by mandilynnwrites | Jul 18, 2025 | Author VLOGS
My Kickstarter for Sparks in Iceland, my friends-to-lovers sweet romance, has been live for over a week now! But let’s rewind things a bit to last week, when I first launched the Kickstarter because I vlogged the first 24 hours, sharing all my thoughts and...
by mandilynnwrites | Jul 11, 2025 | Author VLOGS
Wondering about the type of prep that went into preparing for my Kickstarter? Today’s video is a little day in the life, so you can see the behind-the-scenes chaos that is being a mom and trying to prep a book for...
by mandilynnwrites | Jul 8, 2025 | Self-Publishing
Call me crazy, but I have a goal of raising $15,000 to self-publish my novel. How am I going to accomplish this? Crowdfunding through Kickstarter. I’ve self-published six novels at this point, and every book I publish costs thousands of dollars. But what if you...
by mandilynnwrites | Jul 1, 2025 | Self-Publishing
Have you ever opened up a book and decided to read it because the font was too small, the spacing was too tight, or the text just looked hard to read? This is something that happens more often than you may think. As an indie author, you work months, even years,...
by mandilynnwrites | Jun 24, 2025 | Marketing for Authors
Follow my book on Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mandilynnbell/sparks-in-iceland-sweet-romance-exclusive-hardcover When you’re trying to sell your book on social media, what is the best way to sell your novel to readers? Everyone has attention...