Mandy Steinfeldt Crane's Blog (13)

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I am hoping someone can help me with this. It is probably easy to do but does anyone know how to delete the extra blank pages out of your manuscript. I finished all the editing and have a few pages after i decided not to add any illustrations. 

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It has been a little while since I have been in here. Been busy with editing the second book in the trilogy  I also found that after writing the second book the title does not fit anymore so I am thinking really hard on changing it. But not sure if i can even do that since book one is already published. I don't want to confuse my readers. My Co-author told me if  we change the name now we are going to have to go back and change the first book as well. Which wouldn't be hard but…

I need some advice!!! So I am hoping that I came to the right spot. I found out that my publisher was ripping me off with not paying me for all of my books sold. Now I know what everyone would say...Drop them and find another one... well I wish it were that easy. I would love to do exactly that. However, I am in the middle of finishing book 2 in my Trilogy and Book 1 was published with this publisher. My question is, do I stay with the same company or do i publish the last 2 books with…

Finally, after a long while I finished designing both covers for New Beginnings coming out later this year and Sins of the Father arriving late next summer. So with out further delay Here they are:…

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been awhile but what can i say i have been busting my butt finishing New Beginnings and i finally finished getting the whole storyline completed. It is all down on my computer now my co-author and I are in the middle of editing,revising, adding and taking away(my favorite thing). I can say that i surpassed my goal for my book to be 400 pages it was at last count 463 and we are just in the early stages of editing so who knows it might be 500 by the time i'm done I also have a…

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its been a small while since coming in here. I took a small break from writing to sort of clear my head. I wanted to make sure that the direction of my story was still going the way I wanted it to go and not going off course. So i have been going fishing with my family. Caught a couple catfish a 2 and half pounder and a 5 to 6 pounder. not to bad if I do say so. Now that I have a clear head I went back and looked and reread the last couple chapters and I like the way my story…

I find it amusing that when you begin to write a story you learn how to pay closer attention to the things and from everyone around you. I never really paid that close of attention to things until i became a writer and began to notice how other peoples emotions relally had an impact on my character's emotions when dealing with there own issues. To beable to draw from others and use it in my own stories and still make an impact with my auduance is simply amazing.  To change the way they see…

Hey everyone just wanted to let you all know that my new webste is now live! click on the link below to check it out

!Mandy Steinfeldt Crane

Just reviewed the final layouts for my new website. Hopefully I will get to keep the name I picked out. As soon as I know I will let you know. So excited Also preparing to do some major marketing for On the Bedroom Wall. Hoping to get more exposure for it.

Just about to the end of New Beginnings. I have about 100-150 pages left. Almost finished with chapter 34 seems I will be done at chater 36. but it will be over 300 pages long. I just cannot beleive how fast a story goes down a paper sometimes. Then its editing time. fun fun fun times ahead!

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I thought long and hard on what my thrid title was going to be for the Bedroom Wall series. I took into consideration your comments. My co-author and I did alot of going back and forth changing our minds on this. In the end though we picked the one that we loved the best and one that fit the storyline the best. We designed both covers with both titles and after looking at both of them for a couple days we have dedided to go with our first concept. So with out further ado. The…

Well Ive been thinking about my third book after New Beginnings is published. I was thinking about the cover espicially and since there is a major twist that no one will see coming. Ive decided to change the title from Sins of the Father to Journey's End. So for the third book in the bedroom wall series. The official title will now be On The Bedroom Wall: Journey's End.

What ya think about my new title?

Hello every one I'm new to this site.   I was looking for  groups to  join where other authors come and learn from one another. I became a first time author last year. My first book At a Glance was published in March which I wrote when I was 17 and my second On the Bedroom Wall was published in September. November it was featured at the International Book Fair. I am currently writing the follow up to OTBW (New Beginnings) as we speak.  And then end that series with Sins of the Father. So…