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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
Apr 21, 20235 min read
Unlocking Magic: 10 Reasons Reading Fantasy is Good for Teens
Fantasy literature has been popular for centuries, captivating readers with its magical and imaginative elements. While some people view...
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Crystal Crawford
Apr 10, 20234 min read
10 Reasons Reading Fiction Is Good for Teenagers
Reading fiction can offer numerous benefits for teenagers. Find out more in this post!
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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
Jun 18, 20211 min read
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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Crystal Crawford
May 21, 20211 min read
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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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 30, 20201 min read
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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Crystal Crawford
Dec 30, 20201 min read
Love and Aliens Series
Doppelgangers, octopus aliens, and love triangles, oh my! So what is the Love and Aliens series? Cowritten by myself and MJ Padgett, this...
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Crystal Crawford
Oct 15, 20209 min read
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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Crystal Crawford
Aug 10, 20191 min read
If You Write Fiction, This Is for You!
Announcing my new "crash course in fiction writing" guide!
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Crystal Crawford
Feb 25, 201914 min read
Swoonworthy Battle Heroes introduces: Warrior Women!
Hello, and welcome to another exclusive interview from Swoonworthy Battle Heroes magazine... Warrior Women edition!
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Crystal Crawford
Feb 18, 20193 min read
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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Crystal Crawford
Feb 11, 201913 min read
Swoonworthy Battle Heroes: February 2019 issue!
Hello, and welcome to an exclusive interview from Swoonworthy Battle Heroes magazine!
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Crystal Crawford
Feb 4, 20196 min read
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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Crystal Crawford
Nov 19, 20185 min read
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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Crystal Crawford
Nov 12, 20183 min read
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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Crystal Crawford
Nov 5, 20187 min read
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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Crystal Crawford
Oct 29, 20185 min read
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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Crystal Crawford
Oct 22, 20185 min read
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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