Kristina Elyse Butke
Nanowrimo: I want to, but...
Ahh, here it is, November. National Novel Writing Month. Every year the excitement builds as people rush, rush, rush to pump out 50,000...
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Kristina Elyse Butke
- Nov 3
- 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 23
- 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
- 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
- Oct 2
- 7 min
#FantasyIndiesSpooktober
Every month I've seen fun prompts on Twitter labeled #FantasyIndies. And while I'm currently querying agents to go traditional, I haven't...
Kristina Elyse Butke
- Sep 25
- 3 min
In the Querying Trenches
I have finally stopped revising Son of the Siren. It took several months, (although I took time off in July and August on account of...
Kristina Elyse Butke
- Sep 18
- 4 min
I'm Torn on Tropes
Enemies to Lovers. Grumpy/Sunshine. Slow Burn. Fake Dating. Only One Bed. Found Family. I'm not sure how long this has been going on, but...
Kristina Elyse Butke
- Sep 11
- 4 min
Do I Have to Join TikTok?
If you've walked into a Barnes & Noble, you've seen it: tables advertising the latest BookTok sensations. The Barnes & Noble website...
Kristina Elyse Butke
- Sep 4
- 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
- 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
- Jul 4
- 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 6
- 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 23
- 9 min
Moxie Books: May 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
- Apr 28
- 3 min
Revisions are Kicking My Butt
This 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 Butke
- Apr 10
- 8 min
Moxie Books: April 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
- Mar 7
- 11 min
Moxie Books: March Writing Prompts
Today'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 Butke
- Mar 5
- 3 min
Pre-Order Campaigns: Stress & Swag
One 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 Butke
- Mar 3
- 10 min
Writer's #Ask
Today'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 Butke
- Mar 1
- 3 min
Back to the Drawing Board
Well, well, well... Son of the Siren has officially seen five different beta readers and gotten partial reads and feedback from one...
Kristina Elyse Butke
- Feb 15
- 18 min
101 Imaginative and Fun Author Interview Questions
Today'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...