I intend never to have another fundraiser<\/em>. This site’s two major features will be the blog and the home page, which might be used as a portal, a place to host quizzes, a news update … remains to be seen.<\/p>\nThe private site<\/strong>, whose URL will be unveiled when we’re about to go live, will be for paid members only. But don’t forget: everybody who donated (or donates) more than $20 to the current fundraiser gets an invitation to join (minimum term three months). That site’s main attraction will be a full-featured, but small and intimate discussion forum. There will also be free downloads for all members and occasional articles that won’t appear elsewhere.<\/p>\nWe’ll soon be looking for beta testers among donors who qualify for membership.<\/p>\n
The final fundraiser<\/strong><\/p>\nYep, as I said above, I hope never to have another fundraiser. When the current one ends on August 31, it’s done. It’s gone. The PayPal button disappears and if all goes well, it’ll never come back.<\/p>\n
Of course I can’t foresee the future. In event of legal troubles, natural disaster, or poor health, I might be pressed to ask your help again someday. But I don’t want to and in the ordinary course of life and business, I won’t. You have already gone above and beyond for me — and you’ve done it twice. In the future, I want ClaireWolfe.com to support itself without sacrifice from you. The Amazon links aren’t doing that yet, but they’re going great guns since the move (you wonderful Amazon customers), and I’m going to count on them to grow.<\/p>\n
Gods forbid Amazon ever nerfs or cancels the Associates program. If it happens, we’ll deal with it. But for now, you can consider the ongoing effort to be The Last Fundraiser.<\/p>\n
As to the new site, it will either support itself through paid memberships (plus eventual store sales and Amazon links) — or it won’t. If it doesn’t support itself, I’ll assume the concept is flawed and come up with Plan B. <\/p>\n
So, that’s that. Should you still want to donate to the fundraiser, I’ll hardly turn you away. \ud83d\ude42 I’m waiting for a few promised snail donations in any case. I am happy — wildly happy! — with the results of the fundraiser even if not another dime arrives. <\/p>\n
As I’ve mentioned, most of the funds will go toward foundation work (and foundation prep work) on my house, aka Ye Olde Wreck. But before that, a share of the money is going to build the new sites. <\/p>\n
I have to confess, building two sites that contain a lot more than a free WordPress installation is a bigger endeavor than I pictured. As He Who Fakes It Well can testify, the chaos and Learning Experiences of this business have hurt my brain and I have in turn driven HWFIW to Canadian whiskey. Bit pricey, too, because everything’s got to be done absolutely right. Two hosting plans ($95 each for two years). A WordPress theme “pro” upgrade and multi-site license ($89). SSL certificate and the dedicated IP address required for it ($145 ouch). Webmastering\/tech work (hundreds so far unknown but worth every penny to have HWFIW onboard to handle things that are over my head). <\/p>\n
And it wouldn’t have been possible at all without all you who donated. I’m grateful. And that’s one more reason why I want to do everything possible to ensure that this is really, truly The Last Fundraiser.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I just had to laugh. The fundraising thermometer (on the right sidebar, or scroll down for you on mobile) has been sitting at $6,988 for the last week, and while that’s a glorious sum when my great hope was to raise $5,500, it apparently gave one existing (and very generous) donor an itch between her shoulder blades. So she kicked in another $12, made it an even $7,000 — and order is restored to the universe. Which reminded me, it’s time for an … Update on the new site build While it’s all still happening behind the scenes, a lot’s…<\/p>\n
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