IR Approved Author Christine Fallert Kessides: “I hadn’t realized that publicity and marketing would become almost as much a preoccupation as the actual writing.” 

A teenager in 1916 Pittsburgh surmounts crises in her German immigrant family during WWI and the Spanish flu.

Continue ReadingIR Approved Author Christine Fallert Kessides: “I hadn’t realized that publicity and marketing would become almost as much a preoccupation as the actual writing.” 

Advice from IR Approved Author Anita Finlay: “Don’t ever write because you’re trying to fulfill someone else’s idea of who or what you should be.”

YOU RUINED MY LIFE AND YOU STOLE MY BRA is the moving, riveting, and often hilarious memoir of a woman who found a most unlikely way to heal her relationship with her mercurial mother.

Continue ReadingAdvice from IR Approved Author Anita Finlay: “Don’t ever write because you’re trying to fulfill someone else’s idea of who or what you should be.”

Advice from IR Approved Author Diane Meyer Lowman: “really think about what you want for and from your book before you even begin to investigate publishing options.” 

Join Diane Meyer Lowman, an empty-nester from suburban Connecticut, on her daring journey of self-discovery at the age of 57. In search of fulfillment and purpose, Diane embarks on a life-changing adventure: a senior year abroad studying her literary hero at the prestigious Shakespeare Institute in Stratford Upon Avon.

Continue ReadingAdvice from IR Approved Author Diane Meyer Lowman: “really think about what you want for and from your book before you even begin to investigate publishing options.” 

Advice from IR Approved Author Stephen Maitland-Lewis: “Revise and rewrite and have an experienced editor and a public relations/marketing guru in your corner.”

In the spring of 1959, a seemingly minor mistake in a wire transfer at a Swiss bank leads to the discovery of a plot by the CIA to launch a nuclear attack on he leaders of the USSR and China and to install Hitler, who is still alive and hiding in South America, as the leader of Western Europe.

Continue ReadingAdvice from IR Approved Author Stephen Maitland-Lewis: “Revise and rewrite and have an experienced editor and a public relations/marketing guru in your corner.”

IR Approved Author Lonnie Busch: “I do like the freedom of publishing the stories I love and not being second-guessed by an editor.”

The world is rocked by earthquakes, revealing huge buried metallic objects which may hold answers to the roots of humanity… and the worst curse to ever plague the planet.

Continue ReadingIR Approved Author Lonnie Busch: “I do like the freedom of publishing the stories I love and not being second-guessed by an editor.”

Advice from IR Approved Author Stu Jones: “If you really want to call yourself a “writer” devote yourself to perfecting the craft. Make every book better than your last.”

In a tech-addicted dystopia, a young cop struggling to survive is forced into a high-octane gladiatorial grudge match, where sinister corporate overlords pull the strings and humanity’s fate hangs in the balance.

Continue ReadingAdvice from IR Approved Author Stu Jones: “If you really want to call yourself a “writer” devote yourself to perfecting the craft. Make every book better than your last.”

Advice from IR Approved Author Alice McVeigh: “Don’t switch genres, as I did!!! Really confuses your readers.”

It's an unusual, sideways look at the immortal Pride and Prejudice. On the surface, it's summery and frothy and even possesses an extra romance (for Mary).

Continue ReadingAdvice from IR Approved Author Alice McVeigh: “Don’t switch genres, as I did!!! Really confuses your readers.”

IR Approved Author J.W.S. Getty: “The best part of being indie is not having to wait or beg to have your story told.” 

The book is about an 11-year-old archaeologist, who is searching for Cleopatra's tomb, even better, she has the Regit Tigers of Egypt helping her. 

Continue ReadingIR Approved Author J.W.S. Getty: “The best part of being indie is not having to wait or beg to have your story told.” 

IR Approved Author Michelle D. Gladieux on her Motivation: “I love to help people see how they can overcome their fears by engaging in smart risk.”

This book helps readers and listeners understand and overcome sneaky obstacles that can keep us from realizing our potential as message senders, receivers, and listeners.

Continue ReadingIR Approved Author Michelle D. Gladieux on her Motivation: “I love to help people see how they can overcome their fears by engaging in smart risk.”

IR Approved Author Anna Madorsky: “When I feel lost or get derailed, creating art has consistently been my path back to myself.”

A chance encounter between Elliott and Jason, both damaged and disillusioned, leads to a strong connection between them.

Continue ReadingIR Approved Author Anna Madorsky: “When I feel lost or get derailed, creating art has consistently been my path back to myself.”

IR Approved Author Mary Vensel White: “I am motivated by the same thing that’s been fueling me from a young age: storytelling.”

Tuesday Mayes has just graduated from high school and looks forward to moving away for college in the fall. Only, her mom is hesitating because of Tuesday’s recent health diagnosis, and her dad has mysteriously disappeared on some sort of spiritual journey.

Continue ReadingIR Approved Author Mary Vensel White: “I am motivated by the same thing that’s been fueling me from a young age: storytelling.”