Category: PUBLISHING

• Fragments Observed: Riding with the Mobile Police Department, Part 10

  

  An unseasonably humid pre-dawn Saturday in January found me at morning roll call in 4th Precinct for my fifth ride in the area, and my third for this series. See Part One and Part Six of “Fragments Observed: Riding with the Mobile Police Department” for my previous articles in this precinct. Besides the squad being…

  Carrie Dalby

  March 15, 2026

  CURRENT EVENTS, Fragments Observed: Lessons Learned on Patrol, FRAGMENTS OBSERVED: Riding with the Mobile Police Department, GULF COAST, LIFE, Mobile, Mobile Police Department, PUBLISHING

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• FRAGMENTS OBSERVED: Riding with the Mobile Police Department, Part 6

  

  September marked my tenth ride along in just under a year and a half, and my sixth for this calendar year. As there are five precincts, I went back to the one I began this blog series with. This time I approached 4th Precinct in northwest Mobile for a day shift during the week rather…

  Carrie Dalby

  November 16, 2025

  AUTHORSHIP, Fragments Observed: Lessons Learned on Patrol, FRAGMENTS OBSERVED: Riding with the Mobile Police Department, GULF COAST, LIFE, Mobile, Mobile Police Department, PUBLISHING, WRITING

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• 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

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• In Support of Small Businesses

  

  While I love saving money, I do prefer to support small businesses, even if it means paying a tiny bit more for a product. Why? Because the money tends to stay in the local economy and each sale means the world to small businesses–especially creative folks. Whether it’s buying a CD direct from a musician,…

  Carrie Dalby

  November 12, 2024

  AUTHORSHIP, Christmas, Creativity, Friends, HOLIDAYS, MUSIC, Olive Kent Publishing, Perilous Confessions, READING, Shop Small, Southern Gothic, WASHINGTON SQUARE SECRETS

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• October Wrap Up

  The month started with literary events and ended with a lot of Mobile Police Department volunteer activities. The first two weeks of October had me on a panel discussing hands-on research techniques at Mobile Writers Guild and then representing my books at the first ever Oakleigh Literary Lawn Party. As for the Mobile Police Department…

  Carrie Dalby

  October 27, 2024

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