Ouch. That's got to be so nerve-wracking!
I only and specifically use FOSS. I type in a plain text editor and then copy and paste into LibreOffice for exporting into other formats, and currently, I'm totally sold on epub.
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The ability to do basic formatting in the document and then export in multiple forms with very specific formatting using templates or creating your own in Atticus is so nice and so easy. The formatting is much nicer than in LibreOffice, which is what I started with. We'll see.
And it's back. I think shutting down my computer and rebooting when I got to work has fixed it. I feel better now.
I think it could be a good resource, but I'm always skeptical of things that say this:
I regularly save local backups as well.
I don't like trusting online backups for any secure information, but since the whole point of my writing is to share it with everyone I can, I don't guess I care too much about someone hacking, and getting access to my stuff. I also have enough paper and electronic evidence to show that I am the creator.
It is a whole different thing if we are talking bank info, personal info, etc.