How to Protect your manuscript.


From experience I have had several near disasters, one of which was that my computer turned off for some reason that is not yet known. The second disaster was that a well-trained computer secretary lost a whole  story of more than  400 pages. Despite brining in experts, this document had fled my computer never to be seen again.


However, to  this point, I still have an accurate copy of all I have written. If you want to know how I did this read on.
Things to do to preserve your manuscript:
1. I am mad about these small "flash" discs.  To me, they represent the safety net used by circus high rope walkers. After working on every manuscript, I and my secretary go through a routine to put the newly worked manuscript on a flash disc.


 What is more I keep only the last manuscript worked. Being legally blind, this action prevents me from working on the wrong document.
Another help for preserving your work is to see that an important copy is kept in another computer in your home such as that of your wife, or etc. Now, when you have finished your manuscript, put a finished copy on a flash disc and put it in your bank vault. Be sure the envelope it is in is well labeled for quick identification. To be really fussy, print out the manuscript, and put this hard copy in your bank vault..  If you don't have a bank vault, put a flash disc in a well-marked envelope and give it to someone you trust. Be sure it has the copyright declaration on your manuscript.


To be sure I am working on the last corrected manuscript, I, when completing the work the previous day (or time) put the date at the very top of the manuscript such as 3-31-14.  Believe me, it doesn't matter whether you are working on one or ten manuscript, you must follow some pattern such as that above to preserve your hard-to-duplicate literary work.


A tip on correcting a line of your manuscript:


Again, folks, I am legally blind so I often need to do special things to correct lines. Below is an example of "my way."


"The little yellow dog jumped over the sleeping fox."


Lets say that I want to change the word 'jumped' to ''hurdled'. In order to not mess up the line, I make a line break before the word "jump" and then put in the word "hurdled.," then , removing "jumped from the last part of the line, I  hit the break key and put the line back  together, now the line containing the word "hurdled" instead of "jumped." This explanation only complicated because I haven't thought of  a more simple way to put it. All that I can say is "this works wonders for me."