Category: kids

• Expanding Horizons

  I’ve noticed that, despite being detail-oriented, the more I have to do, my executive functioning skills plummet. For several years, I’ve been to the point that if I don’t write something down, it doesn’t get done. If I leave the house on errands, I have a list of where I need to go–and then a […]

  Carrie Dalby

  February 8, 2022

  ASD Autism Spectrum Disorders, authorship, autism, balance, CURRENT EVENTS, executive functioning, family, goals, kids, LIFE, time, WRITING

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

• Ducklings in a Row

    Being in between projects can take its toll on a writer (or any creative sort.) Last week on Twitter I saw an image with the following uncredited quote: “Writing is the only intoxication that keeps the writer sober.” That’s so true! During the past three years of heavy writing and editing, I’ve tried to […]

  Carrie Dalby

  August 22, 2018

  Anxiety, balance, clutter, creativity, DECORATING, editing, family, Gothic, inspiration, kids, LIFE, organizing, READING, WRITING

  Carrie Dalby, editing, Gothic, inspiration, organization, The Possession Chronicles

• Tis the Season

  The light of the season is upon us and the books are under the tree.   My children are enjoying the magic of the holidays, though most days they chose These Happy Golden Years by Laura Ingalls Wilder as their read aloud as opposed to the traditional picking of Christmas books from under the tree […]

  Carrie Dalby

  December 14, 2016

  Bellingrath Gardens, children, Christmas, family, HOLIDAYS, kids, Laura Ingalls Wilder, LIFE, read aloud, READING, WIP, WRITING

• 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

  Boston, concerts, editing, family, Firsts, inspiration, kids, LIFE, MUSIC, sensory issues, WIP, WRITING

• Scents of Wonder

  I’ve been thinking about smells lately. Not necessarily bad odors (though with three kids in the house, there are plenty of those), just the power of memory in regards to one of the main senses. To me, a fresh box of Crayola crayons or a container of Play-Doh is childhood. Camel cigarettes smell like corruption. […]

  Carrie Dalby

  June 10, 2015

  childhood, fear, high school, kids, LIFE, memories, nostalgic, pictures, teens