Tag: FORTITUDE
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Free Fortitude
Couldn’t we all use a little extra grit and determination right about now? I know I could. As a timely gift, my first published novel (now in its second edition), FORTIUDE, is available as a FREE download on Kindle this week. This coming-of-age novel features Claire O’Farrell and her Dauphin Island family, as well as […]
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We All Need Fortitude
Today–Saturday, June 6, 2020–marks the 122 anniversary of the Tampa area race riots that happened during the mobilization of the troops to Cuba for the Spanish-American War. For my novel, Fortitude, I researched the event from multiple sources and did my best to portray the situation accurately, though it was heartbreaking to dive into such […]
Carrie Dalby
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One Week Until the Next Read
Even as the world shifts with pandemic related news, issues, concerns, and more, I’m getting outdoors as often as possible and escaping into my literary world whenever I can. Scarred Memories releases in one week! The digital pre-order option is up–and has some good news. My novels are going “wide”, which means they will be […]
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The Rundown
The newest release is here! Find “Safe Embrace”, a Fortitude-Possession Chronicles short story, in Valentine’s Day Pieces, an anthology by Mobile Writers Guild. It will be available locally at a couple indie bookshops, including The Haunted Book Shop, but it’s also for sale digitally. As a reminder, you don’t have to read the short stories […]
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New Year, New Stories
Unless you live along the Gulf Coast, the holidays are over. If you’re in the Mardi Gras zone, you know the festivities have just begun. Besides being a year old this week, Perilous Confessions is fun to talk about during carnival season. A lot of my historical research centered around Mardi Gras in the Port […]
Carrie Dalby
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