I read your pirate story. Cherry-girl and I really liked it! I don't know if you're looking some serious critique or not. I have some suggestions, but I overall I think it's really good. You have some nice descriptions, and I like the bit about her mother being a dancer. I thought that was a really great detail to add, and there were some other great little details and descriptions. I noticed you switched between past tense and present tense a lot, so I'd suggest going through the story and making everything the same tense. My other suggestion would be to just think about structuring your sentences differently so it's not all 'he said this, she did that'. Make your sentences more interesting. It's not always easy, but just keep it in mind when you write, and try to think of other ways to write a sentence. I think it's great though, the story is really good so far.
