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Advice from IR Approved Author James Walsh: “Get out there + write…don’t worry about taking classes + writing groups, do it for you and you alone.”

"Exile On Second Avenue" is about Michael Venier and the week leading up to his younger sisters wedding. This is also the week that he has planned to kill himself. 


SERPENTS OF OLD

IR VERDICT: In the thriller, SERPENTS OF OLD, former firefighter Tom’s life is thrown into chaos when his two children go missing and he gets caught up in an elaborate web of corruption. The relationship...

MEMORIES OF A LOST THESAURUS

IR VERDICT: Triggered by a flood of their apartment building, Memories of a Lost Thesaurus follows neighbors Cath and Alice as one struggles with her past and the other with her present. The characters are...

7 Tips for Maintaining Your Writing Goals in 2019

We've all been there, it's the end of the year and you're deciding what goals you want to set for yourself for a fresh start, hooray 2019!

YOUR LION INSIDE

IR VERDICT: In a unique historical era when females around the world are gaining prominence in politics and sports and via the #MeToo movement, Kimberly Faith's book, YOUR LION INSIDE, asks all women to seek out...

THE GIRL ON THE MOON

IR VERDICT: The plot’s twists and turns in THE GIRL ON THE MOON--a fast read for fans of great, soulful stories--make it mandatory to jot down character names and details. With those in place, heroine-writer Josie...

THE DIRT GIRL

IR VERDICT: THE DIRT GIRL is a refreshing story about a girl who teaches her friends that being different is beautiful. Stunning illustrations and a much needed lesson for our world is found in this...

A LOVER’S SECRET

IR VERDICT: A LOVER'S SECRET is an engaging and poignant tale that chronicles what happens when Azu, an aging baby boomer and journalist, newly indoctrinated to Facebook, decides to investigate her beloved high school boyfriend,...

YEAR OF THE AMPHIBIAN

IR VERDICT: YEAR OF THE AMPHIBIAN, by Christopher Pickert, is a poignant coming-of-age story about a 14 year old boy caught between two homes--the place he’s from, with its lakes and woods, and his new home...