My review of the new (ish) book 'Splintered'

"A modern-day adventure in Wonderland." It's not quite a retelling of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. It's a really fun read, and I wrote a spoiler-free summary here: http://www.examiner.com/review/splintered-a-modern-day-adventure-wonderland

Another young adult book review

I don't know if I've posted this before, but I wrote this review about The Opposite of Music by Janet Ruth Young some time ago. It's a good read, and I published my full review of it on Examiner.com here.

This is not about writing, but crafts.

I happen to be a crafty person as well as a writer, and I am selling some of the things I make on a website called Etsy.com. So far I only have two things in my "shop," but I am working on making more stuff, which will be mostly jewelry. Currently available are decorated bottle caps and an iPhone case I added a design to. Check it out!

http://www.etsy.com/shop/CraftyFingersZC

Review of "The Graveyard Book"

Neil Gaiman is easily my favorite author. His writing is sophisticated and captivating, and his books can be enjoyed by anyone, no matter what their age is. Here is one of my (short) Goodreads reviews, on his book The Graveyard Book.

Another well written book by Neil Gaiman. I enjoyed reading the story of Nobody Owens, raised by ghosts and trying to stay out of the world of the living to hide from the man who has killed his original family and is looking for him. I love the way the author nonchalantly describes extraordinary events, and the straightforwardness of his descriptions is unique and enjoyable to read.

New Short Story

I hope this is one that I finish. Here is the first sentence:

"Just as the sun sleepily blinked and disappeared under the hill, when black birds circled lazily in the air, the scarecrow opened his eyes and saw for the first time."

Sweet Summer Child

I don't write much poetry, but I think this is the best poem I've written so far:
 http://teenink.com/poetry/free_verse/article/535597/Sweet-Summer-Child/

"Darkness Into Light"

A story I submitted to Teen Ink (a website and print magazine) just got accepted for their website. You can read it here--and perhaps you would like to give it a five-star rating as well...?

http://www.teenink.com/fiction/all/article/532769/Darkness-Into-Light/

"What Are We?"

I wrote a story last year sometime for my senior project titled What Are We? and I just uploaded it to a website called Storywrite.com. It's been a while since I posted anything there, but there are about four more stories by me that I posted previously. If you wish, you can click the link and it'll take you to the story (I'm pretty sure you don't need an account to read stuff there). It is a fantasy/contemporary short story about two girls who are like angels, but aren't. It'll make sense when you read it. I hope you enjoy it!

http://storywrite.com/story/10461406-What_Are_We_-by-Arl94

Cool Writing Tips

Back when I used to look at Listverse.com all the time, I came across an article of theirs about writing. It's pretty old--from 2007--but useful nonetheless!

http://listverse.com/2007/09/21/top-10-tips-for-great-writing/

Still Working On It

An unusual world...mysterious creatures...exotic locations...malevolent beings...
and a search within this world to find the ones with answers--and a way to get the three back home.

ArJarelia: The Search