Category: Israel Parker

• Music for the Wait Time

  It’s been two weeks since I finished the first major round of revisions (there were several edits along the journey) on FORTITUDE. While waiting to hear back from beta readers, I’m working on the synopsis and query letter for it. Plus, a lot of knitting and watching movies have happened—it’s not all work here. Also,…

  Carrie Dalby

  October 2, 2013

  Bid Time Return, Claire O’Farrell, critque, Europe, FORTITUDE, friends, Geeks, Israel Parker, knitting, Meleesa Swann, MOVIES, MUSIC, Somewhere in Time, soundtrack, WIP

• Liebster Blog Award

  I was tagged/nominated by R.K. Grow, a fellow writer on Twitter @tolkien418, for a Liebster Award. Thank you! The Liebster is awarded to up-and-coming bloggers with less than 200 followers. The conditions that go with being nominated are: 1. Thank your Liebster Blog Award presenter on your blog and link back to the blogger who…

  Carrie Dalby

  February 11, 2013

  Anxiety, Aspergers, blog, blogging, BLOGS, books, children, CORRODED, CURRENT EVENTS, Dauphin Island, Fantabutitus, FORTITUDE, friends, Geeks, Israel Parker, iTunes, Joyce Scarbrough, Joyce Sterling Scarbrough, kindred spirits, Lee Ann Ward, LIFE, literature, Meleesa Swann, middle grade, MUSIC, Networking, nonfiction, novels, playlist, READING, soundtrack, Stephanie Lawton, Tamra Torero, teens, Twitter, WIP, WRITING

• The End, again

  Right about midnight, I finished my revision of Corroded,  just under four months shy of when I received my critique back from Laurie Halse Anderson. For those new readers, yes, that’s the Laurie Halse Anderson, award winning author and NYT bestseller. Be sure to check my other blog posts listed in the category menu on…

  Carrie Dalby

  June 20, 2012

  CORRODED, critique groups, critque, editing, Israel Parker, Joyce Sterling Scarbrough, Laurie Halse Anderson, Lee Ann Ward, Meleesa Swann, Stephanie Lawton

• A Month, Revisited

  The past few weeks have been filled with home, family, friends, and literary adventures. Just like Mary Weber, the main character of Corroded, I’ve been expanding my comfort zone by participating in new experiences. And with each new merit badge of life I earn, the anxiety over the unknown lessens. Examples—aren’t you curious to see…

  Carrie Dalby

  September 4, 2011

  Anxiety, critique groups, family, field trips, homeschooling, Israel Parker, Joan Bauer, Joyce Scarbrough, Laurie Halse Anderson, Mobile Writers Guild, public speaking, READING, WRITING