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Advice from IR Approved Author Andrew Drasen: “Addiction and incarceration are often talked about but rarely understood.”

In A VISION OF HOPE: A Story of Redemption and Purpose, Andrew Drasen goes beyond a typical recovery memoir—looking back on his long fight with addiction and what it really took to find sobriety.

Advice from IR Approved Author Z. Bennett Lorimer: “serious writers need to be serious readers. Read widely and voraciously. The first step to writing any novel is to cultivate a love of reading them.”

A compelling start to an epic fantasy series, Z. Bennett Lorimer's SEVEN DAYS OF MERCY FOR THE APOSTATIC PRIEST introduces a world that’s dense with well-written characters, surprising twists, and a formidable protagonist.

Advice from IR Approved Author Alice McVeigh: “Don’t change genres – and don’t bother to advertise your first book. Changing genres confuses your readers is the reason for the first.”

Alice McVeigh's MARIANNE: A SENSE AND SENSIBILITY SEQUEL takes the passionate Marianne from Sense and Sensibility farther than Austen did.

Advice from IR Approved Author N. Viktoria: “I write the stories I want to tell, feature the characters I want to celebrate, and connect directly with readers who are hungry for diverse romance.”

N. Viktoria's HER BILLIONAIRE BARGAIN explores not just the romance between Trinity and Alexander, but also the real-world tensions that come with being an interracial couple—the stares, the assumptions, the navigation of different cultural backgrounds.

Advice from IR Approved Author Mister C: “Connecting with other people, and having the joined experience of everyone, really makes a difference in your journey.”

Jonathon Crum's NEVER TRUST HOME contains true statistics about human trafficking, along with scenarios that have taken place in the real world around us.

Advice from IR Approved Author K.T. Pike: “Don’t underestimate the value of keeping in touch. And let people celebrate you.”

K.T. Pike's CATCHING QAT is about discovering what it means to be an integral part of a team and the profound emotional connection that becomes far more important than riches or vengeance.

Advice from IR Approved Author Scott Barnes: “Don’t over-edit.”

LIVING MEMORIES--A MEMOIR was written by author Scott Barnes' great-grandmother when she was 88, and discovered by a museum archivist in a box in a closet some 50 years later.

Advice from IR Approved Author Lee Woodman: “Creativity and commerce make a great combination: art improves the image of artists and business owners and promotes related businesses like restaurants, shops, transportation.”

In Lee Woodman's COLORSCAPES, she paints with words in the same way great artists paint with pigment, layering emotion and memory until the image glows.

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