Discussing and Remembering Dewey
It is a sad week within the book blogging community. Dewey from Hidden Side of a Leaf passed away this past week. To say that she leaves behind a huge void is a understatement. Not only was she a prolific reader, reviewer and blogger but she was also the founder and organizer of Weekly Geeks, the Bookworms Carnival, and the 24 Hour Read-a-Thon. And I'm sure I'm unaware of many others. We have all been influenced by her amazing energy, creative juices and bringing the community together. She was a wonderful friend. Florinda at The 3 R's: Reading, 'Riting, and Randomness perhaps summed everything up best on this well thought out post. She already has a list of bloggers willing to help.
There has been a lot of discussion on many blogs and twitter about how to cope with that loss.
Some of that discussion has included:
1 - How to best express our condolences to Dewey's family. Many of us have her address in which to send cards/packages. It's been mentioned to donate money/books to her local library, donate money to have her family plant a tree in her name, gather all the online tributes to make sure that Dewey's family doesn't miss them all, send flowers, etc.
2. - How to best carry on the amazing community building events that Dewey started. Many have already expressed interest in taking up some of these projects, includes challenges, Weekly Geeks, the 24 Hour Read-a-thon (this has gotten so big, it probably should have a dedicated blog), secret santa (with Nymeth), and the Bookworms Carnival. Dewey already had a lot of help on many of these projects so I'm sure many feel more prepared than others to step up to the plate.
3 - Raych from Books I Done Read has asked for a RIP button to place on our blogs.
4 - Keeping Dewey's husband in the loop. He mentioned that he would like to either see Dewey's blog continue or just let it rest. Either way, I think he should be in the know how.
So what now? Let's figure it out! Ideas, like to help, etc? I thought that we should get a discussion going in just one place, so it's not spread out among everybody. This certainly doesn't make me the "moderator" here. I just want to be able to talk amongst ourselves. What have I missed?
And if you're reading this discussion that get the word out and direct traffic over here. I'll set up another discussion to list links of our remembrance posts.
There has been a lot of discussion on many blogs and twitter about how to cope with that loss.
Some of that discussion has included:
1 - How to best express our condolences to Dewey's family. Many of us have her address in which to send cards/packages. It's been mentioned to donate money/books to her local library, donate money to have her family plant a tree in her name, gather all the online tributes to make sure that Dewey's family doesn't miss them all, send flowers, etc.
2. - How to best carry on the amazing community building events that Dewey started. Many have already expressed interest in taking up some of these projects, includes challenges, Weekly Geeks, the 24 Hour Read-a-thon (this has gotten so big, it probably should have a dedicated blog), secret santa (with Nymeth), and the Bookworms Carnival. Dewey already had a lot of help on many of these projects so I'm sure many feel more prepared than others to step up to the plate.
3 - Raych from Books I Done Read has asked for a RIP button to place on our blogs.
4 - Keeping Dewey's husband in the loop. He mentioned that he would like to either see Dewey's blog continue or just let it rest. Either way, I think he should be in the know how.
So what now? Let's figure it out! Ideas, like to help, etc? I thought that we should get a discussion going in just one place, so it's not spread out among everybody. This certainly doesn't make me the "moderator" here. I just want to be able to talk amongst ourselves. What have I missed?
And if you're reading this discussion that get the word out and direct traffic over here. I'll set up another discussion to list links of our remembrance posts.
Replies to This Discussion
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Permalink Reply by Florinda on -
Thanks, Natasha. I posted an update on my blog this morning re: Dewey's projects continuing, and just edited it to include your quote from his e-mail. I'm glad we have the blessing to continue - but yeah, it does seem somehow wrong at the same time.
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Permalink Reply by Maw Books on -
More buttons (besides the ones shown here) can be found over at Stephanie's blog. I'd encourage you to post one on your blog.
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Permalink Reply by Gentle Reader on -
I think keeping Weekly Geeks going as a new and separate blog is a great idea. Also, I like Amy's idea for a memorial--I'd be happy to donate to whatever cause the book bloggers agree on in her name. Thanks for getting this started!
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Permalink Reply by Wendy on -
As soon as blogs get set up for these events AND if new hosts appear for challenges...I will make sure I put updates on A Novel Challenge blog as a way of notifying people...also at the Yahoo group for Novel Challenges as well. This should help with getting people re-oriented to the new sites.
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Permalink Reply by Iliana on -
Hi everyone - I'm so sorry I'm late to the discussion. It's just so great to see all the outpouring of love & support for Dewey. It looks like everything has been kind of sorted out but I just wanted to pipe in and say I'll love to help out with the Read-a-thon and I'll try to continue participating in other events & challenges.
Thank you Natasha for starting this discussion!
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Permalink Reply by Louise on -
I didn't know Dewey for that long, but enjoyed her blog and specially Weekly Geeks immensely. If others were to take that up again, I think that would be a fine tribute to Dewey, carrying on what she set in motion.
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Permalink Reply by Maw Books on
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I've forgotten to mention that I'm the one that maintains the two Weekly Geeks feeds. The one that indicates those who do link exchanges and then all Weekly Geeks. If you're not in either of these two feeds just let me know.
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Permalink Reply by Florinda on
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I didn't know there were Weekly Geeks feeds, so I guess I'm not in them! What do I do about that?
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