Posts Tagged ‘ Brad King ’

While I Don’t Believe in Awards…

March 21, 2012
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I realize that some of you do. As such, I’m going to begin collecting long-form, student writing competitions at Invictus. At least, I will do this until you tell me to stop. This is The Mayborn Literary Non-fiction Conference, which has a student essay competition. If you enter and win, we will find a...

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On Writing

March 20, 2012
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At some point, every writer sits down to tell the story of what it means to be a writer. We are naturally storytellers so it’s inevitable that during a period of reflection we begin to pass along the wisdom we’ve gleaned to those who stumble after us. Of course, none of us have any...

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The Writer…Teacher

March 1, 2012
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I sat down and watched Charlie Rose interview David Foster Wallace on Sept 12, 2008. I remember the day I watched it for two reasons: Wallace was my contemporary writing hero. A man who wrote words in a way that spoke to me. At the time of his death, I was 4 months and...

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We Begin, Anew

September 3, 2011
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We had the first meeting of The Invictus Writers 2012 edition. It’s always hard to start a project. Nobody is quite sure what will happen, and nobody is quite sure how to act. It is not yet theirs and they look towards David (the lone 2011 holdover) and I for direction. This will change,...

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“I am the master of my fate: I am the captain of my soul.”

August 30, 2011
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On Saturday, September 2, we begin anew. The second round of Invictus writers will arrive at my house — 13 in all — and we shall see who makes it through to the end.  With every project, there is no promise of success. The only sure thing: the work that lays in front of...

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Memories from the Blog

August 17, 2011
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Only two more small things left with Vol. 1 of the Invictus writers before we begin anew next Monday. The second will come later this week, but tonight Ms. Kelly Shea sent along the behind-the-scenes book, a compilation of the posts arranged thematically to tell the story of our young writers’ journey. This is...

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And Just Like That…

July 23, 2011
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The day I emailed Osborne/McGraw-Hill the final copy of Dungeons and Dreamers, the book my writing partner John Borland and I wrote in 2003, I burst into tears. I remember everything about that moment. I wandered out of my room, down the hallway, and into the kitchen where my friend Dana was painting. I...

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That Thing Kelly Shea Has Done

July 22, 2011
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That quote floated across my Twitter stream yesterday, and I had to share it with Kelly Shea, our wonderful writer and designer for the Invictus Writers. The reason: she’s been toiling endlessly over the last phase of the design for at least a week, which doesn’t begin to count the time she spent laying...

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Invictus in The Writer’s Digest

July 21, 2011
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One of the nice things about the inter-connected world of emerging media is finding other like-minded souls along the way. Sometime last year, I connected with Jane Friedman, formerly of The Writer’s Digest and now a professor at the University of Cincinnati. We exchanged a few Tweets and emails, and she was amongst a...

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Available Today: If I Leave Here Tomorrow, the Book

July 18, 2011
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It’s been a long journey but the day has finally arrived. The Invictus Collectin Vol. 1 book, If I Leave Here Tomorrow: Tales of Risk and Rebirth is now available for purchase. In the coming days, we’ll add more formats to the mix. For now, you have three options: You can read each individual...

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