Category: LIFE

• Release Day News

  Today marks the day Masked Flaws and Other Stories is available to the world. This collection of previously published short stories is the first time my shorts can be found in one location. Historical in nature, and all but one directly linking to one or more of my series, these stories span the Gulf Coast…

  Carrie Dalby

  October 10, 2023

  AUTHORSHIP, autumn, Christmas, CURRENT EVENTS, Dauphin Island, FORTITUDE, Gothic, Halloween, Historical Fiction, HOLIDAYS, Mardi Gras, Masked Flaws, Mobile, Mobile Writers Guild, New Year, PUBLISHING, READING, Release Day, Short Story, Southern Gothic, spring, THE MALEVOLENT TRILOGY, THE POSSESSION CHRONICLES, Valentine’s Day, WASHINGTON SQUARE SECRETS, winter

  Carrie Dalby, Gothic, Historical Fiction, Mobile Alabama, Mobile Bay Area, new release, PUBLISHING, Southern Gothic, THE MALEVOLENT TRILOGY, THE POSSESSION CHRONICLES, WASHINGTON SQUARE SECRETS, WRITING

• When Shopping Small

  

  When you think of shopping small, you might not always think of online stores. But more and more small businesses, craftsmen, and artists have online stores through sites like Etsy, Square, or even their own dot com. To help with managing my book stock that I keep on hand for in-person events (something that is…

  Carrie Dalby

  September 6, 2023

  AUTHORSHIP, CORRODED, FORTITUDE, Historical Fiction, LIFE, PUBLISHING, Shop Small, Southern Gothic, THE POSSESSION CHRONICLES, WRITING

  Carrie Dalby, Historical Fiction, literature, Mobile Alabama, Mobile Bay Area, PUBLISHING, Shop Small, Southern Gothic, THE POSSESSION CHRONICLES

• DISCERNMENT Tidbits

  

  Last week, I hosted an online discussion all about Discernment: Washington Square Secrets 1 for my private readers group on Facebook. Since not everyone is on that social media site, and those who are often don’t want to juggle too many groups/friends/etc., I thought I’d share a few things that were touched on in the…

  Carrie Dalby

  July 25, 2023

  ASD Autism Spectrum Disorders, Autism, CURRENT EVENTS, Discernment, Historical Fiction, INSPIRATION, LIFE, Neurodivergent, Southern Gothic, THE POSSESSION CHRONICLES, WASHINGTON SQUARE SECRETS, WRITING

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• Music and Discernment

  

  The two are not publicly related, yet. If you’ve followed my journey for any length of time, chances are you’ve heard me talk about music. I love music. I listen to a wide variety and use it to help set the mood when writing. In my private collection of over six thousand songs, I have…

  Carrie Dalby

  July 17, 2023

  AUTHORSHIP, Dedication, Discernment, Historical Fiction, INSPIRATION, MUSIC, READING, soundtrack, Southern Gothic, THE MALEVOLENT TRILOGY, THE POSSESSION CHRONICLES, WASHINGTON SQUARE SECRETS

  Carrie Dalby, Historical Fiction, Mobile Bay Area, PUBLISHING, Southern Gothic, THE MALEVOLENT TRILOGY, THE POSSESSION CHRONICLES, WASHINGTON SQUARE SECRETS, WRITING

• DISCERNMENT is out now

  

  Today is the release day–book birthday, if you will–of Discernment: Washington Square Secrets 1. This book is a bit different than all my others. Besides being the shortest novel (only novella Mosaic of Seduction is shorter), Discernment had a quick turn around period. From conception to birth, the first book in Washington Square Secrets took…

  Carrie Dalby

  June 6, 2023

  ARCHITECTURE, AUTHORSHIP, CURRENT EVENTS, Discernment, Historic Homes, Historical Fiction, HOLIDAYS, INSPIRATION, Mobile, Mobile’s Historical Facts, PUBLISHING, READING, Release Day, seasons, Southern Gothic, THE MALEVOLENT TRILOGY, THE POSSESSION CHRONICLES, WASHINGTON SQUARE SECRETS, WRITING

  Carrie Dalby, Gothic, Historic Homes, Historic Mobile, Historical Fiction, Mobile Bay Area, new release, PUBLISHING, Southern Gothic, WASHINGTON SQUARE SECRETS, WRITING