A warning to begin saving your favorites
There appears to be an issue on the server that gets us listed on spamhaus as being bad. There is a bot running on it or something like that. I am not a technical person, and it appears that to correct it might entail either doing some back up restart (I am not capable technologically of doing this) or moving to a different server with the same host, and I do not know what that server will cost. The jury is still out on that.
The donations do trickle in, and we stay at roughly 3 months worth of funding in reserve because of how the funds arrive in dribs and drabs. And honestly, I am grateful for every penny we get. However, I am getting tired. So perhaps once the funding runs out it will be time to hang up my fan fiction hat. I really dislike saying that, because it's been a great time and I've tried so hard to stay afloat, but without the sites being upgraded to a different version of e-fiction (and me not being capable of upgrading them) I cannot foresee the sites continuing.
So you are getting at the very most three months notice to save your favorites, but depending on what the new sever is going to charge, it could be less. So as of today I will be turning off the option that allows for new submissions so that everyone can begin saving. I do apologize for having to take this action, but I just don't see an alternative. Migrating to AO3 is not an option--too much work involved.
The donations do trickle in, and we stay at roughly 3 months worth of funding in reserve because of how the funds arrive in dribs and drabs. And honestly, I am grateful for every penny we get. However, I am getting tired. So perhaps once the funding runs out it will be time to hang up my fan fiction hat. I really dislike saying that, because it's been a great time and I've tried so hard to stay afloat, but without the sites being upgraded to a different version of e-fiction (and me not being capable of upgrading them) I cannot foresee the sites continuing.
So you are getting at the very most three months notice to save your favorites, but depending on what the new sever is going to charge, it could be less. So as of today I will be turning off the option that allows for new submissions so that everyone can begin saving. I do apologize for having to take this action, but I just don't see an alternative. Migrating to AO3 is not an option--too much work involved.