Kristina Elyse Butke
Moxie Books: August 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...
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Kristina Elyse Butke
- Aug 2
- 6 min
Farewell, Japan
Tomorrow I'm going to be catching the plane from Kumamoto prefecture back to the USA. I am overcome with many, many feelings: of great...
Kristina Elyse Butke
- Jul 26
- 4 min
Memories of Japan - JET Impressions Speech
I was asked by the prefectural advisors to give a JET Impressions speech during the Leaver's Ceremony, in which I share important...
Kristina Elyse Butke
- Jul 19
- 5 min
My Personal Library Tag
Shelly Swearingen created this tag and I discovered it through Youtuber Michael K. Vaughan. I love talking about my book collection, and...
Kristina Elyse Butke
- Jul 12
- 4 min
All About Reading Tag
Books by Leynes made a video of this tag, first created by Between Lines and Life. Without further ado, let's get into it!...
Kristina Elyse Butke
- Jul 5
- 7 min
Moxie Books: July 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
- Jun 28
- 4 min
"Read & Return," or, How to Hurt Authors
This is a post about the trend of returning purchased e-books after having read them. I have seen many a Twitter thread explaining this...
Kristina Elyse Butke
- Jun 21
- 3 min
Amanoyasukawara and Terinelle's Cave
In my novel Son of the Siren, I included elves and fae folk. The fae live in the wandering forest of Elythia, while the elves are...
Kristina Elyse Butke
- Jun 14
- 6 min
Storytelling is Art: A Review of "Love, Death + Robots" Volume 3
The Premise: Terrifying creatures, wicked surprises and dark comedy converge in this NSFW anthology of animated stories presented by Tim...
Kristina Elyse Butke
- Jun 7
- 12 min
Moxie Books: June 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
- May 31
- 2 min
Nijinomatsubara and Pinemore
In my book Son of the Siren, there is a large forest that dominates the capital city of Ardeth, called Pinemore. You have Castle Ardeth...
Kristina Elyse Butke
- May 26
- 4 min
Thoughts on Kyla Zhao's Publishing Report
Author Kyla Zhao did an amazing thing for authors and people who work in publishing. In March, she conducted a survey asking publishing...