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Crystal Maldonado
@crystalwrote.bsky.social
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author + stray piece of glitter writing YA romcoms for fat Latinas 🇵🇷

💚 FAT CHANCE, CHARLIE VEGA
📸 NO FILTER AND OTHER LIES
🍁 THE FALL OF WHIT RIVERA
🌙 CAMP SYLVANIA: MOON MADNESS
🗺️ GET REAL, CHLOE TORRES (spring 2025)

💌 Contact: crystalwrote.com
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thank you to whatever AI program Microsoft Word is using to make grammar suggestions because it's a constant reminder that we'll always need humans who write/edit
A screenshot from Microsoft Word that shows the sentence: "a reminder that you're part of something bigger than yourself." The suggested change from AI suggests changing "you're" to "your"
February 10, 2025 at 5:50 PM
crystalwrote.bsky.social
So excited to be part of this panel on The Power of Romance on Saturday, 2/8, 4-6 p.m., with romance authors Sarah MacLean, Jenny L. Howe, and Carissa Broadbent—just in time for Valentine's Day!

Register: www.eventbrite.com/e/the-power-...
January 27, 2025 at 3:53 PM
crystalwrote.bsky.social
Arcs of GET REAL, CHLOE TORRES have arrived, and I'm doing a giveaway over on Instagram! Enter: www.instagram.com/p/DFIqwSpTemz/

I'll randomly choose one winner on Monday, Jan. 27, at noon ET. Giveaway is open internationally. 🦋💛

Cover art: Saniyyah Zahid
Jacket Design: Chelsea Hunter
January 22, 2025 at 5:01 PM
crystalwrote.bsky.social
working on book edits humbles me every time as I realize I don't, in fact, know how to spell as well as I think I do 😳
January 10, 2025 at 4:20 PM
crystalwrote.bsky.social
I MEEEEAN
November 28, 2024 at 12:48 AM
crystalwrote.bsky.social
GET REAL, CHLOE TORRES is a YA romcom that reimagines the iconic 2002 Britney Spears film “Crossroads” and features:

✨ Sapphic romance
✨ Body diversity/fat MC
✨ Second-chance friendships
✨ Latine/LGBTQIA+ rep
✨ Boy bands and fangirls

Coming May 13, 2025! Preorder: holidayhouse.com/book/get-rea...
An illustrated cover for GET REAL, CHLOE TORRES featuring three gorgeous sapphic besties in a field of flowers with butterflies
November 27, 2024 at 4:29 PM
crystalwrote.bsky.social
i didn't know kate hudson had a christmas song but it just came up for me on spotify it's unfairly good??
November 26, 2024 at 6:24 PM
crystalwrote.bsky.social
Wow, I really needed to read both of these poems —

They’re by Jocelyne Jam @goodthings4blackgirls on TikTok

And ThePosterandPostcard on Etsy, where you can support her work
It is often said that hate burns brighter But I know that what burns bright fizzles quickly They say rage is power But I know tenderness can move mountains Grain by faithful grain They say darkness is deeper But I’ve felt the bottomless well of a mothers care The endless fathoms of a friends forgiveness I have seen light burst in the darkness I have heard it said That cruelty is more honest, but truth lives in the eyes of those who choose again and again to stay soft They say hate is heavier but I have never seen it rest Never seen it make a home Never watched it grow a garden Or build a bridge or heal a wound They say love is weak But I have heard tales told of love lifting cars off trapped children I’ve seen it work three jobs Seen it wake up early to make breakfast Seen it stay up late to just say goodnight Some say hate is natural But there is nothing natural about being the antithesis of yourself Even wolves raise their young Even trees share their sugar Even cells pass nutrients through their walls There is nothing exotic about poison And make no mistake, hate is poison Nothing mysterious about thorns Nothing sophisticated about shadows Love is the original rebellion The first light the older power the deepest spell the truest wild Everything else is just pretending We are taught that pearls come from irritation The diamond from pressure The muscle from strain But I tore of the gospel of struggle Of earning my place in the world Through gritted teeth and bloodied knuckles So watch me now I choose the unlocked door The clear path The yes that does not hesitate When something catches When the key won’t turn When the thread snags I no longer force it I’ve learned to read the signs When doors keep jamming When paths grow too thorny When every step feels like wading through mud These are not challenges for me To overcome They are compass needles pointing elsewhere This is not laziness This is not surrender This is wisdom learned From every breath I take The inhale does not wrestle the exhale The heart does not Argue with its own beating What’s meant for me will welcome me Like coming home
November 23, 2024 at 8:38 PM
crystalwrote.bsky.social
I’m due for an intro post, so hi! I’m Crystal Maldonado, a YA/MG author who writes stories featuring fat, Puerto Rican main characters! I mostly write YA romcoms for people with lots of feelings. My next YA romcom, GET REAL, CHLOE TORRES, arrives spring 2025! 🫶🏽
Me, a fat brown woman, wearing a coffee cup patterned dress Me, a fat brown woman, holding my three YA books Me, a fat brown woman, holding The Fall of Whit Rivera at the Mass Book Awards Me and author Julie Murphy and Will with our Camp Sylvania books
November 23, 2024 at 4:54 PM