Tag: THE MALEVOLENT TRILOGY

• Part Ten, Washington Square Park

  

  The namesake of my most recent series Washington Square Secrets is the neighborhood surrounding Washington Square Park. The area is also prominent in The Malevolent Trilogy and a couple of my short stories. The park has stood since 1850 in what is now called the Oakleigh Garden District, one of Mobile’s not-so-hidden treasures. As seen…

  Carrie Dalby

  May 26, 2025

  FRAGMENTS OBSERVED: Life During Mobile’s Progressive Era, GULF COAST, Historic Homes, Historic Mobile Preservation Society, INSPIRATION, Mobile, Mobile’s Historical Facts, Research, THE MALEVOLENT TRILOGY, THE POSSESSION CHRONICLES, WASHINGTON SQUARE SECRETS, WRITING

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• Part Nine, The 1919 Fire

  

  The city of Mobile has seen its share of disasters. Hurricanes are often the most thought of, but the disaster with one of the highest impacts for Mobilians of the past were fires. We’ve already discussed how fire destroyed two hotels at the current site of the Battle House, but there were plenty of other…

  Carrie Dalby

  May 11, 2025

  ARCHITECTURE, FRAGMENTS OBSERVED: Life During Mobile’s Progressive Era, GULF COAST, Historic Mobile Preservation Society, Mobile, Mobile’s Historical Facts, THE MALEVOLENT TRILOGY

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• Part Five, Real Homes in My Historical Fiction

  

  This blog series is made possible through a partnership with Historic Mobile Preservation Society. The historic photos in this post are used with the permission of HMPS for my “Fragments Observed: Life During Mobile’s Progressive Era” blog series.For more information about HMPS and their mission, please visit:https://www.historicmobile.org/And for their online archives, including requests to use…

  Carrie Dalby

  March 25, 2025

  ARCHITECTURE, FRAGMENTS OBSERVED: Life During Mobile’s Progressive Era, George Bigelow Rogers/ George B. Rogers, GULF COAST, Historic Homes, Historic Mobile Preservation Society, INSPIRATION, Mobile, Mobile’s Historical Facts, Research, Short Story, THE MALEVOLENT TRILOGY, THE POSSESSION CHRONICLES, WASHINGTON SQUARE SECRETS, WRITING

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• New Articles for 2025

  To welcome in the new year, I’m happy to share a brief overview of the blog series I have planned for 2025. “Fragments Observed: Life During Mobile’s Progressive Era” will consist of ten articles beginning in about two weeks from now and running once or twice a month into the summer months. Broadly speaking, the…

  Carrie Dalby

  January 9, 2025

  AUTHORSHIP, Betrayal, FRAGMENTS OBSERVED: Life During Mobile’s Progressive Era, Historic Mobile Preservation Society, Mobile, Mobile Police Department, Mobile’s Historical Facts, READING, Research, Short Story, THE MALEVOLENT TRILOGY, THE POSSESSION CHRONICLES, WASHINGTON SQUARE SECRETS, winter

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• 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

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