Kristina M Makansi 10/19/25 Kristina M Makansi 10/19/25

The Acropolis: A Poem in Five Parts

THE ACROPOLIS: A Poem in Five Parts
This poem was started while sitting at the rooftop bar and finished in my room at a hotel in the Plaka. I’ve never shared it before, but today I gathered my courage and read it at an open mic event sponsored by the Arizona Writers Association at the Tucson Historic Y.

Kristina M Makansi 10/7/25 Kristina M Makansi 10/7/25

It’s time to face the harsh realities of autocracy

It’s time to face the harsh realities of autocracy: An opinion piece from the Arizona Daily Star by Jason Makansi

Kristina M Makansi 10/2/25 Kristina M Makansi 10/2/25

The Art & Science of Cover Reveals

COVER REVEAL

Book 1 of the PANTHEON LEAGUE romantic suspense series, a near-future American "romantasy" set in a world in which mortals, demigods, and goddesses go head-to-head with the dark forces undermining democracy and sowing discord around the world.

Kristina M Makansi 9/14/25 Kristina M Makansi 9/14/25

Book 1 of the Pantheon League Series

COMING SOON

Book 1 of the PANTHEON LEAGUE romantic suspense series, a near-future American "romantasy" set in a world in which mortals, demigods, and goddesses go head-to-head with the dark forces undermining democracy and sowing discord around the world.

Kristina M Makansi 9/11/25 Kristina M Makansi 9/11/25

Non-Violent Activism in a time of violent politics

Non-Violent Activism in a Time of Violent Politics

At the heart of nonviolent movements is non-dual thinking. It feels oddly as if we’ve forgotten what non-violent civil disobedience truly means, and exactly how and why it is so powerful at effecting change. (Reposted from The Ecology of Tomorrow - Substack.)

Elena Makansi 7/18/25 Elena Makansi 7/18/25

The first rule of genres…

Sometimes I feel like Jan Brady looking at her sister getting all the attention and shaking her head, Marsha, Marsha, Marsha. Only, I’m saying, Romantasy, Romantasy, Romantasy.

Elena Makansi 7/10/25 Elena Makansi 7/10/25

MAGNIFICENT DESOLATION

July 20, 1969, 10:56 p.m. EDT. With more than half a billion people watching on television, Neil Armstrong climbed down the ladder of Apollo 11 and became the first human to ever step foot on an alien world. His first words were, “That’s one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.”