The Blue Honor Vlog #58

January 15, 2021 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!

2020 sucked! I worry what this new year will bring. We all do. Yet, I want to cover what went well for me, too. It’s important to always find the silver lining, especially for someone like me who can find themselves in a dark place easily. Let me show you how in the video below.

Working hard and focusing on what you can control is a great coping mechanism and one I’ve employed for self-help. Working from home has also afforded me peace of mind from anxiety brought on by being in the presence of others. Those with anxiety will definitely relate! I’ll also talk a bit about how the need to decompress and isolate for self-care is important and not selfish. Although 2020 sucked, we don’t have to suffer if we can help it.

If you have any questions, leave me a comment on the blog, or comment on the YouTube video. I can’t promise that I will directly respond, so if you need care, be sure to reach out to those who can give you the immediate assistance that you need. Be well!

Episodes From 2020:

Blue Honor Vlog Archive

(Scroll below the December video for the links to the episodes for the year).

Prior to January 2018
Episodes from 2018
Episodes from 2019
Episodes from 2020

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.