by mandilynnwrites | Jun 16, 2026 | Book Cover Design
Welcome to a new YouTube series where I let subscribers design my book covers. Every month, I’ll be sending out a survey letting you pick different elements of a book cover. You pick the genre, concept, colors, fonts, and even the title of the book. Then using those...
by mandilynnwrites | Jun 9, 2026 | Marketing for Authors
I re-vamped my social media strategy for my pen name and I posted every day for 30 days to see if it helped my book sales. Now it’s time to share the results…Welcome to my 30-day social media experiment. I have a new fully fleshed-out posting strategy for my...
by mandilynnwrites | Jun 2, 2026 | Author VLOGS
She’s Not Here is the worst book I’ve ever written. Not because I think so, but because a small handful of people thought so. When it comes to book reviews, people either loved it or hated it. Which brings up a great point: not everyone is going to love your book, and...
by mandilynnwrites | May 19, 2026 | Author VLOGS
It’s been months in the making, but I finally sent my first draft to beta readers. In this video, I’m sharing what it’s like sending your novel to beta readers for the first time—along with all the nerves, doubts, and “what have I done” moments that come with it. If...
by mandilynnwrites | May 5, 2026 | Self-Publishing
If you’re self-publishing a book and you’re looking for a literal to-do list that you can follow and reference as you work through the publishing process, then you’ve come to the right place. At this point, I’ve published a pretty big back-log of books and I’ve broken...
