Author Sebastian Barnes: “…I believe a writer isn’t something you decide to be. I believe a writer is simply something you are.”
Willow Tree’s Gift is a story for young adults about kindness.
Strawberry with chocolate
Seductive Sales Copy for Book Authors
When they hear the term copywriting, most authors assume it’s only relatable to businesses trying to promote themselves online. That may be true up to some extent. But are we forgetting something?
Thomas J. Thorson: “Write for yourself, never for others. And ignore the advice of other authors, including me.”
World history is replete with instances in which a critically important event would not have occurred but for the intervention of fortune. Was the very existence of Christianity saved first by the appearance of a meteor and later by the alcohol-induced death of a distant leader?
Author D. V. Mulligan: “Write what you love, put forth the most professional product you can, and have fun.
WHAT SHE INHERITS is about two women, Angela and Casey, who are struggling to come to terms with their mothers’ deaths and to make sense of all they’ve inherited from their mothers, from genetics to attitudes to money trouble.
Carrie Glenn talks about her book “Clever Cybèle, The Story of an Apricot”
A luscious apricot, fallen from her tree, avoids being eaten or covered in slime by a group of snails who discover her in the tall grass.
Advice from author Penny Carlile: “Write a good story that is easy for the reader to follow and then edit, edit, edit.”
A quiet East Texas town is truck by a terrible crime after a beautiful twenty-five-year-old widow moves into the vacant house on Rusk Street.
Deb Pines on BESIDE STILL WATERS: A CHAUTAUQUA MURDER MYSTERY
Mimi Goldman is back—on a missing-persons case that’s the third page-turning Chautauqua murder mystery novel from award-winning New York Post headline writer Deb Pines.
OUR GRAND FINALE
IR VERDICT: In OUR GRAND FINALE, author Laraine Denny Bell recounts the hardships of losing a loved one and recognizes the importance of spending time with those you love before it’s…
THE CHRONICLES OF A SOPHISTICATED REDNECK
IR VERDICT: THE CHRONICLES OF A SOPHISTICATED REDNECK by Phillip Garrett is a wonderful memoir, a delight to read and experience. One of the most enduring stereotypes in this country…
Ivan Obolensky on the best part of being an indie: “I write what I write, about what I want to write about.”
Spun with suspense and realistic magic, "Eye of the Moon" is a brisk tale that will keep you reading late into the night.
KINGS OF PARADISE
IR VERDICT: KINGS OF PARADISE is a richly told, dark fantasy and coming-of-age story of two contrasting young men, one poor and fiercely independent and the other privileged and rebellious,…
THE MARTYR’S BLADE
IR VERDICT: THE MARTYR’S BLADE is a riveting fantasy adventure with well-drawn, complex characters in a meticulously detailed, fascinating world. What starts as a simply mystery enfolds into a gripping…
MIGUEL TRAVELER #1
IR VERDICT: MIGUEL TRAVELER #1 is a dystopian thriller of a different kind. Set within an unforgiving and uncertain realm, Daniel McFatter’s provocative debut provides so much more than mere…
GOING OVER THE FALLS
IR VERDICT: Resident doctor, Lorna, is allowing herself enjoy one last surfing holiday with no strings attached when she finds out her estranged mother, Alex, is seriously ill. The fractured…
S. Khubiar: “…grownups still have imaginary friends that we play with in our backyards. Those backyards are fiction.”
A retired American-Israeli assassin, Shahla, quit wet work because she struggled with her conscience.
Author Roy Russell’s Advice to fellow indies: “Find a good editor who will make your words shine.”
"Known Shippable" is a sci-fi action comedy about an entry level tester discovering the world he lives in is a simulation.
Author David Ellis: “I think everyone should write a book about something they love.”
This book is about recognizing that, as Thoreau said, "Most men lead lives of quiet desperation."
TUNING IN
IR VERDICT: Technology takes meditation to ominous telepathic proportions in Richard Roberts’s debut TUNING IN. The first book in the TUNING IN trilogy, Roberts’s crisp narrative slowly builds tension while…
STOLEN OBSESSION
IR VERDICT: Art, artifact and an ancient curse provide the compelling plot of Marlene M. Bell’s thrilling novel, STOLEN OBSESSION. The unsolved murder of art appraiser, Annalise Drury’s, best friend…
RIDE THE WAVE: How to Embrace Change and Create a Powerful New Relationship with Risk
IR VERDICT: Though there aren’t many new ideas under the sun, either business- or plot-wise, sales and marketing consultant, author John Wessinger does a good job of informing leaders about…
INTENSIVE THERAPY
IR VERDICT: The connection between therapist, Jonas and patient, Victoria in INTENSIVE THERAPY is a compelling look at the doctor/patient relationship, as well as the therapeutic process itself in two…
Iolanthe Woulff: “I did nurse a puerile desire to vengefully skewer a ‘particular person’ and decided that the cleverest way to accomplish that would be to portray them as a rotten character in a book. So I did.”
Spoiled Jewish college kid Ben Steiner goes off the rails in this lively coming-of-age tale set in 1970s New York.
WENDALL’S LULLABY
IR VERDICT: WENDALL'S LULLABY is an intricate mystery with thought-provoking and heartbreaking moral questions, believable government conspiracies, lives both human and cetacean on the line, and a bit of romance.…
EYE OF THE MOON
IR VERDICT: EYE OF THE MOON provides a glimpse into aristocratic family life during the 1970s, while adding drama with a twist of supernatural episodes. This Gothic thriller draws the reader…