Read more about the article Advice from IR Approved Author Shelly Edwards-Jorgensen: “go to as many writer’s conferences and groups as feasible so that you can to learn and receive feedback from others.”

Advice from IR Approved Author Shelly Edwards-Jorgensen: “go to as many writer’s conferences and groups as feasible so that you can to learn and receive feedback from others.”

A true story of murder and betrayal, this evocative memoir follows fifteen-year-old Shelly Edwards Jorgensen from the night of her mother’s body being discovered in their family’s estate and interweaves Shelly’s memories of abuse through the days and years following.

Continue ReadingAdvice from IR Approved Author Shelly Edwards-Jorgensen: “go to as many writer’s conferences and groups as feasible so that you can to learn and receive feedback from others.”
Read more about the article IR Approved Author Kathleen Novak: “Traditional and independent publishing each have their strengths (and stresses). I’m relieved that the industry now makes room for both.”

IR Approved Author Kathleen Novak: “Traditional and independent publishing each have their strengths (and stresses). I’m relieved that the industry now makes room for both.”

This is the story of a gun that hung on the wall and the son who fell in love and the miner who left to be a cop in Chicago.

Continue ReadingIR Approved Author Kathleen Novak: “Traditional and independent publishing each have their strengths (and stresses). I’m relieved that the industry now makes room for both.”
Read more about the article Advice from IR Approved Author Lis Bensley: “If you believe in your work, publish it. It’s remarkably gratifying having a book.”

Advice from IR Approved Author Lis Bensley: “If you believe in your work, publish it. It’s remarkably gratifying having a book.”

Liza Baker, a rising star of the Abstract Expressionist Art movement of the early 1950s sabotages her career when she has a child, who begins to show her own artistic talent.

Continue ReadingAdvice from IR Approved Author Lis Bensley: “If you believe in your work, publish it. It’s remarkably gratifying having a book.”
Read more about the article IR Approved Author Nikki Stern on the best part of being indie: “Following your own timetable.”

IR Approved Author Nikki Stern on the best part of being indie: “Following your own timetable.”

What do a bartender, a priest, and a librarian have in common? They all work in New York City. They’re all true crime fans. And they’re all dead, courtesy of a predator with a chilling approach to murder.

Continue ReadingIR Approved Author Nikki Stern on the best part of being indie: “Following your own timetable.”
Read more about the article Advice from IR Approved Author Andrew Palmer: “Do a limited release to reputable organizations to get pro reviews, and use them to promote a full scale book launch.”

Advice from IR Approved Author Andrew Palmer: “Do a limited release to reputable organizations to get pro reviews, and use them to promote a full scale book launch.”

The Bridge is a wonderful coming-of-age story based on true events that changed Canadian history by inspiring the Ritual Calling of an Engineer, and the iconic Iron Ring.

Continue ReadingAdvice from IR Approved Author Andrew Palmer: “Do a limited release to reputable organizations to get pro reviews, and use them to promote a full scale book launch.”
Read more about the article Advice from IR Approved Author Lucien Telford: “Revise revise revise. Make sure your work is the best it could possibly be.”

Advice from IR Approved Author Lucien Telford: “Revise revise revise. Make sure your work is the best it could possibly be.”

The book weaves together the stories of a mercenary flying contraband for the mob, a geneticist creating human genetic edits in a moral gray area, and a pair of Hong Kong homicide detectives investigating a series of murder victims that turn out to be genetically edited.  

Continue ReadingAdvice from IR Approved Author Lucien Telford: “Revise revise revise. Make sure your work is the best it could possibly be.”