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Advice from IR Approved Author (and psychotherapist) Carolyn Geduld: “Think of writer’s block as being caused by hidden internal conflict…”

A mass shooting in a nursing home has ripple effects in a small university town in Indiana, immediately after and in the days, weeks, and months that follow.

Advice from IR Approved Author Jay Green: “Have passion for the process, not just the end result.”

"Gates" is a book of poetry that mixes imagination and observation. 

Prolific and IR Approved Author Scott Semegran on His Latest Book

"The Benevolent Lords of Sometimes Island" is about four middle school boys who get stranded on a desolate lake island in the middle of Texas during the summer of 1986. It is "Lord of the...

IR Approved Author Geoffrey M. Cooper Talks About “Forever”

"Forever" is the second Brad Parker and Karen Richmond medical thriller. Brad is enjoying a sabbatical in one of Harvard’s leading genomic engineering labs, focused on altering the human genome to meet challenges like treating...

Advice from IR Approved Author Emma Renault: “Write the story you want to tell, the story you’re passionate about.”

"Kaliko On The Shoals" is about a college-age lesbian working through sexual trauma and coming to terms with the contradictions of capitalism, told through the lens of her relationship with her long-term girlfriend.

5 Warnings I Wish I Could Have Given Myself Before I Published My First Book

It’s often said that hindsight is 20/20. And after publishing my first book, I can definitely see why that’s so.

Advice from IR Approved Author Anne Marie Bennett: “Don’t try to do it alone!”

"Dragonflies at Night" is about two thirty-somethings: Savannah plans life celebrations; Ben is an international celebrity. On one level, it’s a tender, bright romance; but—like the subtitle says, this is not your average love story.

IR Approved Author Daniel Weisbeck: “Legacy motivates me.”

"Children of the Miracle" is a dystopian tale similar to Andrew Niccol's film Gattaca, exploring the consequences of unconstrained technology on civilization.

Advice from IR Approved Author Kenneth Thomas: “Give yourself time to launch well…get time off the month before and after releasing your book.”

"The Past" is the first book in the VanWest series, a fast-paced thriller about an Enforcer who lives in a dystopian Earth of the year 3000 and works for an authoritarian ruler called the Universal...