Tag: Gothic

• Video From Last Week’s Event

  

  A week ago, I had an event at The Haunted Book Shop with Captain Billie L. Rowland of the Mobile Police Department in celebration of Loyalty: Washington Square Secrets 3. Captain Rowland was my main source for Mobile Police Department accuracy in the historical setting of 1920 Mobile, Alabama. I started off the presentation by…

  Carrie Dalby

  September 15, 2024

  AUTHORSHIP, Candice Marley Conner, Historical Fiction, Loyalty, Mobile, Mobile Police Department, Mobile’s Historical Facts, Public Speaking, READING, Research, Southern Gothic, WASHINGTON SQUARE SECRETS, WRITING

  Carrie Dalby, Gothic, Historic Mobile, Historical Fiction, Mobile Alabama, Mobile Bay Area, Mobile Police Department, new release, Research, Southern Gothic, WASHINGTON SQUARE SECRETS, WRITING

• LOYALTY Releases in Two Weeks

  

  From the beginning of the first draft on February 1, 2023 (and hey, the opening sentence stayed the same), the past year and a half has been a labor of love in shaping the third book in the Washington Square Secrets series. The last-minute finishing touches happened in early July, and that was only adjusting…

  Carrie Dalby

  August 13, 2024

  AUTHORSHIP, Creativity, CURRENT EVENTS, Editing, Gothic, Historical Fiction, LIFE, Loyalty, Mobile, Mobile Police Department, Mobile’s Historical Facts, PUBLISHING, READING, Reviews, Southern Gothic, WASHINGTON SQUARE SECRETS, WRITING

  Carrie Dalby, Gothic, Historic Mobile, Historical Fiction, literary event, Mobile Alabama, Mobile Bay Area, Southern Gothic, The Haunted Book Shop, WASHINGTON SQUARE SECRETS

• Anatomy of a Cover Design

  When I revealed the cover for Loyalty: Washington Square Secrets 3 in my readers’ group, one person asked about my cover design process. As a fellow author, this reader (hi, LB) is interested in the creation of all parts of a book. So, here’s a rundown of my current cover process—and a cover reveal for…

  Carrie Dalby

  June 11, 2024

  Alliance, ARCHITECTURE, AUTHORSHIP, Cover Art, Creativity, Discernment, Editing, George Bigelow Rogers/ George B. Rogers, Historic Homes, Historical Fiction, Loyalty, Mobile, Mobile’s Historical Facts, Olive Kent Publishing, PUBLISHING, Southern Gothic, THE MALEVOLENT TRILOGY, THE POSSESSION CHRONICLES, WASHINGTON SQUARE SECRETS, WRITING

  Carrie Dalby, Gothic, Historic Homes, Historic Mobile, Historical Fiction, Mobile Alabama, Mobile Bay Area, PUBLISHING, Southern Gothic, THE MALEVOLENT TRILOGY, THE POSSESSION CHRONICLES, WASHINGTON SQUARE SECRETS, WRITING

• Autism Acceptance Month

  

  I’m old school about most things. I’ve been wearing my puzzle piece ribbon the past few weeks for Autism Awareness Month–now known as Autism Acceptance Month. April is typically the month I talk about my only non-historical, non-Southern Gothic published novel. Yep, Corroded. It tends to get lost in the shuffle because it doesn’t fit…

  Carrie Dalby

  April 25, 2024

  ASD Autism Spectrum Disorders, Autism, Awareness, CORRODED, CURRENT EVENTS, Discernment, Historical Fiction, Neurodivergent, Southern Gothic, WASHINGTON SQUARE SECRETS

  Autism, Carrie Dalby, Gothic, Historical Fiction, Southern Gothic, WRITING

• Alliance Vibes

  Alliance: Washington Square Secrets 2 has been out for three months. Several readers have told me it’s my best book, and many of those also say Josephine is their favorite character. Most agree they can’t wait to see Deborah Farley from Discernment on the page with Josephine in the third book because they love both…

  Carrie Dalby

  March 15, 2024

  Alliance, AUTHORSHIP, CURRENT EVENTS, Discernment, Historical Fiction, LIFE, Mobile, Mobile Literary Festival, Public Speaking, PUBLISHING, READING, Reviews, Southern Gothic, THE MALEVOLENT TRILOGY, WASHINGTON SQUARE SECRETS, WRITING

  Carrie Dalby, Gothic, Historical Fiction, Mobile Bay Area, Mobile Literary Festival, PUBLISHING, Southern Gothic, THE MALEVOLENT TRILOGY, WASHINGTON SQUARE SECRETS, WRITING