Category: summer

• One Month

  

  The Malevolent Trilogy releases one month from today: July 19, 2022. All three books will be available on the release date in ebook form from all major digital platforms (nook, iBooks, Kobo, Kindle, etc.) As of my typing this, the first two books–Malevolent Hearts and Tangled Discoveries–are listed and available for pre-ordering. Severed Legacies will…

  Carrie Dalby

  June 21, 2022

  ARCHITECTURE, George Bigelow Rogers/ George B. Rogers, Historic Homes, Historical Fiction, LIFE, PUBLISHING, READING, Southern Gothic, summer, THE MALEVOLENT TRILOGY, trees, WRITING

  Carrie Dalby, family saga, Historic Homes, Historical Fiction, Mobile Bay Area, new release, PUBLISHING, Southern Gothic, THE MALEVOLENT TRILOGY

• Summer Writes, Reads, and Edits

  It’s meltingly hot here in Mobile, Alabama, which means it’s a typical August along the Gulf Coast. My favorite thing to do in August are indoor activities including reading, writing, and editing. On August first, I completed the first draft of the final manuscript in the trilogy I began in the autumn of 2019. It…

  Carrie Dalby

  August 11, 2021

  AUTHORSHIP, CURRENT EVENTS, Dorothy Eden, Editing, Frances Parkinson Keyes, Gothic, GULF COAST, Historical Fiction, Mobile, PUBLISHING, READING, seasons, Southern Gothic, summer, THE MALEVOLENT TRILOGY, THE POSSESSION CHRONICLES, WIP Work-in-Progress, WRITING

  Carrie Dalby, Editing, Gothic, Historical Fiction, literature, Mobile Bay Area, PUBLISHING, Southern Gothic, THE MALEVOLENT TRILOGY, 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

• Won Over

  Last night I went to a concert for a band I thought of as decent and liked a few songs by them (including one that’s on a soundtrack for a book in The Possession Chronicles.) Usually I don’t attend a concert unless it’s by a favorite because of two things: time and money. But this…

  Carrie Dalby

  August 8, 2018

  Anxiety, concerts, CURRENT EVENTS, GULF COAST, INSPIRATION, LIFE, MUSIC, soundtrack, summer, THE POSSESSION CHRONICLES

  Alabama, Carrie Dalby, THE POSSESSION CHRONICLES

• Summer Whimsy

  It’s been a while since I’ve mentioned Fernando, so here’s a mini health check: My wild fern is doing well. Continued growth–both on the trunk and on the ground. There are hot, rain-free days ahead, so I’ll need to keep a close eye on Fernando, to make sure it stays hydrated. As you can see…

  Carrie Dalby

  July 8, 2015

  Creativity, Fernando, ferns, INSPIRATION, NATURE/SEASONS, seasons, summer

  Carrie Dalby, Mobile Bay Area