Category: Friends
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In Support of Small Businesses

While I love saving money, I do prefer to support small businesses, even if it means paying a tiny bit more for a product. Why? Because the money tends to stay in the local economy and each sale means the world to small businesses–especially creative folks. Whether it’s buying a CD direct from a musician,…
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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
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Video From Last Week’s Event

A week ago, I had an event at The Haunted Book Shop with Captain Billie L. Rowland of the Mobile Police Department in celebration of Loyalty: Washington Square Secrets 3. Captain Rowland was my main source for Mobile Police Department accuracy in the historical setting of 1920 Mobile, Alabama. I started off the presentation by…
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Mobile Literary Festival

If you subscribe to my monthly newsletter, this will be a reminder, but there is fresh news further down. For those who haven’t heard, this Saturday, May 14, 2022, is the Mobile Literary Festival. After a two-year postponement, we are happy to return to the historic Ben May Main Library branch of Mobile Public Library…
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Setting Locations of The Possession Chronicles: Part 2

After being delayed several times, here is the official post about The Cathedral-Basilica of the Immaculate Conception as it relates to The Possession Chronicles. As a refresher, here is the link to the post with the Part 1, which has a bird’s eye view of the downtown Mobile area–including the cathedral. That post followed several…