Hey, my name's Alissa, I'm 12 years old, and I enjoy writing stories.

To be honest, I'm not a very good writer, but then again, I'm not horrible either. So, I guess that makes me...An amateur? (Oh, how I loathe that word!)

As some of you can probably tell from my pen name, I love the Protector of the Small quartet. I've read all the way up to Squire, and I would've already read Lady Knight, but some idiot at my school keeps forgetting to bring it back, and it's been overdue for about two weeks now!

Two people you have to know about: my best friends Ana and Mariah. Why do you need to know about them? Because you'll be reading a lot of nonsense, with one of them (or sometimes, both) as the reference.

Ana's my personal critic. She reads everything I write, whether it be a short story for school or one of those horrible spur-of-the-moment songs that I just cannot stop writing, no matter how absolutely dreadful they sound. She's always giving me ideas. Ana's always giving me constructive criticism as well, for which I am grateful.

Mariah's more like my "you have got to be kidding!" person. She loves to poke fun at me. I think that's what gets her through the day...But all joking aside, she can always tell when something doesn't make sense or, sometimes, is just completely ludicrous. So, I thank you, Mariah, for ridiculing me!

Please, please, please...Read my stories! And at the risk of sounding utterly redundant (because I know you tire of hearing this), review. I value your input!

Yours truly,

MidwinterLuck