On Sunday I sat out in the garden withe the lap top working on my novel. it hasnt been much of a summer so far, and that was realy the first portunity i've had to spend time out there. I kept checking on Paddy's posts on his bloging 24 hour marathon, and back to my novel. I wrote a chapter, seven pages, out of my head (I usualy hand write it first) and was realy pleased with what i wrote. Tonight i have just come back to it, gone into the file, and it is not there, but i know i saved it. I've been through very file, hard drive, flash drive, nothing..gone.. for the life of me i cant remember what i wrote. i've been sitting here staring at the screen and hoping it would come back to me, but no. looks like it's back to the drawing board. it could be a long night. :**: