I write on my iPad and desktop and transfer back and forth through the draft function here on literotica, so I have a couple places where i have previous versions stored. Not because I’m trying to be safe, but just because that is the dumb answer i came up with.This is a nightmare scenario for me, and why I keep most of my stuff on the cloud
I'm still amazed at how supportive this community is. 
Great news! Now set your work to backup properly! I use Microsoft Onedrive - everything saved to the cloud with a local copy. But there are lots of different solutions. You never want to be in that situation again.Thank you so much, everyone, for your kind replies!
I'm astonished to be able to tell you all that I FIXED MY LAPTOP. I took it apart and saw the toothbrush-looking thing was partly detached from the green shiny thing, so I gently pushed it back in and put it back together, and now it WORKS BETTER THAN BEFORE. I'm still new here, so you guys don't know what a god-tier MIRACLE that is lol.
I'm now very glad for the times I 'helped' my ex fix computers by handing him tools like an OR nurse to a surgeon. I still don't know anything, but I think I absorbed the way it's *supposed* to look, if that makes sense - so I could tell what was out of place this time since it was easily visible.
I'm just checking OP here to make sure I follow the guidelines precisely while submitting it. Again, thank you to those who replied so thoughtfully; it means a lot.
In this case, HEA is definitely preferable to BTB (Burned The Battery) or having to do professional RAAC (Recovery At All Costs).
PM Laurel to add the story to the event list.
Thank you This is very helpful but I am soooo new. Joined last month and only on my third story. I have seen the name Laurel and I know that she's some sort of great leader that makes this all possible, but I have no idea who she actually is or what her username might be.
And it's now scheduled to go live tomorrow
I’m SO ON IT. I make plenty of stupid mistakes, but I do try to avoid repeating the same ones when there are SO MANY new shiny ones to make!
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Thank you very much, I look forward to these stories as well!
Once a story has gotten a future publishing date, it will show in your Pending tab with a "Published" label, "New" label, and a calendar date in the near future!
Really appreciate that, I found it thanks to your pointer.
It’s scheduled for release tomorrow - looking forward to seeing what everyone has come up with!
She's known as the Kitty Mama to the oldsters.Her username is literally Laurel. She is the overlord (overlady?) of all that is Literotica, and you can send her a polite PM using the forum's messaging feature
