tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1764329434741342023.post4227731744608276367..comments2023-04-20T18:24:37.591+01:00Comments on Carol's Corner: Digging Out Those Forgotten Stories...Carolbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05578076528292643928noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1764329434741342023.post-86906615064764527232015-01-29T14:42:13.277+00:002015-01-29T14:42:13.277+00:00A writer can never have enough back-up copies- jus...A writer can never have enough back-up copies- just in case the computer dies like yours did, Lizy.Carolbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05578076528292643928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1764329434741342023.post-18070754031179291262015-01-29T10:25:20.106+00:002015-01-29T10:25:20.106+00:00I have all my poems in two small hardback notebook...I have all my poems in two small hardback notebooks, and my stories and novels on computer plus copies on pen-drives. After last year's panic when my computer died suddenly I am even more careful about making copies.<br />But ... first drafts that have segued into something completely different years later - those I have now ditched as too awful! :Dliz younghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16289501717229347872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1764329434741342023.post-2348628283617665992015-01-27T16:24:36.092+00:002015-01-27T16:24:36.092+00:00At least you can be sure you'll have copies of...At least you can be sure you'll have copies of everything you've written since then, Wendy. :-)Carolbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05578076528292643928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1764329434741342023.post-6516048953024593012015-01-27T13:20:39.049+00:002015-01-27T13:20:39.049+00:00I've only been writing three years, so it'...I've only been writing three years, so it's all new! (unless you count my teenage diaries!)Wendy's Writinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06960941625432714363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1764329434741342023.post-1067557804903159362015-01-26T16:09:48.107+00:002015-01-26T16:09:48.107+00:00So far we all seem to be missing or unable to acce...So far we all seem to be missing or unable to access one story we remember, Rosemary.<br /><br />Hopefully one day someone will create a device that will allow us to access all these storage systems we can't get into. :-)Carolbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05578076528292643928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1764329434741342023.post-7425309457623269502015-01-26T16:04:28.716+00:002015-01-26T16:04:28.716+00:00That's sad that the first story you had accept...That's sad that the first story you had accepted is the one you can't find a copy of, Diane.<br /><br />I'm sure your personal archive will show how much everything has changed since 1985.<br /><br />Carolbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05578076528292643928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1764329434741342023.post-92163569239590093892015-01-26T13:26:21.877+00:002015-01-26T13:26:21.877+00:00I love finding parts of old stories and ideas but ...I love finding parts of old stories and ideas but I have lost at least one story that I remember - probably because of changes in computers and storage discs. For instance, I can't read a zip disc I still had as I don't have a reader for it!Rosemary Gemmellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09311840205603508422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1764329434741342023.post-89091614989864954772015-01-26T10:15:08.779+00:002015-01-26T10:15:08.779+00:00Yes, the first story I ever had accepted. I can...Yes, the first story I ever had accepted. I can't find a copy of it anywhere - hard copy or electronic. I do have everything else, though, and after clearing the loft at my old place, I've discovered I have every other magazine I've been published in too - dating back to 1985 ...Dianehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06430125606844410229noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1764329434741342023.post-40574467984270690072015-01-25T22:11:43.284+00:002015-01-25T22:11:43.284+00:00That's fortunate, Patsy.
I've only been ...That's fortunate, Patsy. <br /><br />I've only been using the computer for 10 years, so I was quite late going online at home. But I'd hate to go back to the old system now. :-)Carolbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05578076528292643928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1764329434741342023.post-1375676868673453592015-01-25T21:59:42.638+00:002015-01-25T21:59:42.638+00:00I still have all my 'old' stuff - but I...I still have all my 'old' stuff - but I've only been writing for about 12 years and have done almost all of it straight onto the computer.Patsyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12263765378083045973noreply@blogger.com