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What's a Pirate Cat?
Crystal Crawford
  • May 21
  • 2 min

What'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...
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YA Clean Reads Book Review: The Uncertainty of Fire
Crystal Crawford
  • Dec 28, 2021
  • 4 min

YA Clean Reads Book Review: The Uncertainty of Fire

YA Clean Reads Book Review for The Uncertainty of Fire by Stephanie Daniels
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YA Clean Reads Book Review: Evernigh
Crystal Crawford
  • Sep 22, 2021
  • 2 min

YA Clean Reads Book Review: Evernigh

Today 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,...
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Patreon Update!
Crystal Crawford
  • Jul 2, 2021
  • 1 min

Patreon Update!

New Patreon tiers...with even more perks!
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What's Up with YA Parents?
Crystal Crawford
  • Jun 19, 2021
  • 1 min

What'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...
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Introducing: Trope Talk Videos!
Crystal Crawford
  • May 22, 2021
  • 1 min

Introducing: 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...
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Excerpt from Fate Rising (Leyward Stones, Book 1)
Crystal Crawford
  • Jan 1, 2021
  • 3 min

Excerpt from Fate Rising (Leyward Stones, Book 1)

Fate Rising THE LEYWARD STONES, BOOK 1 ©2021 Crystal Crawford. All rights reserved. Please do not copy, reprint, or otherwise reuse any...
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Writing Guides and Textbooks
Crystal Crawford
  • Dec 31, 2020
  • 3 min

Writing Guides and Textbooks

Though I've always been a fiction writer, my first online writing endeavors were actually mostly nonfiction. While working as a Graduate...
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Memoirs
Crystal Crawford
  • Dec 31, 2020
  • 3 min

Memoirs

Here you can find info on Crystal Crawford's published memoir-style books! I don't write many memoirs (I only have one life, after all!),...
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The Leyward Stones
Crystal Crawford
  • Dec 30, 2020
  • 1 min

The Leyward Stones

“Frank wasn’t my first dead body.” Among the dusty backwoods of Georgia or the swampy recesses of Florida, strange things happen all the...
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The Stalker Mystery Set...
Crystal Crawford
  • Dec 30, 2020
  • 2 min

The Stalker Mystery Set...

...a romantic comedy series with a mystery twist. So what is the Stalker Mystery Set ? After far too much drama in high school, Anissa is...
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Can an Onion Help You Write a Better Novel? (Introducing, the Plot Onion!)
Crystal Crawford
  • Oct 16, 2020
  • 9 min

Can an Onion Help You Write a Better Novel? (Introducing, the Plot Onion!)

this newest resource is for fiction-writers who – like me – struggle to keep the big-picture story neatly in mind while writing...
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October Freebies and Sales!
Crystal Crawford
  • Sep 28, 2020
  • 3 min

October Freebies and Sales!

Usually I send out a list of promotions and freebies in my monthly newsletter, but this month, I thought I'd streamline some things...
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Free Books - 1 Week Only!
Crystal Crawford
  • Sep 21, 2020
  • 1 min

Free Books - 1 Week Only!

I just wanted to send out a quick message between my regular newsletters to let you know about a promotion my books are in this week...
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Special Announcement!
Crystal Crawford
  • Jun 1, 2020
  • 2 min

Special Announcement!

Today, the first book M.J. and I ever co-wrote is officially published and launched out into the world!
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So What Is Arameth, Exactly?
Crystal Crawford
  • Feb 17, 2020
  • 27 min

So What Is Arameth, Exactly?

A brief tour of Arameth, to show you what emerged from this world and how it all came together.
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24 Reasons Everyone Should Have Book-Nerd Friends
Crystal Crawford
  • Feb 16, 2020
  • 2 min

24 Reasons Everyone Should Have Book-Nerd Friends

Everyone needs at least one book-nerd friend. Here's why!
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Swoonworthy Battle Heroes: February 2019 issue!
Crystal Crawford
  • Feb 11, 2019
  • 13 min

Swoonworthy Battle Heroes: February 2019 issue!

Hello, and welcome to an exclusive interview from Swoonworthy Battle Heroes magazine! 
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19 Fiction Books That Shaped America
Crystal Crawford
  • Jul 4, 2018
  • 9 min

19 Fiction Books That Shaped America

19 fiction books by American authors I have personally read, and which I believe have had a major influence over time.
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What to Do When Writing Sucks
Crystal Crawford
  • Oct 30, 2017
  • 4 min

What to Do When Writing Sucks

What to do when it suddenly feels like writing sucks and you wonder why you ever decided to do this in the first place.
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