IR Approved Author Tiffany Fenton: “Everyone has challenges in life, but it’s how we overcome them that determines the quality of life we live.”

"A Hero's Heart" is a true story of victory, captivatingly told for the first time, from the survivor herself.

Continue ReadingIR Approved Author Tiffany Fenton: “Everyone has challenges in life, but it’s how we overcome them that determines the quality of life we live.”

IR Approved Author Michael Winn: “…the challenge is to grow an audience by seducing one reluctant, scowling, eyebrow-raised reader at a time.”

Nothing is what is seems. A horrific accident. A dead girl. A long-held secret. All the lies and deceit lead to the same mysterious room.

Continue ReadingIR Approved Author Michael Winn: “…the challenge is to grow an audience by seducing one reluctant, scowling, eyebrow-raised reader at a time.”

Advice from IR Approved Author Eric Serrell: “…drink wine. Lots of wine. My suggestion: white in the morning, red in the afternoon.”

A covey of cons bust a vault full of gold belonging to powerful French fascists in the months leading up to the Invasion of France.

Continue ReadingAdvice from IR Approved Author Eric Serrell: “…drink wine. Lots of wine. My suggestion: white in the morning, red in the afternoon.”

IR Approved Author Steve Wilson: “…the best part of being an indie is the independence and opportunity to write from the heart…”

"Advising Chiang's Army" recounts my uncle's wartime service.  He was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army in 1942.

Continue ReadingIR Approved Author Steve Wilson: “…the best part of being an indie is the independence and opportunity to write from the heart…”

Advice from IRDA Winning Author L.J. Engelmeier: “Your story is an engine. Learn to be a mechanic first, artist second.”

When three deities of the multiverse are found murdered—eyes gouged, hearts ripped out, souls stolen—a ragtag crew must band together to solve the mystery.

Continue ReadingAdvice from IRDA Winning Author L.J. Engelmeier: “Your story is an engine. Learn to be a mechanic first, artist second.”

Advice from IRDA Winning Author Zachary Cormier: “Continue to write because you enjoy the process itself.”

THEY ARE ONLY MEN is a hell-on-wheels thriller which chases, and then is chased by, the truth that people should be most afraid of what lives within themselves.

Continue ReadingAdvice from IRDA Winning Author Zachary Cormier: “Continue to write because you enjoy the process itself.”

Advice from IRDA Winning Author Deborah Gaal: “Defend your work. No one will do it for you.”

When hard times force Maude Fields to take in her estranged and secretive mother, she arrives with a hand made needlepoint recreation of an iconic 11th century Bayeux Tapestry, which she has stitched in secret at a nursing home.  

Continue ReadingAdvice from IRDA Winning Author Deborah Gaal: “Defend your work. No one will do it for you.”

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.

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

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.

Continue ReadingIRDA 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.”

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. 

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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