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Advice from IR Approved Author Jill Caugherty: “Be persistent, and don’t get discouraged.”

Growing up in a strict Utah farm family during the Great Depression, Irene Larsen copes with her family’s hardship by playing piano. Even after an unthinkable tragedy strikes, Irene clings to her dream of becoming...

Advice from IR Approved Author Patrick Holm: “…schedule time to write…”

"Brash Flow" is a dive into a dystopian future where hip hop is king.

Advice from IR Approved Rachel Teller (aka Austin Ogonoski): “Planning and outlining is the most important part of the creative process.”

It’s about a teenage girl fresh out of high school who doesn’t really care to take her mental health issues seriously, and is stuck in a perpetual destructive cycle that only her immediate family, as...

Amazon Basics: 5 Simple Strategies for Success

Amazon sold its first book in 1995, and as we all know, Jeff Bezos’s baby has now grown into a behemoth that dominates not only the bookselling business, but online retail in general.

IR Approved Author Carrie Hayes: “People are generous and they do want you to succeed.”

New York City in 1868 is filled with intrigue, lust and ambition. Based on a true story, sisters Tennessee Claflin and Victoria Woodhull must risk everything in their fight for sexual equality. 

Advice from IR Approved Author Terry Lee Caruthers: “Critique, critique, critique.”

Following her family’s escape from Hungary during the 1956 Soviet invasion, Vivie is entrusted with a butcher-paper-wrapped packet that she safeguards for the remainder of her life.

Advice from IR Approved Author M.S. Valdez: “…I find that narrating [and recording] your work can really help to find grammatical and compositional errors.”

The year is 1241 A.D.  As the Holy Roman Empire is being torn apart with civil war and outside forces, the paladin, Camila Chastaine, struggles in her duties to protect the realm and its citizenry. 

IR Approved Author Benjamin Gohs: “Advice is nice but you’ve got to figure your writing life out for yourself.”

Death of Abeona Browne’s famed abolitionist father in 1860 sparks a frantic transatlantic adventure as she searches the wilds of Africa for answers to devastating family secrets which threaten the very anti-slavery movement her father...

5 Tips on How to Fit Your Book’s Hook into a Super Short Amazon Ad

Creating a 200-word book description from a 60,000-word novel is hard enough. How on Earth can you make it even shorter?!