Category: Meleesa Swann

• 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

• Blog Hopping

  I’ve been all over different websites lately and posting/sharing the links on my social media pages, but in case you’ve missed them, here’s the latest.   Book Review: This post is a review of my historical novel, Fortitude, by MeLeesa Swann, a newcomer in the world of Middle Grade fantasy.   Guest Blog Spots: This…

  Carrie Dalby

  February 15, 2018

  ASD Autism Spectrum Disorders, Aspergers, authorship, autism, blog, blogging, BLOGS, CORRODED, creativity, critque, fantasy, FORTITUDE, friends, Gothic, historical, John Elder Robison, LIFE, Meleesa Swann, NATURE, rusty, spectrum, Stephanie Lawton, Steven Moore, WRITING

  autism, blogging, historical fiction, questions, reviews, WRITING

• Expand Your Horizons

  Autism Awareness/Acceptance Month is past the halfway mark. Have you seen an increase of understanding around you? My blue hair has provided more opportunities to discuss autism with others, so I’m glad I was brave enough to try it this time. I scrolled through some old posts and came across this one from two years…

  Carrie Dalby

  April 16, 2015

  ASD Autism Spectrum Disorders, autism, Awareness, blogging, BLOGS, CORRODED, creativity, Fernando, ferns, FORTITUDE, inspiration, kids, LIFE, Meleesa Swann, parenting, publishing, spectrum

• Ain’t No Cure but Hard Work

  If you know me or have been reading this blog for more than a season, you know that summer is my least favorite time of the year. Yes, I know that it isn’t technically summer, but it’s in full swing on the Gulf Coast. The thermostat has reached ninety degrees and the humidity is at…

  Carrie Dalby

  June 8, 2014

  autographs, birthday, blogging, Boston, concerts, creativity, Diamond Rio, Fantabutitus, Firehouse, friends, Gulf Coast, inspiration, Joyce Scarbrough, Joyce Sterling Scarbrough, LIFE, Meleesa Swann, MUSIC, playlist, procrastination, Scrivener, seasons, summer, WIP, WRITING

• 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