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When Your Song Breaks the Silence
Book Reviews, Books, eBooks, Fiction, Hollywood Fiction, IR Approved •
IR Staff •
Mar 05, 2013
Though he died in his early thirties, Austrian composer Franz Schubert managed to leave behind a large body of work. That someone working nearly two hundred years ago could create music that is still popular today is, if nothing else, a testament to the staying power of one man’s creative ability. Read On
A Killer Rationale
Books, Columns, Daniel Kilian, Homepage Sub •
Dan Kilian •
Feb 11, 2013
So how does the justification for drone strikes and other targeted killings square with international law? Are the words “because we say so” in the actual document? Read On
The “New York” State of Indies
Books, Geographically Indie, Homepage Sub •
Guest Author •
Jan 25, 2013
Like global warming and the antics of the Kardashian family, indie books and their authors know no bounds. From the hills of Beverly to the city that never sleeps, IR’s new “Geographically Indie” column will highlight a different location along with a sampling of indie books that can be found there.
First up? New York City. Read On
What’s in a Name?
Books, Homepage Sub, Trad Pubbed Book F**k-Up •
IR Staff •
Jan 22, 2013
On page 117, Matthews refers to John F. Kennedy’s younger brother, Robert F. Kennedy, as “Robert Fitzgerald Kennedy.” The middle initial in Robert Kennedy’s name stood for Francis, not Fitzgerald. Oooops! Read On
5 Questions for the 2nd Indie Author To Break the Sound Barrier*
Books, Homepage Sub, Interviews •
Amy Edelman •
Dec 12, 2012
…er, whose book–The Revolution Was Televised–was reviewed by The New York Times Read On
Parts North
Book Reviews, Books, Fiction, Mystery/Thriller, Popular Fiction •
IR Staff •
Nov 12, 2012
The conflict of Parts North centers on Quinton, a safe cracker who was imprisoned for years and his grown son, Newland, who lost an arm racing against a young man who is now a town cop. Read On
Books to Raise Spirits and Rattle Coffins
Blurb Recommends, Books, Homepage Sub •
IR Staff •
Oct 23, 2012
Abandoned towns, sorrowful ghosts and a strangely compelling graphic novel featuring a boy who dies a thousand deaths. Keep the lights on, people; this round-up of Blurb books is scary good. Read On
From the Bottle to the Page
Books, Featured, Guest Author, Homepage Sub •
Guest Author •
Oct 17, 2012
The largest bottle of Jack Daniel’s I can buy costs forty-one dollars and three cents. I get about ten to fifteen thousand words out of it, gross. After culling the drunken idiocy and sheer pap out of them, I net maybe half. You do the math. Read On
Holy Indie Publishing, Batman!
Books, Homepage Sub, News •
IR Staff •
Oct 15, 2012
The sad fact is, due mainly to the ginormous success of “50 Shades”, when most people think of indie books they think of erotica. Which is a shame, because the types and genres of indie books are pretty much limited only to the creativity of indie authors. Read On
Douglas Nicholas
Books, Homepage Sub, How I Did It, Self-Publishing •
IR Staff •
Sep 28, 2012
I found that the “voice” I had developed as a poet translates fairly well to prose. Several people have been kind enough to remark favorably upon the quality of the writing in Something Red, and that was important to me. As the excellent Jack Vance, a jazz aficionado, once said, “The prose should swing.” Read On
