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Crystal Crawford
Mar 12, 20243 min read
Changes to Kindle Vella -- good news for readers! ️🎉
As I mentioned in my March email newsletter (which you can read here if you missed it!), there are big changes coming to Kindle Vella...
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Crystal Crawford
Feb 13, 20241 min read
Kindle Vella stories FREE for Prime Student members!
Starting today, all Kindle Vella stories are FREE to those with Prime Student accounts on Amazon! If you have a Student version of Amazon...
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Crystal Crawford
Jan 1, 20247 min read
2023 Recap & 2024 Goals!
Happy New Year, everyone! This rollover to a new year has been a little unusual for my family, because we are also in the middle of...
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Crystal Crawford
Oct 9, 202313 min read
Why I've Made My Writing Time a Priority (Even While Homeschooling Four Kids)
I grew up creating—writing stories, drawing and painting, making jewelry, constructing homemade furniture and accessories for my dolls,...
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Crystal Crawford
Aug 22, 20231 min read
Season 2 of The Leyward Stones is live on Kindle Vella!
Fate Rising (the next installment in the Leyward Stones story world) is now available on Kindle Vella! There are now 5, brand-new...
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Crystal Crawford
Jul 17, 20231 min read
Book 3 of The Leyward Stones is officially released! ️🎉
Fae Curses, Dark Kings, and Other Things That Must Fall (The Leyward Stones, Book 3) is now officially available! The paperback and...
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Crystal Crawford
Jun 19, 20231 min read
Book Release Day Is Here! ️🎉
Book 1 of The Leyward Stones is now available in e-book, paperback, and hardcover!
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Crystal Crawford
Jan 18, 20231 min read
PirateCat Giveaway!
Hi, everyone! As many of you know, I recently co-launched an interactive, clean YA reading platform with M.J. Padgett called...
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Crystal Crawford
Nov 24, 20221 min read
New Release: The Other Side of the Law!
The nonfiction book I've been (semi)secretly co-writing for the past year is now officially released! 🙂 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BMSZ...
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Crystal Crawford
Oct 5, 20221 min read
All Kindle Vella Stories Free to Read for One Week Only!
It's FREE WEEK on Kindle Vella, which means you can read any story on Kindle Vella, Amazon's serial reading platform, for free!
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Crystal Crawford
May 21, 20222 min read
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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Crystal Crawford
Dec 31, 20212 min read
2021 in Words
So, 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,...
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Crystal Crawford
Oct 16, 20211 min read
My 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...
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Crystal Crawford
Jul 2, 20211 min read
Patreon Update!
New Patreon tiers...with even more perks!
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Crystal Crawford
Apr 26, 20213 min read
I Sold A Story!!!
I am VERY excited to announce that I will have a short story appearing in a future issue of DreamForge Anvil later this year! (The...
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Crystal Crawford
Feb 1, 20211 min read
Stories that Tell Themselves
My latest Patreon post, written just now! (Free to read!) https://www.patreon.com/posts/46983275
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Crystal Crawford
Jan 1, 20213 min read
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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Crystal Crawford
Dec 31, 20203 min read
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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Crystal Crawford
Dec 31, 20203 min read
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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Crystal Crawford
Dec 30, 20201 min read
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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