Kristina Elyse Butke
2023 Reading Goals
I should've posted this in January, but I just didn't think about it until now! Anyway, I usually talk about my reading every year in...
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Kristina Elyse Butke
- Jan 30
- 5 min
On Reviews: A Little Manifesto
I'm a little late to post this, but Twitter has been abuzz with authors behaving badly. Namely, they have been complaining about 1-star...
Kristina Elyse Butke
- Jan 23
- 10 min
Quirky and Eerie: A Review of "Junji Ito Maniac: Japanese Tales of the Macabre"
I'd been looking forward to this one as a huge fan of Junji Ito's manga (my favorites being Tomie and Uzumaki). I have several of his...
Kristina Elyse Butke
- Jan 16
- 5 min
#FantasyIndiesJanuary
I've done these for October and December and I really enjoy them. I'm not exactly an indie writer right now, but I thought these prompts...
Kristina Elyse Butke
- Jan 12
- 7 min
Vengeance and Mercy: A Review of "Dororo"
Continuing my plan to catch up on anime I missed out on while in Japan (due to subtitles being unavailable and geography blocks), I found...
Kristina Elyse Butke
- Jan 9
- 3 min
The Guilty Reader Book Tag
This post topic comes from Youtuber A Clockwork Reader. It's all about reading behaviors we may or may not partake in that are not...
Kristina Elyse Butke
- Jan 5
- 1 min
"calling" by Freydis Moon
Freydis Moon is a talented author and through Twitter I discovered that they do custom poems on their Etsy. Author Kellen Graves tweeted...
Kristina Elyse Butke
- Jan 2
- 3 min
Let's Look Ahead: 2023
I did one of these for 2022 and decided to make a yearly tradition out of these. It's nice to reflect on my hopes and dreams for the...
Kristina Elyse Butke
- Dec 31, 2022
- 4 min
2022 Year in Books
So, 2022 didn't go the way I thought it would. I started out wanting to do another YA Fantasy Reading Project, with it being research for...
Kristina Elyse Butke
- Dec 29, 2022
- 6 min
Let's Look Back: 2022
I did one of these for 2021 and thought it was a blast, and I think I'll make a tradition out of it. It's originally from this article...
Kristina Elyse Butke
- Dec 26, 2022
- 11 min
Moxie Books: December Writing Prompts
These prompts come from Moxie Books, a website from the UK that's devoted to helping out writers. There's a lot of fun stuff there to...
Kristina Elyse Butke
- Dec 22, 2022
- 2 min
Out of the Querying Trenches
I'm so delighted I'm able to give you this kind of update. Early December, I was contacted and offered representation from Rick Lewis at...
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