Category: Laurie Halse Anderson

• Top Ten Facts Behind the Fiction–CORRODED

  1. The acknowledgement section for Corroded is full of people, but the one that stands out the most is Laurie Halse Anderson. Yes, THE Laurie Halse Anderson. I was blessed to win a full manuscript critique during a fundraiser for the Joplin, Missouri tornado victims in 2011, one of the last full critiques she was able…

  Carrie Dalby

  November 22, 2016

  ASD Autism Spectrum Disorders, AUTHORSHIP, Autism, CORRODED, INSPIRATION, John Elder Robison, Laurie Halse Anderson, Memories, Neurodivergent, WRITING, young adult

  Carrie Dalby, literature, PUBLISHING, WRITING, young adult

• Decade in the Making

  I’m halfway through the second round of content edits on Corroded (Surge Imprint from Anaiah Press, April 2016), which makes it at least the fiftieth revision. It’s been a learning curve, to be sure! Even though it’s coming out second, this is the oldest “book baby” of my adult life. My first born, but she…

  Carrie Dalby

  October 14, 2015

  AUTHORSHIP, CORRODED, Creativity, Critque, Editing, FORTITUDE, Friends, INSPIRATION, Laurie Halse Anderson, LIFE, WRITING, young adult

  Carrie Dalby, literature, Mobile Bay Area, PUBLISHING, WRITING, young adult

• Global Autism

  Today is one of those controversial days, this month sometimes less than joyful. April 2 is World Autism Awareness Day and April is dubbed Autism Awareness Month. (Yes, April is also National Poetry and Sexual Assault Awareness Month, but allow me to focus on one for a bit, please.) There are some in the autism…

  Carrie Dalby

  April 2, 2015

  ASD Autism Spectrum Disorders, Autism, Awareness, Family, John Elder Robison, Laurie Halse Anderson, Neurodivergent, READING

• Signs

  I’m not superstitious, but… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gU5Vg2JokU Had to add that song because I can’t say “superstitious” without it playing in my head. And, yes, Europe is still around and sounding better than ever. This morning I approached my desk to write the beginning of my new story. Yes, pre-writing is complete and it’s time to get…

  Carrie Dalby

  April 16, 2014

  Beliefs, Creativity, Europe, Fernando, ferns, Friends, INSPIRATION, Joyce Sterling Scarbrough, Laurie Halse Anderson, LIFE, Memories, MUSIC, NATURE/SEASONS, WIP Work-in-Progress, WRITING

  Carrie Dalby, Mobile Bay Area, WRITING