NaNoWriMo 2021

 I have not been writing much this year as my life continues to level out after the loss of my husband, however I've had several requests for the past two or more years for the next book in the Amberton Paranormal Investigation series (ghost hunting) which began with The Fairlawn Investigation and then continued in The Victoria Wayfarer Investigation. 

During the month of November I'll write the new book in the series, The Lakeside Manor Investigation, as my 10th NaNoWriMo novel. It's still difficult for me to believe that in 2012 I wrote my first novel and today I have 26 novels, 21 anthologies, 7 novellas, and 1 chapter book to my credit. In addition, daughter Kelly and I have a writer's social and support group that just celebrated it's fourth anniversary this past June and has over 100 members, some scattered from east coast to west coast! This October marked the fifth year that I have donated written pieces and art to the local Friends of the Columbia Rail Trail's annual Glow Walk during the full moon in October. 

I still work full time as a medical administrative assistant in a busy 7 provider medical office, but writing and drawing remain my favorite hobbies. 

To view my books in print and ebook format visit Amazon.com, select books and type in Susan Buffum and they come up. To view my art visit etsy.com and type BicycleCityArworks in the search box and my available art prints come up. I'll be adding some new prints soon...hopefully before the holidays officially kick off.

Meanwhile...I'm preparing to write a new novel in 30 days beginning November 1st and ending November 30th! I love a good challenge!

October 2021 News

 While still working my way through the sudden loss of my husband of 37 years I have been trying to keep myself busy. I managed to proof read and revise a book originally titled Dawg but recently self-published with the title The Value of Jade. I wrote the book about three years ago and wasn't completely happy with it, so it sat idle in a binder. With corrections, continuity issues dealt with, and revisions made I self-published the story of a struggling NH farmer whose dog finds a young woman who's been recently assaulted in a muddy corn row on his farm. The farmer takes her in and does his best to help her, including lying to a man who shows up at the farm after the storm is over looking for her. He calls on the local pastor's wife for help. Although Jade has had a difficult past James and his lab/retriever mix dog, Dawg, do their best to help her as she recovers from her injuries and tries to figure out what to do as she moves forward in her life. The pastor and his wife also step in to assist her. After James is attacked and injured by the man hunting for Jade she runs away, but the kindness and protection she's received from James and the pastor and the congregation of the church draw her back. She loves the farm, she loves Dawg, and ultimately, she's fallen in love with James and he's developed feelings for her. Together they work toward a future that will bring them both the stability, security and happiness that has been lacking in their lives. It's a gentle romance story. 

I also had a new ghost story/paranormal/light horror story anthology started with a planned release date of October 2022. I had started a story called The Lilac Teddy Bear while on a short get away vacation to Cape Cod with my husband in mid-April. About two months after my emergency surgery at the very beginning of May and his sudden passing a week later on Mother's Day I managed to finish writing that story. I drew a few stories from past books such as Miss Peculiar's Ghost Stories, Volume I, 13, and Miss Peculiar's Haunting Tales, Volume III to round out the new stories written to make up the third anthology to accompany The Hanging Man and Other Stories, and Only BOO, and nothing more. A Haunting We Will Go was published at the middle of September 2021. 

Both new books are available on Amazon in print format and in the Kindle store as ebooks. 

Several readers have already asked when the sequel to The Value of Jade is coming out! I hadn't planned one, but am now considering it.

A quote from the beginning of A Haunting We Will Go sums up the new anthology: "Come and sit down," she said. "I've saved you the best seat in the house. I call it the uneasy chair."