Category: inspiration

• About Me

  

  Yes, there is an “About Carrie” page on my website, but it’s a general overview relating mostly to my publishing career. I figured the first month of the year would be a good time to reintroduce myself and give more insight and details to make it easier to find out more of what you’re interested […]

  Carrie Dalby

  January 26, 2022

  authorship, blogging, concerts, CORRODED, creativity, CURRENT EVENTS, Facebook, family, Gothic, homeschooling, inspiration, LIFE, memories, Mobile, motherhood, Networking, New Year, novels, READING, WRITING

  biography, Carrie Dalby, Mobile Bay Area

• The Homes of The Possession Chronicles: Part 2

  Welcome back to my mini blog series featuring the homes in The Possession Chronicles. Unless there are requests for other houses, this will wrap up the homes and next time I’ll share other setting locations. I include the addresses so you can do a virtual tour of the neighborhoods with an online map if you’d […]

  Carrie Dalby

  October 11, 2021

  ARCHITECTURE, creativity, Gothic, Gothic, Haunted Remains, historic homes, historical, Hostile Charms, inspiration, Lower Alabama, Mobile, Perilous Confessions, Scarred Memories, southern Gothic, The Possession Chronicles, WRITING

  Carrie Dalby, Gothic, historic homes, historical fiction, Mobile Alabama, Mobile Bay Area, southern Gothic, The Possession Chronicles, WRITING

• The Homes of The Possession Chronicles: Part 1

  

  Welcome to the first in a series of blog posts featuring the homes of The Possession Chronicles characters. All the city houses in the family saga are actual homes in Mobile, Alabama. Part of my research is choosing locations that are historically accurate–houses, churches, parks, hotels, and more. For the most part, I keep to […]

  Carrie Dalby

  September 22, 2021

  ARCHITECTURE, authorship, Bellingrath Gardens, blogging, BLOGS, Frank Lloyd Wright, George Bigelow Rogers, Gothic, Gothic, historic homes, historical, inspiration, library, Mobile, novels, Perilous Confessions, southern Gothic, The Possession Chronicles, WRITING

  ARCHITECTURE, Carrie Dalby, George Bigelow Rogers, Gothic, Government Street, historic homes, historical fiction, Mobile Alabama, Mobile Bay Area, southern Gothic, The Possession Chronicles

• Springing Along

  After finishing the first draft of my latest project at the end of March, I took a few days off to reset my mind. Powering through 118,000 words in just over two months merits a mini-break. Then, I dove into what I think was my final round–or next to final round–of self edits (draft twenty-four) […]

  Carrie Dalby

  April 13, 2021

  authorship, balance, blogging, BLOGS, creativity, critique groups, critque, CURRENT EVENTS, editing, goals, Gothic, guilt, Haunted Remains, historical, inspiration, LIFE, Mobile Writers Guild, procrastination, short story, southern Gothic, spring, The Possession Chronicles, WIP, WRITING

  Carrie Dalby, editing, historical fiction, Mobile Alabama, Mobile Writers Guild, southern Gothic, The Possession Chronicles

• Pinterest Boards

  As a highly visual person, I enjoy utilizing Pinterest for research and story ideas. I have boards for each of my novels and even some of the main characters, as well as for favorite things like books, movies, and colors. While I search things on Pinterest, I also do a ton of research for my […]

  Carrie Dalby

  May 26, 2020

  authorship, creativity, historical, inspiration, LIFE, READING, research, Scarred Memories, The Possession Chronicles, WRITING

  books, Carrie Dalby, historical fiction, inspiration, Mobile Bay Area, publishing, research, The Possession Chronicles, WRITING