Meet ZoDuck

October 17, 2016 By Captain Maiel

How can I begin to explain ZoDuck to you, dear readers?

Born during my early college years, when I’d get bored and do cartoon voices to decompress from the stress of my Bio major woes, ZoDuck started as one of a pair of shadow hand ‘ducks.’ Zo evolved to be a small mini winged, stuffed animal based on a stuffed critter I found at a hotel gift shop some years before that. Though she wasn’t a puppet, she was easier to hold. Alas, I had no interest in ventriloquism.

Zo didn’t die there. No. She harassed friends and boyfriends alike, disliking their closeness to me, in the little skits I’d put on, threatening them that she’d beak them if they ‘kept up their shit.’ That’s right, she wasn’t g-rated, and still isn’t. Sometimes people think I draw sweet little cartoons, or ones that are just a tad saucy. I can’t even.

My plans for Zo have been back burnered while I work on my novels, but she crops up now and then. I sketch one frame comics mostly. The most recent was ZoDuck Meets The Krampus. You might remember the drawing from Christmas. I thought the pair of them would be awesome together, being of similar temperament. Maybe there will be a grumpy cat and ZoDuck crossover someday.

If you go to my ZoDuck deviantArt page, you’ll see some of the work I’ve done so far. The plan is to eventually create animations. That takes time and money, both of which I have little of these days. In the meantime, I have drawn up a few storyboards, and continued the one frame comics.

Here’s a sample of my duck…

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About Captain Maiel

Born in Saratoga Springs, New York, K has enjoyed more than twenty years professionally writing. K attended Morrisville State College, majoring in Biology, and then continued with English and History at the University at Albany, where she gained her Bachelor’s Degree. While attending UA, K interned with the 13th Moon Feminist Literary Magazine, bridging her interests in social movements and art. Topics of K's writing often include gender and racial disparities, and trauma. In 2014, K graduated from Empire State College (SUNY) with a Masters in Liberal Studies: screenwriting (Film Studies), the politics of film, and adaptations. During her gradute work, K was the recipient of the Foner Fellowship in Arts and Social Justice, a full scholarship.
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Published novels by K include the Civil War drama Blue Honor, the Second World War spy thriller OP-DEC:Operation Deceit, and the controversial dark fantasy, paranormal series The Trailokya Trilogy. In addition to writing novels, K does screenwriting: 8 Days in Ireland and the adaptations of her current novels. A sequel to her second novel, OP-DEC, is in the research phase, while the screen adaptation is being considered for production by film companies.
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In 2015, K. Williams became an official member of International Thriller Writers, but her greatest accomplishment thus far was becoming a mother in 2017. K continues to produce commentary and art pieces on The Blue Honor Blog, publishing twice weekly. A devoted dog mom, K created Shagbottom Theater in which her dogs star as well known literary and stage personas. K is also a visual artist, producing the ZoDuck Cartoon, painting and sketching--digitally or traditionally, as well as an accomplished Photographer. Click here to see more! Whether it's cooking, IVF and Parenting, learning a foreign language, history or dogs, you'll find something to enjoy and for which to come back.
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Excerpts of K's unedited, rough drafts and other scraps of writing can be found at: KWilliamsAuthor on deviantArt.com. You can also sample her books on Wattpad.