Category: Southern Gothic

• Closing Out 2024

  This year has been full of highs and lows. I choose to focus on the positive, so I’ve highlighted a good portion of my research when sharing “author news” on my blog, in my newsletter, and on my social media accounts. But I haven’t disclosed everything. Though my focus has shifted between several topics, my…

  Carrie Dalby

  December 21, 2024

  Alliance, ARCHITECTURE, AUTHORSHIP, Bellingrath Gardens, Betrayal, Christmas, Cover Art, Creativity, Discernment, Historic Homes, Historic Mobile Preservation Society, Historical Fiction, History Museum of Mobile, HOLIDAYS, INSPIRATION, LIFE, Loyalty, Mobile, Mobile’s Historical Facts, New Year, Research, Southern Gothic, THE POSSESSION CHRONICLES, WASHINGTON SQUARE SECRETS, winter, WIP Work-in-Progress, WRITING

  Carrie Dalby, Gothic, historic district, Historic Homes, Historic Mobile, Historic Mobile Preservation Society, Historical Fiction, literature, Mobile Alabama, Mobile Bay Area, Mobile’s Historical Facts, PUBLISHING, Southern Gothic, THE POSSESSION CHRONICLES, WRITING

• Coming Soon and Updates

  

  I’ve done some freshening on my website. You’ll see a new layout and information on my home page, as well as updates on pages like the one for EVENTS (there’s a new event posted for December 14, 2024), plus I add to the RESEARCH page whenever I acquire something for my local/regional reference collection. Beginning…

  Carrie Dalby

  November 23, 2024

  AUTHORSHIP, autumn, Gothic, Historic Homes, Historic Mobile Preservation Society, Historical Fiction, HOLIDAYS, INSPIRATION, Mobile, Mobile’s Historical Facts, Research, Southern Gothic, THE MALEVOLENT TRILOGY, THE POSSESSION CHRONICLES, WASHINGTON SQUARE SECRETS, WRITING

  Carrie Dalby, Gothic, Historic Mobile, Historic Mobile Preservation Society, Historical Fiction, Mobile Bay Area, Mobile Literary Festival, PUBLISHING, Research, Southern Gothic, THE POSSESSION CHRONICLES, WRITING

• In Support of Small Businesses

  

  While I love saving money, I do prefer to support small businesses, even if it means paying a tiny bit more for a product. Why? Because the money tends to stay in the local economy and each sale means the world to small businesses–especially creative folks. Whether it’s buying a CD direct from a musician,…

  Carrie Dalby

  November 12, 2024

  AUTHORSHIP, Christmas, Creativity, Friends, HOLIDAYS, MUSIC, Olive Kent Publishing, Perilous Confessions, READING, Shop Small, Southern Gothic, WASHINGTON SQUARE SECRETS

  Carrie Dalby, Gothic, Historical Fiction, Mobile Bay Area, PUBLISHING, Shop Small, Southern Gothic, The Haunted Book Shop, THE POSSESSION CHRONICLES, WASHINGTON SQUARE SECRETS, WRITING

• October Wrap Up

  The month started with literary events and ended with a lot of Mobile Police Department volunteer activities. The first two weeks of October had me on a panel discussing hands-on research techniques at Mobile Writers Guild and then representing my books at the first ever Oakleigh Literary Lawn Party. As for the Mobile Police Department…

  Carrie Dalby

  October 27, 2024

  AUTHORSHIP, autumn, Bellingrath Gardens, Betrayal, Candice Marley Conner, CURRENT EVENTS, Editing, Friends, GULF COAST, Historic Mobile Preservation Society, Historical Fiction, LIFE, Mobile, Mobile Police Department, Mobile Writers Guild, Mobile’s Historical Facts, Oakleigh Literary Lawn Party, Southern Gothic, WASHINGTON SQUARE SECRETS

  Bellingrath Gardens and Home, Carrie Dalby, Historic Mobile, Historic Mobile Preservation Society, Historical Fiction, literature, Mobile Alabama, Mobile Bay Area, Mobile Police Department, Southern Gothic, WRITING

• Literary Lawn Party

  

  THIS SATURDAY: Free Event! The first ever Oakleigh Literary Lawn Party is happening Saturday, October 12, 2024, benefiting the Historic Mobile Preservation Society. Stop by anytime between 11am and 4pm on the Oakleigh Grounds and check out dozens of guest authors from around the region and a plethora of books within a gorgeous landscape. Find…

  Carrie Dalby

  October 9, 2024

  ARCHITECTURE, AUTHORSHIP, CURRENT EVENTS, George Bigelow Rogers/ George B. Rogers, Historic Homes, Historic Mobile Preservation Society, Historical Fiction, LIFE, Mobile, Mobile’s Historical Facts, Oakleigh Literary Lawn Party, Southern Gothic, THE MALEVOLENT TRILOGY, THE POSSESSION CHRONICLES, WASHINGTON SQUARE SECRETS

  Carrie Dalby, Gothic, Historic Mobile, Historic Mobile Preservation Society, Historical Fiction, literary event, Mobile Alabama, Mobile Bay Area, Oakleigh Garden District, Southern Gothic, THE POSSESSION CHRONICLES, WASHINGTON SQUARE SECRETS