Kristina Elyse ButkeJun 612 minMoxie Books: June Writing PromptsThese 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 ButkeMay 239 minMoxie Books: May Writing PromptsThese 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 ButkeApr 283 minRevisions are Kicking My ButtThis is an update post on Son of the Siren, and as you can see by my title, things aren't going so well. Allow me to spill my heart out...
Kristina Elyse ButkeApr 108 minMoxie Books: April Writing PromptsThese 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 ButkeMar 711 minMoxie Books: March Writing PromptsToday's post comes from Moxie Books, a website all about helping writers write. I did a post in January but unfortunately missed out on...
Kristina Elyse ButkeMar 53 minPre-Order Campaigns: Stress & SwagOne more item to add to the author's list of things to do for their book: pre-order campaigns! As a reader, I actually love these. Many...
Kristina Elyse ButkeMar 310 minWriter's #AskToday's Writers #Ask meme comes from tumblr user M. Kirin, a fellow author and artist. M. Kirin's blog is full of all sorts of juicy,...
Kristina Elyse ButkeMar 13 minBack to the Drawing BoardWell, well, well... Son of the Siren has officially seen five different beta readers and gotten partial reads and feedback from one...
Kristina Elyse ButkeFeb 1518 min101 Imaginative and Fun Author Interview QuestionsToday's post comes from Authority Pub and it is a doozy because of the number of questions. If you noticed, I love doing tags, asks, and...
Kristina Elyse ButkeFeb 51 minThe Results of Author Mentor MatchDrumroll, please... I've kept my eyes on my inbox obsessively; posted about AMM obsessively; hovered on Twitter; and waited with bated...
Kristina Elyse ButkeJan 288 minMoxie Books: January Writing PromptsToday's post was supposed to be spread out as a daily writing exercise over the month of January, but I only just now got the prompts....
Kristina Elyse ButkeJan 243 minWaiting...and Next StepsThis is a venting post! I'm having some trouble with waiting for the results of Author Mentor Match, my self-esteem is low, and I feel...
Kristina Elyse ButkeJan 213 minI’m Afraid of Amazon: When Books and Authors DisappearSo, before I lost my original website, I had made several posts going back and forth on whether or not I should publish traditionally or...
Kristina Elyse ButkeJan 66 minAuthor Mentor Match is in 6 days! Oh my goodness, oh my goodness! It's January 6th in my time zone and Author Mentor Match's submission window opens on the 12th. There is...
Kristina Elyse ButkeJan 58 min"Never Have I Ever" for WritersToday's post is inspired by this little meme running around the blogs of authors and book reviewers. I discovered this first on Paper...
Kristina Elyse ButkeJan 23 min#TheWritersTagWe've got another fun series of questions and answers all about my writing--styles, topics, struggles, and more, courtesy of Paper Fury....
Kristina Elyse ButkeDec 27, 202111 min50 Good Questions to Ask an AuthorToday's post content comes courtesy of John Fox, who came up with these questions on his website. I think this assumes you should ask...
Kristina Elyse ButkeDec 17, 20216 minWriter's Tag: 20 QuestionsToday's post comes from Inkblots and Icebergs and is all about getting to know writers--our process, our dreams, what we write, and more....
Kristina Elyse ButkeDec 16, 20215 minRevisions, RevisionsI finished Son of the Siren months ago, back over the summer. It feels so long ago, I don't remember exactly when I finished it anymore....
Kristina Elyse ButkeDec 5, 20217 minWhat Do Three Stars Mean?I got my beta reading reports from Independent Book Review in October, and I sat on them for a while, trying to process them. They had...