L.M. Davis's Blog, page 11

Don’t Punk Out–Fighting Bullies

So the topic of bullying has been much in the news in recent months, often with tragic consequences. And now the new Bully movie is coming out tomorrow, which documents the experiences of kids that are being bullied. I have listened to this news with sadness and frequently, admittedly, without understanding exactly what has happened [...]

Don't Punk Out–Fighting Bullies

So the topic of bullying has been much in the news in recent months, often with tragic consequences.  And now the new Bully movie is coming out tomorrow, which documents the experiences of kids that are being bullied.  I have listened to this news with sadness and frequently, admittedly, without understanding exactly what has happened [...]

Bailey (Conclusion)

I squeezed my eyes shut, shaking my head against the horrifying image.  It couldn't be true.  I couldn't be a monster.  My breath came in short harsh bursts.  I breathed deeply.  In and out.  In and out.  Trying to control it.  Finally, the shaking stopped and my pounding heart quieted.  I opened my eyes and [...]

First Look….Posers: A Shifters Novel

After the strangest summer of their  lives, Nate and Larissa prepare to face their biggest challenge yet:  High school.  And with jocks who seem intent on making Nate's life miserable, the reappearance of the mysterious green-haired monster (now with new and improved blue hair), and Charlie, the new girl, who affects Nate in the weirdest [...]

Bailey (Part III)

The next morning, I was late for breakfast.  That was habit.  I always waited to shower after the other girls.  Ever since the fine orangey hairs started to grown all over my body about a year earlier.  Not just on my arms and legs, but everywhere.  My whole body was covered with an orange down, [...]

Bailey (Part II)

I asked again when I was twelve.  I was still at the home then, but not for much longer.  Head Mistress Danbury was still there too.   She told the same story with a few new details that I would have been better off never knowing.  To this day, I don't know why Danbury decided it [...]

Bailey

They told me, when I was old enough to even think to ask, that I was abandoned in a when I was just a few weeks old.  Shadyview Children's Home took guardianship of me just a week later.  I guess I would have been about a month old.  Abandoned.  I couldn't really wrap my seven-year-old [...]

State of Black Sci-Fi 2012–Grand Finale Part I

So the "State of Black Sci-Fi 2012″ blog hop is coming to a close and I hope you found it to be as enlightening an experience as I did.  Over the course of the last 7 weeks, the writers on this blog hop have taught me about new authors, new things about authors I know, [...]

State of Black Sci-Fi 2012–Grand Finale Part II

Beneath "I have to get it out!" The thought screams in my mind as I run, egged on by the bracelet that grips my arm as though alive.  The bracelet was the only thing that was left when I returned home that night; a strange symbol-emblazoned artifact that I had not seen before.  My mother, [...]

State of Black Sci Fi…My Tribute to SF Icon Jewelle Gomez

"We take blood, not life.  Leave something in the exchange." "Chicago 1927″ "There are many ways that I could have approached this topic.  I could have talked about a black actor famous for his/her SF films–Will Smith, Wesley Snipes, Jada Pinkett Smith, Zoe Saldana (I know she is Dominican and the politics that are sometimes [...]