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Kristina Elyse Butke
Mar 5, 20223 min read
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...
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Kristina Elyse Butke
Mar 3, 202210 min read
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,...
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Kristina Elyse Butke
Mar 1, 20223 min read
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...
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Kristina Elyse Butke
Feb 15, 202218 min read
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...
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Kristina Elyse Butke
Feb 5, 20221 min read
The Results of Author Mentor Match
Drumroll, please... I've kept my eyes on my inbox obsessively; posted about AMM obsessively; hovered on Twitter; and waited with bated...
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Kristina Elyse Butke
Jan 28, 20228 min read
Moxie Books: January Writing Prompts
Today'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....
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Kristina Elyse Butke
Jan 24, 20223 min read
Waiting...and Next Steps
This 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...
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Kristina Elyse Butke
Jan 6, 20226 min read
Author 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...
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Kristina Elyse Butke
Jan 5, 20228 min read
"Never Have I Ever" for Writers
Today's post is inspired by this little meme running around the blogs of authors and book reviewers. I discovered this first on Paper...
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Kristina Elyse Butke
Jan 2, 20223 min read
#TheWritersTag
We've got another fun series of questions and answers all about my writing--styles, topics, struggles, and more, courtesy of Paper Fury....
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Kristina Elyse Butke
Dec 27, 202111 min read
50 Good Questions to Ask an Author
Today's post content comes courtesy of John Fox, who came up with these questions on his website. I think this assumes you should ask...
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Kristina Elyse Butke
Dec 17, 20216 min read
Writer's Tag: 20 Questions
Today's post comes from Inkblots and Icebergs and is all about getting to know writers--our process, our dreams, what we write, and more....
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Kristina Elyse Butke
Dec 16, 20215 min read
Revisions, Revisions
I 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....
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Kristina Elyse Butke
Dec 5, 20217 min read
What 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...
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