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