by Sylvia McNicoll | Jul 2, 2023 | Sylvia McNicoll
Dogs enjoy the basics of life. Food, shelter, a walk, some play and us. My rescue terror, I mean terrier, Banjo loves me more than anyone I know. Doesn’t matter how my latest book What the Dog Knows does on the awards lists or library shelves. I am his person.  Note beside him in this video is Worf. the dog Diesel is based on. One of the little side lessons in this story is that If we pay attention to our dogs,( or even our cats) maybe we, too, can be happier with the simple things in life.
Diesel and Banjo want you to know, no dogs stay dead in this story. Whoo, big plot giveaway!
by Sylvia McNicoll | Jun 12, 2018 | Sylvia McNicoll
Mortie loves giving kisses a little too much. I have to restrain him from licking the public.
Sometimes it’s fun to share the limelight with a friend when you’re signing at a book store. Mortie is a gregarious Jackapoo who loves children and grownups alike.. He’s also my inspiration for Ping in The Great Mistake Mysteries as well as Finnigan in Revenge on the Fly or Venganza contra las mosques.
Warily watching for customers. Things can be a bit slow midday.
But then things pick up! Yay, a little girl who wants to talk books and pat dogs.
Making the big leap at home time. Mortie likes to browse the store a bit too.
by Sylvia McNicoll | Dec 22, 2016 | Sylvia McNicoll
Authors need to acknowledge their own creations and buy themselves gifts. This is to help fortify us for the tough world out there that perhaps doesn’t celebrate our work enough. I decided to reward myself for The Great Mistake Series with a specially designed and handmade pin by Cathy Disbrow, a designer and illustrator extraordinaire. (The name of her company is Woolly Doodles, have a look at her work over at http://www.woollydoodles.com) The first stage is selecting sketches. These are of Pong, the rescue greyhound in the story, and Ping, a Jack Russell largely based on my dog Mortie. The top two are the ones I chose.
In the story the dogs are described as a miss matched wagon team, one big, silent and powerful, Pong; the other small, bark and bold, Ping. Â They are already earning me great reviews. “The descriptions of canine exuberance, however, are delightful and the best parts of this quick read and first in a promised mystery series.”
Pay no attention to the “however” which  is why I need to have this piece of art created for myself.
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