Self-Publishing: Marketing

Marketing! It just sounds so…boring. But using social media it can be really fun! Using Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube you can market for your novel without having to spend any money. And, let’s face it, free marketing is the best kind of marketing. So...

Re-creating Essence! [8.11.14]

As far as random vlogs go, I’d say this one is pretty entertaining! As you can see my family and I went on vacation to New Hampshire and since we were there we had to go visit Sabbaday Falls once again! This is the location that inspired the story behind Essence and...

Teen Author- Essence Year Anniversary

Mandi Lynn is the young adult author of her debut novel, Essence. Beginning to write the story when she was only thirteen years old, after three and a half years of hard work, Essence was published and in print. To graduate in 2014, meanwhile Mandi goes to a...

YA Ink- Grammar in Novels

Please keep in mind that all this is said assuming you have the basic understanding of grammar. Grammar is very important in writing, but the point is you don’t have to be super uptight about having PERFECT grammar. And the more you write the more creative you’ll...

July 2014 Book Haul

Books in Haul: The Impossible Knife of Memory by Laurie Halse Anderson Half the Sky by Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn Delirium by Lauren Oliver Pandemonium by Lauren Oliver Twisted by Laurie Halse Anderson Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn Calculus for Dummies The...