Category: Discernment

• 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

• Anatomy of a Cover Design

  When I revealed the cover for Loyalty: Washington Square Secrets 3 in my readers’ group, one person asked about my cover design process. As a fellow author, this reader (hi, LB) is interested in the creation of all parts of a book. So, here’s a rundown of my current cover process—and a cover reveal for…

  Carrie Dalby

  June 11, 2024

  Alliance, ARCHITECTURE, AUTHORSHIP, Cover Art, Creativity, Discernment, Editing, George Bigelow Rogers/ George B. Rogers, Historic Homes, Historical Fiction, Loyalty, Mobile, Mobile’s Historical Facts, Olive Kent Publishing, PUBLISHING, Southern Gothic, THE MALEVOLENT TRILOGY, THE POSSESSION CHRONICLES, WASHINGTON SQUARE SECRETS, WRITING

  Carrie Dalby, Gothic, Historic Homes, Historic Mobile, Historical Fiction, Mobile Alabama, Mobile Bay Area, PUBLISHING, Southern Gothic, THE MALEVOLENT TRILOGY, THE POSSESSION CHRONICLES, WASHINGTON SQUARE SECRETS, WRITING

• Peacekeeping

  

  It’s National Police Week, and yesterday was National Peace Officers Memorial Day. Sadly, I’ve never paid attention to either event until this year. What’s different this time around? Jim Abbott. Yes, he’s a fictional character, but my people (as I call them) are like family in my head. Jim came to me when I first…

  Carrie Dalby

  May 16, 2024

  Alliance, AUTHORSHIP, Beliefs, CURRENT EVENTS, Discernment, Editing, Historical Fiction, INSPIRATION, LIFE, Loyalty, Mobile, Mobile Police Department, Mobile’s Historical Facts, Research, Southern Gothic, THE MALEVOLENT TRILOGY, WASHINGTON SQUARE SECRETS, WIP Work-in-Progress, WRITING

  Carrie Dalby, Historic Mobile, Historical Fiction, Mobile Alabama, Mobile Bay Area, Mobile Police Department, Southern Gothic, WASHINGTON SQUARE SECRETS, WRITING

• Autism Acceptance Month

  

  I’m old school about most things. I’ve been wearing my puzzle piece ribbon the past few weeks for Autism Awareness Month–now known as Autism Acceptance Month. April is typically the month I talk about my only non-historical, non-Southern Gothic published novel. Yep, Corroded. It tends to get lost in the shuffle because it doesn’t fit…

  Carrie Dalby

  April 25, 2024

  ASD Autism Spectrum Disorders, Autism, Awareness, CORRODED, CURRENT EVENTS, Discernment, Historical Fiction, Neurodivergent, Southern Gothic, WASHINGTON SQUARE SECRETS

  Autism, Carrie Dalby, Gothic, Historical Fiction, Southern Gothic, WRITING

• Alliance Vibes

  Alliance: Washington Square Secrets 2 has been out for three months. Several readers have told me it’s my best book, and many of those also say Josephine is their favorite character. Most agree they can’t wait to see Deborah Farley from Discernment on the page with Josephine in the third book because they love both…

  Carrie Dalby

  March 15, 2024

  Alliance, AUTHORSHIP, CURRENT EVENTS, Discernment, Historical Fiction, LIFE, Mobile, Mobile Literary Festival, Public Speaking, PUBLISHING, READING, Reviews, Southern Gothic, THE MALEVOLENT TRILOGY, WASHINGTON SQUARE SECRETS, WRITING

  Carrie Dalby, Gothic, Historical Fiction, Mobile Bay Area, Mobile Literary Festival, PUBLISHING, Southern Gothic, THE MALEVOLENT TRILOGY, WASHINGTON SQUARE SECRETS, WRITING