Kristina Elyse Butke

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  • My Year in Books 2025

    My Year in Books 2025

    My Year in Books.com pulls data from your Goodreads shelves to build up a profile of how you did for the year. It’s 2025–let’s take a look!

  • Merry Christmas 2025

    Merry Christmas 2025

    A quickie blog wishing you holiday goodness.

  • If I had $5,000 for publishing

    If I had $5,000 for publishing

    I applied for a grant. I probably won’t get it. But a girl can dream, can’t she?

  • Aging is weird.

    Aging is weird.

    I’m in my forties and the first thing to go is my hair color.

  • Three Christmases

    Three Christmases

    For the first time in forever, my seasonal mood disorder isn’t affecting my desire to celebrate the holidays with friends and family. What a game changer!

  • My growing pin collection

    My growing pin collection

    I have quirky little collections: anime figures, books (include special editions), costumes…and my newest, pins!

  • Blurb’s due. Time to panic.

    Blurb’s due. Time to panic.

    I’ve turned in my book and initial blurb…but it’s time for me to rewrite and resubmit now that I have a better idea of how it should look. Check out the struggle and some…

  • Some numbers for you

    Some numbers for you

    Hit some numerical milestones related to writing recently. Thought I’d take a moment to share them with you!

  • Manga (p)review: DESTINY PARADISE NIGHT

    Manga (p)review: DESTINY PARADISE NIGHT

    DESTINY PARADISE NIGHT is a sweet, adorable story about a strange evening where a cafe owner and an idol meet, and the magic unfolds. Releasing February 3, 2026.