Helping Tee Morris and Sonic Boom
Posted on | January 9, 2010 | 12 Comments
Recently author/podcaster Tee Morris’s wife Natalie died unexpectedly, leaveing Tee struggling with the personal and financial burden that comes with the sudden death of a loved one. I don’t know Tee well enough to give you any more details, but I can tell you all that Tee Morris started this whole podcasting fiction thing. He was the first. He has been a pioneer in making the internet one of the greatest tools at the disposal of writers everywhere.
I’ve mentioned The Survival Guide to Writing Fantasy on my blog before and I can again recommend it for Tee’s interview skills, insights and slightly strange sense of humour. Tee gives all of this stuff away for free, and now he’s in need of some help from the community he was a big part of starting.
That’s us.
So here’s what I want you to do. Go to the widget at the bottom of this post (when I do another post I’ll repost it there) that says Chip In or go to the Chip In page to help Tee out with the immediate costs he’s going to have to deal with. I say immediate costs because there is also going to be a trust fund set up for his daughter, but he will need help now.
Once you’ve donated, post a comment for me so I know when and how much you’ve chipped in and at the end of each month (Up until April) I’ll select someone at random and buy them one of Tee’s books from Book Depository. They ship free anywhere in the world, so feel free to enter no matter where you are.
You get an entry no matter how small an amount you donate.
It sucks when bad things like this happen, but we can all help out a little, and as a community, help out a lot.
Go to it.
****UPDATE**** If you want to keep the amount to yourself, I don’t mind at all. Just let me know you donated and I’ll put your name in the hat!
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January 10th, 2010 @ 4:52 am
Her name was Natalie.
January 10th, 2010 @ 5:23 am
Yes, please change that ASAP. Although mistakes are human, I can’t imagine how Tee would react if he saw the error.
I donated $42.13 on 01/07/2010. Thanks for the bonus support of Tee via book sales.
January 10th, 2010 @ 9:07 am
Corrected, sorry folks that was a silly mistake.
January 11th, 2010 @ 3:03 pm
Made two donations on this end. One from myself (1/7/10), one from my husband Scott (1/8/10).
January 11th, 2010 @ 3:31 pm
I donated the amount I’d spend at the grocery store if I was able to make them a pot roast like I’d really like to. Thanks for promoting this.
January 11th, 2010 @ 8:52 pm
My husband and I put in a donation. I only wish there was more I could do.
January 14th, 2010 @ 9:15 pm
Chipped in what I could, worth a night at the movies in a small town.
Also blogging about the cause over at Podagogue.
Nice way to promote the fund, and to give back to a man who has given us all so much.
January 15th, 2010 @ 7:51 am
I made a donation on 1/7/10 and I am making a item donation to the auction. It’s the least I can do.
January 24th, 2010 @ 10:13 am
[...] until April, so if you’ve made a donation and want to get in on the draw, leave a comment on this post and I’ll add your name to the [...]
January 25th, 2010 @ 7:18 am
I made a donation to. He is an inspiration for me.
August 23rd, 2011 @ 3:04 am
October 15th, 2011 @ 4:45 pm
I just submitted my donation. As a father of four daughters, my heart goes out Tee and his child. Thank you everyone in the community for stepping forward to offer words of comfort and also support in this difficult time. Words cannot express.