IR Approved Author Jerold Bishop on the best part of being indie: “Nobody telling me… anything.”

‘Tears…’ is Jackson Ross’s story. Jackson began searching to know what really happened to his family, who was killed in an ‘accident’ when he was fourteen. He starts his search years afterward following his discharge from the army, at a time when he wants to build his own family. Gradually Jackson mires himself neck-deep in a life he never expected.

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Advice from IR Approved Author Kevin Cohen: “There is a niche audience for you out there, no matter what story you want to tell.”

"Wool" meets "The Road Warrior", set in a future desert wasteland where gravity is like the wind but very, very cruel. 

Continue ReadingAdvice from IR Approved Author Kevin Cohen: “There is a niche audience for you out there, no matter what story you want to tell.”

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.

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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.””