A friend in Portland, Oregon sent me this sad story about a writer who lost all of her work when her car was broken into:
She’s offering a good cash reward for the return of her work, so let’s hope that she sees it again.
I back-up my work in half-a-dozen places, including Google Drive – a free cloud storage service. Many writers have lost their manuscripts – which qualifies as the ultimate rewrite, I guess.
http://www.theguardian.com/books/2009/jan/23/1000-novels-lost-manuscripts