Category: WIP

• The September Recap

  

  For those who couldn’t make it to either of my bookish events earlier this month for The Malevolent Trilogy, I thought I’d share a bit about them. But first, a reminder that the current editions of Fortitude and The Possession Chronicles are going out of print next week–by the end of September. The new paperback/ebook…

  Carrie Dalby

  September 21, 2022

  ARCHITECTURE, authorship, CORRODED, CURRENT EVENTS, FORTITUDE, George Bigelow Rogers, Gothic, historic homes, historical, Mobile, public speaking, publishing, reviews, southern Gothic, The Malevolent Trilogy, The Possession Chronicles, WIP, WRITING

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• Winter Greetings and Farewell

  

  The shortest day on the calendar seems like a good time to bid goodbye to you in 2021. It’s been a productive year for me. Here’s a quick recap of the notable literary happenings. I published two novels and a novella in The Possession Chronicles through Bienvenue Press. Haunted Remains, Barren Devotion–now available in print…

  Carrie Dalby

  December 21, 2021

  authorship, Barren Devotion, Bienvenue Press, blogging, Christmas, creativity, CURRENT EVENTS, Firsts, Gothic, Gothic, Haunted Remains, historical, HOLIDAYS, LIFE, Mardi Gras, Mosaic of Seduction, New Year, READING, short story, southern Gothic, The Possession Chronicles, WIP, WRITING

  2021, Bienvenue Press, Carrie Dalby, Gothic, historical fiction, literature, Mobile Bay Area, publishing, southern Gothic, The Possession Chronicles, 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

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  Bienvenue Press, Carrie Dalby, Dorothy Eden, editing, Frances Parkinson Keyes, Gothic, historical fiction, literature, Mobile Bay Area, publishing, southern Gothic, The Possession Chronicles, WRITING

• May Thoughts and Adventures

  

  First off, this will be my only offering this month. I’m two and a half weeks into first drafting a novel and preparing for a journey. The adventure will be discussed in my June newsletter. (Now is a good time to register for that if you haven’t already.) My current project is the third book…

  Carrie Dalby

  May 19, 2021

  CURRENT EVENTS, Gothic, Haunted Remains, historical, LIFE, READING, road trips, southern Gothic, The Possession Chronicles, travel, VACATION, WIP, WRITING

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• Short and Sale

  

  As reported two weeks ago, I spent a lot of time on edits this month. My short story for the next Mobile Writers Guild anthology is ready to submit. “Dashing Through the Snow” features a historic snowfall in Mobile, Alabama, and takes place pre-Possession Chronicles, with a few of the characters before they come of…

  Carrie Dalby

  April 27, 2021

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