by mandilynnwrites | Dec 2, 2025 | Book Cover Design
I’ve done multiple tutorials showing you how to design book covers using Canva. In one of those videos, someone commented that Canva book covers get rejected. Since I’ve never published a book with a cover designed in Canva, I got curious, and I dug up a...
by mandilynnwrites | Nov 18, 2025 | Self-Publishing
I raised over $4,000 for my book using Kickstarter, but after countless hours invested into creating, marketing, and fulfilling the Kickstarter, was it worth it? In today’s video, I will be revealing the sometimes brutal truth of hosting a Kickstarter....
by mandilynnwrites | Nov 11, 2025 | Writing Tips
My book, Sparks in Iceland, just came out, which means it’s time to write a new novel! In fact, I’m already 10,000 words into my next book. However, I hit a bit of a motivational dead end, so I figured it was time to sit down and do some goal setting and...
by mandilynnwrites | Nov 4, 2025 | Author VLOGS
It’s been a while since I’ve posted a writing vlog. One, because I wasn’t writing due to exhaustion and overwhelm, but also because it was hard to film and hide my baby bump since you guys didn’t know about my pregnancy yet. So some of this...
by mandilynnwrites | Oct 14, 2025 | Self-Publishing
It’s time to expose exactly how much money I spent self-publishing my latest novel, Sparks in Iceland! In this video, I go through everything I spent to create the book, including hiring editors, illustrators, and marketing! I’ll also be sharing my...
