Category: Bellingrath Gardens
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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
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 -
October Wrap Up
The month started with literary events and ended with a lot of Mobile Police Department volunteer activities. The first two weeks of October had me on a panel discussing hands-on research techniques at Mobile Writers Guild and then representing my books at the first ever Oakleigh Literary Lawn Party. As for the Mobile Police Department…
Carrie Dalby
AUTHORSHIP, autumn, Bellingrath Gardens, Betrayal, Candice Marley Conner, CURRENT EVENTS, Editing, Friends, GULF COAST, Historic Mobile Preservation Society, Historical Fiction, LIFE, Mobile, Mobile Police Department, Mobile Writers Guild, Mobile’s Historical Facts, Oakleigh Literary Lawn Party, Southern Gothic, WASHINGTON SQUARE SECRETS -
Freezy Day but Events Ahead
Mobile, Alabama is mostly closed down today because of icy conditions, but I’ve got a busy month of both online and in-person events. In my readers group, Dalby’s Darklings, I’m hosting an online discussion all about Alliance: Washington Square Secrets 2, beginning tomorrow and running January 17-20, 2024.I love doing book discussions, and the participants enjoy hearing the…
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The Homes of The Possession Chronicles: Part 1
Welcome to the first in a series of blog posts featuring the homes of The Possession Chronicles characters. All the city houses in the family saga are actual homes in Mobile, Alabama. Part of my research is choosing locations that are historically accurate–houses, churches, parks, hotels, and more. For the most part, I keep to…
Carrie Dalby
ARCHITECTURE, AUTHORSHIP, Bellingrath Gardens, Frank Lloyd Wright, George Bigelow Rogers/ George B. Rogers, Gothic, Historic Homes, Historic Mobile Preservation Society, Historical Fiction, INSPIRATION, library, Mobile, Mobile’s Historical Facts, Perilous Confessions, Southern Gothic, THE POSSESSION CHRONICLES, WRITING