Za’chary Westbrook, author
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Za’chary Westbrook, author
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Indie writer of novels inspired by pulps and comics.

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Kevin gets it.
November 27, 2025 at 9:53 PM
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With another @erikaishii.bsky.social @worldsbeyondnumber.bsky.social game on the horizon, this is your sign to relisten to A County Affair.
August 22, 2025 at 5:53 AM
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#WIPSnips from “Southbound 143”

Paragon is the new day shift captain at Silkhaven’s Finest Vigilance Committee and the squad is about to learn how he got that name.

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April 11, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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#LatinSwap the eleventh!

Venire [noun] a group of people compelled by law to serve as jurors

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April 11, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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#LatinSwap the tenth!

Venatorial [adj] related to hunting

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April 10, 2025 at 10:40 AM
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#LatinSwap the eighth!

Vehemency [noun] the characteristic of intensity in assertion or urgency

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April 8, 2025 at 10:50 AM
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#LatinSwap the seventh!

Vegetate [verb] to spend time being boring

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April 7, 2025 at 11:45 AM
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#LatinSwap the sixth!

Vector [noun] an organism that transmits a pathogen, disease, or parasite to other organisms

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April 6, 2025 at 12:04 PM
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#LatinSwap the fifth!

Variorum [noun] an edition of a book that collects all variations of the text

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April 5, 2025 at 9:55 AM
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#LatinSwap the third

Vagina [noun] the muscular tube extending from the external genitalia to the cervix

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April 3, 2025 at 11:12 AM
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#LatinSwap the second!

Vaccine [noun] a substance used to strengthen the immune system against specific infections

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April 2, 2025 at 8:40 AM
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This was my 90’s and I’ve never wanted to leave. Now, I write books. That’s my pitch for all of my books.
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April 1, 2025 at 10:51 PM
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THE SHADOW x WILLIAM FAULKNER
Here is an honest table of contents for ‘Rise of the Virago’

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April 1, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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#LatinSwap the first is here!
Vacate [verb] to permanently leave a property, esp a dwelling

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April 1, 2025 at 11:06 AM
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I’m hosting a #writingprompt game this month! Yes, a game for #reader and #writer alike. Post a sentence with one word replaced by the word of the day and try to guess other people’s original words. As a wise man once said: get in the comments!
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#LatinSwap. How to play. Choose a sentence from one of your published works—something the people can go read right now—and replace one word with the #LatinSwap word of the day. Next, use the hashtag to get in other players’ comments and guess the original word. Why is it a Latin Swap? All of the words for this game came to English directly from Latin. To celebrate the release of my new novel—Rise of the Virago—they all start with V. Some of them are obscure, so this is a way to pick up some fun new words as well.
March 31, 2025 at 10:39 PM
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#WIPSnips from ‘Rise of the Virago’. This scene makes the most sense if you imagine Martha Blake being played by Anna May Wong. Also, Rebecca’s pronunciation is an Easter egg for aficionados of Chinese dialects.
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Cranston touched the small of her back and brought her forward. “May I introduce Miss Rebecca Costa-Cortez.”
March 29, 2025 at 9:07 AM
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#WIPSnips from ‘Rise of the Virago’. This one excited me because I was positive that I had the dated verb usage in there! #WriteSky #BookSky #WritingCommunity
March 28, 2025 at 11:52 AM
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#WIPSnips from ‘Rise of the Virago’. Hands down, the best thing about #indiebooks #writing is that I can do shit no publisher would let an author of my stature get away with; like realistic conversations between people who only sort of speak each other’s languages.
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March 27, 2025 at 9:10 AM
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#WIPSnips from ‘Rise of the Virago’. This is roughly the halfway point in the story. In this scene, a minor character reminds us of the plot, sets up a major aspect of the finale, and ratchets up the co-MC’s personal arc.
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March 26, 2025 at 11:57 AM
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#WIPSnips I found one! This introduces one of the suspects in the #mystery of ‘Rise of the Virago’ (available in April).
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The newsroom at the Silkhaven Journal was a tightly packed collection of desks and neurotic egos. Excerpt from ‘Rise of the Virago’ by Za’chary Westbrook.
March 19, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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#Marvel forgot this one from #X-Men
March 15, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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#WIPSnips from ‘Rise of the Virago’. We get a glimpse into our hero’s difficult past with his father. #mystery #pulp #writingcommunity #indiewriter #writesky #booksky
March 15, 2025 at 12:46 PM
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#WIPSnips from the 1st draft of ‘13 is not a Number’. It’s 1970 and Vivienne Walker is headed to the world’s most exclusive resort in search of the one person that can cure her brother. The mysteries pile up fast starting with “Who is Number 1?”
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It was as if some long-dead titan king stood beneath the waves rotting with only the symbol of his unrecorded power surviving him. Quote from ‘13 is not a number’ by Za’chary Westbrook.
March 14, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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#WIPSnips Here is the highest density use of the word “woman” in ‘Rise of the Virago’. It’s 1905 and the half-Asian daughter of a rich white American is rescued from bullies by a woman in trousers!
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March 12, 2025 at 10:54 AM
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New novella! ‘The Mask of Olympias’ is a thrilling, spicy adventure for fans of ‘The Mummy’ and Indiana Jones.
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The cover of ‘The Mask of Olympias’. A woman is held from behind by a pair of ghostly arms as she exhales a strange, green vapor.
March 12, 2025 at 10:49 AM