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Can I Actually Make Money at a Book Signing This Time?

by | August 20, 2026 | Author VLOGS | 0 Comments

https://youtu.be/t6pRv-wCCyo In my last book signing vlog, it was a bit of an epic fail. Didn’t sell many books, and also had my canopy get destroyed. Well, it’s been a couple of weeks, and now it’s time to redeem myself. Hopefully. See how it went in this latest...
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Can I Edit My Entire Novel in Two Weeks?

by | August 18, 2026 | Author VLOGS | 0 Comments

https://youtu.be/dmZATvpNAKw The chaos of life has officially caught up with me and now I only have two weeks to do edits for my novel before sending it off to my editor. This deadline would’ve been hard enough alone, but I also have two little kids home with me....
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Did Changing My Book Marketing Strategy Improve Book Sales? – BOOK MARKETING ESP 5

by | August 11, 2026 | Marketing for Authors | 0 Comments

https://youtu.be/J-r3thO6yoA Ninety days ago I began posting to social media every day to improve my book sales. Turns out, selling books on social media isn’t that simple. From there I started to revamp my entire marketing strategy, from how my book’s sales pages...
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Design an Illustrated Romance Book Cover With Me ? Subscribers Control the Design – ESP 2

by | July 28, 2026 | Book Cover Design | 0 Comments

https://youtu.be/NUpFWvnxzFE Today is the second episode in the Subscribers Control My Book Cover Design series here on YouTube. In the last episode, we designed a fantasy book cover, and this time we’re designing a romance book cover! To help decide what we design, I...
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How to Upload Your Book to Amazon KDP as a Pre-Order – Step-by-Step Tutorial (2026)

by | July 21, 2026 | Self-Publishing | 0 Comments

https://youtu.be/Mc_r5U0Tw0I Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing has made a couple of changes since I last made an uploading tutorial, so I figured it was time to do a new tutorial for KDP. In this video, we’re going to be uploading my book, Revenge in Rome, to Amazon...
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Plotting Novels with OneNote

by | Jan 24, 2017 | Self-Publishing, Writing Tips

I love OneNote! It’s great for taking notes in class but also for plotting novels! Who knew? Use it to organize your note on your characters, chapters, and setting. This is only the tip of the iceberg for OneNote, so be sure to explore it thoroughly! Explore OneNote...

I’ve Failed as an Author

by | Jan 17, 2017 | Writing Tips

I hope every author out there knows what I’m talking about. Writing and supporting yourself as an author is something that is very hard to do. For myself, I have doubts every day. Am I doing the right thing? Should I give up now and find something else to do? To put...

How Many Books Did I Read in 2016?

by | Jan 4, 2017 | Writing Tips

Nominate your favorite writing blog! http://positivewriter.com/nominate-your-favorite-writing-blog-for-2017/ How do you do it? Simply go to the comment section of the above link, paste this fancy URL:  https://mandilynn.com/ And tell the world why you love my...

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