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, historic homes, historical, LIFE, publishing, READING, southern Gothic, summer, The Malevolent Trilogy, trees, WRITING

  Carrie Dalby, family saga, 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, Bienvenue Press, blogging, books, CURRENT EVENTS, Dorothy Eden, editing, Frances Parkinson Keyes, Gothic, Gothic, Gulf Coast, historical, Mobile, publishing, READING, seasons, southern Gothic, summer, The Possession Chronicles, WIP, WRITING

  Bienvenue Press, Carrie Dalby, Dorothy Eden, editing, Frances Parkinson Keyes, Gothic, historical fiction, literature, Mobile Bay Area, publishing, 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, Bienvenue Press, Christmas, Courtship and Courage, CURRENT EVENTS, FORTITUDE, Gothic, Gothic, HOLIDAYS, LIFE, Murmurs of Evil, READING, seasons, southern Gothic, summer, The Possession Chronicles, winter, WRITING

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• FORTITUDE Sale

  I hope everyone’s summer is going well. There’s been a few shakeups and adventures in my end of the world, but I’m doing good. Today is a quick post to let you know the Kindle edition of Fortitude is on sale through the weekend for $0.99. In the vein of Southern Gothic coming-of-age novels like…

  Carrie Dalby

  July 18, 2019

  Claire O’Farrell, Dauphin Island, FORTITUDE, Gulf Coast, Gulf of Mexico, historical, LIFE, Mobile, READING, southern Gothic, summer

  Alabama, Bienvenue Press, Carrie Dalby, children’s literature, FORTITUDE, historical fiction, literature, Mobile Bay Area, READING, southern Gothic, teen books, young adult

• 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, children, concerts, CURRENT EVENTS, Gulf Coast, Imagine Dragons, inspiration, LIFE, MUSIC, soundtrack, summer, The Possession Chronicles

  Alabama, August, Carrie Dalby, concert, Imagine Dragons, inspiration, The Possession Chronicles, The Wharf