Remembering Nan Dibble

[caliente_uk]

Today would have been the birthday of the much missed nandibble.

Thinking of you today and always, Nan.

*raises glass*

Comments

[denny-dc.livejournal.com]

thank you for the post. I meant Nan at the first Writercon in Las Vegas, and enjoyed one of my first fic writer fan girl squee moments. She was a star. I own two signed copies of her book on plotting, and just in general am glad to have meant her.

[caliente-uk.livejournal.com]

I was never lucky enough to meet her in person, but Nan was one of my first online friends. I not only admired her as a person, but was proud to call her my friend. I miss her, and still think of her often.

Yes, she was definitely a star. *hugs*

[kcarolj65.livejournal.com]

I toast her with you. Such a sad loss for us all.

[caliente-uk.livejournal.com]

Thank you.

*raises glass to Nan*

[elsaf]

I find Nan in my thoughts quite often. I only met her once, but she was such an extraordinary person. Smart, creative, kind. Such a tragedy that she was taken from us much too soon.

[caliente-uk.livejournal.com]

Nan was one of my first online friends and I loved her dearly. I was never lucky enough to meet her in person, but she really was an extraordinary woman. I still think of her often.

Thank you for remembering Nan with me.

[rahirah]

:(

[caliente-uk.livejournal.com]

*hugs*

She is missed.

[harper47.livejournal.com]

Joining you in lifting a glass to Nan.

[caliente-uk.livejournal.com]

Thank you. I still can't quite believe she's gone. I still have the last email she ever sent me saved in my inbox. I don't think I'll ever be able to bring myself to delete it.

*hugs*

[deborahc.livejournal.com]

I've still got her Email in my Email address book, and printouts of many of her most memorable posts from the S3.

[caliente-uk.livejournal.com]

I miss the old days at S3. I have so many happy memories of my time spent there! I still can't quite believe that Nan and Patti are no longer with us. :(

I tried to send you a copy of Nan's original short story 'Farmer' some time ago, but it kept bouncing back. Did you ever receive a copy? If you didn't, I can send you a copy if you leave me your email address.

It's good to hear from you, Deborah! *hugs*

[deborahc.livejournal.com]

I miss the old days at S3. I have so many happy memories of my time spent there! I still can't quite believe that Nan and Patti are no longer with us. :(

Me too. For quite a while the S3 felt like family. Patti's and Nan's deaths were such terrible shocks. My grief at Nan's death was and remains tinged with anger and bitterness, though. She'd endured such a long period of hardship that she was finally coming out of, she'd just worked her butt off installing all new windows (or something) in her house, and from what I recall, she was looking forward to resting and getting back to her writing. Then bam - gone. It was like a cruel, practical joke. At the back of mind has always been the ominous suspicion that if we'd had universal health care here in the US, maybe, just maybe, Nan would have gone to a doctor in time for whatever it was to have been caught early enough to treat.

With Patti, I just felt sad. I had an older cousin who'd had epilepsy since childhood, but I'd never known it to interfere much with her life. She always had medication for it. Sure, sometimes the medication needed to be adjusted but it was just a fact of life, like asthma or diabetes - chronic conditions people control with medication. Well, she must have had a very bad seizure when she was home alone one day, and her husband came home from work and found her dead on the bathroom floor. Patti's death reminded me of her. Sudden and tragic. Alone. Mercifully quick, I can only hope. Thank goodness Patti's S3 family was there to worry about her and sound the alarm from across the miles.

Enough reminiscing for now. Must get down to work.


Did you ever receive a copy?

I did, thanks. I've got it in hard-copy along with her 'Blood series. Remember "Nothing Gold Can Stay" - that she used to title the chapter about Dawn being returned to her Key essence and Spike's sense of loss? Thinking about, or hearing or reading a line from that poem, instantly brings Nan back to me. That poem and Nan are forever linked in my mind.

[jwaneetaback]

I've done a career shift, from publishing to healthcare, in large part because of Nan's death. I was in contact with her, and she was putting off seeing a doctor until she got Medicare, simply because she could NOT pay.

The American Health Care system, as it stands, killed Nan. I know it.

[megan-peta.livejournal.com]

I still can't get over how shocking her passing was.

[caliente-uk.livejournal.com]

It was such a terrible shock. Nan was one of my first online friends and I still think of her often.

[petzipellepingo.livejournal.com]

Thank you for reminding us.

[caliente-uk.livejournal.com]

Nan is definitely someone who should be remembered.

Thank you for commenting.

[spikereader.livejournal.com]

How nice of you to remember and post about Nan.

I've recently been sorting out some fic that I've saved and came across the unfinished story in her 'Blood' Series, and thinking how sad, unexpected and tragic her death was.

[caliente-uk.livejournal.com]

Nan was one of my first online friends. I admired her as a person and as a writer, but also loved her as a friend. I still think of her often.

It makes me sad to think that we'll never get to see how the story would have ended. :(

Her death was so unexpected and tragic. Even after all this time, I still can't quite believe she's gone.

[fredsmith518.livejournal.com]

Thanks for this, Cal
toasts Nan with you

[caliente-uk.livejournal.com]

I still miss Nan, and think of her often. She's someone who definitely deserves to be remembered.

Thanks for commenting, Jane. How are things with you and yours? I miss seeing you around. *hugs*

[deborahc.livejournal.com]

Jeez - I'd remembered it was in Sept but not the exact date. I'm so glad you did.

I think of her often and miss her always.

Thanks for the post and the commemorative thread in her honor.

[caliente-uk.livejournal.com]

Nan is someone who deserves to be remembered. She really was a remarkable woman.

I'll always miss Nan, and I find myself thinking of her often.

Thank you for commenting, Deborah. *hugs*