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Crystal Crawford
Aug 171 min read
Vellys contest ends Tuesday!
The contest period for the Vellys contest on Kindle Vella ends Tuesday, August 20th! If you haven't yet had a chance to check out my...
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Crystal Crawford
Jul 292 min read
I have a story in the Vellys contest!
Hi, everyone! I just wanted to let you all know that I have a BRAND NEW Kindle Vella serial up now, and for a very specific reason: It's...
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Crystal Crawford
Mar 123 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 131 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 17 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
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
Jul 4, 20231 min read
Book 2 of The Leyward Stones is now available! ️🎉
LeyGuards, Faespells, and Other Things That Happen at Midnight (The Leyward Stones, Book 2) is now available in e-book, 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
Jul 22, 20221 min read
Love Reading YA Fiction?
The PirateCat Publishing portal live! Our goal with PirateCat was to create a fun, interactive online reading portal where we can truly...
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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
Mar 16, 20221 min read
Read 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...
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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 22, 20211 min read
Just 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...
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Crystal Crawford
Oct 22, 20211 min read
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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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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