Category: kindred spirits

• Fortitude is Almost Here

  A week and a half to go until Fortitude is out in the world. It’s an exciting, frightening, emotional time but being surrounded by encouraging family and supportive friends make it all easier. So does having a gorgeous cover and awesome professional team. If you’re interested in a Kindle copy, Amazon has the pre-order link…

  Carrie Dalby

  November 27, 2015

  Anaiah Press, Anxiety, CURRENT EVENTS, fear, Firsts, FORTITUDE, goals, kindred spirits, LIFE, novels, publishing, WRITING

• New Orleans Revival

  I finished the first draft of FORTITUDE last Tuesday, September 10, 2013. Cue the party horns! It felt great and I immediately took a few days off from serious writing because I busted my fingers and brain the previous two weeks to get it done. Yes, even though it’s Laurie Halse Anderson’s annual WFMAD challenge…

  Carrie Dalby

  September 16, 2013

  Boston, concerts, creativity, editing, FORTITUDE, friends, Hanson, inspiration, Joyce Scarbrough, Joyce Sterling Scarbrough, kindred spirits, Laurie Halse Anderson, Lee Ann Ward, LHA, Listen, literature, Meleesa Swann, Mitch Malloy, MUSIC, New Orleans, novels, playlist, road trips, travel, WFMAD, WIP, WRITING

• Nourish Your Goals

  Did you catch my post earlier this month about ferns? I didn’t have to wait for the summer heat to test me or the fern. This past Sunday I had a minor freak-out about my writing goal—finishing the first draft of FORTITUDE—while I’m in my seventh month of waiting to hear back from publishers about…

  Carrie Dalby

  April 24, 2013

  Anxiety, balance, blog, CORRODED, ferns, FORTITUDE, friends, goals, inspiration, kindred spirits, LIFE, Meleesa Swann, meltdown, NATURE, Networking, pictures, trees, 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

• 2012: The Year of Firsts

  It’s been an eventful year. High and low points abound but this time around, I’m thinking firsts. Several of my firsts happened while in New York City this spring including: Taxi ride (No, I’d never been in a taxi cab!) Train trip (Full size, not a Thomas the Tank Engine ride along.) Subway experience Broadway…

  Carrie Dalby

  December 23, 2012

  BLOGS, Christmas, church, CORRODED, critique groups, family, Firsts, friends, inspiration, Joyce Sterling Scarbrough, kindred spirits, Laurie Halse Anderson, LIFE, literature, memories, Morristown, MUSIC, New Year, NJ, novels, NYC, READING, Stephanie Lawton, Tamra Torero, VACATION