Category: parenting

• About Me

  

  Yes, there is an “About Carrie” page on my website, but it’s a general overview relating mostly to my publishing career. I figured the first month of the year would be a good time to reintroduce myself and give more insight and details to make it easier to find out more of what you’re interested […]

  Carrie Dalby

  January 26, 2022

  authorship, blogging, concerts, CORRODED, creativity, CURRENT EVENTS, Facebook, family, Gothic, homeschooling, inspiration, LIFE, memories, Mobile, motherhood, Networking, New Year, novels, READING, WRITING

  biography, Carrie Dalby, Mobile Bay Area

• Staying Home

  It’s an interesting time in the world right now. While there is uncertainty, there is also a slowing down (a breather can be good) and hope–though sometimes you have to search for it. Make the effort to find it–it’s there. What’s going on in my life? As a decade-long homeschool veteran, much of daily life […]

  Carrie Dalby

  March 18, 2020

  authorship, balance, creativity, family, homeschooling, inspiration, LIFE, Masked Flaws, MEDICAL, NATURE, parenting, READING, Scarred Memories, The Possession Chronicles, WRITING

  books, Carrie Dalby, free books, Gothic, publishing, READING, release date, southern Gothic, The Possession Chronicles

• Won Over

  Last night I went to a concert for a band I thought of as decent and liked a few songs by them (including one that’s on a soundtrack for a book in The Possession Chronicles.) Usually I don’t attend a concert unless it’s by a favorite because of two things: time and money. But this […]

  Carrie Dalby

  August 8, 2018

  Anxiety, children, concerts, CURRENT EVENTS, Gulf Coast, Imagine Dragons, inspiration, LIFE, MUSIC, soundtrack, summer, The Possession Chronicles

  Alabama, August, Carrie Dalby, concert, Imagine Dragons, inspiration, The Possession Chronicles, The Wharf

• Guest Post: MeLeesa Swann

  After all the blog hopping I did last month, I’m returning the favor by inviting a few of my writer friends to stop by and share a bit about their stories. Please welcome MeLeesa Swann, author of the middle grade fantasy series Legendary Lex. I Live with Evil Geniuses With four kids, I frequently just […]

  Carrie Dalby

  March 26, 2018

  family, fantasy, friends, LIFE, Meleesa Swann, middle grade, novels, parenting, READING, WRITING

• 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