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6 Writing Exercises to Help You Start and Finish Your Novel

These six writing exercises will not only provide you with a refreshing break, but will also help further your in-development manuscripts — whether you’re at the start, middle or end of that process.

Advice from IR Approved Author Sandro Martini: “Learn to accept failure and rejection as part of the job. It’s literally part of the job, like editing, like writing, like researching. Just accept it, it’s not personal.”

Dual-timeline novel about a middle-aged man who wants to discover his family’s buried history before he loses his dad—a history that involves a mass-killing in smalltown Italy in 1945, his uncle’s disappearance in Stalingrad, and...

IR Approved Author Nellie Hill: “The best part of being an indie author is the open communication with the various editors because that often involves true discussion…”

The book is about people and why he or she does what he or she do. What for, and where is it leading us?

Advice from IR Approved Author Joanna Kadish: “Be prepared to attend book conferences and enter contests to stand out from the competition.”

In mourning the deaths of cherished loved ones who followed my example and lived wild lives, and I point the accusatory finger incriminating myself, while my essays and stories ask the question, where do you...

IR Approved Author Selene Wilderwind: “The best part is having creative control over every element of my work—it’s incredibly liberating.”

The Weaver’s Awakening is an Erotic Fantasy novel that explores a world where passion, magic, and destiny intertwine.

Advice from IR Approved Author Richard K. Lowy: “Don’t rush. Respect the time it takes to get the story right.”

Kalman & Leopold – Surviving Mengele’s Auschwitz is the extraordinary true story of two young boys—Kalman and Leopold—who endured the unimaginable horrors of Auschwitz, including brutal experiments under the infamous Dr. Josef Mengele.

IR Approved Author Lilly Stewart Tells All About her Book

What happens when Carmen De Luna discovers her professor is the leader of a secret order operating out of the liberal arts college she attends?

IR Approved Author Margaret Gardiner: “They [established media] think if you are indie, you are irrelevant and not good.”

Damaged Beauty: Joey Superstar is the first in a series of three Damaged Beauty books about good girls who get damaged and fight back. 

14 Strategies for Indie Author Success

By Penny Sansevieri (Originally posted 3/28/18) Success as an author doesn’t come from writing alone. And while even the most successful authors have books that just don’t sell, they are successful for a reason. They...