Hey, you want to hear something horrific? Well, there you go anyway!
In March, an aspiring author got a troubling message: All of her works in progress were no longer accessible. What happened next is every wr
“You no longer have permission to view this document,” said the pop-up message. “If you believe this is an error, contact the document owner.”
This was how Renee experienced a moment that most of us have heart-pounding 3 am stress nightmares about. All 10 of her works in progress—some 222,000 words across multiple files and folders—were frozen. Not just frozen, but inaccessible on her phone and tablet. When her husband fetched her laptop, Renee logged into Docs and tried sharing the documents again. Then she received her own message from Google.
“Can’t share item,” was the header. “You cannot share this item because it has been flagged as inappropriate,” read the body text.
Stop using Google Docs. And ALWAYS keep local copies of your work.