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Insert Witty Title Here - Reading, Writing, and Randomness for March 2026

Two days left in March is still *technically* March.

Crystal Leigh

Monthly

Jan 23, 2026

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3 min read

Guess who's an agented author, y'all?

Reading, Writing, and Randomness for January 2025

Crystal Leigh

Podcasts

Jan 23, 2026

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1 min read

Podcast: What it's really like to get a literary agent | Margs and Manuscripts

I talk with Cait and Jenna about my query journey and signing with my agent

Crystal Leigh

Querying

The One With the "How I Got My Agent" Post

Jan 22, 2026

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19 min read

The One With the "How I Got My Agent" Post

It's a long read, but I'm going to give you the good and the bad, along with some tips.

Crystal Leigh

Podcasts

Jan 19, 2026

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1 min read

Podcast: We Won't Stop Talking About Romance | Margs and Manuscripts

Talking all things romance and feminism with Jenna and Cait

Crystal Leigh

Long Form

A methodology for querying, even if you're a hot mess

Jan 14, 2026

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20 min read

A methodology for querying, even if you're a hot mess

And by "you" I mean I definitely am a hot mess most of the time.

Crystal Leigh

Reading

Deck the halls with dark romance, hockey, and F1 Smash or Pass

Dec 15, 2025

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7 min read

Deck the halls with dark romance, hockey, and F1 Smash or Pass

Reading, Writing, and Randomness for December 2025

Crystal Leigh

It's ALIVE! I mean... DONE! It's Done! | Reading, Writing, and Randomness for November 2025

Nov 17, 2025

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8 min read

It's ALIVE! I mean... DONE! It's Done! | Reading, Writing, and Randomness for November 2025

We all agree Frankenstein is a better role for Jacob Elordi than Heathcliff, right?

Crystal Leigh

Reading

October is for witches, racing, and ovaries

Oct 19, 2025

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7 min read

October is for witches, racing, and ovaries

Now with less organs than last month!

Crystal Leigh

Sep 21, 2025

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5 min read

Oh, hey, it's September

a date to remember... Earth Wind and Fire style

Crystal Leigh

Writing

Jul 20, 2025

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7 min read

Life, the Universe, and Everything

Reflections on being 42

Crystal Leigh

Reading

Jul 17, 2025

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5 min read

Dispatch from the Query Trenches | Reading, Writing, and Randomness for July 2025

Hope, Aspirations, and not-so-brutal rejections

Crystal Leigh

Insert Witty Title Here - Reading, Writing, and Randomness for March 2026

Guess who's an agented author, y'all?

Podcast: What it's really like to get a literary agent | Margs and Manuscripts

The One With the "How I Got My Agent" Post

Podcast: We Won't Stop Talking About Romance | Margs and Manuscripts

A methodology for querying, even if you're a hot mess

Deck the halls with dark romance, hockey, and F1 Smash or Pass

It's ALIVE! I mean... DONE! It's Done! | Reading, Writing, and Randomness for November 2025

October is for witches, racing, and ovaries

Oh, hey, it's September

Life, the Universe, and Everything

Dispatch from the Query Trenches | Reading, Writing, and Randomness for July 2025

Reading, Writing, and Randomness

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