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Kristina Elyse Butke
Aug 8, 20228 min read
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 1, 20226 min read
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...
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Kristina Elyse Butke
Jul 25, 20224 min read
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...
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Kristina Elyse Butke
Jul 18, 20225 min read
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...
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Kristina Elyse Butke
Jul 11, 20224 min read
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!...
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Kristina Elyse Butke
Jul 4, 20227 min read
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...
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Kristina Elyse Butke
Jun 27, 20224 min read
"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...
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Kristina Elyse Butke
Jun 20, 20223 min read
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...
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Kristina Elyse Butke
Jun 13, 20226 min read
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...
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Kristina Elyse Butke
Jun 6, 202212 min read
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...
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Kristina Elyse Butke
May 30, 20222 min read
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...
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Kristina Elyse Butke
May 26, 20224 min read
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...
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