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Out of the Querying Trenches
I'm so delighted I'm able to give you this kind of update. Early December, I was contacted and offered representation from Rick Lewis at...
Kristina Elyse Butke
Dec 22, 20222 min read
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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
Dec 19, 202211 min read
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Christmas Song Book Tag
Let the winter holiday book tags commence! This tag is brought to you by The Pine-Scented Chronicles and since it's the season of...
Kristina Elyse Butke
Dec 15, 20223 min read
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#FantasyIndiesDecember
I did one of these for October when I saw it in my Twitter feed. Well, the December version appeared in my timeline and I decided to jump...
Kristina Elyse Butke
Dec 12, 20228 min read
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What to do while waiting? Write!
I submitted to 47 agents for Son of the Siren. That's a lot of sitting and waiting for responses to come in. Of those 47, I'm waiting on...
Kristina Elyse Butke
Dec 8, 20222 min read
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Death and Delights: A Review of "Wendell & Wild"
I didn't really hear much buzz about this movie before it came out, and I had taken a Netflix break to stream My Hero Academia on Hulu in...
Kristina Elyse Butke
Dec 5, 20225 min read
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Writerly Holiday Wishlist 2022
I made my first one of these in 2021 (read here) and decided I had so much fun with it that I'd try to do this again, and possibly make...
Kristina Elyse Butke
Dec 1, 20223 min read
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Deeper and Darker Still: A Review of "Made in Abyss: Dawn of the Deep Soul"
I recently reviewed the first season of Made in Abyss, which you can read here. After the first season debuted, three movies were made:...
Kristina Elyse Butke
Nov 28, 20227 min read
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Thanksgiving Book Tag
Happy Thanksgiving, friends and family! I wanted to do something themed on the blog for today and I couldn't decide if I wanted to do...
Kristina Elyse Butke
Nov 24, 20224 min read
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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 21, 20223 min read
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Amazon Responds to Read and Return
I wrote a post called "Read and Return, or, How to Hurt Authors" that described the process of readers getting through an entire book and...
Kristina Elyse Butke
Nov 17, 20222 min read
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Darkness & Longing: A Review of "Made in Abyss" Season One
I have since returned from Japan to the United States, and while I was in the land of anime everywhere, I ran into trouble with shows not...
Kristina Elyse Butke
Nov 14, 20227 min read
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