Tag: Research

• Coming Soon and Updates

  

  I’ve done some freshening on my website. You’ll see a new layout and information on my home page, as well as updates on pages like the one for EVENTS (there’s a new event posted for December 14, 2024), plus I add to the RESEARCH page whenever I acquire something for my local/regional reference collection. Beginning…

  Carrie Dalby

  November 23, 2024

  AUTHORSHIP, autumn, Gothic, Historic Homes, Historic Mobile Preservation Society, Historical Fiction, HOLIDAYS, INSPIRATION, Mobile, Mobile’s Historical Facts, Research, Southern Gothic, THE MALEVOLENT TRILOGY, THE POSSESSION CHRONICLES, WASHINGTON SQUARE SECRETS, WRITING

  Carrie Dalby, Gothic, Historic Mobile, Historic Mobile Preservation Society, Historical Fiction, Mobile Bay Area, Mobile Literary Festival, PUBLISHING, Research, Southern Gothic, THE POSSESSION CHRONICLES, WRITING

• 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

• Pinterest Boards

  As a highly visual person, I enjoy utilizing Pinterest for research and story ideas. I have boards for each of my novels and even some of the main characters, as well as for favorite things like books, movies, and colors. While I search things on Pinterest, I also do a ton of research for my…

  Carrie Dalby

  May 26, 2020

  AUTHORSHIP, Creativity, Historical Fiction, INSPIRATION, LIFE, Mobile, READING, Research, Scarred Memories, THE POSSESSION CHRONICLES, WRITING

  Carrie Dalby, Historical Fiction, Mobile Bay Area, pinterest, PUBLISHING, Research, Southern Gothic, THE POSSESSION CHRONICLES, WRITING

• 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, 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

• 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