IRDA Winning Author Katy Motiey: “I write because I have stories to tell and as therapy.” 

The book is fiction based on a true story, about a custody battle and civil lawsuit my mother faced in 1970s Iran with her inlaws, before the fall of the Shah and after my father suddenly passed away from brain cancer in London in 1971. 

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Author Kristine Meldrum Tells All About her IRDA-Winning Book

Parkinson's: How to Reduce Symptoms Through Exercise is the first book to comprehensively explain how the latest scientific research on Parkinson's exercise is a genuine therapy to reduce PD symptoms and can provide life-changing results, putting the person with PD back in control.

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Advice from IRDA Winning Author Brian D McLean: “Stay focused and committed to your project: See it through to completion. I think, that in itself, is probably the greatest reward.”

The motivating influence for Our Global Crisis was not derived from a typical source of inspiration, such as a single event or a feeling. In fact, it evolved slowly over the course of the last decade of the 20th century.

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IRDA Winning Author C.V. Vobh Tells All About His Book

Somnus’ Palace is about a modern young man named Proto, who wakes up in the misty blue palace of the Lord of Dreams.  He doesn’t know how he got there, but he’s assigned a new job—to visit sleeping people’s dreams and guide them to the right outcomes. 

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Author Karin Adams Tells All About her IRDA-Winning Book

When you want to write a novel, you don’t want to read another book about writing—you want to WRITE! My fun, inspiring fiction writing guide is based on my live and in-person creative writing workshops that I’ve been offering since 2010—but it's in book form so you can use it whenever and wherever you want!

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IRDA Winning Author Melody Hicks on her Motivation: “…simply seeing that others are enjoying the stories, that they found something with the characters that resonates with them…”

Dr. Shannon Murphy never planned to become a goddess. Heck, she didn't even know they existed. A steamy night with a bad boy unlocks her genetics and tumbles her into dangerous mythological worlds and powers she's never imagined. How was she to know her fling wasn't human? 

Continue ReadingIRDA Winning Author Melody Hicks on her Motivation: “…simply seeing that others are enjoying the stories, that they found something with the characters that resonates with them…”

IRDA Winning Author Manon Rinsma: “What truly motivates me isn’t fame or fortune—it’s the power of connection and healing through storytelling.”

Feeling like she no longer belonged, a young woman sets off on a backpacking journey across four continents to confront her buried grief, mend her wounded soul, and uncover the resilience needed to rewrite her own story.

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IRDA Winning Author Barbara Black on her Motivation: “My life would be nothing without the arts.”

Poetic and quirky, surreal and unsettling, the carefully crafted fictions in Little Fortified Stories range from 50-word micros to flash narratives and a few hybrids in between.

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IRDA Winning Author Brad Fawley: “Neither fame nor fortune motivate me. Rather, I love writing because it affords me the freedom to disappear into the story and the minds of my characters.”

The story is a celebration of human resilience, honor, sacrifice, and triumph over loss. One does not need to be a runner to enjoy or find meaning in it.

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IRDA Winner Martina Gruppo on the best part of being Indie: “Having the autonomy to decide what you want to write is very liberating, especially on such a personal subject…”

The brutally honest story of how a seemingly strong and independent individual can be broken down by hidden  manipulation and coercive control.

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