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Advice from IR Approved Author Geoffrey R. Jonas: “Follow your heart and say what you want to say. We can’t please everyone.”

A young woman dies alone in a hotel room, her fentanyl-poisoned cocaine still on the desk. She had been missing for nearly 2 weeks and in the care of social services.

Advice from IR Approved Author Elaine Patterson: “Trust your voice, trust yourself, do what you love and do not be deflected by others. And get a great editor!”

‘Welcome to ‘Homecomings: 52 Ways Back to Ourselves’ – a collection of reflective soliloquys intended to help you to return to you.

IR Approved Author Andy Crocker: “What drives me is impact. I wrote this book to make a difference—not headlines.”

The Unconditionals shows how five core values can help you live a more fulfilled and successful life—no matter what’s happening around you.

How to Get Your Indie Book into Indie Bookstores

Every author dreams of walking into an independent bookstore and seeing their very own published book on the shelf. And this dream is valid!

Advice from IR Approved Author Sharon Frances: “Keep working hard and telling your story. It deserves to be told, and you deserve to be heard.”

Ash & Feather is a novel in verse for upper middle grade and young adult readers.

IR Approved Author John Shekleton: “Bellosio tells a intriguing story of different societies with different beliefs struggling to live together.”

John F. Shekleton's BELLOSIO: An Age of Miracles is a deeply imagined work of sci-fantasy that boasts effortless pacing, lush details, and very little hand-holding.

IR Approved Author Tammy Cranston: “Depending on the species, trees outlive humans, so what stories they could tell…”

Rooted:  A Seedling's Journey follows the life of a young seedling with a big dream.  Guided by Grandpa Oakey, his journey is fraught with physical discomforts, drought, and terrifying storms threatening to uproot him.  However, the real test comes...

IRDA Winning Author Douglas A. Burton: “I’m motivated mostly by the insatiable urge to communicate.”

The Heroine's Labyrinth is a practical alternative to Joseph Campbell's hero's journey, in which the archetypal patterns create a powerful narrative arc in numerous stories across numerous genres that have a heroine as the lead character.

IRDA Winning Author Jenna Tico: “[I write] About fourteen seconds per day, or however long I can get before my eldest child spills juice all over my foot, and my youngest decides to eat the remote control.” 

Cancer Moon is a journey through the decade of my twenties, coming-of-age in a time and place where I was constantly told my feelings were too much to handle; and ultimately, not only claiming them,...