Category: Family

• Winter Wonderland

  There is an epic level of awesomeness happening in my life right now, but where to begin? The basics—and I will expound on all of these things in my December newsletter next week, so if you haven’t yet, subscribe! I’m traveling and experiencing new things such as wintry weather in the Pocono Mountains. Cold and…

  Carrie Dalby

  November 27, 2018

  AUTHORSHIP, autumn, Claire O’Farrell, Courtship and Courage, CURRENT EVENTS, Family, FORTITUDE, Goals, Historical Fiction, Joe Walker, LIFE, NATURE/SEASONS, Perilous Confessions, Release Day, seasons, Short Story, THE POSSESSION CHRONICLES, Travel, winter, WRITING

  Carrie Dalby, FORTITUDE, Gothic, Historical Fiction, literature, Perilous Confessions, PUBLISHING, Southern Gothic, THE POSSESSION CHRONICLES, young adult

• Fueled by Live Music

  Last week I sent out my newsletter, so for those who get that you’ll already know I completed the first few drafts of my Gothic Horror work-in-progress. It’s currently out with some beta readers and I’m trying to patiently await feedback. Trying.   The other highlight this month—besides finishing that behemoth draft of 882 pages—was…

  Carrie Dalby

  August 24, 2016

  AUTHORSHIP, concerts, Editing, Family, Firsts, Historical Fiction, INSPIRATION, LIFE, MUSIC, Neurodivergent, Southern Gothic, WIP Work-in-Progress, WRITING

  Carrie Dalby, Historical Fiction, literature, Southern Gothic, THE POSSESSION CHRONICLES, WRITING

• Home, Again

  The past two months have been filled with family, adventure, and writing. Lots and lots of writing! In June alone, I wrote fifty thousand words on my project, which is just over Corroded’s final published word count. The first two weeks of July provided a road trip to the Poconos, where I was able to…

  Carrie Dalby

  July 21, 2016

  AUTHORSHIP, CORRODED, Creativity, CURRENT EVENTS, Family, Historical Fiction, INSPIRATION, LIFE, Murmurs of Evil, NATURE/SEASONS, THE POSSESSION CHRONICLES, WIP Work-in-Progress, WRITING

  Carrie Dalby, Gothic, Historical Fiction, literature, Southern Gothic, THE POSSESSION CHRONICLES, 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

• 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