L. A. Maciel doesn't do “normal” very well. After dropping out of college twice, she has decided to do the things that make her happy, which isn’t exactly financially sound. Growing up the youngest of four to poor immigrant parents, Maciel noticed she had a different way of doing things when kids started treating her like a rotting tomato (she firmly believes tomatoes are poisonous, keep those red fruits away, please…). Since she only had a few friends, she turned to books and comic books for companionship. Falling in love with fictional characters and worlds she wished were real. Now, she is working on actually writing down her stories and living her weird truth. Her personal tagline explains her life to the T: “Writer and trier of weird things.”