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IRDA Winner F. Scott Service: “…it’s my feeling that we all know what we want to do, who we want to be…but they often become pretty muddy as we grow older.”

In a nutshell, learning through living is the centerpiece of the book.

IRDA Winner Dorian Box on Challenges: “About a million new books are published on Amazon each year. It’s hard to get the word out.”

A twelve-year-old survivor of a home invasion on the run as her psyche splinters makes an unlikely ally in an ex-gang member who trains her to kill before more tragedy launches her alone on a...

IRDA Winner Marta Mahoney Talks About Her Book

Our heroine, Annie Mulvaney, has just scored her dream job: director of the Macklin House, a Victorian museum in her small California home town. She quickly discovers the building needs $100,000 in repairs, or they’ll...

IRDA Winner Bob Seay: “The only reason to read any novel is because it’s a good story

Jacob Martin’s life isn’t working out quite like he planned. His marriage is falling apart, he makes his living writing research papers for college students, and he’s living in the back of a laundromat. Now...

Make Like a Profiler and Sell More Books

Indie authors can learn a thing or two about book promotion from the profilers we watch in movies and TV shows like The Silence of the Lambs, Criminal Minds, and Mindhunter.

IRDA Winning Author Nicole Kurtz: “Watching a lightbulb go off in someone’s head when they’ve finally understood a challenging concept motivates me.”

"Light is Color!" is a graphic novel accompanied with activities to test your knowledge on all things light. And, it can be used as a coloring book too!

IRDA Winner HK Jacobs: “I want to tell stories that offer escapism for people who need it.”

Workaholic physician/humanitarian enters an unexpected blazing romance and  subsequent path of self-discovery where she must choose between the life she imagined or one she never thought possible. 

IRDA BEST COVER Award Winner Ryan Meyer: “I wanted something that pops, but also a cover that feels simple yet busy.”

"Tempest" explores fear, hope, and self-identity through striking fictional vignettes and surreal personal accounts. It is thus a marriage between the dichotomies of musical, rhythmic poetic dialogue, and the deeper, innate anxieties that accompany change.

Advice from IRDA Winner K.N. Salustro: “NEVER be your only editor. That never goes well.”

Death wanted a break, and got a murder mystery instead.