Category: Editing

• 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

  AUTHORSHIP, autumn, Bellingrath Gardens, Betrayal, Candice Marley Conner, CURRENT EVENTS, Editing, Friends, GULF COAST, Historic Mobile Preservation Society, Historical Fiction, LIFE, Mobile, Mobile Police Department, Mobile Writers Guild, Mobile’s Historical Facts, Oakleigh Literary Lawn Party, Southern Gothic, WASHINGTON SQUARE SECRETS

  Bellingrath Gardens and Home, Carrie Dalby, Historic Mobile, Historic Mobile Preservation Society, Historical Fiction, literature, Mobile Alabama, Mobile Bay Area, Mobile Police Department, Southern Gothic, WRITING

• LOYALTY Releases in Two Weeks

  

  From the beginning of the first draft on February 1, 2023 (and hey, the opening sentence stayed the same), the past year and a half has been a labor of love in shaping the third book in the Washington Square Secrets series. The last-minute finishing touches happened in early July, and that was only adjusting…

  Carrie Dalby

  August 13, 2024

  AUTHORSHIP, Creativity, CURRENT EVENTS, Editing, Gothic, Historical Fiction, LIFE, Loyalty, Mobile, Mobile Police Department, Mobile’s Historical Facts, PUBLISHING, READING, Reviews, Southern Gothic, WASHINGTON SQUARE SECRETS, WRITING

  Carrie Dalby, Gothic, Historic Mobile, Historical Fiction, literary event, Mobile Alabama, Mobile Bay Area, Southern Gothic, The Haunted Book Shop, WASHINGTON SQUARE SECRETS

• 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

• 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