Category: Dauphin Island

• Release Day News

  Today marks the day Masked Flaws and Other Stories is available to the world. This collection of previously published short stories is the first time my shorts can be found in one location. Historical in nature, and all but one directly linking to one or more of my series, these stories span the Gulf Coast…

  Carrie Dalby

  October 10, 2023

  AUTHORSHIP, autumn, Christmas, CURRENT EVENTS, Dauphin Island, FORTITUDE, Gothic, Halloween, Historical Fiction, HOLIDAYS, Mardi Gras, Masked Flaws, Mobile, Mobile Writers Guild, New Year, PUBLISHING, READING, Release Day, Short Story, Southern Gothic, spring, THE MALEVOLENT TRILOGY, THE POSSESSION CHRONICLES, Valentine’s Day, WASHINGTON SQUARE SECRETS, winter

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

• FORTITUDE is Back

  

  It was only a few weeks, so most people probably didn’t get a chance to miss it, but Fortitude‘s second edition, from Bienvenue Press, went out of print the end of September. (As of writing this, Amazon has one paperback copy of that edition left in stock.) Now is the time for the third edition…

  Carrie Dalby

  October 11, 2022

  AUTHORSHIP, Claire O’Farrell, Courtship and Courage, Dauphin Island, FORTITUDE, GULF COAST, Historical Fiction, Joe Walker, Olive Kent Publishing, Release Day, Southern Gothic, Travel, WRITING, young adult

  Carrie Dalby, Dauphin Island, FORTITUDE, Historical Fiction, Mobile Bay Area, new release, PUBLISHING, Southern Gothic, WRITING

• We All Need Fortitude

  Today–Saturday, June 6, 2020–marks the 122 anniversary of the Tampa area race riots that happened during the mobilization of the troops to Cuba for the Spanish-American War. For my novel, Fortitude, I researched the event from multiple sources and did my best to portray the situation accurately, though it was heartbreaking to dive into such…

  Carrie Dalby

  June 6, 2020

  AUTHORSHIP, CURRENT EVENTS, Dauphin Island, FORTITUDE, GULF COAST, Historical Fiction, LIFE, Mobile, READING, Research, Southern Gothic, THE POSSESSION CHRONICLES, WRITING, young adult

  Carrie Dalby, FORTITUDE, Historical Fiction, Mobile Bay Area, PUBLISHING, Southern Gothic, THE POSSESSION CHRONICLES, young adult

• Five Fortitude Facts

  I’ve been a little obsessive about The Possession Chronicles lately, but here are five facts about Fortitude: My first book baby—though not my first manuscript written. (It’s the sixth book-length manuscript for me.) It’s the result of five years of research and writing. The novel has the most reviews out of all my books. It…

  Carrie Dalby

  September 23, 2019

  Claire O’Farrell, Courtship and Courage, Dauphin Island, FORTITUDE, Gothic, Historical Fiction, Joe Walker, Murmurs of Evil, Southern Gothic, THE POSSESSION CHRONICLES, WRITING, young adult

  Carrie Dalby, FORTITUDE, Gothic, Historical Fiction, literature, Mobile Bay Area, Southern Gothic, THE POSSESSION CHRONICLES, WRITING, young adult

• It’s Time for More Fortitude

  Fortitude is ready to be back in the wild. The new edition (fresh cover and formatting) of my first published novel releases March 5th by Bienvenue Press. While it did go through a round of line edits, no major changes were made. If you’re new to my books, now is a great time to order…

  Carrie Dalby

  February 25, 2019

  AUTHORSHIP, Claire O’Farrell, CURRENT EVENTS, Dauphin Island, FORTITUDE, GULF COAST, LIFE, Masked Flaws, Mobile, Mobile Literary Festival, Mobile Writers Guild, Perilous Confessions, Release Day, Short Story, Southern Gothic, THE POSSESSION CHRONICLES, WRITING

  Alabama, Carrie Dalby, FORTITUDE, literature, Mobile Bay Area, Mobile Literary Festival, Mobile Writers Guild, PUBLISHING, Southern Gothic, THE POSSESSION CHRONICLES, young adult