Christina Strigas
About moi & Signed Copies of my Books
Christina Strigas is trilingual, raised by Greek immigrants, and has written five poetry books. Love & Vodka, has been featured by CBC Books in, “Your Ultimate Canadian Poetry List: 68 Poetry Collections Recommended by you.”
Her fourth poetry book, Love & Metaxa, was self-published in June 2021.
Her latest poetry book, for all the lonely hearts being pulled out of the ground, was published on April 1, 2022, by Free Lines Press.
She has also written two novels. One is a paranormal romance, Crush, and the other is a romantic/erotic novel, The Wanting, written in first-person narrative by the two main characters. Both have had excellent reviews.
A Book of Chrissyissms: The Only Way to Find Art is to Lose Touch with Reality is a popular self-help book. This book portrays Christina Strigas’s inner perspectives, explaining her viral quotes, popular poems, and an evolving outlook on life. Based on reader commentary, journal entries, social media, and life, Strigas depicts what it all means: being a writer, a mother, a friend, a confidant, a mentor, a teacher, a wife, and a member of society.
In her spare time, Christina enjoys foreign cinema, reading the classics, and cooking traditional Greek recipes that have been handed down by her grandmother.
She is also co-founder of @ArielPoets on Twitter.
Featured Image: from my book In My Own Flood cover art by Kate Theodosiou.
If you would like any of her books signed by the author, please email chrissystriga@gmail.com and place a request.
Thank you for reading.
Comments:
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Oh I love the Sookie Stackhouse series. I discovered the Twilight series after seeing the first film and really enjoyed reading them at the time, but strangely the subsequent films have put me off a bit, which is a shame.
Good luck sending off to publishers!
That’s a beautiful photo at the top of your blog – where’s it from?
Hi Sally,
Thanks for the feedback…I just sent my manuscript to New York…crossing my fingers. The photo is from the template offered on the blog. I wish I could say I took it!
As for the movies, I agree with you. I always prefer books to movies anyway!
Hey Chris,
I would like to wish you best of luck with the publishing of your novel. I always loved yours stuff, even back when we were younger. Of course I also enjoyed your first book. Will be following…..
Kathie
Thank you Kathie for the support and welcome to my blog! Hope you enjoy…:)
Hello, Thank you for stopping by my blog and liking it…It gave a chance to discover yours! Thank you for sharing your poems.
Dariya
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i wanted to thank you for taking a look at my blog, actually its just a jump off point to my Photography Web Site. I have enjoyed reading through your poems. Best Wishes and good luck with your novel.
Thank you for the kind words. I enjoy photography; what you can’t say in words is sometimes captured in moments.
Hello, Thank you for stopping by my blog and liking it, it’s always great to discover new ones! Good luck with your book 🙂
Anne Rice’s The Witching Hour, and Charlaine Harris’ Sookie Stackhouse! XD I was meant to follow you. XD
Thanks for following. I loved those books. I’m actually reading Interview with a vampire now! It’s amazing.
Thanks for the likes on my blog 😉 very grateful!
No problem. I loved them.
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We can always use more sexy vamps! Don’t understand the lust we have for them, I just know it’s there. Best of luck with the business side of things…can’t wait for it to come out. And I’m with you…sorry to say I’m a tree killer reader too. Paper all the way!
R
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Good luck, Christina! It sounds like you have the determination and grit that you need to succeed. Wishing you all the best!
Thank you Naomi. The grit, eh? I like that!
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Same poem
exactly !
I should read it twice i gather
Your poetry is very soft and beautiful…lovely imagery. I’m glad I stumbled across your blog today. Keep writing. 🙂
Thank you. I can say the same about yours.
Quite a beautiful collection you have on here.
My kindest regards,
Thank you for reading!:)
I’ve nominated your blog for the Liebster Blog Award.
see: ofmindormatter.com/2012/11/13/wow-nominated-for-the-liebster-blog-award/
thanks you has stopping by in my “humble house”.
Nice blog, a writer..
its cool..
Hello christina….sorry …i find your about section…great blog…good luck.
Thanks Cyril
Thanks for liking my blog Cyril.
Always Welcome Chrissy.I have some mistake happen on our blog via commenting.Please co-operate with me.
Thanks cyril
Always Welcome
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As one of my beloved followers, I would like to extend my sincere thanks and gratitude by sharing with you my exciting news of becoming a newly published author! And, of course, I wanted you to be among the very first to get a chance to read the rest of my debut novel, The Legacy of Blood, now available in e-book format.
(No worries if you don’t have a Kindle or other e-reader device, they have free ones to download on your computer. I went on Amazon and downloaded their “Kindle for PC” absolutely free! Love it! Here’s the link if you need it: www.amazon.com/gp/kindle/pc/download .)
Again, I want to thank you kindly for all the support. And you never know, as some of my followers have told me, you could say you’ve had a big hand in helping make Shelby Westland a household name! 😛
The Legacy of Blood on Amazon: www.amazon.com/Legacy-Blood-Sanguivore-Saga-ebook/dp/B00C5J7V2E/
Other e-reader retailers to follow soon!
Cheers!
XOXO
Congratulations! That is amazing. Good luck and I will be sure to order it. Thanks for letting me know.
Chrissy
Thanks so much for all the support, Chrissy! Truly means a lot and is greatly appreciated 🙂 I’m so excited! Really glad you love it
Hi, just to let you know I nominated you for an award – pop over to www.mandyevebarnett.com to pick it. Have fun!
Hi, thank you for visit my site. You have such a wonderful blog. Cheers!
Thanks so much for visiting and enjoying! Cheers back to you! 🙂
Thanks for following my blog. Best of luck with your writing. Talking of vampires I too am working on a vampire story based in India. Plus a romance story about a Nazi and a jewish woman.
That is so amazing! Good for you. It really sounds interesting. Good luck too!
Good luck on the publication trails …. and nothing wrong with pen and paper.
Thank you for visiting my blog and becoming a follower. I appreciate the chance it gave me to find your blog, I enjoy what I read so far. I look forward to finding more. I’m envious of your self publishing, I dream of seeing my own words in print, maybe some day I’ll have the confidence. I appreciate comments if you read anything of mine and feel the urge to comment.
Hi!
I really liked your blog too. I will definitely comment and read your stuff. It’s easy to self-publish, but hard to sell!!
Thanks for following and reading my writing. I appreciate it!
Have a great day,
Chrissy
Hi Chrissy! Thanks for discovering my blog and joining me, now I can follow your journey on the way to getting a book “paper published” (I’m with you on that score). 🙂
Thanks so much for following! Good luck to all of us! I am actually going to publish an ebook! One step in the right direction…
just thought i’d visit a bit to thank you for liking my poem ‘clouds are free’ on 20 Lines, the encouragement is always really appreciated i’m finally getting around to writing an about page, so yours did provide a few ideas, thank you.
You’re very welcome. Good luck and I will visit again very soon…
It’s a small – small world afterall. I ended up on your blog because you favoured a tweet of mine (@gypsyles. Then, when I got here I see that you and I have more in common than expected. I know Zah – and have her first book. Nice to meet you. Good luck with your publishing journey!
Thanks so much!! Wow. six degrees of separation. So nice to meet you!
Have you read the books?
I read the Red one and the first of Zah’s bio. 🙂
Thanks for dropping by my blog and for following 🙂
Have a blessed day ahead 🙂
~Ankush
My pleasure.
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😀 Thanks 😀
So welcome!
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hey, just stopping by to let you know i nominated you for an award! love your blog! hellenmasido.wordpress.com/2013/09/11/the-versatile-blogger-award/
🙂 you’re most welcome!
Thank you for sharing and Greetings from Gede Prama 🙂
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Thanks for reading. xo
thanks for dropping by my blog. I look forward to trying to explore yours.
Thanks so much!
Thanks for the follow. I followed back and welcome to our family at Muse. Great place to be.
Amazing. Thank you for the warm welcome.
I enjoyed reading your poetry! Thank you. – Shalom, Daniel
Thanks for your visit! I appreciate it.
Thanks for reading and the comment.
Thank you for your visit and follow Chrissy, which led me to your blog.
I like your poetry a lot. I will be exploring the other side of your blog.
Good luck with the publishing.
Thanks so much Emmy, appreciate that. I loved your writing as well.
Hi Chrissy,
Hey Congrats and best of wishes on your upcoming paranormal romance novel! I am a sappy romantic for Twilight and love all things vampire. I haven’t read anything by Christopher Moore, but I’ll check him out.
Thank you so much. I am editing and hopefully in the Fall my book will be ready. Great to hook up with you. Welcome and looking forward to reading your work.
Thanx! By the way, do you or someone you know offer editing services? Looking to get my sequel edited. You can DM on Twitter if you like.
Hello Chrissy. Thanks for the visit and the follow on my blog. I look forward to reading your writing 🙂
Amazing! Thanks so much for following. Same here.
Chrissy, you are an amazing writer. I love the flow of your writings. As such, I have nominated you for the Versatile Blogger Award. If you choose to accept, more details can be found at thehauntedlullaby.com/2015/01/11/versatile-blogger-award/.
Thank you Jarrd!! Wow, I’m really honored but I don’t really do awards, but I am grateful for the thought. Xo
That’s fine Chrissy. I wanted to recognize your blog and works and let you know how much I enjoy them. I hope some of my followers will discover your work as well.
So sweet of you! Thanks and curtsy to you Jarrod!! Much love & appreciation. Xo
Thank you for dropping by and following Malcolm’s Corner.
My pleasure!
Wish you all the best for your Inspirational determination.
Thank you so much for the follow and your warm words. Xo
Hi Chrissy …thank you so much for entering my door last week …I am grateful for your kind introduction and will join in your journey with joy …your poetry is glorious and sings to me …blessings xxx
Thank you, Meg for visiting and reading. Humbled and touched. Blessings to you. xo
Great to connect.
Hey Chrissy noticed you read my Valentine’s post and I wanted to say thank you, and hope it gave you a little laugh. I’ll look in from time to time as like poetry. Happy Valentine’s Day.
Thank you! Pleasure. You too. 😉
:o)
HI Chrissy …I just read your last 3 poems , starting with “hoodie” and I don’t seem to know where to ” like” or post a comment ? I want to tell you that I love your poetry and how it flows with rhythm like a beautiful love song …blessings , you are so soulful …xxx meg
Thank you so much Meg. If you click on the top you can click on likes and comments. Sorry for confusion. I appreciate you reading and letting me know! You are amazing. xx Blessings to you to. Great to read you.
Thanks for coming in to see me at Steve Says…come again, stay a while – have a drink even! Happy blogging. Steve…
Thanks so much for the comment! Next time will stay and read more! Thank you for invitation. 🙂
Chrissy you have a beautiful way with words
I’ll have to check out one of those books soon, thanks for all the encouragement…
Thank you Kneal! My new book will be out March 10!
okay keep me posted and I be sure to get a copy
Yes I will!! Thanks
I know say this a lot but you have a great blog here 🙂
thank you so much. Curtsy.
You are so much welcome 😛
I think I would like to have your viewpoint for the next series. How would you like to contribute an article for redhuman on what the world is like from your neck of the woods?
Cheers and be well. 🙂
I would be honored. Let me know. Are you on twitter?
You found me! 🙂
thank you for the request to follow. not sure what happened as I was following you but guess wp has glitches. regardless, back on track. I enjoy your writing. Hope you have a great weekend. Hugs
No idea what happened either. Same here. Enjoy reading you. Thank you and enjoy x
Hi Thank you for the follow I am always grateful ! I look forward to exploring your blog! xx
Welcome. Thank you for the follow as well, 🙂
Love your work!
Nice of you to say & welcome.
Thank you for the follow. I love your attitude.
Cool. Great to connect,
Hey!
You have very interesting blog and your pictures are amazing! I like to read your blog and I enjoy it.
Thank you Vlad. Welcome to my lil’ world.
Hey, thanks for the follow, you write wonderful poems 🙂
Thank you❤️
Congratulations on getting published. That’s great news! I love your blog. You’ve done a great job! : )
Hi there, thank you so much! That’s so nice of you to say. WElcome:)
: )
Thank you for the blog follow!! I look forward to exploring your blog 🙂
likewise
Hi Chrissy, I enjoyed reading your writing, thanks for stopping by Homeflair and all the best on your upcoming poetry book:)
Thank you so much:) My pleasure and thanks for following.
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Hi Christina, I just managed it to check out your blog and started following you. I don’t know if you are basically participating in challenges but I nominated you for this one: erikakind.wordpress.com/?p=5381&preview=true Don’t feel obliged to participate at all 🙂
Sorry, that is the correct link: erikakind.wordpress.com/2015/06/20/5-days-5-photos-5-stories-day-4/
Hi Erika, thank you for following and I will check out the challenge but I’ve been crazy busy the last couple of days, end of the year craziness…so I will definitely read your stuff next week when I take a breather. lol
Thanks so much for reading my poems and nominating me for a challenge. Depending on my mood and state of mind I either am up for the challenge or will decline politely.
Please don’t take it personally! I appreciate all your comments and will get back to you shortly! Enjoy Father’s Day with your loved ones.
Chrissy x
Thank you Erika x
you make it difficult to say no
lol
Hi Chrissy, I nominated you for the Sunshine Award. Please feel free to participate. Here is the post: erikakind.wordpress.com/2015/06/24/the-sunshine-award-is-back/
Aww thank you Erika! You are so kind to think of me. Humbled. I will check it out tomorrow, it’s a holiday in Quebec. Thank you. xx
Hey, grate! Have a wonderful holiday, Chrissy 😀
you too. 🙂 off with the family x
I am new to reading your blog & wanted to say hello. I really like your poetry, so I’m now following you & will check back often.
Hello there, well thank you for reading my blog and welcome to my lil world. Hope you enjoy your visit. lol
Hello and thank you for the follow it is like a friendly wave or a warm smile from a stranger I look forward to reading your blog!! 🙂
welcome 🙂
I’m so flattered you placed my avatar so prominently on this page. I appreciate the follow. Congratulations on being able to publish three novels, soon to be followed by a book of poems. How do you do that with your own operation and minding kids too, to boot! Well done!
Thank you for your words of encouragement. I go crazy, but I love it. Hardly sleep and go go go. Can’t wait till my vacation! I have no control of my avatar, I wish I knew what I was doing, but sadly the computer controls me more. I just click buttons, save and pray for the best. Have a great day, Karina. I had a student with that name. Just adore it. x
Chrissy
I nominated you for The Sunshine Blogger Award, if interested: breakdownchick.wordpress.com/2015/08/01/the-sunshine-blogger-award/
Thank you❤️
Hi, wow, I had to scroll quite a bit, lol. I wanted to thank you for following my blog, but just to give you a heads up that provocativepostures is stagnant – my primary blog is eleganceindeliciousverse.wordpress.com 🙂
Hi! Ok will check that out…thanks for letting me know! X
thank you!
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Hi, Christina. Lovely little blog you have here. Thank you for following Flaggfan, I do appreciate it.
Thank you so much. I appreciate that.
I’m excited for you, too, Christina. I love connecting with fellow writers. Wishing you success with your new book.
Thank you Nadine. Same here.
I’ love your blog! You are so inspiring ❤️
Thank you and welcome to my world
thanks for stopping by my blog,
and thus getting to know you !! 🙂
Thank you as well.
🙂
thank you CC x
Hi Chrissy thank you so much for stopping by my Blog and for the Follow! I appreciate it so much! I am very happy to have you as another soul follower of my journeys here, I welcome you to YesterdayAfter Blog. I hope that you enjoy my Art and creativity in all the ways I express it. I am an Artist Designer and I create jjewelry inspired by nature but also I love Photography, Digital Art, I paint with watercolors, I love music and sometimes I write Poems. I am looking forward to your post and getting to know you better 🙂
I love your blog x
Amazing talent. I am so happy you found me because it gives me a chance to read such beautiful prose. Never take your talent for granted. Keep on writing with your eyes closed. After all, is that what all writers do? Great blog.
humbled. thank you and welcome to my world. ditto i like your blog two and the way you bring in your own life is super cool. x
Thanks
Hi Christina.
Wow, it sounds like quite the journey. I’m super glad I have stumbled upon your blog. It seems like there is lots and lots of good stuff for me to read, I’ll have to add you to my “To Read”-List.
Though I’m quite new to your followership, I’m looking forward to getting to know you.
Good luck with your poetry book.
Best wishes,
prospermind. 😉
I appreciate it, thank you:)
Hi Chrissy, it’s so nice to meet you. Thank you for coming by and following my blog which allowed me to return the favor. I look forward to reading your works and about your books. Have a nice weekend! Steph
you are welcome, thank your for visiting as well.
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I’m loving your page love, Chrissy.:)
You do have LOTS going on! I admire your gusto 🙂
Thanks for stopping by my page and liking my poem. Hope you pop by again soon.
After reading your page here I thought you might be interested in this blogger’s post. Just read this today and you guys used the same quote from Virginia Woolf. It’s an interesting read:
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Thank you I will check:))
Good to know you and your blog 🙂
Wow, I have to say I really admire you! As a writer just starting out on the road to publishing my own work (I have published one book of poetry on smashwords so far), I know just how much work that is.
Best of luck to you, I hope you continue to succeed and see your hard work pay off more and more!
Meno<3
PS. Thanks for stopping by my blog ; )
Thank you so much! And best of luck to you, congratulations on your first book of poetry.
Chrissy 🙂
Dear Chrissy,
Thank you so much for stopping by my blog and for the follow ! Means a lot for a beginner like me who has just got into blogging. From being an introvert to an extremely reluctant writer who has now plunged into public forum with her poetry creations….I am nervous yet excited !
Your work is very inspiring and I am certainly going to follow you. Would very much appreciate your feedback and comments on my poems.
Thanks again and my very best for all your future endevours !!
– Chhaya
Hello Cchaya, You are very welcome. I will check out your poems today with pleasure. Thank you for visiting and reading my work.
Chrissy x
Thanks very much Chrissy ! I look forward to reading more of your work. Glad to connect with you.
Love,
Chhaya
reading you now! great stuff x
Thank you ! You are very kind.
Thank you for following me back <3 Loving your words on Twitter, and I'm so glad to have found you here.
likewise Annie! xoxoxo
Congratulations on all your great accomplishments! Your work is ample proof that you aren’t getting much sleep. Ha! I’m very impressed! Really loved your works in the Gallery. Are they posted don WP? Especially loved, “You are my favorite illusion of hope” Brilliant!!!
Chuck
xo
Thank you so very much. I appreciate it. All these quotes are on my Instagram page. No sleep indeed!! Haha
Thanks
Chrissy