Furious at self

[cornerofmadness]

Today was good. Took Mom shopping for booze and food. That worked out well. Accidentally double dipped on the Bailey's Irish cream and forgot the vermouth.

Then the evening went downhill on a sled. I set my laptop on the table, picked it up and jostled it a bit but somehow in spite of hitting nothing, of not being dropped, somehow the flashdrive was bent up to nearly 90 degrees. Naturally it's dead. That means a) I can't work on anything b) I LOST about a half dozen stories that for some reason weren't back up on the hard drive or only partially backed up. I am furious at forgetting to back up to two places. I can't really do the cloud reliably thanks to my crappy internet.

I am most furious about losing ELD's holiday story (especially since it was part of a larger thing now gone) and my remix story which MAYBE I had printed before I left home. If not, I'll have to retype it asap, such as I can remember it because it's due but I think I had made the edits and tossed the print out because I had finished it before I left. And no matter what, this will never be as good as it was. I lost the beginnings of something new. And I lost every edit I'd made for tinhutlady



What made you start writing fanfic?
Which of your own fanfics have you reread the most?
Describe the differences between your first fanfic and your most recent fanfic.
Do you think your style has changed over time? How so?
You've posted a fic anonymously. How would someone be able to guess that you'd written it?
Name three stories you found easy to write.
Name three stories you found difficult to write.
What's your ratio of hits to kudos?
What do your fic bookmarks say about you?
What's a theme that keeps coming up in your writing?
What kind of relationships are you most interested in writing?
For E-rated fic, what are some things your characters keep doing?
Name three favorite characters to write.
You're applying for the fanfic writer of the year award. What five fanfics do you put in your portfolio?

What do your fic bookmarks say about you? Nothing since I don't do it. Sorry, I'm not a rereader. And I can't obviously be trusted with my own stories

Comments

[su_herald_reading]

Argh. Any chance you can take it to one of those computer repair places and maybe they can salvage some of the data?

[cornerofmadness]

I've been told they can't salvage from a flash drive

ETA - apparently it might be possible to solder it but there's no way of getting it to a shop prior to my deadlines both at work and here. At least I can find the work stuff in my hard drive

[thenewbuzwuzz]

Oh NO! D:

[spikedluv]

Oh god, that sucks so hard! I'm sorry that happened.

[sylvanwitch]

Oof! I'm really sorry to hear about the flashdrive (RIP). That's always an awful, stomach-sinking feeling. *hugs*

[cornerofmadness]

I am SO upset by it mostly because of the three new things and I'm surprised that I failed to save so many to the hard drive. So angry at myself. I also have to go pull down the spicy advent story since it's also lost but at least I had posted that. What kills is if the stockings were up I wouldn't have lost evil_little_dog's. Sigh.

[enemytosleep]

So sorry that happened. Worse still, they posted her stocking today. :( I usually email myself drafts of things - if I work on something, I make a .zip file of the fanfic folder and send it to myself at the end of the session.

[cornerofmadness]

I'm so mad

[cornerofmadness]

Thanks, me too

[cornerofmadness]

It is. thanks

[cornerofmadness]

I need to start doing that myself