If you’re a writer who has lost a manuscript due to your computer crashing, here are two online options to protect your work.

For a few years, I’ve been using Google docs to organize manuscript drafts and as an online storage, back-up option. The nice thing about Google Docs is that is works almost seamlessly with Word Docs. Google Docs offers the following online apps: text, spreadsheet, form and presentation. Truth be told, I haven’t used a Microsoft product since I began using Google docs.

Recently I began using Dropbox to store audio files, images and other documents and really enjoy it.

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