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It’s Puzzling, Isn’t It? – mydangblog
Ken and I love to do jigsaw puzzles. We usually have one going in the kitchen where we can take a minute and pop in a few pieces between other work. I find it relaxing and I think there’s proven evidence that you get a little dopamine rush when a piece clicks. But sometimes I…
Signs of (Bathroom) Trouble – mydangblog
Last weekend, Ken and I went to the book launch for one of my DarkWinter Press authors. It was a wonderful time—great audience, beautiful venue, and I think she sold a lot of books. It’s the second time I’ve been fortunate enough to attend a DarkWinter author’s book launch and I hope I can keep…
Tiny Me – mydangblog
It’s been another crafty week at the mydangblog household. First, you may remember the peel and stick wallpaper that Ken and I used to create the illusion of a bookcase door which leads to our secret library? Well, it’s not much of an illusion when it starts to fall off the panel attached to the…
I Detect Another Mystery Show – mydangblog
Right now, as in Saturday morning which is when I usually write this, I'm a little distracted because I'm getting ready to go to the big banquet for that literary award I was longlisted for. I already know that I didn't win, but there's a roast beef dinner--need I say more? I've never been to…
The Most Dangerous Game – mydangblog
Here’s something that I recently discovered. Anyone who thinks that today’s young generation is coddled, babied, overprotected, love luxury and all those things that people have liked to sling around ever since Socrates have obviously never seen 13 year-olds play lacrosse. I had the distinct pleasure of doing this on Friday night as we went…
It’s A Mystery – mydangblog
Recently, I’ve been binge-watching an old British TV series called Midsomer Murders. The show focuses on a detective named Barnaby who lives in this vast English territory called Midsomer (not to be confused with Midsommar, which is quite possibly the most INSANE and awful movie I’ve ever seen, nor is it a time of year…
Reactine Well – mydangblog
Reactine Well The virtual book launch for my new novel Charybdis just finished and it was lovely, so huge thanks to everyone who came, to my special guests Susan Richardson, Lawrence Moore, and Paul Brookes, and an especially big thank you to my amazing publisher Jane Cornwell of JC Studio Press for organizing it! Aside…
Feeling Bubbly But Not Expensive – mydangblog
This will be a quick one because the book launch for my new novel Charybdis is this afternoon and I’ve been planning like crazy, buying meats and cheeses, and assorted drinks and other things so that people will be busy eating and not notice how nervous I am. I also bought 2 bottles of bubbly…
Taking The Fall – mydangblog
First the good news: After the shuttering of Potters’ Grove Press and their decision to unpublish all their titles, I was left with 2 short story collections that were no longer available. I’m happy to announce that my first short story collection, Feasting Upon The Bones, has been republished by Baxter House Editions and I…
Zoology 101 – mydangblog
It’s been a zoo around here this past week. I’m serious—a veritable zoo. First, I’ve been having issues with a squirrel in my attic, and that’s not a euphemism for how my brain works, like literally ALL the time. No, there’s an actual squirrel who took up residence in our attic over a week ago…
Making A List – mydangblog
No, I’m not making a list, like a grocery list, or a checklist of tiny furniture I need to buy at the Miniatures Fair I'm going to later, or an excel spreadsheet of all my clocks—the list I’m talking about is a very prestigious longlist. The longlist for a humour competition I recently wrote about…
It’s The Little Things Part 2; Online Launch Party for Charybdis! – mydangblog
The link to the online launch party for Charybdis is at the end of this post, so if you don't want any humorous content first, you can skip right down to the end, but trust me, you'll be missing some hilarious sh*t. Anyway, it’s been another quiet week with a couple of notable exceptions. First…THAT…
Adventure Time Throwback – mydangblog
(This week has been a little too tame for an interesting blog post--edit, write, review submissions, repeat--so here's a throwback to 2017 where I go to a live Adventure Room for the first time--I hope you enjoy it!) A few years ago, I went to an Adventure Room at Casa Loma. For those of you…
Total Eclipse of the Heart – mydangblog
Well, I guess the most exciting thing that happened last week was the eclipse. And it WAS truly exciting, I have to say. Ken and I drove to my aunt’s boyfriend’s place (it’s always so weird to say ‘boyfriend’ when people are in their late 60s, isn’t it, like he’s not A BOY, he’s a…
Don’t Blink Or You’ll Miss It – mydangblog
Last weekend, the local Lions Club had a charity auction. It was pretty good as auctions go, especially since a lot of area businesses donated brand new items. I bid on a few things, like some Lego for Kate and a bunch of old spindles that I told Ken he could use for outdoor woodcrafts.…
Charybdis Getting Featured! – mydangblog
https://smorgasbordinvitation.wordpress.com/2024/04/01/smorgasbord-new-book-spotlight-mystery-historical-charybdis-by-suzanne-craig-whytock Thank you so much to the lovely Sally Cronin of Smorgasbord Blog Magazine for featuring my new novel Charybdis in her Smorgasbord New Book Spotlight--you can read it by clicking on the link above. I really appreciate her kindness and that she took the time to craft such a wonderful promotion. And if that…
Things ‘To-Do’ – mydangblog
Earlier this week, I looked at my list of things to do, and realized I hadn’t yet booked the hall for my book launch for Charybdis. We’ll be doing a Zoom launch with my wonderful publisher, JC Studio Press in the UK, but I’ll also be doing an in-person launch for family and friends towards…
Lost In Translation – mydangblog
You may remember that Ken and I recently turned part of our house into a space for a Writer’s Retreat and it turned out beautifully. But the one thing I really wanted, the secret library door, had proven to be logistically not possible. The weight of the books alone would make the door possibly pull…
Charybdis Is Here! – mydangblog
For this week's post, I'm forgoing the humour because I'm just too excited. No, I didn't buy a new clock or Paris painting (okay, that's a lie, but it's a REALLY nice painting and the clock was just a very small one, more of a watch, really)--the excitement is over the fact that my new…
Not Today, Satan; Things My Mother Left Behind Release! – mydangblog
This week, I had to get blood taken. I absolutely hate having that done, but my new family doctor wanted to do benchmark bloodwork before Christmas and it showed that my cholesterol was slightly elevated: Me: What would cause that?Doc: Mostly diet.Me: Ahem…does drinking wine cause high cholesterol?Doc: No, not really.Me (internally VERY relieved): I’m…
Battle of the Build; Cover Reveal for Charybdis – mydangblog
As you may remember, last week I completed a miniature book nook, and I enjoyed it so much that I ordered another. It was a gothic-style library, and I was super-excited when it arrived. That excitement quickly faded to perplexity when I realized it was from a different company with VERY different expectations. Instead of…
Ring A Ding Ding – mydangblog
Last Monday, I was getting ready for work. The last step is usually to put on all my rings before I head out the door. I love rings—I wear them on five different fingers and both thumbs (great for drumming along to songs on my steering wheel) and I’d like to wear them on all…
It’s The Little Things; A Baxter House Announcement – mydangblog
I had the coolest experience last week. A woman came into the antique market with a guy, and as they went around the corner past the showcases, I had an epiphany. “I know her!” I said to my co-worker. “I’m almost positive that she was on Season 2 of this TV show that Ken and…
Giving Everyone The Finger – mydangblog
A couple of weeks ago, something really weird happened at the antique market where I work. And that’s saying a lot, because weird sh*t happens there all the time, as I’m sure you’ve realized based on my previous stories about it, like the guy who did a LOT of cocaine. For another example, see last…
Boob Job; I Love My Dog – mydangblog
This week, I had to do something that I’d been dreading for a while—get a mammogram. My original appointment had been in July, then I had to change it and the earliest I could get was December. But then, in a surprising turn of good luck, we were going to be away on a cruise…
So Many Questions – mydangblog
Lately, I’ve been besieged by the most bizarre ads on literally every social media platform, ads for things I don’t want, don’t need, and would NEVER buy. Yet the ads just keep getting weirder, as if some algorithm is testing my resolve: Algorithm Engineer 1: Here’s a one-person bathtub. She HAS to buy that.Algorithm Engineer…
A Colourful Little Number – mydangblog
You may remember me telling you that in December, I submitted my humour book What Any Normal Person Would Do to a fairly prestigious competition, The Leacock Medal for Humour. I was worried that my books wouldn’t be received by the deadline, since I’d decided so late in the year to submit, but I got…
Friends For The Holidays – mydangblog
Over the past couple of months, I’ve noticed a weird trend in my Facebook friend requests—they’re all coming from dudes with two first names. I don’t mean like Joe-Bob Smith; I mean I’m getting requests on the daily from guys called Andrew Mark, John Joseph, or Michael Steven. It’s like someone googled “most popular white…
Looking Back to New Year – mydangblog
Today’s topic is actually about New Year’s Resolutions, which I do not make, mostly because if I want to change something about my life, I do it when I think of it, not on some arbitrary and imaginary date line. But still, the moving forward of time does give one pause, and by “pause” I…
Falling For It – mydangblog
Well, it’s almost Christmas and you can tell because the ads on my social media are getting more and more weird. Case in point: Is it me, or does that dude look a little too excited for his bath time, like maybe it’s also his “special man time”? And he looks almost too large for…
The Bees’ Knees – mydangblog
Currently, Ken and I are on a cruise. It hasn’t been quite the experience we’d hoped for, due to sh*tty weather. The first sign of trouble was the night before we were supposed to leave and I got an email telling us that we were no longer going to Key West and Nassau because of…
Reading Is Fundeathmental; Exciting News – mydangblog
For over a year now, I’ve been tutoring a little girl who struggles with reading. Every week on a Thursday, I go over to her house and we spend an hour reading together, doing writing activities, and a variety of other things designed to improve both her reading and writing skills. She’s also in French…
Weird Thoughts and Whatnot – mydangblog
On Friday night, I couldn’t sleep so I started composing this week’s blog post in my head. As you may recall, I’ve been seeing this acupuncturist/chiropractor type guy for my chronic shoulder pain, and I’d given up on the acupuncture on the grounds that lying on my stomach with needles in my back for an…
Decorating 101010101 – mydangblog
As I may have mentioned, Ken and I have been doing a little preliminary house hunting with an eye towards downsizing. The perfect house slipped through our fingers a couple of weeks ago—the owners had accepted an offer literally hours before we went to see it—and since then, it’s been slim pickings. But the whole…
Blowing The Mold – mydangblog
It’s gotten quite a lot busier at work lately. First, because the summer construction project that was supposed to finish in September is finally done--in November--and people have actually stopped using the antique market parking lot as a bypass/speedway and are now parking and shopping, and second, because Christmas is coming and everyone buys their…
He Has A Cute Earring – mydangblog
The other day, my phone rang. I looked at the screen and gasped. “Someone is calling me from Russia!” Ken: What?Me: From Russia!Ken: Prussia?Me: No! Should I answer?Ken: Answer what? And there are two notable things about this whole conversation. First, that I was very panicked. You may or may not remember, but I’ve written…
I’m A Barbie Girl – mydangblog
Last week at work, some of the younger staff decided to dress up for Hallowe’en, and I, never passing by an opportunity to wear a costume, agreed to participate. The theme was Star Trek, but since I didn’t have anything remotely Spock-y, I scoured the closets until I discovered the blonde wig that I had…
Plastic Not So Fantastic – mydangblog
Last weekend, Ken and I took advantage of the warm fall weather and made a lovely barbecued steak dinner, with roast potatoes and Caesar salad. I was almost finished eating when something caught in my throat. I started to cough but no matter what I did, I couldn’t dislodge it. I figured it was a…