When your business is writing, your written words are your most valuable asset. What would happen to your manuscript if your computer failed to boot up tomorrow? Would your current manuscript be gone? Can you access your work from another computer? The more your use your computer, the greater the chances are one of these days it will fail. Using online  backup software can help keep your precious words safe.

Do you ever wish you could access your files from another computer? Would you like to be able to use your files while you are away from home? Online backup can let you access your files from any computer with an Internet connection.

Online backup software copies the files from your computer and stores them on the company’s servers. Those servers are backed up regularly with industry tested software and procedures.

If your business relies on your computer, you know how important it is to make sure your data is safe. You can replace your computer, but there’s no way to replace your files.

There are several companies will upload your backups and let you access them from other computers.

Make sure the company you select offers these features.

• File encryption
  • Your files are secure as they travel across cyberspace and when stored on the companies servers.
  • Only you have the encryption key.
• Download your files to any computer
  • Make sure you are able to download your files from anywhere.
• Continuous backup for some files
  • The software will backup any file as soon as it is edited. Usually this feature is available for smaller files.
• Ability to backup open files
  • Your files can be backed up even when you are using them.
• Ability to schedule your backups for a time you aren’t working
  • You want to determine when and how much resources the backup program uses. You don’t want to fight it for computer time when you want to work.

Most companies offer a free backup of 2GB of data. You can sign up for a free account and try their system. You can even try several companies and back up your important files for free.

However, when you  find a service you like, make it easy on yourself and use one company consistently.

I use IDrive to backup my HP laptop. It’s the computer that’s been back to the mothership twice last year. I really appreciated having access to the files, even though the computer was gone.

It doesn’t matter what you use as long as you use something. You’ve worked hard to create your words. Make sure they are safe.

Tell me how you are keeping your writing safe. Leave a comment!

Write on,

Lynn

Do you remember your first writer’s meeting or conference? Did it seem that everyone around you was speaking a foreign language? Perhaps they were talking about levitra vardenafil pub dates, WIP, galleys, ARC, and other strange things.

As you became familiar with the terms of the profession, you probably started using those terms as well. They no longer seemed strange.

Your readers may not have the same background you do. Of course if you are writing in an unfamiliar setting, there will be terms that are new to your readers. Whether you write historicals or futuristics, you introduce terms which may be new to your audience.

Usually, you can 500 mg levaquin use narrative or dialogue to make the reader understand your meaning. However, in some cases, more effort is required. Some books use a glossary to define terms.

Articles and blogs can also introduce unfamiliar terms. When you become familiar with the jargon of the industry, you forget that others may not understand the terms.

A friend of mine has come up with a clever solution for WordPress blogs. (You are using WordPress for your blog, aren’t you?) He has created a glossary plugin. If you look in the sidebar, you’ll see Generic Viagra Online Pharmacy the Glossary page.  You’ll find links to the glossary from terms throughout the posts in this blog.

If you would like to have this handy feature for your own blog, check out My Instant Glossary. He offers three different versions with a free trial for the Pro version (that I use).

Also, if you find terms in this blog that you feel should be in the glossary, please leave a comment and let me know.

When I ran the spell-checker buy cheap viagra cheap viagra online on this post, it flagged a bunch of words. It doesn’t understand writing terms or common Internet terms such as WordPress, plugin, and sidebar. I suppose I had better add those to the glossary as well.

What is your favorite or confusing industry term? Leave a comment and tell me about it.

Write on,

Lynn

I used Article Video Robot to make a sample video from an article that I had sitting on my hard drive that hasn’t been published anywhere yet. The only premium feature I used was the website branding.

I didn’t spend a lot of time tweaking and editing this video. The text is cut off on the right side. If I had put it up on YouTube, it would be sized better. › Continue reading…