Zig Zag Claybourne's Blog

Know that meme “Dance Like No One’s Watching”? Write like no
one’s reading. Which they probably aren’t. I’m talking the indie life here
(even though it applies to traditional pubbing too). Unless there’s push behind
your work the odds are pretty good that at this very moment you’ve eaten more
burgers in your life than your books have sold. There are always the fortunate
exceptions to this, and

Patreon. Me. Patreon and me. Me with a Patreon page.

You, perhaps, with, say, lint or change you wouldn't mind flipping into the well.

The life of the artiste. Always in the red. Unless you're Joyce Carol Oates. Fat money there. Phat.  I'll leave you alone to consider.

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THE BROTHERS JETSTREAM: LEVIATHAN is like the one that you want, the droids you were looking for, and Lionel Ritchie singing "Hello" to speed metal. So it makes sense to give some of that back. Head over to the writing homestead (clicky HERE) and get ready to flex your own writing muscles!

The internet is full of cats, and I don’t mean memes. I mean
mofos who want to act aloof and call folks names and bury them with doofy shit
and scratch if folks try to clean them a bit. Thing is, folks are not about
that brand of noise anymore. Folks are about love and light and beauty, all the
good shit that makes a person worth someone’s time. If cats want to lick and
lick and cough up their

Not everyone will "get" your work. Move the hell on.

Not everyone will like your work. Move the hell on.

Some will love your work. Move the hell on.

Most will not care about your work, as most will never see your work. Move the hell on.

Eighteen million other people are having the same idea you are having right now. Write the damn thing and move the hell on.

Readers don't give the least

Knowledge Lateef... 







is watching the watchers.



The City. Alive. Teeming. Whirling through the unknown
cosmos carrying the descendants of heroes, villains, poets, and
revolutionaries. Carrying us. A diaspora spread across species, tech forms, and
a living, sentient world. This is a special project on many levels. It’s the
largest MMO “game” black speculative fiction has seen yet,

Not to sound as if this is a bluster, but for me this is a
very big deal. I don’t read as much as I used to, which was damn near
incessantly. I give a writer the first few sentences and if I can see where
said writer is going and exactly how said writer plans to get there, I don’t
bother. I’m already a writer; I don’t wanna write somebody else’s book for
them, particularly not when I’m trying

I'm digging the fun and ingenuity of the Chronicles line (and the fact that I have a story in the Alternate History Chronicles: Alt History 101 is pudding for my pop).

So while you're on Amazon ordering your copy of
THE BROTHERS JETSTREAM: LEVIATHAN (*coughWHICHI'MSUREYOUR'REDOINGcough*)
check out this contest. Good stuff abounding!


Gotta read 'em all!






THE FUTURE CHRONICLES

~Fresh

You will find me, Milo Jetstream, and the crew of the Semper Fi deep in your ears HERE. Podcast goodness. Roundtable Podcast goodness.

Get you some.



(NOTE: There might be entreaties to buy this book. That is not a bad thing.)

I know this is splitting semantics but if you identify as
somebody’s ally…what are you actually doing? Because that’s an odd thing to
come out of an adult mouth. And it’s usually positioned as “I’m an ally,” not “I’m
your ally.” Or there’s even “I want to be a good ally.” Kind of implicit,
innit? Phrasing matters. Tweaks work. But even “I’m your ally” burbles my gut
because, no matter what, it