Crystal Crawford2 days ago2 minWhat's a Pirate Cat?What if there were a place where you could… ...access an entire website full of clean YA books that are actually appropriate for 12-18...
Crystal CrawfordMar 171 minRead My Books? I Need Your Input!Hi, everyone! I am working on... a secret project. But for the website portion of it, I need some help from people who have read my...
Crystal CrawfordJan 12 min2021 in WordsSo, I'd seen a few other of my author friends do this, and it seemed like a good way to take stock of what I'd accomplished this year,...
Crystal CrawfordDec 28, 20214 minYA Clean Reads Book Review: The Uncertainty of FireYA Clean Reads Book Review for The Uncertainty of Fire by Stephanie Daniels
Crystal CrawfordOct 22, 20211 minJust posted: Episode 20 of Macchiatos, Faerie Princes, and Other Things That Happened at Midnight!Episode 20 of Macchiatos, Faerie Princes, and Other Things That Happen at Midnight just went live on Kindle Vella today! I've been having...
Crystal CrawfordOct 22, 20211 minNew Trope Talk Video!The final segment of MJ's and my "Brooding Heroes" Trope Talk series is up, and this time we're discussing how brooding heroes have...
Crystal CrawfordOct 17, 20211 minMy Story is Out In the Big, Wide World!My first professional short story sale I announced a few months ago is now PUBLISHED, and my story is live and out there in the big, wide...
Crystal CrawfordSep 22, 20212 minYA Clean Reads Book Review: EvernighToday is book release day for Evernigh by M.J. Padgett! I beta-read this book prior to its release, and it's such a fantastic,...
Crystal CrawfordSep 11, 20214 minYA Clean Reads Book Reviews: I'm Pretty Sure You're Gonna Miss Me, Ronin McKinseyHello, everyone, and welcome to my very first YA Clean Reads Book Review post! I'm starting this project as a way to help parents find...
Crystal CrawfordAug 11, 20211 minTeenChic: Young Adult Heroine Edition (Satirical Magazine Cover)Welcome to another one of my random late-night entertainments: making satirical magazine covers based on book tropes!
Crystal CrawfordAug 10, 20212 minA Highly Recommended (Online) Writing Class!Learn to make your fiction writing more powerful!
Crystal CrawfordAug 9, 20212 min"Just Kisses" Sweet Serial Romance on Kindle Vella PROMO Starts Today!Find clean/sweet romance serials on Kindle Vella with the "Just Kisses" tag!
Crystal CrawfordAug 4, 20218 minRavioli with a Side of Existentialism: The Symbolic Meaning of Bella's Mushroom Ravioli in Twilight"Overly Serious Twilight Essay" #1 -- Ravioli with a Side of Existentialism: The Symbolic Meaning of Bella's Mushroom Ravioli in Twilight
Crystal CrawfordJul 17, 20211 minKindle Vella Update - How It All Works!Kindle Vella launched a few days ago, and I've been testing out the platform, checking out stories, and closely watching the forums and...
Crystal CrawfordJul 13, 20212 minKindle Vella is LIVE!...And so is my brand new story! I'm thrilled to announce the first publicly-released portion of the Leyward Stones universe: my brand...
Crystal CrawfordJul 13, 20211 minWhat is Kindle Vella?There's a new readership platform launching... it's coming very, very soon... and I'm going to be a part of it! So, what is it? I explain...
Crystal CrawfordJun 19, 20211 minWhat's Up with YA Parents? A new Trope Talk video is up! This month we're chatting about the absent or clueless parent trope found in many young adult books. What...
Crystal CrawfordMay 22, 20211 minIntroducing: Trope Talk Videos!Grab a coffee, pull up a chair, and join us as we chat book tropes! I just launched a fun, new thing on YouTube: Trope Talk with MJ and...
Crystal CrawfordMay 10, 20215 minThe Thing That Went Crackle in the NightNote: This is the first post in my new "Coffee and Cats...and Other Life Things" category here on my blog... a new category for blog...