by mandilynnwrites | Oct 23, 2018 | Self-Publishing
Isn’t this ironic? In my last video I talked about how much I hated formatting and in today’s video I’m showing you how to format your novel. With that said, if you decide to format your novel yourself, you’ll discover that this may be one of...
by mandilynnwrites | Jun 19, 2018 | Writing Tips
We’re talking about beta readers again! Last week’s video was all about how to find and choose beta readers, so this week is part 2 and I’m talking about how to work with your beta readers to improve your novel. This means taking their criticism,...
by mandilynnwrites | Jan 16, 2018 | Marketing for Authors
As promised, today we’re going to be talking about all things social media marketing. I’m going to be going through all the major social media networks and how you can use them as an author to help market your book and hopefully get a few sales out of it...
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 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...