Advice from IR Approved Author Dima Novak: “Invest in a cover you love. You’ll be living with it.”

14-year-old Moses Middleton, a secretly sensitive kid with high hopes and razor-sharp wits, organizes a chess club as a way of transcending the meager choices typically available to brown and black adolescents in New York City.

Continue ReadingAdvice from IR Approved Author Dima Novak: “Invest in a cover you love. You’ll be living with it.”

Advice from IR Approved Author Scott Wagner: “Establish a writing habit and stick with it, even if you’re not “feeling it.””

It’s 1932 in the Arkansas Ozarks, and Prohibition is in full swing. Finn O’Brien, grieving the death of his father, finds himself on the run from a ruthless moonshiner with magical powers.

Continue ReadingAdvice from IR Approved Author Scott Wagner: “Establish a writing habit and stick with it, even if you’re not “feeling it.””

Advice from IR Approved Author Boshra Rasti: “Goals, Motivations, Conflicts. Every character, every scene, needs to expound on these three things.”

An eighteen-year-old against the algorithms; will those behind the algorithms get her before it’s too late?

Continue ReadingAdvice from IR Approved Author Boshra Rasti: “Goals, Motivations, Conflicts. Every character, every scene, needs to expound on these three things.”

IR Approved Author Rowan Helaine: “If you think you hate romance because it feels too formulaic and predictable, you should give this book a chance to change your mind.”

Brass Tabby is dark, although the banter adds an unexpected humorous undertone which propels it into the “Dark Comedy Romance” category.

Continue ReadingIR Approved Author Rowan Helaine: “If you think you hate romance because it feels too formulaic and predictable, you should give this book a chance to change your mind.”