Category: ARCHITECTURE

• Closing Out 2024

  This year has been full of highs and lows. I choose to focus on the positive, so I’ve highlighted a good portion of my research when sharing “author news” on my blog, in my newsletter, and on my social media accounts. But I haven’t disclosed everything. Though my focus has shifted between several topics, my…

  Carrie Dalby

  December 21, 2024

  Alliance, ARCHITECTURE, AUTHORSHIP, Bellingrath Gardens, Betrayal, Christmas, Cover Art, Creativity, Discernment, Historic Homes, Historic Mobile Preservation Society, Historical Fiction, History Museum of Mobile, HOLIDAYS, INSPIRATION, LIFE, Loyalty, Mobile, Mobile’s Historical Facts, New Year, Research, Southern Gothic, THE POSSESSION CHRONICLES, WASHINGTON SQUARE SECRETS, winter, WIP Work-in-Progress, WRITING

  Carrie Dalby, Gothic, historic district, Historic Homes, Historic Mobile, Historic Mobile Preservation Society, Historical Fiction, literature, Mobile Alabama, Mobile Bay Area, Mobile’s Historical Facts, PUBLISHING, Southern Gothic, THE POSSESSION CHRONICLES, WRITING

• Coming Soon and Updates

  

  I’ve done some freshening on my website. You’ll see a new layout and information on my home page, as well as updates on pages like the one for EVENTS (there’s a new event posted for December 14, 2024), plus I add to the RESEARCH page whenever I acquire something for my local/regional reference collection. Beginning…

  Carrie Dalby

  November 23, 2024

  AUTHORSHIP, autumn, Gothic, Historic Homes, Historic Mobile Preservation Society, Historical Fiction, HOLIDAYS, INSPIRATION, Mobile, Mobile’s Historical Facts, Research, Southern Gothic, THE MALEVOLENT TRILOGY, THE POSSESSION CHRONICLES, WASHINGTON SQUARE SECRETS, WRITING

  Carrie Dalby, Gothic, Historic Mobile, Historic Mobile Preservation Society, Historical Fiction, Mobile Bay Area, Mobile Literary Festival, PUBLISHING, Research, Southern Gothic, THE POSSESSION CHRONICLES, WRITING

• Literary Lawn Party

  

  THIS SATURDAY: Free Event! The first ever Oakleigh Literary Lawn Party is happening Saturday, October 12, 2024, benefiting the Historic Mobile Preservation Society. Stop by anytime between 11am and 4pm on the Oakleigh Grounds and check out dozens of guest authors from around the region and a plethora of books within a gorgeous landscape. Find…

  Carrie Dalby

  October 9, 2024

  ARCHITECTURE, AUTHORSHIP, CURRENT EVENTS, George Bigelow Rogers/ George B. Rogers, Historic Homes, Historic Mobile Preservation Society, Historical Fiction, LIFE, Mobile, Mobile’s Historical Facts, Oakleigh Literary Lawn Party, Southern Gothic, THE MALEVOLENT TRILOGY, THE POSSESSION CHRONICLES, WASHINGTON SQUARE SECRETS

  Carrie Dalby, Gothic, Historic Mobile, Historic Mobile Preservation Society, Historical Fiction, literary event, Mobile Alabama, Mobile Bay Area, Oakleigh Garden District, Southern Gothic, THE POSSESSION CHRONICLES, WASHINGTON SQUARE SECRETS

• Summertime Tidbits–Lots of Photos

  

  The month slipped by before I realized it. From traveling to getting the final printed proof of Loyalty: Washington Square Secrets 3 approved, it’s been a busy–and hot–July. First up, here’s a peek at one of the stops on my travels. Frank Llyod Wright’s Fallingwater. I waited several decades to see it, and it didn’t…

  Carrie Dalby

  July 25, 2024

  ARCHITECTURE, AUTHORSHIP, Cover Art, CURRENT EVENTS, Frank Lloyd Wright, Historic Homes, Historical Fiction, INSPIRATION, LIFE, Loyalty, Mobile, Mobile Police Department, NATURE/SEASONS, PUBLISHING, READING, Research, seasons, Southern Gothic, summer, THE MALEVOLENT TRILOGY, Travel, WASHINGTON SQUARE SECRETS, WRITING

  ARCHITECTURE, book series, Carrie Dalby, Historic Homes, Historical Fiction, Mobile Alabama, Mobile Bay Area, Mobile Police Department, PUBLISHING, Southern Gothic, WRITING

• Anatomy of a Cover Design

  When I revealed the cover for Loyalty: Washington Square Secrets 3 in my readers’ group, one person asked about my cover design process. As a fellow author, this reader (hi, LB) is interested in the creation of all parts of a book. So, here’s a rundown of my current cover process—and a cover reveal for…

  Carrie Dalby

  June 11, 2024

  Alliance, ARCHITECTURE, AUTHORSHIP, Cover Art, Creativity, Discernment, Editing, George Bigelow Rogers/ George B. Rogers, Historic Homes, Historical Fiction, Loyalty, Mobile, Mobile’s Historical Facts, Olive Kent Publishing, PUBLISHING, Southern Gothic, THE MALEVOLENT TRILOGY, THE POSSESSION CHRONICLES, WASHINGTON SQUARE SECRETS, WRITING

  Carrie Dalby, Gothic, Historic Homes, Historic Mobile, Historical Fiction, Mobile Alabama, Mobile Bay Area, PUBLISHING, Southern Gothic, THE MALEVOLENT TRILOGY, THE POSSESSION CHRONICLES, WASHINGTON SQUARE SECRETS, WRITING