Support

Community-supported, on purpose

Writer Roll Call is an independent site run by one writer. It's free to use, and the plan is to keep it that way: no ads, no analytics trackers, no selling your data, no paywall between you and your own writing log. What it costs to run is covered by the community that uses it — and by the founder's own pocket where the community hasn't yet.

What it actually costs

The honest ledger: a small application server, a managed database with real backups, the domain, and the email service that sends verification links and password resets. Together that's on the order of a nice hardcover book every month — more as more writers join, since email and database capacity scale with signups. Contest prizes are funded separately, out of the founder's pocket.

If you'd like to help

The best support is free: use the site, tell a writing friend, share a milestone page when you finish something. If you'd like to chip in on the infrastructure, you can — donations go through an external page and are entirely optional. They're gifts toward the running costs, not purchases: no perks, no tiers, nothing unlocks.

Affiliate links

One more honest disclosure: retail links on authors' public pages may carry the site's affiliate tag, which means a small commission on purchases at no cost to the buyer or the author. That, too, goes toward keeping the lights on.

Questions? Write to [email protected].