The Blue Honor Vlog #47

February 21, 2020 By Captain Maiel Leave a Comment

Welcome back for another installment of The Blue Honor Vlog. Subscribe to my channel on YouTube. As a subscriber, you’ll get episodes of Shagbottom Theater, updates from the blog, and watch the process of making book trailers. And! You’ll be first in line to see it all. Once a video is ready, it’s uploaded, and you don’t have to wait for it to come out on the blog or even in the newsletter. Let’s get started!

It’s February, and that means the month of love, so let’s take a minute to talk about giving back. It’s important to give back to those around you that you rely on for your writing, whether that is family, friends, or colleagues (both at a day job or in the writing world). This will help you to balance the good with the bad, and find those relationships right where they need to be when you need them most.

Giving back fosters a positive writing community, and puts writing at the fore. Helping others helps you. Your legacy won’t be lost in the dust of time, because when you give back you create long lasting effects. For instance, your wealth of knowledge won’t disappear with you, and you will have enriched the writing field by it.

Did you know that mentoring also teaches you? You’ll learn a lot about yourself when you mentor, and be able to quantify and qualify all you’ve learned and experienced in your time as a writer. That’s important to your professional growth, too!

Blue Honor Vlog Episode 47: Giving Back

Other Episodes From 2020:

Scheduling Writing Time.

Blue Honor Vlog Archive

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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.