Advice from IR Approved Author Pavel Sanaev: “Learn screenwriting. Whether through books, seminars or film schools, screenwriting will teach you story structure.”

Eight-year-old Sasha lives with his grandparents and is going to rot away by the age of sixteen - or so his foul-mouthed Grandma claims.

Continue ReadingAdvice from IR Approved Author Pavel Sanaev: “Learn screenwriting. Whether through books, seminars or film schools, screenwriting will teach you story structure.”

Advice from IR Approved Author Perry Muse: “There are a lot of seminars and support available to help spend your marketing $ wisely.”

MORBID THOUGHTS AND THE DOMINO EFFECT chronicles the day-to-day experiences of a cancer patient, interspersed with colorful tales of the life experiences that shaped his character and outlook. 

Continue ReadingAdvice from IR Approved Author Perry Muse: “There are a lot of seminars and support available to help spend your marketing $ wisely.”

IR Approved Author Maci Aurora on the hardest part of being Indie: “It’s a pretty noisy and packed marketplace.”

A spicy, adult, fantasy, romance, In the Shadow of a Hoax is about Tarley, a woman who is forced to hide in the woods disguised as a boy.

Continue ReadingIR Approved Author Maci Aurora on the hardest part of being Indie: “It’s a pretty noisy and packed marketplace.”

Advice from IR Approved Author Elmore Collins: “Find someone generous and interested enough to read your stuff.”

The book is broadly about a generation – Gen Y – which happens to be the one I belong to. Its protagonists span that age range (mid-twenties to late thirties), and though the stories are primarily set in Australian capital cities, they try to cover a range of millennial middle-class experiences.

Continue ReadingAdvice from IR Approved Author Elmore Collins: “Find someone generous and interested enough to read your stuff.”

Advice from IR Approved Author Barbara Cottrell: “Spend the time to develop your own voice.”

Darkness Below is horror with a heart, a character driven story with plenty of action and conflict. It brings the Lovecraftian universe into the 21st century with a focus on a strong female protagonist and a realistic exploration of a modern day Miskatonic University.

Continue ReadingAdvice from IR Approved Author Barbara Cottrell: “Spend the time to develop your own voice.”

Advice from IR Approved Author Homa Pourasgari: “Market your book every day or people will forget about you and move on to the next best thing.”

The book is about the Japanese culture and the mistreatment of dolphins by the hands of the fishermen, the trainers and the people who sell them to make for a hefty profit. 

Continue ReadingAdvice from IR Approved Author Homa Pourasgari: “Market your book every day or people will forget about you and move on to the next best thing.”