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IR Approved Author Joshuan Rivera Jiménez: “The best and worst parts about indie publishing are the same thing: learning a plethora of new skills.”

Elior of Lempara, the crown prince of fae folk, wakes on the ground and realizes he's in the human realm -- and has no idea how he got there. He needs a portal home, but...

IR Approved Author Tavi Black: “Everyone told me that no matter who your publisher is, you’ll have to do your own marketing. And they were right.”

Where Are We Tomorrow?, is about four women working backstage on a rock ‘n’ roll tour, each coming to terms with what it means to be a woman working in a male dominated industry.

Advice from IR Approved Author Joseph E. Goodrich: “Carry extra copies; I always look for an opportunity to share my book when I travel.”

Ellie and Her Emotional Dragons: Ellie’s First Day of School presents delightful characters whose loving approach to emotional intelligence will teach kids empathy, help them understand their own emotions, and provide them with strategies to get...

Social Media, Venting and the Importance of Finding Author Friends

Social media is like a really bad game of telephone, where you post one thing, and hours later you're sacrificing puppies in your backyard and claiming to be Harry Potter.

IR Approved Author Edward Hochsmann: “I like the fact that I can launch without going cap-in-hand to a bunch of New Yorkers.”

An alien industrialist is taking advantage of the Earth’s sentry ship’s absence for repairs to launch an incursion to obtain opium and cocaine, which are valuable commodities in the Confederation. 

IR Approved Author A. Rogers: “Keep writing! The world needs all the stories it could possibly hold and then some.”

Gods and humans must work together to remember who they are and what they can do in order to save all of existence.

Advice from IR Approved Author Kristy McGinnis: “Hire an editor! It’s worth the investment so your story can shine.”

Nell's relatively carefree and easy life is thrown into a tailspin when a passionate affair leads to unexpected pregnancy. She grows and matures to become a devoted mother to Charlie, and teacher to her students. 

Advice from IR Approved Author Vince Taplin: “Read a lot. Write a lot. Delete a lot.”

How far wound someone go to get what they want?

Advice from IR Approved Author Thomas J. Thorson: “Write for yourself.”

What begins as concern for a college student from China who starts missing classes takes a more sinister turn when the body of another young Asian woman is found in a shipping crate heading overseas.