Kristina Elyse Butke
Writing with Bipolar Disorder: A Mental Health Awareness Month Post
May is Mental Health Awareness Month, and I thought I'd talk about what it's been like for me as a writer living with bipolar disorder. ...
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Kristina Elyse Butke
- May 8
- 4 min
The Get to Know Me Tag (Writer's Edition)
I found this tag via R's Loft and there are some rules to it if you'd like to do it! Link back to the person who created the tag....
Kristina Elyse Butke
- Apr 10
- 3 min
My brain is empty.
Well, friends, I've hit a writing wall. I have finished edits from my agent, and now it's a long waiting game...and the most consistent...
Kristina Elyse Butke
- Apr 3
- 3 min
"The Last Unicorn" and the Unicorn Tapestries
When I was a child, one of my favorite animated films was (and still is!) The Last Unicorn, adapted from Peter S. Beagle's novel,...
Kristina Elyse Butke
- Mar 27
- 4 min
Does This Spark Joy?
For months now, I've been getting rid of one of the most precious things to me--books. I started the book-purging process in Japan,...
Kristina Elyse Butke
- Mar 6
- 5 min
The Story of My Omamori
I've been to hundreds of shrines all over Western Japan, from Yakushima up into Tottori. And besides collecting goshuin (red shrine...
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 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 19, 2022
- 11 min
A Writer's #Ask Game
Today's post comes courtesy of Canadian author Amanda Witow from her tumblr. Of course, I'm ignoring the whole game aspect of it and...
Kristina Elyse Butke
- Nov 21, 2022
- 3 min
Reading Habits Tag
Today's tag is all about my reading style and methods. The tag comes from Youtuber Andreya Klobucar and was a lot of fun (and nice and...
Kristina Elyse Butke
- Nov 10, 2022
- 7 min
The "Choose Your Own Adventure" Fairy Tale Tag (Round Two)
I did the first "Choose Your Own Adventure" Fairy Tale Tag here. The gist of it is, you're presented with different fantasy scenarios...
Kristina Elyse Butke
- Nov 4, 2022
- 7 min
Moxie Books: November 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
- Oct 24, 2022
- 4 min
Writer's Facts Twitter Meme
I thought about doing this one on Twitter but to be honest, my engagement is really low and this game has you answering questions for...
Kristina Elyse Butke
- Oct 19, 2022
- 6 min
Moxie Books: October 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
- Sep 5, 2022
- 6 min
Moxie Books: September 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, 2022
- 8 min
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 1, 2022
- 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 25, 2022
- 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 4, 2022
- 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...
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