If you have never lost a digital file, you are one of the lucky ones. At some point all of us lose something in the invisible digital trash can; documents that we have spent months working on, presentations that only needed one more tweak before they were ready, emails that we thought long and hard about before typing, etcetera.
Learning how to backup your work in a way that’s automated, efficient and that makes it easy to recover from digital losses, is a skill every creative needs to muster.
You need to understand what a ‘real backup’ is and I wrote all about that here on Valley of Writers.

Writer | Digital Storyteller | Web Developer
I believe that every serious artist should be able to make a living from their work if they want to and I’m on a mission to find the best tools, ideas, and resources to help artists succeed. I experiment with business models, monetization ideas, and new technology in my own creative process as part of this journey of discovering.