About Hannah Arlene

Hello! It’s nice to meet you. My name is Hannah, and I am a writer seeking to join the ranks of the greats we all have read and love. Writing is a great passion of mine, and it has been so since I was ten years old. Originally, I’d started off hating writing assignments as a kid. I’d dreamed of being just about everything, but a writer was not one of those dreams. It took a moment of uncertainty in my young life to find that it was, indeed, the ultimate form of art for me.

Wounded Memories

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Authors Note: Here is a short story I wrote for a Wattpad contest in 2016, then later edited it and added more. Hope you enjoy!

My eyes fixated on an old wooden swing hanging from two frayed ropes knotted around a sturdy branch. Memories flashed through my mind. They were distant, like the horizon in an evening fog, but they existed. I could remember the feeling of the wind blowing through my hair and the world teetering around me from the swing as I first saw sky, then grass, then sky again. My tiny fingers clung around the scratchy ropes as I laughed and squealed while a pair of gentle hands pushed me higher and higher. It was a strain to look over my shoulder, but I would do it often to share my glowing smile with my mother.

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Book Review: Lunar Chronicles-Cress and Winter

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Well, I finished the final books of Marissa Meyer’s The Lunar Chronicles. I’ll be combining the last two, Cress and Winter in this one for the sake of finishing up the series review. Nevertheless, they were my favorites of the series!

Summary

Cress: Crescent is a trapped Lunar girl living in a shuttle above Luna and Earth. Her job is to report any Earthen news, program, hack, and alter technology. Her recent task is to track down Cinder, a.k.a the missing Princess Selene of Luna. When she trades sides and offers her loyalty to Cinder, the wanted members of the Rampion break her out and spiral into a whole new adventure.

With members of the team getting separated from each other or injured and new people joining, things grow shaky and uncertain inside the Rampion. Of course, it all makes their present situation difficult… Removing Levana from the throne.

The Rudder Turns Leeward

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Author’s Note: The Rudder Turns Leeward was written in 2015. This was the first literary short story I wrote and a fantastic adventure in exploring writing outside the realm of fantasy/adventure.

Daddy doesn’t mean it when he hits Mama. That’s what she always tells me whenever I ask her before bed. She says when she’s a bad girl he punishes her, that he really does love her. I don’t think Mama’s all that bad, though, especially as I look at her sky-colored eyes while she pets my hair. She doesn’t seem to do enough bad stuff to be in trouble as much as she is, if that’s really the truth. I know adults lie too; it’s not just us kids. I never hear about Tommy’s mom getting punished. I think Mama sticks up for me, and that’s why she gets hit, ’cause when Daddy gets mad at me she yells at him and ends up getting a beating from him. Sometimes he really scares me.

How to Create Your Own Reading Challenge

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Some of you may have seen my post from last week about my 2017 writing goals. In that was a 25 book reading challenge for the course of the year. You may have decided to take it with me, or perhaps you’ve always wanted to make your own. That’s why I’m writing today! Let’s talk about how to come up with your own challenge.

Goals of a Writer for 2017

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It’s a new year, and I’m ready to embrace it. 2016 was a good year, but now I want to see even greater things. While my life consists of so many different types of activities and events, writing plays a major role due to the fact that it’s part of who I am. With this new year comes new goals and dreams, and I’m ready to achieve some awesome things!

Below you’ll see some of my goals as a reader and a writer. I hope you’ll join me in making this year all the more productive than the last, and together we’ll achieve some long-awaited dreams!