Hi, I’m Crystal.
I am an artist – consider myself to be a creative person (not just because my imposter syndrome would never tolerate calling myself an artist) as I love to write, paint, graphic design, and craft. I’m a middle-aged mom (according to at least one person on the internet) and if you couldn’t tell already by the title of this site or the overuse of parentheticals, I am a millennial. I made my first website in 1998 and haven’t really stopped since. When I’m not working a customary 40 hours to support my livelihood I am writing and publishing romance and romantasy on Amazon/Kindle Unlimited and using my social media to bring awareness to the social and political causes I care most deeply about. If you like what you see or read here then I thank you for your time!
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Nine hundred seventy six thousand words and counting
This is my process for blogging: I open my laptop, login, and then I stare at the screen wondering what the fuck I should do. It’s very similar to my process for writing. Sometimes I will go through and look at the website site itself (what a novel idea*) as if that will give me…
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The “epochs” of my life (so far)
I’m stealing this from a post I made a few days ago on Threads. I was thinking the other day about the “epochs” of my life as an elder millennial and how they are defined by two of the biggest events to occur in my lifetime (and as a millennial there is a LOT to…
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I hate sitting with uncomfortable feelings
Someone said something to me online that is fucking bothering me this morning and I really wish I could just magically remove that shit from my brain so it didn’t have to fester until I ultimately forget about it (and basically heal from the experience). I’m trying to remind myself that a stranger’s opinion does not…
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Returning to Nightfall
It’s been a few weeks since I finished writing episodes 11 and 12 of The House of Nightfallen. After working on both episodes (which were merged and unmerged at least twice during the writing process) I decided to take some much needed time off to completely clear these characters from my head and come back…
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Millennials and their food photos
Would it be weird if I made a post devoted *just* to the photos I’ve taken of coffee/drinks as a socially online person? I’m going through some of my older photo albums now to look for something and what I’m realizing, or rather appreciating, is that a millennial can always be counted upon to take…
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