Advice from IR Approved Author Leslie Baer: “If you can afford it, hire a marketing firm eight months prior to your book release, not after!”

"Hope Dancing" is the astounding true story of a young woman’s courage and persistence despite threats, extortion and her own kidnapping, to save lives during Guatemala’s brutal civil war and postwar, to establish a thriving help organization fueling the rural Maya’s struggle for self-reliance.

Continue ReadingAdvice from IR Approved Author Leslie Baer: “If you can afford it, hire a marketing firm eight months prior to your book release, not after!”

IR Approved Author Beatrice DeSoprontu: “People don’t regret failure so much as they regret the countless possibilities lost due to the impotence of trepidation.”

On the surface, VICES/VIRTUES is about Cristela Davila, a bright young woman who works at a real estate office by day and moonlights at a professional S/M dungeon at night. 

Continue ReadingIR Approved Author Beatrice DeSoprontu: “People don’t regret failure so much as they regret the countless possibilities lost due to the impotence of trepidation.”

IR Approved Author Mike Murphey: “…few of us will become either rich or famous. So, you really must get your reward from the creative process.”

The lives of three friends are shattered by the murder of a classmate during their sophomore year of high school in a small town on the high plains of Eastern New Mexico where life is defined by straight roads and straight laces.

Continue ReadingIR Approved Author Mike Murphey: “…few of us will become either rich or famous. So, you really must get your reward from the creative process.”

What Motivated IR Approved Author Scott Grusky: “…the dream that our species might one day evolve into one that is non-violent, non-destructive, non-polluting + non-discriminatory.”

As a tree-hugging conservationist, Anja Lapin refuses to digitize her body using the algorithm released by her father's tech company. Even when everyone else on the planet becomes a zero percenter, Anja holds firm to her convictions.

Continue ReadingWhat Motivated IR Approved Author Scott Grusky: “…the dream that our species might one day evolve into one that is non-violent, non-destructive, non-polluting + non-discriminatory.”