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Corroded

Last week, on April Fool’s Day (no joke), I signed my second book contract with Anaiah Press. Fortunately, there is no video footage of my happy dance. That would be awkward, almost as uncomfortable as admitting it happened in the first place. The “new book” is Corroded, a young adult, contemporary novel. Corroded has been…

Carrie Dalby

April 7, 2015

ASD Autism Spectrum Disorders, AUTHORSHIP, Autism, Awareness, Beliefs, CORRODED, CURRENT EVENTS, Fernando, ferns, Friends, LIFE, PUBLISHING, WRITING

Carrie Dalby, Mobile Bay Area, PUBLISHING, WRITING

Global Autism

Today is one of those controversial days, this month sometimes less than joyful. April 2 is World Autism Awareness Day and April is dubbed Autism Awareness Month. (Yes, April is also National Poetry and Sexual Assault Awareness Month, but allow me to focus on one for a bit, please.) There are some in the autism…

Carrie Dalby

April 2, 2015

ASD Autism Spectrum Disorders, Autism, Awareness, Family, John Elder Robison, Laurie Halse Anderson, Neurodivergent, READING

Publishing News

Last week there was some exciting news on the internet. Anaiah Press has acquired my young adult historical novel, FORTITUDE, and it’s set to be published January 12, 2016. There’s much to do in the year ahead: revisions, line edits, cover reveal, and so on, but it’s a journey I’m most looking forward to. I…

Carrie Dalby

December 22, 2014

AUTHORSHIP, Dauphin Island, FORTITUDE, Historical Fiction, HOLIDAYS, LIFE, Mobile, PUBLISHING, Southern Gothic, WRITING

Carrie Dalby, Historical Fiction, Mobile Bay Area, PUBLISHING, Southern Gothic, WRITING

What Grows in Family Trees?

We are being watched and someone will want to model us—especially if there are children in our home. Fortunately, the most recent habit of mine that has been chosen by one of my kids is harmless. At least, I like to think it is. Returning readers will recognize the following image: For those unfamiliar, that…

Carrie Dalby

October 21, 2014

Creativity, Family, Fernando, ferns, INSPIRATION, LIFE, NATURE/SEASONS, seasons, trees

Mobile Bay Area, WRITING

Story Growth

Fernando is spreading. He even has new fiddleheads coming from the earth—not the tree—this time. Go, Fernando! Just like the fern, my own stories are growing. I’m on the downhill for the first draft of my current project, and it has a shiny new working title: THE UNRAVELING THREADS OF KYNDRA FIELDS. Fernando—just like my…

Carrie Dalby

August 26, 2014

Creativity, Fernando, ferns, INSPIRATION, NATURE/SEASONS, trees, WIP Work-in-Progress, WRITING

Mobile Bay Area, WRITING