Tag: Carrie Dalby

• The Homes of The Possession Chronicles: Part 1

  

  Welcome to the first in a series of blog posts featuring the homes of The Possession Chronicles characters. All the city houses in the family saga are actual homes in Mobile, Alabama. Part of my research is choosing locations that are historically accurate–houses, churches, parks, hotels, and more. For the most part, I keep to…

  Carrie Dalby

  September 22, 2021

  ARCHITECTURE, AUTHORSHIP, Bellingrath Gardens, Frank Lloyd Wright, George Bigelow Rogers/ George B. Rogers, Gothic, Historic Homes, Historic Mobile Preservation Society, Historical Fiction, INSPIRATION, library, Mobile, Mobile’s Historical Facts, Perilous Confessions, Southern Gothic, THE POSSESSION CHRONICLES, WRITING

  ARCHITECTURE, Carrie Dalby, George B Rogers, George Bigelow Rogers/ George B. Rogers, Gothic, Historic Homes, Historical Fiction, Mobile Alabama, Mobile Bay Area, Southern Gothic, THE POSSESSION CHRONICLES

• 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

• Springing Along

  After finishing the first draft of my latest project at the end of March, I took a few days off to reset my mind. Powering through 118,000 words in just over two months merits a mini-break. Then, I dove into what I think was my final round–or next to final round–of self edits (draft twenty-four)…

  Carrie Dalby

  April 13, 2021

  AUTHORSHIP, Balance, Barren Devotion, Creativity, Critque, CURRENT EVENTS, Editing, Goals, Haunted Remains, Historical Fiction, INSPIRATION, LIFE, Mobile Writers Guild, Short Story, Southern Gothic, spring, THE POSSESSION CHRONICLES, WIP Work-in-Progress, WRITING

  Carrie Dalby, Editing, Historical Fiction, literature, Mobile Alabama, Mobile Bay Area, Mobile Writers Guild, PUBLISHING, Southern Gothic, THE POSSESSION CHRONICLES

• New Christmas Story

  It’s nearly here! The third instalment of the Bienvenue Press charity anthology series, Homeroom Heroes, releases December 15, 2020. Each story in this collection features an independent woman working in the education system. From historical to contemporary and suspense to paranormal, these winter themed romances are sure to make for cozy reading. My offering, “Natural…

  Carrie Dalby

  December 14, 2020

  AUTHORSHIP, Christmas, CURRENT EVENTS, Halloween, Historical Fiction, HOLIDAYS, Hostile Charms, Masked Flaws, Murmurs of Evil, Perilous Confessions, PUBLISHING, READING, Short Story, Southern Gothic, THE POSSESSION CHRONICLES, winter, WRITING

  Carrie Dalby, Historical Fiction, literature, Mobile Alabama, new release, Southern Gothic, THE POSSESSION CHRONICLES

• Gratitude Check In

  

  We’re halfway through November. Though life as we know it might not be what we expected a year ago, there are plenty of things to be thankful for. Yes, I write a lot of Gothic stories but I’m a Pollyanna at heart. I may not play “The Glad Game”, but I do have a window…

  Carrie Dalby

  November 16, 2020

  Christmas, Courtship and Courage, FORTITUDE, Goals, Gothic, Historical Fiction, HOLIDAYS, LIFE, Research, seasons, Short Story, Southern Gothic, THE POSSESSION CHRONICLES, WIP Work-in-Progress, WRITING, young adult

  Carrie Dalby, Gothic, Historical Fiction, Mobile Alabama, Mobile Bay Area, Southern Gothic, THE POSSESSION CHRONICLES, WRITING