IRDA Winning Author Sharon CassanoLochman: “Validation was the hardest part of being an indie author.”

Twelve-year-old Tanner Phillips fishes the Oneida Lake Ice Fishing Derby every year with his dad. Last year, he ruined everything—losing the competition and losing some of his grandfather’s gear. This year, Tanner is determined to not only prove his skills on the ice but also show his dad, once and for all, that he’s no longer a little kid.

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IRDA Winning Author Daisy Pettles: “I’ve published traditionally most of my life, but I had the most success–personally and financially–when I became my own publisher.”

Veenie Goens and Ruby Jane Waskom would love to retire, but they lack a nest egg. In fact, they barely have a nest.

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Wise Words from IRDA Winner Tracie Frank Mayer: “We can develop our ability to be resilient in the storm.”

A young black American woman falls in love with a German man, moves to his country, bears his child – a boy diagnosed with a rare form of congenital heart disease. Not understanding the language and against all odds, she fights to keep him alive. 

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How Being an Indie Author Makes You a Small Business and 5 Things You Can Do to Prepare

As an indie author, realizing your dream of finally publishing that book that’s been in your head for years can seem like the ultimate goal. But deciding to publish a book today also means deciding to turn yourself and your author brand into a small business.

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IRDA Author Nicholas Fillmore: “SMUGGLER relates the real events behind [the book and hit Netflix show] Orange Is The New Black.”

When twenty-something post-grad Nick Fillmore discovers the zine he’s been recruited to edit is a front for drug profits, he begins a dangerous flirtation with an international heroin smuggling conspiracy and in a matter of months finds himself on a fast ride he doesn’t know how to get off of.

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IRDA Winning Author Ayn Cates Sullivan: “We need super heroines who can remind us how to live and thrive on planet Earth!”

In the #MeToo Era, women take strength from the Divine Feminine Essence passed down in the Legend and Lore of the Celtic Goddesses and Heroines.

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IRDA Winning Author Ty Tracey: “I’ve been writing scary stories since I was old enough to put a few sentences together.”

"Three Days in Ashford" follows Daniel Hallowell and his eclectic crew of paranormal investigators as they begrudgingly travel to Ashford Ohio—a long abandoned town cut somewhere deep into the Ohio countryside.

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IRDA Winning Author Dick Johnson: “…there is nothing that compares to the immense satisfaction of completing that long arduous journey [of publishing your a book].”

Religion is held to be the source of our values and morality, the impetus behind all things good. Yet it sustains an unparalleled acquaintance with death, destruction, and terrorism.

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Advice from IRDA Winning Author Karen Anderson: “Solve a problem for your readers and they will become your biggest fans.” 

If you have ever loved and lost a pet this book will help you break through your grief and begin healing sooner.

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Amy Byer Shainman on her IRDA Winning book, “Resurrection Lily: The BRCA Gene, Hereditary Cancer & Lifesaving Whispers from the Grandmother I Never Knew”

Resurrection Lily is a story of inheritance and intuition…of what can surface in the body and the spirit when linked by DNA. 

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IRDA Winning Author Thom Kudla: “…you should be very proud of being an indie author. It takes a lot of courage, perseverance, and persistence…”

HOW WE ARE DIFFERENT (HWAD) is an app based on my award-winning book HOW I AM DIFFERENT. For that book, I wrote something new every day for a year and then the following year I responded to that day’s entry from the prior year.

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Advice from IRDA Winning Author Michael Warner: “Fame and fortune are slow to arrive, so you’d better enjoy it or it’ll be a long ride.”  

This rediscovered collection of Lyle Saxon’s writings includes thirty-nine of his earliest New Orleans short stories and character sketches, and brings to light for the first time in nearly a century some of the author’s forgotten classics.

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IRDA Winning Author Brad Graber: “Being an Indie author requires that we do more than just write a great novel.”

Rikki, a teenager being raised by her grandmother, has a secret. She can’t remember her mother. When she tries to talk to her grandmother, the older woman refuses to engage. Frustrated, Rikki finds a family album hidden in a trunk with photos of her mother as a teenager and a young boy.

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