Computer Crash..Ugh

So, I have a story to tell. I have discovered something about me. I love to write but, I will never write a memoir. My life is interesting but not that interesting. I will never write a historical fiction, although I love to read historical fiction. I will never write a non fiction. (Never, say never.) I am a fiction writer and I enjoy that lane. However, when Russia invaded Ukraine, I was compelled to write about it, but in a fiction genre. My brain went there. So this book was born from intense feelings about the war and an imagination about the people in the midst of it.

My story centers around Polly, an only child who’s father taught her to fish, although she would only catch and release. To hunt, but she would only target shoot because she couldn’t kill anything. Basically she is a pacifist with skills. This is a story about how the war changes her. What happens to her family flips a switch in her. What happens to one of her twins, breaks her. It’s pretty gut wrenching but hopefully she will triumph. Honestly, not sure yet.

But here is the story. Months into this writing, (twenty five thousand words, to be exact. That is how a writer gages their progress,) my computer started to get hot. Now come on, it’s a hot story but is the computer suppose to heat up? Apparently not. My computer crashed. Yes, I know you are wondering. ‘Did I freak?’ Yes, I freaked. My sweet husband felt ill. He had witnessed my labor, my emotions. Not to worry, there was an apple store on Kauai so I immediately ran into town and told the nice man that I didn’t care about anything but the book. He asked if I backed it up to the cloud. “I don’t know! How do you do that?'“ I asked. The look he gave me was not encouraging.

The computer was toast, the story was not backed up and I was devastated. I bought a new computer on the spot and I started writing where I left off. I will fill in the beginning when I am done. A good lesson was learned. Back everything up. If you don’t know how, ask. Anyway, still into this book and Polly is now in Moscow…Just sayin’

Here’s an update. I don’t know why I would admit to this but here goes…I felt compelled to fill in the part that was lost. I worked on it for several days and many hours. I was proud of it because I think it was written better…then I started working on this website and one thing led to another…I lost it again. UGH! So here I go once again. I need to take some computer classes.