Category: AUTHORSHIP

• Part Three, The Athelstan Club

  

  Facing the middle of Bienville Square from the north side of St. Francis Street is a building that doesn’t garner much notice unless you know what it is or the stylized AC logo motif on each of the three balconies catches your eye. Organized on January 8, 1873, the Athelstan Club has been a gathering…

  Carrie Dalby

  February 20, 2025

  ARCHITECTURE, FRAGMENTS OBSERVED: Life During Mobile’s Progressive Era, George Bigelow Rogers/ George B. Rogers, Historic Mobile Preservation Society, Mobile, Mobile’s Historical Facts, Research, THE MALEVOLENT TRILOGY, THE POSSESSION CHRONICLES, WASHINGTON SQUARE SECRETS, WRITING

  Athelstan Club, Carrie Dalby, historic building, Historic Mobile, Historic Mobile Preservation Society, Historical Fiction, Mobile Alabama, Mobile Bay Area, Mobile’s Historical Facts, Southern Gothic, THE POSSESSION CHRONICLES, WRITING

• Part Two, The Battle House

  

  This blog series is made possible through a partnership with Historic Mobile Preservation Society (HMPS.) HMPS’s archive collection, housed on the Oakleigh Complex in the Minnie Mitchell Archives building, is a treasure of inspiration and knowledge. Please support HMPS’s efforts in preserving not only the rich architectural legacy of our city, but the documents, literature,…

  Carrie Dalby

  February 9, 2025

  ARCHITECTURE, FRAGMENTS OBSERVED: Life During Mobile’s Progressive Era, GULF COAST, Historic Mobile Preservation Society, Mobile, Mobile Public Library, Mobile’s Historical Facts, Perilous Confessions, Research, Scarred Memories, THE POSSESSION CHRONICLES, winter

  ARCHITECTURE, Battle House Hotel, Carrie Dalby, historic building, Historic Mobile, Historic Mobile Preservation Society, Historical Fiction, Mobile Alabama, Mobile Bay Area, Mobile Public Library, Progressive Era, Research, Southern Gothic

• New Articles for 2025

  To welcome in the new year, I’m happy to share a brief overview of the blog series I have planned for 2025. “Fragments Observed: Life During Mobile’s Progressive Era” will consist of ten articles beginning in about two weeks from now and running once or twice a month into the summer months. Broadly speaking, the…

  Carrie Dalby

  January 9, 2025

  AUTHORSHIP, Betrayal, FRAGMENTS OBSERVED: Life During Mobile’s Progressive Era, Historic Mobile Preservation Society, Mobile, Mobile Police Department, Mobile’s Historical Facts, READING, Research, Short Story, THE MALEVOLENT TRILOGY, THE POSSESSION CHRONICLES, WASHINGTON SQUARE SECRETS, winter

  books, Carrie Dalby, fiction, Historic Mobile, Historic Mobile Preservation Society, Historical Fiction, literature, Mobile Alabama, Mobile Bay Area, Nonfiction, Progressive Era, Southern Gothic, THE MALEVOLENT TRILOGY, THE POSSESSION CHRONICLES, WASHINGTON SQUARE SECRETS, WRITING

• 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

• Coming Soon and Updates

  

  I’ve done some freshening on my website. You’ll see a new layout and information on my home page, as well as updates on pages like the one for EVENTS (there’s a new event posted for December 14, 2024), plus I add to the RESEARCH page whenever I acquire something for my local/regional reference collection. Beginning…

  Carrie Dalby

  November 23, 2024

  AUTHORSHIP, autumn, Gothic, Historic Homes, Historic Mobile Preservation Society, Historical Fiction, HOLIDAYS, INSPIRATION, Mobile, Mobile’s Historical Facts, Research, Southern Gothic, THE MALEVOLENT TRILOGY, THE POSSESSION CHRONICLES, WASHINGTON SQUARE SECRETS, WRITING

  Carrie Dalby, Gothic, Historic Mobile, Historic Mobile Preservation Society, Historical Fiction, Mobile Bay Area, Mobile Literary Festival, PUBLISHING, Research, Southern Gothic, THE POSSESSION CHRONICLES, WRITING