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UPDATE: The completed serial is now posted! You can read it FREE right here: https://www.ccrawfordwriting.com/aubreylance-season1 ----- Hello, everyone! I've been hard at work for the past year on a new serial, and I'm thrilled to announce it is finally underway! This serial will be posting FREE TO READ right here on my website. ️🎉 The very first episode posted March 3, 2025, and there will be a new episode six days a week until the Season is completed! So what is this my

Fate Rising THE LEYWARD STONES, BOOK 1 ©2021 Crystal Crawford. All rights reserved. Please do not copy, reprint, or otherwise reuse any portion of this work without express permission from the author. This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, business, events and incidents are the products of the author's imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental. ---------------------------------------- Chapter 1: The Visitor

Though I've always been a fiction writer, my first online writing endeavors were actually mostly nonfiction. While working as a Graduate Teaching Assistant back in 2007, I started a writing tips blog to record some tips and tools on common writing questions, so I could share it as a resources for my students. I eventually morphed from teaching college-level English Composition to teaching composition and writing classes for home-educated high school students. When I later b

Here you can find info on Crystal Crawford's published memoir-style books! I don't write many memoirs (I only have one life, after all!), but I truly poured my heart into the ones I did write. Though writing memoirs can be uncomfortable (and vulnerable... and sometimes painful!), my dream for these books was to get my inner thoughts out on the page so I have a record of what I've learned and experienced to look back on and to share with my kids and others and reach at least

UPDATE: This post was originally written in 2020, and some of the below info/links may be outdated. As of April 2026, the most up-to-date info about The Leyward Stones series can be found here: https://www.ccrawfordwriting.com/leywardstones ____ “Frank wasn’t my first dead body.” Among the dusty backwoods of Georgia or the swampy recesses of Florida, strange things happen all the time. But Lena is about to discover that something ancient and unseen also lurks there – and it’

Looking for an epic world to completely immerse yourself in? I’ve got you covered! Arameth is packed with creatures, magic, monsters, danger, suspense and surprises -- all in a high-stakes, epic adventure alongside characters you’ll love (and some you’ll love to hate)! The Legends of Arameth storyline begins with The Lex Chronicles trilogy, but there will be many more books to come in the overall series. Find out more about Legends of Arameth in my online encyclopedia of so

Doppelgangers, octopus aliens, and love triangles, oh my! So what is the Love and Aliens series? Cowritten by myself and MJ Padgett, this quirky sci-fi rom-com series offers up a buffet of feels and wild ride of twists, action, and shenanigans. Trust me, you don’t want to miss this one! The first book in this series, The Extraordinary Extraterrestrial Love Lives of Doppelgangers, is already published and there are more books to come. You can find The Extraordinary Extraterres

Info on Crystal Crawford's YA romantic comedy book series, The Secret Messages Sweet YA Romance Series!