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  1. manta2g

    Weird Screen

    kagome26isawsome and one other reacted to manta2g for a topic

    Just got up for work, cleared it out. this is driving batty….
    2 points
  2. vidar

    While we are in RO mode

    Wilde_Guess reacted to vidar for a topic

    How do you keep your stories while we wait to be able to post again to the site? I usually just write using notepad, but there has to be a way to archive your stories before or after posting to AFF
    1 point
  3. GeorgeGlass
    Thanks. At least it wasn’t that long a story. And I learned my lesson about “storing” stories in a Yahoo group.
    1 point
  4. Sessakag
    You have my sincerest condolences.
    1 point
  5. Sessakag
    I have my work backed up in so many places nothing short of the planet exploding would make me lose a single piece of my work. I lost a story one time, years ago, and have been paranoid ever since.
    1 point
  6. GeorgeGlass
    These days, I draft all my stories in Google Docs (with each one set to save on my device as well as in the cloud). When they’re fully drafted, I move them to Word for final editing (as with WillowDarkling, Word is what I’m used to), then I post them.
    1 point
  7. BronxWench
    @Deadman is absolutely right. The archive is in read-only mode at present, and that means new registrations are disabled while we resolve the issues surrounding the attack on AFF. But keep an eye on the forums, or the archive home page, because we’ll be sure to announce it everywhere when we’re back and running properly again.
    1 point
  8. Desiderius Price
    Too late, I’ve already lost my mind 🤣
    1 point
  9. Deadman
    The site is currently dealing with a hack that happened. So there may be some problems while it gets fixed.
    1 point
  10. Deadman
    I had this problem very early on and learned from it. An early story that I wrote was gone because I lost the original file. But I realized that I had it on a site so I grabbed it off them. Then the site disappeared so now I’m much more glad that I got it. Did a similar thing with Yahoo Groups before they went under. Had one or two stories that I lost the original word file, grabbed it and made sure I had it.
    1 point
  11. BronxWench
    I have copies of all my work on my hard drive, and on two separate back-up hard drives. I tend to keep all the versions, and I just date them as “Rewrite 20XX” at the end of the original title so I don’t lose my mind.
    1 point
  12. Desiderius Price
    Had this issue when I decided to go and rework my potter story. First task, collecting them all, then I started purging the obvious duplicates. But hey, at least I didn’t lose much. (The *first* draft was, unfortunately, mostly lost—shame because that was the smuttiest too.)
    1 point
  13. BronxWench
    Go by the saved date.
    1 point
  14. Desiderius Price
    Second @WillowDarkling to not rely on AFF or any other archive to retain your stories w/o incident. Keep in mind most archives, even google drive/dropbox/onedrive retain the right to *DELETE* your postings/files in their terms of service. OTOH, I’ll make copies of copies and I’m stuck wondering “which one of these is current?”
    1 point
  15. vidar

    While we are in RO mode

    Wilde_Guess reacted to vidar for a topic

    That makes sense. I usually keep a folder with them. I guess I’m just anxious to post some of the new stories for others to read
    1 point
  16. WillowDarkling
    You should always keep your stories as files on your computer. I use Word, simply because it’s what I’m used to.
    1 point
  17. GeorgeGlass
    Yeah, I lost one many years ago, too. The worst part was that it was the middle story of a trilogy.
    0 points
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