Hello everyone. My name is Sarah. Two of my friends and fellow writers on this site are SparklingTeardrops and Slina. My little sister goes by the name all-lucys-r-me around here. I am sure they would love it if you checked out their author pages as well. You will find them under my favorite authors section, along with some of the other wonderful author’s whose work I enjoy.

A little about me, for anyone who is curious: I am now officially a college graduate with a bachelors of music in vocal performance and pedagogy. Consequently, I can no longer use school as an excuse for my lack of updates. After a few years of unsuccessfully trying to squeeze in writing between school and “real life” am thrilled to have a bit more time for it now, as I squeeze it into my new schedule of teaching voice lessons and “real life.” I apologize if I tend to get too technical when dealing with the voice, vocal cords (or vocal folds as they are now called), voice lessons, opera, etc. It’s what I do.

One of my greatest loves is The Phantom of the Opera, especially the original novel by Gaston Leroux. My obsession with Phantom began in June of 2003, the first time I heard the Original London Cast CD of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical. I fell in love instantly with both POTO and Michael Crawford, hence the name Sarah Crawford. At the point when I discovered the ALW musical, I was pretty clueless as far as other versions go. I had seen the Claude Rains movie (which I didn't care for much), and that was all. But now I read, watch, and collect everything Phantom that I can get my hands on. My favorite versions of Phantom are as follows: 1) Leroux, 2) Phantom by Susan Kay, 3) Andrew Lloyd Webber Stage Version, 4) Lon Chaney 1925 and 1929 Movies, 5) Charles Dance TV Mini Series, and 6) Andrew Lloyd Webber 2004 Movie Version, with the other versions following thereafter in no particular order. That addiction, however healthy or unhealthy it may be, is the reasons I am here.

Other fandoms that I enjoy (but don’t obsess over like POTO) include the following: Braveheart, The Woman in White, Dracula, Jekyll and Hyde, The Scarlet Pimpernel, The Secret Garden, Les Miserable, and The Lord of the Rings. I may read stories in all of those fandoms, but will most likely only write stories based on The Phantom of the Opera, although I have some ideas for a possible Jekyll and Hyde fic.

I started writing when I was pretty young, but did not write anything of much value. In high school, I enjoyed role-playing online. Although that has become a thing of the past for me, I look back on it with fond memories. I think that role-playing gave me some good practice writing and helped me to get out most of my bad, clichéd, Christine-runs-back-to-Erik-for-no-reason stories before I came here. I also love writing fan fiction, and someday I would love to write something publishable, most likely in the historical fiction genre, if not published fan fiction.

Your reviews are very much appreciated. They inspire me and help me improve; I can always use constructive criticism.

About my stories: the summaries are below, so I will just list my “progress reports” here.

Erik's Eyes and The Perfect Gift are both one-shots, and therefore they are finished.

Requiem Mass: Their Beloved is complete after two years of abandonment. I hope you enjoy the finished product.

Mazenderan Chronicles is unfinished and currently on hold. I know where I am going with this one; I just need to take the time to finish it. However, I have no earthly idea how long that will take, since I don’t know how many chapters it will take to arrive at the story’s conclusion. Please be patient with me. Updates will come someday, but not until I take the time to re-writing the entire story, including what has been posted here. When I started posting this story I was re-working it, and now I believe that I want to re-work it yet again from the beginning, since my characters and general writing style have changed and developed so much since I last touched this story. I would also like to do some research in order to make it more historically accurate.

Together Forever, my old favorite of the stories, is also unfinished and on hold. I am waiting for a time when my co-author has time to help me finish the story. So please do not give up on this one. It will be finished someday. I just don’t want to do it alone if I can help it. I so enjoy the change in voices with characters that I think my writing the rest of the story alone would ruin it. I could try to write for both characters, but I fear it would not be the same.

Coming Soon (and yes, “soon” is a relative term):

The Lullaby- A short story exploring Erik’s childhood. This one should have three or four chapters, but I am still working on the first one and doing the necessary research.

Of Lilac Trees and Scarlet Scarves- An R/C oneshot that’s been floating around in my head and begging to be written for several months. Dedicated to my husband, who is an R/C shipper.