Public Service Announcement

Back up your work.

Send it as an attachment in a web-based e-mail.

Put in on a flash drive and keep it on your key chain.

Send a copy to a friend.

Back it up to an external hard drive.

Burn a DVD and keep it in your car/at the office.

And don't just do one of these -- do several.

I just discovered the mostly-revised version of Dust & Steel on my flash drive (which is where I usually keep my working copy) became corrupted. Ditto the copy on my computer. Fortunately, I had also sent myself the latest ver