Tag: Alabama

• Mardi Gras History

  Mardi Gras. I’ve always had a love or hate relationship with it. As a child growing up in California one of the highlights of the year was a box of beads, throws, and Moon Pies my mother’s cousin would send us. The magic of the sparkling beads, fun toys, and the wonders of sugar coated…

  Carrie Dalby

  January 8, 2019

  AUTHORSHIP, CURRENT EVENTS, Historical Fiction, HOLIDAYS, LIFE, Mardi Gras, Memories, Mobile, Perilous Confessions, Release Day, Research, Southern Gothic, Stephanie Lawton, THE POSSESSION CHRONICLES, winter, WRITING

  Alabama, Carrie Dalby, family saga, Gothic, Historic Mobile, Historical Fiction, Mardi Gras, Mobile Bay Area, Perilous Confessions, PUBLISHING, Research, Southern Gothic, THE POSSESSION CHRONICLES

• Hometown Heroes Release Day

  It’s release day for this collection of romantic shorts. Find Hometown Heroes: A Christmas Anthology by Bienvenue Press in ebook and print. I’m happy to share “Courtship and Courage” with you as part of the transitioning of my historical works to Bienvenue Press. This all new short continues the story of Claire O’Farrell and Joe Walker…

  Carrie Dalby

  December 4, 2018

  AUTHORSHIP, Christmas, Claire O’Farrell, Courtship and Courage, CURRENT EVENTS, Dauphin Island, FORTITUDE, GULF COAST, Historical Fiction, HOLIDAYS, Joe Walker, LIFE, Mobile, Short Story, Southern Gothic, THE POSSESSION CHRONICLES, winter, WRITING

  Alabama, Carrie Dalby, Dauphin Island, FORTITUDE, Historical Fiction, literature, Mobile Bay Area, PUBLISHING, THE POSSESSION CHRONICLES, WRITING

• Cemetery Wanderings

  On Saturday, I participated in a walking tour of historic Magnolia Cemetery here in Mobile, Alabama. I got to geek out over local history in the fourth oldest (and the largest) municipal cemetery, established in 1836. People of all faiths and walks of life rest here, including plenty of noteworthy historical figures. And as it…

  Carrie Dalby

  November 12, 2018

  CURRENT EVENTS, Gothic, Historical Fiction, HOLIDAYS, LIFE, Mobile, NATURE/SEASONS

  Alabama, Carrie Dalby, Gothic, Mobile Alabama, Mobile Bay Area, Mobile’s Historical Facts, Research, Southern Gothic

• Won Over

  Last night I went to a concert for a band I thought of as decent and liked a few songs by them (including one that’s on a soundtrack for a book in The Possession Chronicles.) Usually I don’t attend a concert unless it’s by a favorite because of two things: time and money. But this…

  Carrie Dalby

  August 8, 2018

  Anxiety, concerts, CURRENT EVENTS, GULF COAST, INSPIRATION, LIFE, MUSIC, soundtrack, summer, THE POSSESSION CHRONICLES

  Alabama, Carrie Dalby, THE POSSESSION CHRONICLES

• Writing Presentation Historical Fiction

  Autumn and Spring tend to be my busy seasons for author events. Last Friday I participated in a book signing at the Mobile Junior League’s Christmas Jubilee Marketplace. Tomorrow I’m visiting a high school English class. And this coming Saturday, November 18, 2017, I’m presenting an interactive lecture at Baldwin Writers Group at 10am in…

  Carrie Dalby

  November 13, 2017

  AUTHORSHIP, autumn, CURRENT EVENTS, FORTITUDE, GULF COAST, Historical Fiction, LIFE, Mobile, Mobile’s Historical Facts, Public Speaking, READING, Research, seasons, Southern Gothic, spring, THE POSSESSION CHRONICLES, WRITING

  Alabama, Carrie Dalby, family saga, Gothic, Historical Fiction, literature, Mobile Bay Area, Research, THE POSSESSION CHRONICLES, WRITING