Category: Christmas

• 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

• 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

• Welcome to the World, ALLIANCE

  

  Today is the book birthday for ALLIANCE: Washington Square Secrets 2. From what I’ve heard from a few early readers, it’s a new favorite for them. Did you know the majority of the story is set December-January 1912? That makes it a perfect holiday read. Find Alliance (and any of my other books) in paperback…

  Carrie Dalby

  December 5, 2023

  Alliance, Christmas, CURRENT EVENTS, Gothic, HOLIDAYS, LIFE, Mobile, New Year, Public Speaking, READING, Release Day, soundtrack, Southern Gothic, WASHINGTON SQUARE SECRETS, winter, WRITING

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

• 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

• December Events

  

  Saturday, December 10, I’ll be on the grounds of the Historic Oakleigh House Museum during their Holiday Homes Tour. Weather permitting, I’ll have a booth set up from 10am-5pm where you can purchase books directly from me, or bring your copies for me to sign. I’ll also have some exclusive swag items available while supplies last. You do…

  Carrie Dalby

  December 7, 2022

  ARCHITECTURE, AUTHORSHIP, Christmas, CURRENT EVENTS, Discernment, Historic Homes, Historic Mobile Preservation Society, Historical Fiction, HOLIDAYS, LIFE, Mobile, Public Speaking, Southern Gothic, THE MALEVOLENT TRILOGY, THE POSSESSION CHRONICLES, WASHINGTON SQUARE SECRETS, WRITING

  ARCHITECTURE, Carrie Dalby, Gothic, historic district, Historic Mobile, Historic Mobile Preservation Society, Historical Fiction, Mobile Bay Area, Southern Gothic, THE POSSESSION CHRONICLES, WASHINGTON SQUARE SECRETS