by mandilynnwrites | Sep 22, 2026 | Author VLOGS
I had another book signing! And it did not go well. There were a lot of things not working in my favor, which just goes to show you can never predict how an event is going to go. I was going to scrap this video since things didn’t go as planned, but I wanted to share...
by mandilynnwrites | Sep 20, 2026 | Marketing for Authors
Did you know that if you give a book away for free, it can not only help you grow your author newsletter, but also help sell books in your backlist? Today I’m walking you through how you can use a free ebook to grow your newsletter exponentially and get loyal readers...
by mandilynnwrites | Sep 15, 2026 | Book Cover Design
If you plan on designing your own book cover, the last thing you want is for people to assume the book is going to be bad just because the design is bad. Despite how much we all might like to think otherwise, people do judge a book by it’s cover, and the design is a...
by mandilynnwrites | Sep 8, 2026 | Marketing for Authors
I’m now four months into my social media experiment where I’m posting every day in an effort to increase my book sales. But how is it really going? Today we’re doing another monthly check-in to reveal my social media stats, talk about what content performed best, and...
by mandilynnwrites | Sep 1, 2026 | Author VLOGS
Well, it has been a stressful couple of weeks. Surprise! Revenge in Rome has a new book cover, and it’s not the reason you might think. I’ve lost a lot of sleep over this, so let’s talk about how so many things have gone wrong on this book release so far, and...
