I actually don't believe I'm writing this but a dear friend and beloved bard SwordnQuill (Susanne M. Beck) passed away in her sleep over Easter. I'm absolutely heartbroken. I'm seriously in shock this morning. I woke up at 3 am and decided to read so I could nod off again. I received a message from T. Novan and I thought I was seeing things. This is one of those WTF kinda of things. It has to be a hoax. it just has to be. God, please make it a hoax! Unfortunately it's not.

I just can't believe it. According to her brother's post, Sue passed away in her sleep over the Easter weekend. Sue was 55 years old.

Earlier this year, I announced that one of my favourite series, The Redemption Series, was going to be republished by AUSXIP Publishing. We wanted that series to find a new generation of readers who would enjoy Sue's incredible talent.

We were going to publish them later this year. We've decided that we will be publishing Sue's work and 100% of the royalties will be donated to Sue's favourite charities. It's our way of honoring Sue's legacy.
I will say the Xenaverse's hearts are hurting today...

 

Her brother's message was posted on her FB Profile

With great sorrow I have to announce that my sister Suz Beck (Sue) passed away in her sleep over Easter Weekend.

Sue was a sister, a daughter, a mother of three amazing dogs, a passionate creative mentor and collaborator, a skilled and capable nurse and thoughtful, compassionate medical professional, an award winning writer, friend, activist in the gay community, and a human rights warrior putting herself in harms way to help those she cared about and causes she believed in. She suffered from the results of that commitment several times severely, but never wavered from her resolve or beliefs in humanity.

She is survived by her parents, myself and two amazing dogs, Whiskey and Gremlin, who have been placed with loving families already. She will be dearly missed. Please reach out to me if you have any questions or anything you'd like to share.

Her ashes will be spread in her "zen place", referenced in many of her books, the Wequaquet Lake in Cape Cod, later this summer.

We will miss you Sue and as always, we love you. Xena, Star Trek and so many other characters will always have your heart and mind in them for so many people.