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Turns out, every story I was working on was on DropBox, which is also accessible via PC. So, as long as I can can access an existing DP account using a new PC ID, there’s at least a chance I can still access my WIPs. Which also preserves my complete revision history of my works.
Plus, I CAN save and share (apparently) my DB files, just as I always have.
It’s always nice having an out, despite how many claimed they’d never trust virtual accounts. They do have their uses.
Sorry for being so bitchy earlier, but … :(
Well, after 2+ decades of writing and posting , it’s now coming to an end. Due to a particular issue (the loss of my Apple ID), I’ve lost access to every story I’ve ever written, every note I’ve taken and every single revision.
I’ve known this was coming for a long time, yet kept holding out hope I could somehow circumvent it before it was too late. Only, it was not to be. What’s more, I can’t save anything, nor can I access any of my data backups (I could, but finding someone nearby with a suitable Apple system, who’d have to download and then re-upload 500 gb (gigabytes) of data for me, is asking more than I could reasonably expect.
I’ve been grousing about my fate on a number of fronts lately, so many know I’ll be able to continue writing. Only I’ll be starting from scratch, with nada to build on. Thus, it’ll likely take several years before I have anything publishable, and the last few years, I haven’t been nearly as efficient or productive as I once was.
So as I’ve mentioned before, I’ll focus on writing for myself. And IF I complete a publishable work, I’ll publish/post it. But … after struggling to revise ALL of my current WIP, I have little interest in trying to ‘rewrite’ any.
They all had promise, yet …
I DO have backups I can use, yet they’re 5 to 10 years old, so I’m not even sure whether the data is even recoverable, and if a story is that old, why bother.
So, you’ll either eventually hear from me, or not. Though, for all those who despise everything I post, you’ll be glad to know that I continue mouthing off on the SOL Author’s Forum, and of course, with 1M+ followers, I’m still quite active on Quora.
So I’m still busy, I’m just starting over, building on the ashes of my supposed career. :(
It’s been fun and the future is now entirely open.
Sorry for the posting delay, but I was hospitalized for over a week, and this time, the ambulance took me away utterly naked (apparently) and I didn’t wake up, until I’d been flown (helicopter) 250mi away.
Again, I’m back, but yesterday was about getting my sea legs, and since I didn’t have ANYTHING while there, I not only couldn’t post, I also couldn't do ANYTHING, not write, nor even play cards. That was agonizing. All that time just sitting on my damn hands!
So I’ll start some creative writing, just so any revisions sound fresh, so I’ll probably resume Nowhere … Like Home? on Tuesday, but … I do have some updates I can wrap up and potentially post earlier (no promises, as it depends on my editors).
Again, sorry, but I’ll be working overtime to get back on schedule again! This is what happens when SOL authors get older, we get sick and fumble relatively simple things a LOT! ;)
I just noticed that Nowhere … Like Home?, has now set my all-time comment high, at 63, as of Tues. Jan 21, previously, the highest story comment count was The Demons Within, at 50, the next closest was a mere 30. So thanks for the interest, as getting readers to comment is often a viable indicator of a story’s true impact with readers, as scores alone often reflect a lot of different issues. Yet with comments, the readers themselves are telling you both what’s good, and what doesn’t work well.
Switching to a once-a-week strategy is definitely helping, as I’m now three chapters ahead (ch. 9 - 12), but a three-chapter lead isn’t nearly as healthy as a six-week lead, so I’ll post the chapter 9 on Thursday, as planned, but continue the once-a-week posting for another week, before returning to twice-a-week postings.
A lot of the issue was getting back into the regular posting schedule after being away from it for so long, and I feel like I’m adjusting, yet I’m not yet ready to cut the cord entirely quite yet. But, I now have several editors working on the story, so hopefully the chapters will be edited, before posting from now on, though no guarantees yet. But things are definitely looking better.
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