Tag: children’s literature

• FORTITUDE Sale

  I hope everyone’s summer is going well. There’s been a few shakeups and adventures in my end of the world, but I’m doing good. Today is a quick post to let you know the Kindle edition of Fortitude is on sale through the weekend for $0.99. In the vein of Southern Gothic coming-of-age novels like…

  Carrie Dalby

  July 18, 2019

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• A Lull in the Storm

  It’s been a whirl year of books so far, but now things are settling down. This month–besides the release of Fortitude–I worked a round of professional edits on my next release. Murmurs of Evil, book two of The Possession Chronicles, will be available June 11. After finishing that editorial pass, I slipped into book three…

  Carrie Dalby

  March 25, 2019

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• Talking Books in Online Readers Groups

  It’s been a busy summer around here but there’s always time to talk books. I now have two active “Readers Groups” on Facebook. The first one I started several months ago: Young at Heart MG-YA Readers Group. This is the place to be if you enjoy coming-of-age stories traditionally marketed for readers 8-18. (My personal…

  Carrie Dalby

  July 11, 2018

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• Literary Reflections

  Last Saturday I gave my “Kid Lit 101” presentation to a group of writers in Gulfport, Mississippi. While what is categorized as (upper) middle grade is my first literary love, the past few years I’ve been focusing the majority of my reading time on Gothic—classic Gothic, Southern Gothic, Gothic Romance, etc.—to be sure I’m doing…

  Carrie Dalby

  June 26, 2018

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• Kid Lit 101

  As many of you know, my first passion in the book word is middle grade literature. Though a late reader, I began devouring novels like The Babysitters-Club Series as they were published and ghost stories by Betty Ren Wright in fourth grade, but by sixth grade I was ready for more. I fell in love…

  Carrie Dalby

  June 19, 2018

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