IR Approved Author Monica Bauer: “Anybody who writes in pursuit of fame and fortune needs therapy.”

In “DNA, or The Book of Brad,” a comic love story of women’s fiction, adoptee Rose Pettigrew, a young black legal aid lawyer in Los Angeles who aches to find her “real family,” discovers through a DNA test that she’s half Jewish.

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IR Approved Author Dustin Herriman: “To know that I had an effect on someone, even if that effect was simply to entertain them for a while, is an intensely satisfying feeling.”

Set in a world where Gods exist and have tangible influence on the comings and goings of mortals, this story follows the adventures of a young man named Zakul from a long misunderstood tribe of Disciples who worship the God of Death, Thanaki.

Continue ReadingIR Approved Author Dustin Herriman: “To know that I had an effect on someone, even if that effect was simply to entertain them for a while, is an intensely satisfying feeling.”

Advice from IR Approved Author K. Thomas: “Even if one person reads your book and thinks, ‘Wow, I love this,’ it’s worth it.”

Senlis is your typical artist. Empath, hater of mornings, and the bearer of a strange name passed down from her grandmother. With a penchant for caffeine and a pet ghost, she's just trying to live her best life.

Continue ReadingAdvice from IR Approved Author K. Thomas: “Even if one person reads your book and thinks, ‘Wow, I love this,’ it’s worth it.”

IR Approved Author Jane Buckley: “I do dream of wearing Chanel to the Oscar premiere of the “Stones Corner” series when they make it into films!”

A Catholic girl from the Bogside and the Protestant heir to a big local employer… In her youthful innocence, Caitlin believes their love can overcome the triple obstacles of politics, class and faith.

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IR Approved Author Renee James: “the most challenging part [of being indie] would have to be wearing so many hats simultaneously.”

Patroosh is a cheeky pelican who always wants more. He'll even take the food right out of your hand or flap his big wings until you drop it in the sand.

Continue ReadingIR Approved Author Renee James: “the most challenging part [of being indie] would have to be wearing so many hats simultaneously.”

IR Approved Author Thomas Duffy: “What motivates me is my drive to tell stories.”

When a middle aged-man is killed, he is given the opportunity to be reborn. While he doesn't remember his previous life, he must make his new existence a meaningful one by the time he turns 40 years old or else he'll return to the afterlife.

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IR Approved Author Gary W. Toyn: “I gave up the fantasy of making a fortune as an author when I received my first royalty check.”

FOR MALICE AND MERCY is a meticulously researched WWII family saga inspired by actual events, about German-Americans wrongfully arrested as spies, then stripped of their citizenship, rights and livelihood. They are banished to a German/Japanese internment camp, and face deportation to war-torn Nazi Germany.

Continue ReadingIR Approved Author Gary W. Toyn: “I gave up the fantasy of making a fortune as an author when I received my first royalty check.”