Tip of the Day: Back Up

NaNoWriMo Progress

For the love of all that is good and fuzzy, BACK UP. Last year, at the end of each day just before midnight, I filled in my daily progress in my report card and sent my gmail account an email with my most current Word doc. This meant that at the end of the month, I had 31 (since I did it in December last year) perfect little snapshots of each day's work. It was gratifying to be able to compare the versions, as well as rest in certainty that my work was not going to be lost.

Whatever scheme you adopt to back up, make sure you do it each and every day.