Though it embarrasses me quite a bit to publicly acknowledge this, I feel I owe it to my friends and frequent visitors to communicate on the state of KDD and its future.
As everyone knows, a site does not come without expenses, a monthly hosting fee being one of them. As some of you might know, last year, I did not renovate my contract in order to pursue my studies so I can advance my career which, if anything, at least justifies my absence as an administrator, the site not being updated or expanded as frequently as I’d like it to be. And tuition is no fun either, which is now leaving me at this junction: I might not be able to keep the site up after all.
I have already contacted my hosting and lowered my plan and, subsequently, the amount of money I’m due every month. But without a source of income for a good while — my course ends in July and there’s an unpaid internship afterwards — I cannot promise I will have sources to pay.
I would hate to see the site gone. Not only have I dedicated the last two years to it, I have also invested a lot of money into it, from visual bits and bobs to exclusive images you can browse in the gallery. Mostly, it’s been love I have put into every single page of it, every single word. Love, I cannot put a price on. Nor am I out of love yet — I still adore Kat and my website, which I see as an ever-blooming project. There is so much I want to do with it yet. I want to keep its doors open for fans of Kat’s and curious cats everywhere, for years to come.
Unfortunately, that is not possible without funds. As such, I hereby ask for your help to keep the site online by helping me pay for hosting fees. I ask for nothing else — no extras, no personal fees. I have now lowered it to $20/month but even that is astronomical when the tap runs out. I can only ensure that KDD will remain online for the month of April, but not after that.
If you would like to donate funds to KDD, please get in touch via our Twitter @denningsdiaries or our email, katdenningsorg(at)gmail(dot)com, in which case I ask you to write ‘WEBSITE HELP’ as the subject, so I know it’s not a spam email. You stipulate the amount given and all help is welcome.
I am sorry that it’s come to this but I feel desperate. I know I can lose a great thing that is so dear to me, a thought that frightens me, and I know there’s no shame in asking for help. The only thing I’d hate more than to lose the website would be to lose it on the account of my own pride.
This is a sticky post — it will display first for as long as monetary help is needed.
Thank you for reading.
Love,
Sparrow.
