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  • Festival Kick-Offs

    I think one of the awesome things about being a local author and a co-owner of a small business is that you get the chance to be part of the kick-off for some awesome events. Last year we got invited to the 4th of July Family Fun Fest and that was one of the best…

  • A Long Love of Hardback Books

    There’s something incredible about seeing your name on a hardback book. I didn’t think there would be. I thought it would be just as amazing as having my name on a paperback or on an ebook, but it really is completely different. I think it taps into some childish excitement to hold something so strong…

  • Scrivener Tutorial #3: Writing and Backups

    I’m continuing on with Part 3 of my Scrivener Tutorial series on YouTube. This time I’m focusing on: How to use the Editor Setting wordcount goals for a document Hiding the wordcount tracker Working in full-screen mode Managing snapshots I originally started this series as a way to help authors get more comfortable with this…

  • Scrivener Tutorial #2: Manuscript Creation

    So this video is later than I wanted it to be. I’m still new with being a Youtuber, and occasionally I run into hiccups. I was struggling with my videos being blurry after uploading them and I couldn’t figure out what the problem was. I checked my rendering settings, I rendered again in “Highest Quality”…

  • Scrivener Tutorial Series

    If you didn’t already know, I post new videos every Friday on my new YouTube account: Marlena Frank, Author. This week I started doing something I probably should have done a while ago, started a tutorial series on Scrivener. Now I’m not doing this series because I’m being paid to do it or anything, I…