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Advice from IR Approved Author Marc R. Schneider: “Character isn’t something you’re just born with; it’s something you build, mile by mile.”

Marc Schneider’s THE CHARACTER ROUTE TREE: A Memoir, A Method, A Mastery of Obsessive Character Development delivers an original, high-impact system for readers seeking disciplined, long-term personal growth and accountability.

Advice from IR Approved Author Emily Hayes: “Invest in your editor, invest in your cover designer. Have these two things and it’ll pay you dividends down the road.”

Emily Hayse’s THE DOGS OF WAR is perfect for lovers of sports fiction, the underdog-turned-hero trope, gladiator storylines, and dystopian world-building.

Advice from IR Approved Author Evan Marks: “Make your writing personal.”

On a deeper level, the novel explores themes around perspective, change, and societal complacency; hence, my publicist’s pitch: “Sex in the City meets Milan Kundera.”

Advice from IR Approved Author Bernard Doucette: “Keep writing. Regardless of negative opinions about your work or your decision to be an author, the best advice I can give is to just keep writing.”

In HIGHER INTELLIGENCE, Bernard Doucette delivers an ambitious, emotionally grounded science-fiction epic whose strong narrative voice, moral complexity, and vivid world-building make it a powerful and memorable exploration of AI, responsibility, and redemption.

Advice from IR Approved Author Keith Noback: “I was looking for a good thought experiment about determinism. I couldn’t find one that I liked, so I thought I would cook one up myself.”

Keith Noback's SUMMA TOTALIS delivers a bold, demanding work of science fiction that marries rigorous philosophical inquiry with high-concept worldbuilding.

Advice from IR Approved Author Helen Lapada: “You don’t need permission, but you do need support.”

Helen Lapada's FIGHT LIKE HEL explores what happens when life drops you into a hard level with no instructions and no way out. You can’t quit. You keep going.

Advice from IR Approved Author Patricia Vido: “To build an audience before publication, spend $20 for a few hundred business cards printed with your photo, a description of your book, your website and social media links. Hand them out to everyone and ask them to follow you on your journey to becoming a published author.”

Patricia Vido's FOR LOVE OF BILLIE brings you to relive and possibly re-examine experiences with the mysteries of love.

Advice from IR Approved Author Jonathan Jenkins: “Write the book that does not exist yet. Not the one the market is asking for or the one that fits neatly into a trending category.”

Jonathan Jenkins's THE 5 LAWS OF AGENCY: How to Stay in Control When the World Falls Apart gives readers who feel overwhelmed, burned-out, or stuck a clear, motivating framework.

Advice from IR Approved Author Barry Hoffner: “I was traveling to escape grief, then to see countries, but I realized that my journey was really about people all over our magnificent world and their stories. It was those connections that healed my devastating loss.”

Barry Hoffner’s BELONGING TO THE WORLD explores little-traveled places around the world while offering inspiration in the wake of profound loss.