Category: Balance

• Springing Along

  After finishing the first draft of my latest project at the end of March, I took a few days off to reset my mind. Powering through 118,000 words in just over two months merits a mini-break. Then, I dove into what I think was my final round–or next to final round–of self edits (draft twenty-four)…

  Carrie Dalby

  April 13, 2021

  AUTHORSHIP, Balance, Barren Devotion, Creativity, Critque, CURRENT EVENTS, Editing, Goals, Haunted Remains, Historical Fiction, INSPIRATION, LIFE, Mobile Writers Guild, Short Story, Southern Gothic, spring, THE POSSESSION CHRONICLES, WIP Work-in-Progress, WRITING

  Carrie Dalby, Editing, Historical Fiction, literature, Mobile Alabama, Mobile Bay Area, Mobile Writers Guild, PUBLISHING, Southern Gothic, THE POSSESSION CHRONICLES

• Literary Reflections

  Last Saturday I gave my “Kid Lit 101” presentation to a group of writers in Gulfport, Mississippi. While what is categorized as (upper) middle grade is my first literary love, the past few years I’ve been focusing the majority of my reading time on Gothic—classic Gothic, Southern Gothic, Gothic Romance, etc.—to be sure I’m doing…

  Carrie Dalby

  June 26, 2018

  AUTHORSHIP, Balance, Creativity, CURRENT EVENTS, Editing, Gothic, GULF COAST, Historical Fiction, INSPIRATION, Katherine Paterson, LIFE, middle grade, Perilous Confessions, Public Speaking, PUBLISHING, READING, Southern Gothic, THE POSSESSION CHRONICLES, WIP Work-in-Progress, WRITING, young adult

  Carrie Dalby, Editing, Gothic, literature, Perilous Confessions, THE POSSESSION CHRONICLES, WRITING, young adult

• March Madness

  There’s some catching up to do! This month’s been a productive time, and I still haven’t shared some fun news from February. Seeing how I labeled this post with the current month’s name, I’ll stick with the newest information this time around. Last Saturday I crossed Mobile Bay and did a presentation for Baldwin Writers…

  Carrie Dalby

  March 23, 2016

  AUTHORSHIP, Balance, Candice Marley Conner, CORRODED, Creativity, Friends, Joyce Scarbrough, Joyce Sterling Scarbrough, LIFE, middle grade, Mobile Writers Guild, MUSIC, Public Speaking, PUBLISHING, spring, Steven Moore, WRITING, young adult

  Carrie Dalby, literature, Mobile Bay Area, PUBLISHING, WRITING

• Midyear Reality Check

  As noted in a previous post, my life fell apart sometime late spring. True, it was nothing disastrous—more like a mini-emotional breakdown—but it was a call to action. My reading slowed. My writing was non-existent. My health and sanity = Scary Carrie. I’m happy to report the past six weeks have proven productive, as well…

  Carrie Dalby

  July 8, 2014

  Balance, Beliefs, Fernando, ferns, FORTITUDE, Goals, INSPIRATION, LIFE, READING, spring, summer, WRITING

• Highs and Lows

  A writing life is full of its own highs and lows and this week, though it’s just beginning, has both. How do I know? I’ve already experienced the spectrum of emotions. Good news first: I passed twenty-five thousand words on the first draft of FORTITUDE. Most days I’m making myself write first thing in the…

  Carrie Dalby

  April 30, 2013

  Balance, CORRODED, Critque, ferns, Firsts, FORTITUDE, INSPIRATION, LIFE, Mobile Writers Guild, Neurodivergent, WRITING