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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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New Trope Talk Video!
Crystal Crawford
  • Oct 22, 2021
  • 1 min

New 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...
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A Highly Recommended (Online) Writing Class!
Crystal Crawford
  • Aug 10, 2021
  • 2 min

A Highly Recommended (Online) Writing Class!

Learn to make your fiction writing more powerful!
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"Just Kisses" Sweet Serial Romance on Kindle Vella PROMO Starts Today!
Crystal Crawford
  • Aug 9, 2021
  • 2 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!
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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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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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Brand New Content...and More!
Crystal Crawford
  • Dec 30, 2020
  • 1 min

Brand New Content...and More!

I’m very excited to announce a brand new way for me to offer fun, exciting content for all of you while also increasing my ability to...
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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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Overcoming Writer's Block
Crystal Crawford
  • Sep 19, 2020
  • 3 min

Overcoming Writer's Block

All writers encounter writer's block from time to time. Here are 4 simple techniques to get those words flowing.
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Processing Required
Crystal Crawford
  • Sep 3, 2020
  • 11 min

Processing Required

a futuristic sci-fi short story
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If You Write Fiction, This Is for You!
Crystal Crawford
  • Aug 10, 2019
  • 1 min

If You Write Fiction, This Is for You!

Announcing my new "crash course in fiction writing" guide!
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How to Destroy a Pesky Prophetic Hero
Crystal Crawford
  • Feb 18, 2019
  • 3 min

How to Destroy a Pesky Prophetic Hero

Welcome to the first-ever installment of our brand-new Evil Overlord advice column, brought to you by a coalition of super-villains...
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Welcome to Arameth: the world it took me 12 years to build
Crystal Crawford
  • Feb 4, 2019
  • 6 min

Welcome to Arameth: the world it took me 12 years to build

Welcome to Arameth, the world it took me 12 years to build Arameth is my fantasy universe, the place where The Lex Chronicles takes place.
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Plantsing: How Loose Outlines Save My Turkey… and My Books
Crystal Crawford
  • Nov 19, 2018
  • 5 min

Plantsing: How Loose Outlines Save My Turkey… and My Books

If you’ve followed any of my series on Plotting, you know that I like plotting.But here’s my secret: I didn’t use to plot my stories at all.
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Plotting Your Story, Step #7: The Perfect Ending
Crystal Crawford
  • Nov 12, 2018
  • 3 min

Plotting Your Story, Step #7: The Perfect Ending

Hi, everyone, and welcome to the final post in my “Plotting Your Story” series: Plotting Your Story, Step #7: The Perfect Ending!
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Plotting Your Story, Step #6: Detailed Outline
Crystal Crawford
  • Nov 5, 2018
  • 7 min

Plotting Your Story, Step #6: Detailed Outline

Hi, everyone, and welcome to post #6 in my “Plotting Your Story” series: Plotting Your Story, Step #6: Detailed Outlines!
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Plotting Your Story, Step #5: Revelations
Crystal Crawford
  • Oct 29, 2018
  • 5 min

Plotting Your Story, Step #5: Revelations

Hi, everyone, and welcome to post #5 in my “Plotting Your Story” series: Plotting Your Story, Step #5: Revelations!
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Plotting Your Story, Step #4: Thematic Threads
Crystal Crawford
  • Oct 22, 2018
  • 5 min

Plotting Your Story, Step #4: Thematic Threads

Today’s post is the next in the Plotting Your Story series: Plotting Your Story, Step #4: Thematic Threads!
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Plotting Your Story, Step #3: External Story (Plot)
Crystal Crawford
  • Oct 15, 2018
  • 5 min

Plotting Your Story, Step #3: External Story (Plot)

Today’s post is the next in the Plotting Your Story series: Plotting Your Story, Step #3: External Story (Plot)!
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