IR Approved Author Michael Pronko: “When I get discouraged, I open Ralph Waldo Emerson’s ‘Self-Reliance’ and reboot.”

An American wealth manager, Patrick, abducts his daughters without telling his wife and makes his getaway across Tokyo, desperate to keep them safe. Meanwhile, his boss and mother-in-law are found dead, and the babysitter is beaten into a coma.

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Advice from IR Approved Author Lynne Handy: “If you can afford it, hire a marketing specialist.”

Who threw the baby in the creek? Who killed the May Queen before she could be crowned? Who is kidnapping pubescent girls in an Irish village? Two murders thirty years apart plus five abductions confound poet Maria Pell.

Continue ReadingAdvice from IR Approved Author Lynne Handy: “If you can afford it, hire a marketing specialist.”

Advice from IR Approved Author Steven Mayfield: “Don’t be afraid to tell people you’re a writer.”

Funny, poignant, and occasionally tragic, intertwined lives across nearly a century explain how a small Nebraska town became home to the long-lost Oracle of Delphi. 

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Advice from IR Approved Author Bryan Cole: “Edit, then edit again, then read it out loud to yourself as you edit again. Then hire a professional editor.”

"Beginning of Arrogance" is focused on the implications of what a paladin means for the world that they exist within.

Continue ReadingAdvice from IR Approved Author Bryan Cole: “Edit, then edit again, then read it out loud to yourself as you edit again. Then hire a professional editor.”