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Essay #2 March 17 2025 Intrepidus Ink Branding and Social Media

YOUR WRITER’S BRAND: What It Is, What It Looks Like, and How to Develop Yours

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Your writer’s brand is like a signature–unique. Through your brand, you enter a compact with readers, telling them what to expect from your work or online engagements. Your brand separates you from thousands of writers vying for attention in a crowded industry and establishes trust and influence among followers and loyal readers. WHAT IS A WRITER’S BRAND? […]

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Sean McNicholl "My Name is Andy," Cycle 9, Intrepidus Ink, Jan 2025

My Name is Andy

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    My bike’s brakes squealed; the wind blew away the sound, and browny yellow leaves battered me. The windows of her house watched me as I clamboured off and leaned the bike into the hedge–they were black and hungry and staring, like the eyes of a monster, ready to gobble me up. I pulled

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Elizabeth-Collis-Cycle-8-Intrepidus-Ink-4-Nov-2024

Held Up

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    I was five days overdue. “Go fetch the washing off the line,” Mom said, “let’s see if that gets things started.” So I grunted down over my belly, grabbed the laundry basket, and lumbered through the yard in bare feet. I glanced back. Mom was watching my slow progress from the back step,

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The Shanty Man, Mark Watkins, Cycle 8, Oct 2024, Intrepidus Ink

The Shanty Man

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    Rachel sneaked aboard at six bells, deep in the night. The ringing masked her tread. The snores of the sailors cloaked her steps, but still, the floorboards creaked. She thought of her sister, held hostage behind the cold stone in Boston Gaol. Rachel steeled herself. She had to get to Nassau.    

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