Category: pictures

• The Final Countdown

  Two weeks to go until Murmurs of Evil is in the wild and my emotional state reflects that anticipation. I did the final look through after formatting and now it’s just waiting for that pre-order option to go live. Be sure to subscribe to my newsletter to be one of the first to get that […]

  Carrie Dalby

  May 28, 2019

  Anxiety, authorship, CURRENT EVENTS, Gothic, historical, inspiration, Murmurs of Evil, pictures, Release Day, southern Gothic, The Possession Chronicles, WRITING

  Carrie Dalby, family saga, Gothic, historical fiction, inspiration, literature, publishing, release date, southern Gothic, The Possession Chronicles, WRITING

• Repeats

  2015 has been a year of edits. Multiple rounds of edits on my first novel, Fortitude, carried me through winter and spring. In between those, I reworked my second novel, Corroded, to be submission ready for my publisher. (I signed the contract for it in April.) Over the summer, I worked on my messy work-in-progress, […]

  Carrie Dalby

  September 22, 2015

  BELIEFS, childhood, CORRODED, editing, FORTITUDE, high school, inspiration, LIFE, memories, nostalgic, pictures, publishing, READING, SCHOOL, teens, WIP, WRITING, young adult

• Adventure Ahead!

  At the beginning of August, I took a trip with a comrade (both in homeschooling and writing) to North Carolina. Thanks to a visit from Santa in 2014, we had V.I.P. seats for The Piano Guys concert, and enjoyed two nights in downtown Raleigh.   As many concerts as I’ve attended over the years, this […]

  Carrie Dalby

  September 1, 2015

  Asheville, Biltmore Estate, concerts, creativity, Firsts, goals, inspiration, LIFE, memories, MUSIC, NATURE, pictures, road trips, The Piano Guys, travel, trees, VACATION

• Scents of Wonder

  I’ve been thinking about smells lately. Not necessarily bad odors (though with three kids in the house, there are plenty of those), just the power of memory in regards to one of the main senses. To me, a fresh box of Crayola crayons or a container of Play-Doh is childhood. Camel cigarettes smell like corruption. […]

  Carrie Dalby

  June 10, 2015

  childhood, fear, high school, kids, LIFE, memories, nostalgic, pictures, teens

• Inspired by Setting

  While visiting with family a few weeks ago, I was blessed to experience several days of spring in the Midwest. I’ve been to central Illinois in the summer and winter, but this was our first trip this time of year. Many of the trees that were in full-bloom in the deep-south over a month ago […]

  Carrie Dalby

  May 6, 2015

  Arthur, IL, BELIEFS, inspiration, LIFE, NATURE, pictures, road trips, rusty, seasons, spring, travel, trees, VACATION