Suzanne Church's Blog

Time for another fresh start! That’s the beauty of the new year, giving us all a chance to set new goals, re-evaluate our priorities, and get to it!

Check out my #DailyDelight posts and other silliness on my Twitter feed.

I haven’t posted to the blog in ages!

I blame Umbridge (see previous posts), the pandemic, and a general discomfort with the INTERNET IS FOREVER dilemma.

I’m still around. Still writing. Still editing. Still recruiting Virtual Assistant clients.

After taking several workshops to spark my writing again, I’ve decided to put more time into the blog. We’ll see how this particular endeavour works out.

I finally heard the pathology results, and below is the direct quote from the doctor:

“The pathologist said there was so little cancer that they had trouble finding it!”

Yay!

I don’t need any more treatment, so no radiation and no chemo. Just a bunch of follow-up appointments to be sure it doesn’t come back.

As you can imagine, I am really, really happy!

I’ve been debating whether or not to post this news to the internet. Because the internet is forever and far reaching, and I can’t un-ring the bell. But authors are honest and we share our journeys and this is a big one for me.

On Tuesday, September 24th, I met with my doctor and received a diagnosis:

Endometrial cancer

My doctor assured me that of all the reproductive cancers a woman can get, this was a “good one”.

I had gone through several tests over the weeks before the diagnosis: a pap,...

 
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My schedule for this weekend’s Storming the ConFusion 2019

Saturday, January 19th
10:00AM – 11:00AM Improv Flash Fiction  Panelists: Jackie Morgan(M), Mur Lafferty, Vanessa Ricci-Thode, and Suzanne Church   [Southfield]

Sunday, January 20th
2:00PM – 3:00PM Women Over Fifty as Leaders, Mentors, and Heroes in SFF  Panelists: Diana Rowland (M), Suzanne Church, Jeannie Szarama, Sarah E. Gibbons, and Teresa Nielsen Hayden   [Dearborn]

Click here for the full ConFusion 2019 Schedule

I’ve been super-busy this November, once again participating in NaNoWriMo.

I don’t have the stamina I used to, with respect to NaNoWriMo. I tried and didn’t make it to 50,000 words in 2014 and 2017. I didn’t even participate in 2016. I did jump back onto the ride this year.

Unfortunately, my hands get sore after a long day of writing, so I’m mostly doing updates on Twitter, because it’s so much faster than a blog post.

Find me on Twitter @canadiansuzanne, which is also my NaNoWriMo codename....

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“Brendan’s Way” is a true page-turner Science Fiction novel. From the moment that the main character, Brendan, boards the Imram to begin his three-month journey to a new world, his every moment is filled with confusion and novelty. As he explores the bustling market, the corridors of the Ring, and the confines of his curtained cubicle, he meets a legion of unusual characters, all travelling in the bowels of the ship, a modern-day vision of steerage on the epic ocean liners of the past.

To ea...

The schedule for The 39th International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts (AKA ICFA) arrived in my inbox.

My only panel:

Thursday, March 15th
2:30PM – 4:00PM Creative Panel: What Can SFWA Do for You?  Panelists: Kate Baker, Suzanne Church, Andy Duncan, Sarah Pinsker, and Cat Rambo, moderated by Terra LeMay   [Vista B]

I hope to see some of you there!

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Since the e-book of my novel, “Hellmaw: Soul Larcenist” is no longer available for sale, I decided to update the look of my website.

Enjoy the visit. I’m going to open up the comments, after a long era of them being closed.

Let me know what you think…