Category: HOLIDAYS

• Alliance is Coming Soon

  We are just about three weeks away from the official release date of Alliance: Washington Square Secrets 2 but there are a few ways to enjoy the story early. First up, I’ve shared the soundtrack for Alliance on my Youtube channel. Find the playlist here. (The Pinterest board will go live soon if you want…

  Carrie Dalby

  November 13, 2023

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• 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

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• 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

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• 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

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• 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

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