Tag: young adult

• It’s Time for More Fortitude

  Fortitude is ready to be back in the wild. The new edition (fresh cover and formatting) of my first published novel releases March 5th by Bienvenue Press. While it did go through a round of line edits, no major changes were made. If you’re new to my books, now is a great time to order…

  Carrie Dalby

  February 25, 2019

  AUTHORSHIP, Claire O’Farrell, CURRENT EVENTS, Dauphin Island, FORTITUDE, GULF COAST, LIFE, Masked Flaws, Mobile, Mobile Literary Festival, Mobile Writers Guild, Perilous Confessions, Release Day, Short Story, Southern Gothic, THE POSSESSION CHRONICLES, WRITING

  Alabama, Carrie Dalby, FORTITUDE, literature, Mobile Bay Area, Mobile Literary Festival, Mobile Writers Guild, PUBLISHING, Southern Gothic, THE POSSESSION CHRONICLES, young adult

• Photo Recap

  Just over five weeks ago, Perilous Confessions came into the wild. In less than three weeks, the new edition of Fortitude will be published. And sometime in the next month, a new Mobile Writers’ Guild anthology with a Possession Chronicles short story included. (Cover image of the book coming soon.) Add in the Christmas anthology…

  Carrie Dalby

  February 13, 2019

  AUTHORSHIP, Courtship and Courage, Creativity, CURRENT EVENTS, FORTITUDE, GULF COAST, Historical Fiction, LIFE, Masked Flaws, Mobile, Mobile Writers Guild, Murmurs of Evil, Perilous Confessions, PUBLISHING, Short Story, Southern Gothic, THE POSSESSION CHRONICLES, winter, WRITING

  Carrie Dalby, family saga, FORTITUDE, Gothic, Historical Fiction, literature, Perilous Confessions, PUBLISHING, Southern Gothic, THE POSSESSION CHRONICLES, WRITING, young adult

• Winter Wonderland

  There is an epic level of awesomeness happening in my life right now, but where to begin? The basics—and I will expound on all of these things in my December newsletter next week, so if you haven’t yet, subscribe! I’m traveling and experiencing new things such as wintry weather in the Pocono Mountains. Cold and…

  Carrie Dalby

  November 27, 2018

  AUTHORSHIP, autumn, Claire O’Farrell, Courtship and Courage, CURRENT EVENTS, Family, FORTITUDE, Goals, Historical Fiction, Joe Walker, LIFE, NATURE/SEASONS, Perilous Confessions, Release Day, seasons, Short Story, THE POSSESSION CHRONICLES, Travel, winter, WRITING

  Carrie Dalby, FORTITUDE, Gothic, Historical Fiction, literature, Perilous Confessions, PUBLISHING, Southern Gothic, THE POSSESSION CHRONICLES, young adult

• 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

  AUTHORSHIP, Balance, Creativity, CURRENT EVENTS, Editing, Gothic, GULF COAST, Historical Fiction, INSPIRATION, Katherine Paterson, LIFE, middle grade, Perilous Confessions, Public Speaking, PUBLISHING, READING, Southern Gothic, THE POSSESSION CHRONICLES, WIP Work-in-Progress, WRITING, young adult

  Carrie Dalby, Editing, Gothic, literature, Perilous Confessions, THE POSSESSION CHRONICLES, WRITING, young adult

• Top Ten Facts Behind the Fiction–CORRODED

  1. The acknowledgement section for Corroded is full of people, but the one that stands out the most is Laurie Halse Anderson. Yes, THE Laurie Halse Anderson. I was blessed to win a full manuscript critique during a fundraiser for the Joplin, Missouri tornado victims in 2011, one of the last full critiques she was able…

  Carrie Dalby

  November 22, 2016

  ASD Autism Spectrum Disorders, AUTHORSHIP, Autism, CORRODED, INSPIRATION, John Elder Robison, Laurie Halse Anderson, Memories, Neurodivergent, WRITING, young adult

  Carrie Dalby, literature, PUBLISHING, WRITING, young adult