Category: Olive Kent Publishing

• 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

  Carrie Dalby, Gothic, Historical Fiction, Mobile Bay Area, PUBLISHING, Shop Small, Southern Gothic, The Haunted Book Shop, THE POSSESSION CHRONICLES, WASHINGTON SQUARE SECRETS, 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

• FORTITUDE is Back

  

  It was only a few weeks, so most people probably didn’t get a chance to miss it, but Fortitude‘s second edition, from Bienvenue Press, went out of print the end of September. (As of writing this, Amazon has one paperback copy of that edition left in stock.) Now is the time for the third edition…

  Carrie Dalby

  October 11, 2022

  AUTHORSHIP, Claire O’Farrell, Courtship and Courage, Dauphin Island, FORTITUDE, GULF COAST, Historical Fiction, Joe Walker, Olive Kent Publishing, Release Day, Southern Gothic, Travel, WRITING, young adult

  Carrie Dalby, Dauphin Island, FORTITUDE, Historical Fiction, Mobile Bay Area, new release, PUBLISHING, Southern Gothic, WRITING

• Changes are Coming

  

  It’s still summer in the Deep South, but I know autumn is almost here. In recent days, there’s been a slight decrease in heat, pollen levels have kicked up, and pumpkin flavored treats are showing up on bakery shelves. In case you haven’t heard, the current editions of my books published by Bienvenue Press are…

  Carrie Dalby

  August 19, 2022

  AUTHORSHIP, autumn, Barren Devotion, CURRENT EVENTS, FORTITUDE, Historical Fiction, Mobile, Olive Kent Publishing, seasons, Southern Gothic, THE MALEVOLENT TRILOGY, THE POSSESSION CHRONICLES, WRITING

  Carrie Dalby, FORTITUDE, Historical Fiction, new release, Olive Kent Publishing, PUBLISHING, Southern Gothic, THE MALEVOLENT TRILOGY, THE POSSESSION CHRONICLES, WRITING