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

by mandilynnwrites | 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...

Can I Edit My Entire Novel in Two Weeks?

by mandilynnwrites | 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....

Did Changing My Book Marketing Strategy Improve Book Sales? – BOOK MARKETING ESP 5

by mandilynnwrites | 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...

Design an Illustrated Romance Book Cover With Me ? Subscribers Control the Design – ESP 2

by mandilynnwrites | 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...

How to Upload Your Book to Amazon KDP as a Pre-Order – Step-by-Step Tutorial (2026)

by mandilynnwrites | 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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Essence Book Cover and Synopsis Reveal!

by mandilynnwrites | May 15, 2013 | Self-Publishing

It’s the moment you have all been waiting for! The reveal of the synopsis and book cover for my young adult novel Essence! It starts with a shift in the atmosphere. The forest greets Emma with...

Self-publishing: Formatting Your Novel

by mandilynnwrites | May 14, 2013 | Self-Publishing

Self-publishing your novel means you have to be the one to make a lot decisions that normally a professional would do in the publishing industry. You’re the one who has to decide how big the book will be, what the...

Self-Publishing- Editing Your Novel

by mandilynnwrites | May 13, 2013 | Self-Publishing

You’ve heard me ranting about editing and editors before but believe it or not there is still more to be discussed, so that’s what this video covers. It gives you a quick basic lesson on tracking changes using Word...

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Outlines & Storyboards || NaNoWriMo

by mandilynnwrites | Oct 23, 2015 | NaNoWriMo, Writing Tips

My NaNoWriMo profile: http://nanowrimo.org/participants/mandilynnwrites Outline Misconceptions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iC6UYkRd5hg Brainstorming: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqv-QM2o7sc Forming a Story: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6Ie86BGZzg How to...