Category: Gothic

• 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, Frank Lloyd Wright, George Bigelow Rogers/ George B. Rogers, Gothic, Historic Homes, Historic Mobile Preservation Society, Historical Fiction, INSPIRATION, library, Mobile, Mobile’s Historical Facts, Perilous Confessions, Southern Gothic, THE POSSESSION CHRONICLES, WRITING

  ARCHITECTURE, Carrie Dalby, George B Rogers, George Bigelow Rogers/ George B. Rogers, Gothic, Historic Homes, Historical Fiction, Mobile Alabama, Mobile Bay Area, Southern Gothic, THE POSSESSION CHRONICLES

• Summer Writes, Reads, and Edits

  It’s meltingly hot here in Mobile, Alabama, which means it’s a typical August along the Gulf Coast. My favorite thing to do in August are indoor activities including reading, writing, and editing. On August first, I completed the first draft of the final manuscript in the trilogy I began in the autumn of 2019. It…

  Carrie Dalby

  August 11, 2021

  AUTHORSHIP, CURRENT EVENTS, Dorothy Eden, Editing, Frances Parkinson Keyes, Gothic, GULF COAST, Historical Fiction, Mobile, PUBLISHING, READING, seasons, Southern Gothic, summer, THE MALEVOLENT TRILOGY, THE POSSESSION CHRONICLES, WIP Work-in-Progress, WRITING

  Carrie Dalby, Editing, Gothic, Historical Fiction, literature, Mobile Bay Area, PUBLISHING, Southern Gothic, THE MALEVOLENT TRILOGY, THE POSSESSION CHRONICLES, WRITING

• Gratitude Check In

  

  We’re halfway through November. Though life as we know it might not be what we expected a year ago, there are plenty of things to be thankful for. Yes, I write a lot of Gothic stories but I’m a Pollyanna at heart. I may not play “The Glad Game”, but I do have a window…

  Carrie Dalby

  November 16, 2020

  Christmas, Courtship and Courage, FORTITUDE, Goals, Gothic, Historical Fiction, HOLIDAYS, LIFE, Research, seasons, Short Story, Southern Gothic, THE POSSESSION CHRONICLES, WIP Work-in-Progress, WRITING, young adult

  Carrie Dalby, Gothic, Historical Fiction, Mobile Alabama, Mobile Bay Area, Southern Gothic, THE POSSESSION CHRONICLES, WRITING

• Mardi Gras and Southern Gothic

  It’s that time of year, again. Mardi Gras. The day (season) of indulgence. Last January, I blogged about it on a personal level–check it out here. Today, I’d like to take a minute to tie Mardi Gras with my Southern Gothic series. I found this explanation of Southern Gothic Literature online last year on a…

  Carrie Dalby

  February 25, 2020

  Gothic, Historical Fiction, INSPIRATION, Mobile, Mobile’s Historical Facts, Perilous Confessions, READING, Southern Gothic, THE POSSESSION CHRONICLES, WRITING

  Alabama, Carrie Dalby, family saga, Gothic, Historic Mobile, Historical Fiction, Mardi Gras, Mobile Bay Area, Perilous Confessions, Southern Gothic, THE POSSESSION CHRONICLES

• New Year, New Stories

  Unless you live along the Gulf Coast, the holidays are over. If you’re in the Mardi Gras zone, you know the festivities have just begun. Besides being a year old this week, Perilous Confessions is fun to talk about during carnival season. A lot of my historical research centered around Mardi Gras in the Port…

  Carrie Dalby

  January 13, 2020

  AUTHORSHIP, Claire O’Farrell, Courtship and Courage, CURRENT EVENTS, Firsts, FORTITUDE, Gothic, GULF COAST, Historical Fiction, HOLIDAYS, LIFE, Mardi Gras, Mobile, New Year, Perilous Confessions, PUBLISHING, READING, Scarred Memories, Short Story, Southern Gothic, THE POSSESSION CHRONICLES, WIP Work-in-Progress, WRITING, young adult

  Carrie Dalby, Dauphin Island, family saga, FORTITUDE, Gothic, Historical Fiction, literature, Mobile Bay Area, Perilous Confessions, PUBLISHING, READING, Southern Gothic, THE POSSESSION CHRONICLES, WRITING