If you like Empty Mirror and would like to support it, thank you!
Here are some ways to do that:
Support EM with a contribution
Empty Mirror is a run on a very tight budget, and expenses are increasing as the site does.* There’s no outside funding — EM runs on what comes out of my own pocket and occasional donations from readers.
Contributions toward EM’s bills are very welcome! All funds raised go toward the growing cost of keeping Empty Mirror online.
One-time contribution
PayPal.me/emptymirrormag
Monthly contribution
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Submit your nonfiction, art, and poetry
Empty Mirror thrives on new work! Submit here.
Submissions are always free. Tip jar submissions and donations are also available through Submittable.
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Become involved
I’m open to the thought of adding additional readers or editors on a volunteer basis. If you’re interested, please get in touch with me and we’ll talk.
Let me know what you think!
Is there something you like — or don’t like — about the Empty Mirror site? Do you have ideas or want to volunteer? I’d love to hear from you. Email me here.
Empty Mirror would be nothing without its readers. I thank you from the bottom of my heart for your interest and for your support.
warm wishes,
Denise
Editor
*Ongoing costs
Wondering what expenses EM incurs? Here are the major ones. Currently, income doesn’t come close to meeting expenses.
- domain names
emptymirrorbooks.com — plus .net & .org - webhosting
Given EM’s size and number of readers, we have a VPS, which provides more resources than a shared hosting account, but is also much more expensive. Since the site and visitor numbers are growing, at some point in 2020 we’ll likely need to upgrade. - site backup
The site is backed up daily to AWS and also to an offline backup drive. This will be used if the site should ever become compromised. - hosting backup
The entire web hosting account is backed up weekly for easy restoration should something catastrophic happen to our webhost or to the account. - security software
Necessary to help prevent the situations noted above. - Copyscape Premium
- miscellaneous office expenses
This includes things like printer ink and paper, notebooks, pencils, envelopes, stamps. Since EM is online-only, there aren’t a lot of these expenses, but they do come up regularly. (EM does have Amazon wishlist.) - Submittable
Soon, I’d also like to upgrade our Submittable account to allow for more editors, readers, and submissions. - Cloudflare
Cloudflare helps to keep EM’s pages secure and loading quickly. - Contributor payments. And, of course, eventually we’d like to be able to pay contributors (that would cost around $3000/year, which isn’t in the cards at present).
