John. And so am I!
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So glad your friend was able to help. I had a similar experience a couple of weeks ago. My computer crashed and Scrivener didn’t back up the file. Lost about 750 words. I rewrote the scene and I choose to beleive I did it better the second time.
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750 words is nothing to sneeze at – especially for a slow writer like me. I believe you did it better the second time also, Joan – so glad you were able to recreate it!
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“No word count for you” – hahaha, this cracked me up (in a sad, sorry for you, it sucks, kind of way)! Luckily I have a tech-head husband who has me hooked up with the Cloud, so when I write it instantly saves up there. Somewhere.
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The Cloud informed me last week it was full, so I’ve been working on that, also. Somebody’s ipad is sucking up huge amounts – just need to figure out who it belongs to, lol.
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That’d be me. 😉
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Yikes! Teri, my heart fell to my stomach. I know how relieved you were to get the file restored. I had a similar glitch with my WIP last week. I tend to blame things like that on “updates” that get automatically installed.
Glad all is well, and thanks for your feedback on the new Batman — I hadn’t heard about this one. Can’t wait for Bad Moon Rising! Hugs on the wing!
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Those updates can mess you up – just happened to hubby a couple days ago. I was super relieved to get my file back. Bad Moon will be here before you know it. Hugs, Teagan!
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I feel very ‘meh’ about Batman movies. I’ve already gone through 3 sets, you know? It would be nice if they worked with some of their other gazillion characters.
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Yep – I’ve been through several rounds myself, Deby, but I like how some will focus on different aspects of Batman/Bruce Wayne. I’m a sucker for superheroes!
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