LaDawn Davis:  

Life I have three daughters, and I live in California. I love it here. I still write sometimes, and still dream of publishing someday, but I'm more likely to post a blog than to sell a novel. I've been involved with our local NAMI chapter and advocating for more services for teens and special needs adults. I've become very comfortable with people who experience the world in different ways whether because of her physical, mental, or emotional struggles. I like to say differently "abled" because sometimes they have disabilities, it is sometimes extra sensitivity, or extra-sensory that makes life so different and so unique for them. I hope that the stories I collect will someday help share their visions. In the meantime I hope that my ability to listen helps them to feel more connected, and more human, and if that's all I have to offer, then that's enough. School Lets, see, high school memories ... I don't think about it much. I have half a yardstick that Mr. Rutter broke on his podium while keeping us awake in class. I don't know why 20 years later I still have a broken yardstick, but I do remember Creative Writing meaning a lot to me. I remember Mr. Rutter shutting the door so as not to attract the attention of the administration while we read Jean Paul Sarte's "No Exit", a play "which tells the story of a demoniacal lesbian, a spoiled society woman, and a cowardly journalist who find themselves trapped in Hell." I remember being in my own sort of hell, and not sure that I'...Expand for more