Vanessa Kay Smith, better known as Lil'Tokyo is an aspiring author who is striving to be world renowned. Her very first novel published "My Mind's Telling Me No" is now available for purchase at www.Lulu.com Born and raised in Pontiac ,Michigan, a small city just outside of Detroit ,Vanessa has always shown her artistic and creative side. From a very young age she was known to speak at different functions for her church as well as write her own speeches and recite them from memory before huge congregations. Vanessa's life long dream since then has been to write novels and have people all around the world to read her work and gain somthing from it that may be life changing. This compassionate and intelligent 29 year old would like the world to know that, "Everyone has the ability to make a difference in this world with the gifts that we are given from the most high. No matter if your gift is writing, singing, dancing, etc. Use those to help make a change for someone else.