Category: Stephanie Lawton

• Mardi Gras History

  Mardi Gras. I’ve always had a love or hate relationship with it. As a child growing up in California one of the highlights of the year was a box of beads, throws, and Moon Pies my mother’s cousin would send us. The magic of the sparkling beads, fun toys, and the wonders of sugar coated…

  Carrie Dalby

  January 8, 2019

  authorship, childhood, CURRENT EVENTS, Gothic, historical, HOLIDAYS, LIFE, Mardi Gras, memories, Mobile, Perilous Confessions, Release Day, research, Stephanie Lawton, The Possession Chronicles, winter, WRITING

  Alabama, Bienvenue Press, Carrie Dalby, family saga, Gothic, historical fiction, inspiration, Mardi Gras, Mobile Bay Area, Perilous Confessions, publishing, release date, research, southern Gothic, Stephanie Lawton, The Possession Chronicles

• Gothic Lit with Stephanie Lawton

  Today I welcome good friend and fellow indie author, Stephanie Lawton. If I had to pick a favorite of her novels, it would be Shrapnel–an eerie blend of gritty contemporary YA, paranormal, Southern Gothic, and historical. Thanks for letting me guest blog today, Carrie! We have a lot of things in common, but a few…

  Carrie Dalby

  April 16, 2018

  creativity, friends, Gothic, Gothic, inspiration, LIFE, READING, Stephanie Lawton, WRITING

  books, Gothic, historical fiction, literature, Shrapnel, Stephanie Lawton, The Possession Chronicles, 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

• 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