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Back in the USA
Well, I've been back home in the US since August ...August when? What are dates? What is time? Ok. I just checked. I've been back in the...

Kristina Elyse Butke
Aug 22, 20225 min read
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Reader Problems Book Tag
This tag comes courtesy of Youtuber Katytastic! It's another fun tag with scenarios as prompts, all about things that test our mettle as...

Kristina Elyse Butke
Aug 15, 20223 min read
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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...

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