by mandilynnwrites | Oct 10, 2017 | NaNoWriMo
We’re already into the second week of October! For anyone in the writing community, you may know this means you only have about three weeks until NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month). Writers brave enough are going to somehow manage to write 50k words in a...
by mandilynnwrites | Apr 11, 2017 | Writing Tips
I’ve found that I’m pretty good at editing someone else’s stories, but not my own. Of course the solution is to pretend I wasn’t the one who write the story, but that’s easier said than done. The first trick to achieving this is to just let my manuscript sit for a...
by mandilynnwrites | Mar 28, 2017 | Writing Tips
My life is pretty hectic and I also have a tiny OCD problem in the fact that I love to organize things. Like, a lot. I love labels and draws and containers, and I LOVE planners. You guys have seen my Erin Condren planner a few times now, but I also have a permanent...
by mandilynnwrites | Mar 21, 2017 | Writing Tips
Time for a grammar lesson! Today we get to talk about all the different types of tenses you can write in! Past tense- most traditional type of tense in writing Present tense- seen a lot in the YA genre Points of View! 1st person- I, me, my; talking about yourself. 2nd...
by mandilynnwrites | Mar 14, 2017 | Self-Publishing
Oh marketing. It is a headache and a half. There’s so much to do, so much to learn! And the market is constantly changing so once you feel like you understand how it works, you have to change your game plan again. So read some good books on marketing to keep your head...
