About

Scrink became my handle back in 2004, when my oldest was only one year old.

It is a mix of Tink and Scrappy. I am a little bit Tink, and he was a little bit Scrappy. He was born in 2003 and is now a young adult who is far more chill, but I think I cover the Tink + Scrappy combo just fine on my own.

This website is me. It is the things I am interested in, the questions I am chasing, the stories I am telling, and the weird little rabbit holes I fall into along the way.

I am Christy Mannering. I was born in 1981. I am nerdish by nature, curious by default, and prone to learning just enough about almost anything to become delightfully dangerous at trivia.

By day, I build digital ecosystems, content strategies, websites, campaigns, and communications that help people find what they need and feel like someone thought about them on purpose.

By night, I write magic into existence. I am an author, a storyteller, a senior paranormal investigator, a mom, a believer in accessible information, good music, complicated feelings, haunted places, better systems, and the occasional perfectly timed sarcastic comment.

I care a lot. About clarity. About kindness. About people feeling seen. About old buildings and odd stories and whether the thing we made actually helps someone. I am practical and imaginative, tired and still trying, grounded and absolutely willing to follow a strange sound down a hallway.

I am beginning to see the light. I am a believer. I am not afraid of anything. I lied. I am afraid of snakes. I am on to you. I am only happy when it rains. I am walking on sunshine. I am still standing. I am a rock. I am like a bird. I am no angel. I am the walrus. I am easy, like Sunday morning. Mad Hatter, or maybe Alice. Off with your head. I am not as strong as you think. I am a brown-eyed girl. I am finding beauty in hidden places. I am my mother’s daughter. I am my Dad’s Cinderella. I am totally in love with my kids and the partners they have brought into our family. I am what I am.

And this site? This is where all of that lands.

Movies. Music. Books. Ghosts. Geeky things. Writing. Life. The occasional emotional spiral with decent sentence structure.

Welcome to Scrink.

Where to find me?

• Peruse my movie obsession via this AirTable
• Books I’m reading or have read on GoodReads
• Diamond State Ghost Investigators (I’m a senior paranormal investigator)
• On the Instas
• If we’re friends like that, I’m on the book of faces, too