Category: Christmas

• Setting locations of The Possession Chronicles: Part 1

  

  To follow up my two previous posts focusing on the homes of the characters in The Possession Chronicles, I’m going to take a few weeks to showcase other setting locations. First off, here is a 2018 aerial view of downtown Mobile, Alabama. It’s taken from the north, looking south–so the opposite of a map if…

  Carrie Dalby

  October 21, 2021

  ARCHITECTURE, AUTHORSHIP, Barren Devotion, Christmas, Gothic, Historic Homes, Historical Fiction, Mobile, Short Story, Southern Gothic, THE POSSESSION CHRONICLES, winter, WRITING

  Carrie Dalby, Gothic, Historic Homes, Historical Fiction, literature, Mobile Bay Area, Southern Gothic, THE POSSESSION CHRONICLES, WRITING

• New Christmas Story

  It’s nearly here! The third instalment of the Bienvenue Press charity anthology series, Homeroom Heroes, releases December 15, 2020. Each story in this collection features an independent woman working in the education system. From historical to contemporary and suspense to paranormal, these winter themed romances are sure to make for cozy reading. My offering, “Natural…

  Carrie Dalby

  December 14, 2020

  AUTHORSHIP, Christmas, CURRENT EVENTS, Halloween, Historical Fiction, HOLIDAYS, Hostile Charms, Masked Flaws, Murmurs of Evil, Perilous Confessions, PUBLISHING, READING, Short Story, Southern Gothic, THE POSSESSION CHRONICLES, winter, WRITING

  Carrie Dalby, Historical Fiction, literature, Mobile Alabama, new release, Southern Gothic, THE POSSESSION CHRONICLES

• Gratitude Check In

  

  We’re halfway through November. Though life as we know it might not be what we expected a year ago, there are plenty of things to be thankful for. Yes, I write a lot of Gothic stories but I’m a Pollyanna at heart. I may not play “The Glad Game”, but I do have a window…

  Carrie Dalby

  November 16, 2020

  Christmas, Courtship and Courage, FORTITUDE, Goals, Gothic, Historical Fiction, HOLIDAYS, LIFE, Research, seasons, Short Story, Southern Gothic, THE POSSESSION CHRONICLES, WIP Work-in-Progress, WRITING, young adult

  Carrie Dalby, Gothic, Historical Fiction, Mobile Alabama, Mobile Bay Area, Southern Gothic, THE POSSESSION CHRONICLES, WRITING

• Summer News

  A few things of note during the summer heat. First, the digital edition of Hometown Heroes: A Christmas Anthology by Bienvenue Press, is currently on sale for only $0.99. It’s a collection of five sweet holiday romances featuring local heroes in all walks of life–both contemporary and historical. My offering in the collection is “Courtship…

  Carrie Dalby

  July 31, 2019

  AUTHORSHIP, Christmas, Courtship and Courage, CURRENT EVENTS, FORTITUDE, Gothic, HOLIDAYS, LIFE, Murmurs of Evil, READING, seasons, Southern Gothic, summer, THE POSSESSION CHRONICLES, winter, WRITING

  Carrie Dalby, family saga, FORTITUDE, Gothic, Historical Fiction, literature, Mobile Bay Area, PUBLISHING, READING, Southern Gothic, THE POSSESSION CHRONICLES, WRITING

• Hometown Heroes Release Day

  It’s release day for this collection of romantic shorts. Find Hometown Heroes: A Christmas Anthology by Bienvenue Press in ebook and print. I’m happy to share “Courtship and Courage” with you as part of the transitioning of my historical works to Bienvenue Press. This all new short continues the story of Claire O’Farrell and Joe Walker…

  Carrie Dalby

  December 4, 2018

  AUTHORSHIP, Christmas, Claire O’Farrell, Courtship and Courage, CURRENT EVENTS, Dauphin Island, FORTITUDE, GULF COAST, Historical Fiction, HOLIDAYS, Joe Walker, LIFE, Mobile, Short Story, Southern Gothic, THE POSSESSION CHRONICLES, winter, WRITING

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