by mandilynnwrites | May 12, 2020 | Self-Publishing, Writing Updates
Cover Reveal – Speed Drawing a Children’s Book // It’s time for another cover reveal! I finally get to show off the cover and illustrations for my children’s book! Let me know what you think of the book cover and the children’s book illustration in general! Share the...
by mandilynnwrites | May 5, 2020 | Self-Publishing
How to Illustrate a Children’s Book // In this video I’m walking you through some of the many things you need to keep in mind when you’re creating illustrations for your children’s book. There are two major steps: figuring out where the children’s book illustrations...
by mandilynnwrites | Apr 27, 2020 | Self-Publishing
Speed Book Cover Design: The Cursed Hunter // Ready for another book cover design video? This video I’m doing a speed book cover design for The Cursed Hunter by Bethany Atazadeh. The Cursed Hunter is a young adult fantasy novel and is a Beauty and the Beast retelling....
by mandilynnwrites | Apr 21, 2020 | Self-Publishing
Self-Publishing Print & Distribution Basics (KDP & IngramSpark) // Looking to self-publish your book but don’t know how the print and distribution process works? You’re in luck because I’m covering everything from the basics to the finer details...
by mandilynnwrites | Mar 31, 2020 | Self-Publishing
Book Cover Design: YA Fantasy w/ Bethany Atazadeh // Today Bethany Atazadeh is joining me to talk about how I designed her young adult fantasy book cover for The Jinni Key. This is not a how to design a book cover tutorial. Instead, I’m showing you the type of...
by mandilynnwrites | Mar 17, 2020 | Marketing for Authors, Self-Publishing
How I Sold 100 Books in One Day (debut novel success story)// We’re taking a step back to talk about how I sold 100 copies of my debut novel in one day! I’ll be walking through some of the things I did to market my book, and some of the things I didn’t do. You don’t...